I found this reference to pool in my latest VFW magazine as part of an article about the battle on Ong Thanh in 1967. I know it's a little out of the ordinary for this board, but I hope it doesn't offend anybody.
From the article:
Bill McGath, a grenadier, was pinned behind a tree by an unseen assailant. The young private first class watched in horror as rounds exploded beside him, over and over again. "He was going to get me, and then he was going to move on to the next man," McGath recalled.
McGath somehow found the presence of mind to use geometry to help locate the sniper. "I used to play a lot of pool back home, so I used an old pool technique to pinpoint the spot," McGath says. The trapped soldier traced with his eyes the intersection of the enemy's firing lines, and lobbed off some M-79 grenade launcher rounds of his own. "After that, he stopped firing," McGath says.
Al,
St Louis
From the article:
Bill McGath, a grenadier, was pinned behind a tree by an unseen assailant. The young private first class watched in horror as rounds exploded beside him, over and over again. "He was going to get me, and then he was going to move on to the next man," McGath recalled.
McGath somehow found the presence of mind to use geometry to help locate the sniper. "I used to play a lot of pool back home, so I used an old pool technique to pinpoint the spot," McGath says. The trapped soldier traced with his eyes the intersection of the enemy's firing lines, and lobbed off some M-79 grenade launcher rounds of his own. "After that, he stopped firing," McGath says.
Al,
St Louis
