The desert was so bad that keeping a sand free weapon was an arduous duty. When on guard duty with the M60 we were given a gallon of CLP of which we were "supposed" to dump into the opened receiver if danger was certain. Luckily, only a handful of Iraqis made it to our FA position to surrender and that was in the HQ battery. They gave one guy a freeze dried pork patty (because it's forbidden in Islam) from an MRE which he, very suprisingly, turned down. They then gave him an apple and in three bites it was gone, stem and all.

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