This is crazy
Sep 2, 2013 19:39:01 #
saloopo
Loc: Colorado
emarine wrote:
Keep on fishing fellas, If I had that honor or not was not the question... So saloopo... what was the origin of the word grunt?
I gave my guess on page 17. Try to keep up. Oh yea, as to whether you had that honor or not, I already know that answer.
Sep 2, 2013 20:43:18 #
maelstrom wrote:
The UN is a "place" where representative... (show quote)
But it seems that to commit genocide on thousands, if not millions of mostly unarmed people is not important enough for the U.N. to discuss with it's members, eh? So just what good is this worthless POS organization, anyway? Can anyone explain this beyond a shadow of doubt? Can anyone say why this blatant genocide was allowed to take place? Can they explain why these murders were completely ignored? And please don't bring up any more BS pertaining to everything but this question.
Sep 2, 2013 20:49:21 #
Old_Gringo wrote:
Don't think so, but one never knows what LBJ decided it was. He just followed JFK. Don't know what he decided it was either other than, shoot forgot the euphemism.
He did not follow JFK because if he had, there would not have been a Vietnam. He followed his own big nose and agreed to give the Generals their war that they so desired if they elected him to the presidency.
Sep 2, 2013 22:30:30 #
bmac32 wrote:
Ground reinforcement untrained, I have business at Camp lejeune coming up, Its hard to find anyone old enough for a history lesson but I will ask,Yes but today's grunt is alot better trained. WWII grunts were a warm body.
Sep 2, 2013 22:35:28 #
Let me rephrase that, the Army used warm bodies.
emarine wrote:
Ground reinforcement untrained, I have business at Camp lejeune coming up, Its hard to find anyone old enough for a history lesson but I will ask,
Sep 3, 2013 05:59:47 #
Lou
Loc: Florida
Grunt can be referring to INFANTRYMEN fighting on the ground , whether Army or Marines . Armored or Heavy infantry were not called grunts nor were Cavalry . The term probably originated when the chief fighting forces and best trained rode horses with the infantry actually facing the enemy hand to hand , being the least trained .
So emarines description of "untrained " is likely closest .
I don't know if "grunt " is actually an acronym . I know everyone was a " GI " to me ,and when I was in the Army I first heard the term grunt .
So emarines description of "untrained " is likely closest .
I don't know if "grunt " is actually an acronym . I know everyone was a " GI " to me ,and when I was in the Army I first heard the term grunt .
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