"ArtKramr" wrote in message
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We all wore our flak jacjcktes all the time, except for Griego. But
when you
watch flak over a period of tkme it seemed that the stuff burst
below us more
than level or above us. So I guess that fearing being hit from below
is not all
that dumb.

I've seen several references to troops in Vietnam (and probably other
places) sitting on their
helmets while being choppered as a protection for certain vital personal
equipment from small arms
and the like. 'Death from Above' v "Castration from Below'.

IIRC, this actually gets featured in the movie 'Apocalypse Now'.

The CO