At Parris Island, a sergeant was teaching a
private to
throw a grenade at a pracitice training course. He ran
about 10 yards away
to be safe, and yelled the instructions.
“Pull
the pin, throw and hit the dirt!”
The private proceeds to do so, and
throws the explosive directly at the
sergeant!
A few months
later, the sergeant meets the private in a group of men
killed in
battle. He goes up the the private- no hard feelings because
heaven is
well, great- and asks him how he ‘bit the dust.’
Responds the
private: “Well, i was caught in a ambush; these guys,”
He thumbs behind
him. “got caught in the jeep under the fire. I managed
to make it
to a ditch where i yanked a grenade form my belt and pulled
the pin
and lever. The enemy runs away seeing it, so i put the grenade
back
onto my belt.”