Had to do wit motorcycle surplus, and lots of soldiers were given bikes at an almost unreasonably cheap price (or free) So they could go home after the war. It was also so the equipment purchased by the military yielded some form of return or use.
I’ve never seen a document to confirm this, it’s just what I was told.
Was about to ask. One has to do the most insignificant and useless task one could think of and it needs more morons to come and safe him.
That is stupidity on various levels.
Old photo of a former Marine, who each year puts on his Dress Blues, and CHOOSES to stand, saluting at attention, for the whole procession, to honour fallen comrades at the annual Memorial Day weekend Rolling Thunder motorcycle ride, a 31-year tradition of Rolling Thunder veterans, riding motorcycles through the streets of Washington D.C.. Rolling Thunder began as a demonstration to raise awareness about those who served in Vietnam and is named after Operation Rolling Thunder, an aerial bombing campaign that took place during the Vietnam war.
I’ve never seen a document to confirm this, it’s just what I was told.
That is stupidity on various levels.
As a soldier, he should have heard about the risks of dehydration and overheating.