Soldiers attacked by pack of coyotes while training at Fort Johnson, Louisana

[Wishful]

Soldiers attacked by pack of coyotes while training at Fort Johnson

A group of soldiers was injured recently when they were attacked by several coyotes as they trained outdoors at Fort Johnson in western Louisiana, officials said.

www.stripes.com

 

[THParent]

My guess is that nobody was carrying any live ammo.

Also...Army!

 

[Small Team Bacsi]

VETERANS STORY: In search of Vietnam's Big Foot

The Rock Apes of Vietnam are cryptids, strange creatures that mainstream science disputes their existence, such as the Loch Ness Monster, Sasquatch (Big Foot), or the Himalayan Yeti (the Abominable

www.news-daily.com

The funniest quote in this article is the Marines being told not to fire because it would give away their position.

It was the highest mountain in the area the VC and NVA knew we were there, and no one was going to climb it to attack a plt size group without a really good reason.

But this “attack” was real as was the fire fight that followed and the casualties on both sides.

Absolutely breathtaking view being on the mountain. A real effort to walk down it.

I don’t know anything about these being big foot monkeys. Just called rock apes.

 

[Skipper07]

Just called rock apes.

A friend of mine’s grandpa told us a story of opening fire on aggressive apes in Vietnam and how bad they felt afterwards. I always assumed the apes were an analogy for enemy soldiers. Perhaps not.

 

[Small Team Bacsi]

A friend of mine’s grandpa told us a story of opening fire on aggressive apes in Vietnam and how bad they felt afterwards. I always assumed the apes were an analogy for enemy soldiers. Perhaps not.

if there is ever a chance ask if grandpa was sitting in a radio relay station at the top of the highest mountain in the danang area.

There may have been other encounters with rock apes and Marines , but the one on that mountain is likely the most famous. Well not big famous

 

[Small Team Bacsi]

Human Enemies Weren't the Only Thing That Were Lethal to U.S. Troops in Vietnam

A variety of dangerous and opportunistic creatures inhabited jungle battlefields.

www.historynet.com

A timely article. I was sure they were going to over look ants. But I would have been wrong. That list including tigers is quite accurate.

Monkeys though are missing.