Vietnam
How much would the following weigh during the Vietnam war?
If these were the things that a south vietnam soldier carried how much would each one weigh?
1. A pair of socks
2.A rabbits foot
3. A can of Sr. Scholls foot powder
4. Empty Sandbags (maybe 2)
5.Night Sight vitamins high in carotene
6.Tooth Brush
7. Dental Floss
8. A bunch of hotel sized soaps
Total is lees than one pound
BFBC2 Vietnam Machinima: Too Much Fortunate Son by ATFCipher
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Vietnamese coffee filter set $3.85 Preparing delicious Vietnamese coffee is quick, easy and doesn’t require much clean-up afterward. The coffee filter is stainless steel and there are three parts (filter, screw-on damper, and lid). Simply place the filter on top of a cup, so it looks like a hat. Add 2-3 teaspoons of coffee to the filter, then screw on the damper so it’s snug (not tight). Shake the filter a bit to settle the coffee…. |
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Dci Peace Sign Silicone Ice Tray $4.43 Give this groovy ice cube tray a chance ! A non-violent way to make a statement and add a little pizzaz to your beverages. Relax, sip your drink and “Imagine” a world at peace. Made of super-flexible silicon rubber |
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Lenox Vintage Jewel Stainless Flatware 5 Piece Place Setting $34.95 This five-piece flatware set from Lenox complements a formal dinner party or mid-afternoon tea with its quiet grace. The set provides one place setting with a 9-3/8-inch dinner knife, an 8-inch dinner fork, a 6-7/8-inch dessert fork 6-7/8-inch soup spoon, and a 6-1/4-inch teaspoon. From the Vintage Jewel design, intricate beading in bas-relief borders the teardrop handle on each utensil. A delicat… |
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What’s Going On $3.12 Sly & The Family Stone might have psychedelicized soul music, but Marvin Gaye personalized it. Although the powers-that-were Motown didn’t even want to release the record, the unexpected success of What’s Going On, issued in 1971, inspired Stevie Wonder, Curtis Mayfield, and just about every other black artist on the planet to take greater responsibility for their music and its meaning. Gaye co-wr… |
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Forrest Gump $12.33 Forrest Gump (1994) is one of the most successful films ever made, winning Tom Hanks his second successive Best Actor Oscar (he won the previous year for Philadelphia) as well as claiming the Best Picture Oscar and many other awards and nominations, including several for music. A unique fable of American life from the 1950s to the 80s, the film blends comedy, drama, war, romance and groundbreaking… |
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Bridge Over Troubled Water (40th Anniversary Edition) (1 CD/1 DVD) $12.89 No one can say Simon & Garfunkel went out with a whimper. The popular duo’s 1970 swan song produced four hit singles and won six Grammy awards, including Record, Album, and Song of the Year. An involving mix of sweeping epics (“The Boxer,” the title track) and breezy throwaways (a live cover of the Everly Brothers’ “Bye Bye Love,” the rock & roll trifle “Baby Driver”), Bridge was one of the most p… |
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The Century-America’s Time (Boxed Set) [VHS] $38.55 Covering the entire 20th century in one video series is an ambitious project, but one that Peter Jennings and ABC News are up to. In The Century: America’s Time, a 12-part documentary on six videotapes that is a companion to the book of the same name, Jennings guides us through a century of technology and advancement like no other. As he says in his introduction to episode 1, “Seeds of Change,” “U… |
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The Walking Dead [VHS] $9.98 Starring Allen Payne and Eddie Griffin, five young marines are on a deadly mission in a desperate struggle for survival. How did they get to be there – and how are they going to get out alive?… |
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Three Seasons [VHS] $0.49 Although its publicity touts Three Seasons, a triple winner at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival, as “the only American film made entirely in Vietnam,, there is little that is American about this movie. Its sensibility seems far more Vietnamese than American, from its lyrical Oriental imagery and its concern with the plight of Vietnamese citizens since the war to its reverence for the country’s anci… |
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SOG Specialty Knives & Tools F01T Tactical Tomahawk, Black $62.00 The original Vietnam Tomahawk, SOG’s F01T-N Tactical Tomahawk is the latest incarnation of one of history’s most unusual weapons. This versatile piece of equipment handles a number of tasks including excavation, operations breaching, obstacle removal, and extraction, which makes the F01T-N an ideal tool for military and service personnel..caption {font-family: Verdana, Helvetica neue, Arial, serif… |
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