Mail Call Episode 6

How do you Aim a Mortar?The 81mm mortar platoon provides the infantry with high angle fire support. Lee Ermey examines how the most recent mortar technology employed by the US Marines can be accurately aimed. This includes the function of the Fire Direction Center, the guys who call the shots and the mortar sections gun squads. What kinds of personal items did the GI's carry in WWII? This segment of Mail Call covers some of the personal items that our Dog faced Gis and mud splattered Marines carried with them-in their packs and on their backs! Weight was an issue so each man could only carry so much. Those items that he did carry were treasured and highly coveted as they reminded him of home and a lifestyle now overshadowed by war and bloodshed.