Mail Call: M-16; Viet Cong Booby Traps; Super-Secret Ravens; Wild Weasels; Vietnam River Patrol Boats; Green Berets

Air Date

Sunday August 10, 2003

Production Code

MC031

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• M-16; Viet Cong Booby Traps; Super-Secret Ravens; Wild Weasels; Vietnam River Patrol Boats; Green Berets
• Cobra Attack Helicopter; Sidewinder Missile; C-54 Skymaster; MPs; Flintlock Pistol
• Navy SEALs; Frogmen; Kettering Bug; A-10 Warthog; Rommel's Afrika Korps Gear
• Mark V Special Ops Craft; U.S. Gunboat; German Paratroopers; German Junkers; M113 APC; K-Rations
• Bren Gun & Carrier; Special Forces School Final Exam; Beasts of Burden; Predator; 1st RPV
• B-2
• M-1 Garand Rifle; First Assault Rifle; JATO; Golden Knights Parachute Team; G. I. Jargon
• Marine Sniper Rifle; BlowGun; Mulberry Harbor; French Resistance; Frontline Medi
• Grenade Launchers; Shrapnel; D-Day Paratrooper Gear; Jet Packs

• Production Associates

  • Cate Eckenrode Production Associate
  • David Kingery Production Associate
  • David McRoberts Production Associate
  • Erich Randolph Production Associate
  • Drew Cook Production Associate

• Directors

  • Andy Papadopoulos Director
  • Robert Beemer Director
  • Rob Lihani Director

• Writers

  • Susan Michaels Writer

• Consulting Producers

  • Bill Rogin Consulting Producer

• Co-Producers

  • David Connelly Co-Producer
  • Keith Guinto Co-Producer

• Researchers

  • David Connelly Researcher

• Editors

  • Joey Barasch Editor
  • Steve Pomerantz Editor
Episode Cast and Crew Details »

• The PBR's top speed was 25 knots. [edit]
• The Swift Boat used by the Brown Water Navy had two v-12 engines that produced 400 horsepower and the boats could reach a speed of 32 knots. [edit]
• Only four crews out of the original fifty made it to a hundred missions in the original Wild Weasel unit. [edit]

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• R. Lee Ermey: Weather you wore a green beret, a flight cap, a banged up old steel pot, or a cover like mine, if you did your job in Vietnam, you are a hero! It was a tough war and you deserve a salute. Semper Fi! Carry on. [edit]
• R. Lee Ermey: We're back here with an e-mail from George who's in the U. S. Navy and he's got me really steamed up! George writes "What was the mission of the Brown Water Navy? Or is that too complicated for a Jarhead like you to answer?" Hah. Okay, George. I hope you're watching because I want you to read my lips. Drop down and give me twenty-five, you unorganized, grabastice piece of amphibistic (bleeped)! Now, while George is eating dirt, I'm going to show the rest of you the Navy's Riverine Patrol Boats in action. [edit]
• R. Lee Ermey: Suck in your gut! It's time for Mail Call! [edit]

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