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From: bcstec!shuksan!major@uunet.UU.NET (Mike Schmitt)
Subject: Re: FAMS
Organization: The Boeing Co., MMST, Seattle, Wa.
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 90 02:10:12 GMT
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From: bcstec!shuksan!major@uunet.UU.NET (Mike Schmitt)

In article <1990Oct10.000446.29977@cbnews.att.com>, riga@uncecs.edu (Helmuts A. Fiefs) writes:
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> From: Helmuts A. Fiefs <riga@uncecs.edu>
> The poster that indicated that FAM's were used to clear lz's was most
> likely wrong. I remember that a blockbuster , 10k tnt bomb, used in WW2 was 
> the weopon of choice. It knocked down trees and really cleared the area....

   I've gone into LZs cleared by these types of "daisy cutters" - helicoptors
   have to hover 5-6 feet off the ground 'cause the splintered stumps of trees 
   are 3-4 feet high.  'Tis no fun jumping out - specially carrying a 50lb
   ruck sack!!!!  Some missions were aborted 'cause the helicoptors could 
   not set down.  (Who picked this LZ anyway?)


   mts