NO, BUT I SHOVELED SAND AT FT DIX

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NO, BUT I SHOVELED SAND AT FT DIX

Post by Joe Gopan » Sat Nov 03, 2018 7:55 am

There's nothing like two Privates standing against the tailgate of a moving 5 Ton 6X6 M-51 Dump with raised body using #2 D Handle Shovels to sand the streets of Ft Dix at 0200 hours. The CG was not General Patton, but Gen. Sidney Wooten, an acquaintance from earlier days. :wink: :wink:
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Re: NO, BUT I SHOVELED SAND AT FT DIX

Post by Chuck Lutz » Fri Dec 14, 2018 12:00 pm

Probably a better detail than "Shoveling sh*t in Louisiana", the quip in the George C. Scott depiction of "Patton".
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Re: NO, BUT I SHOVELED SAND AT FT DIX

Post by Joe Gopan » Wed Jun 03, 2020 6:06 pm

I felt like I had shoveled all the way to Louisiana, tho. :wink:
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Re: NO, BUT I SHOVELED SAND AT FT DIX

Post by Ken Perkins » Thu Jun 04, 2020 5:34 am

what was the sand for ?
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Re: NO, BUT I SHOVELED SAND AT FT DIX

Post by Joe Gopan » Thu Jun 04, 2020 5:40 am

It was February, icy roads.
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