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During a firefight on that day, in the A Shau Valley, South Vietnam, during Operation Delaware, Fournet was killed while attempting to disable an enemy Claymore mine. He shielded his fellow soldiers from the blast with his body, preventing serious wounds to everyone but himself. [ 1 ]
A sweep of the area found two PAVN dead and drag marks indicating the casualties had been removed. On 23 August a scout dog alerted Company D, 1/11th to a possible attack. Claymore mines were detonated to cover the company's front, at which time approximately 15 PAVN/VC were observed south and they were engaged with small-arms fire.
The Claymore mine is a directional anti-personnel mine developed for the United States Armed Forces. Its inventor, Norman MacLeod, named the mine after a large medieval Scottish sword . [ citation needed ] Unlike a conventional land mine, the Claymore may be command-detonated (fired by remote-control), and is directional, shooting a wide ...
The M14 mine blast-type anti-personnel mine used by the United States during the Vietnam War was known as the "toe popper." [2] Earlier examples of the toe-popper were the Soviet-made PMK-40 [3] and the World War II "ointment box." [4] The United States also used the M16 mine, a copy of the German "Bouncing Betty".
Paul Ronald Lambers (June 25, 1942 – December 1, 1970) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Vietnam War.
Yott, who lives in Bath, is combining those two interests to put together a compilation of personal stories from Vietnam War veterans in advance of the 50th anniversary of the 1975 end of the ...
M18 Claymore mines and other explosives were also occasionally used in fragging, as were firearms, although the term, as defined by the military during the Vietnam War, applied only to the use of explosives to kill fellow soldiers. [5]: 1, 19 [6] Most fragging incidents were in the Army and Marine Corps.
Moments later, as enemy units assaulted friendly positions, he learned that Company A, bearing the brunt of the attack, had lost its forward observer. While he was moving to replace the wounded observer, the enemy detonated a Claymore mine, severely wounding him in the head and impairing his vision. In spite of the intense pain, he continued to ...