Dear David, Thank You for this site on HK that brings about such contact from old fellows. Just this contact has brought back more memories and stories so we will see what stories Steve can contibute to your (what is now becoming a, I was there this is what I did/saw) historical site for readers to delight in. If Steve is reading this I have put on the Markman Unit site a photo that I wasn't going to as it involves just 3 persons and a Yellow Beetle, now the pic is there and this is the reason.
Many thanks for introducing me to the Marksman Unit. I didn't have a tour of duty as exciting as your must have been. Only things I encountered were a wild Australian bull in a storm drain under KC. It had jumped off the lighter bringing it to slaughter and made a break for freedom and a random steer which had done the same thing and came up onto the runway at Kai Tak. I was the back-up for the latter case and had to tell the shooter to wait. There was a 747 moving behind the target!
But what I'd learned in the MU came in handy when I commanded Ta Kwu Ling Station on the Border pre-1997. I had to go on pig hunts. I was lucky, I'd grown up on a farm in Central Africa and had hunted bush pig (Potamochoerus larvatus) before, real razor-backed hogs! They're mean, nasty and deadly with very, very sharp tushes. Even lions will give a wide berth to a sow with young. Have a look: http://stfrancischronicle.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/lion-and-bushpig2…
So I was well equipped to take on HK's finest porkers. We used shotguns with solid slugs (nice) to take them down. I spent three days checking out and stalking one old sow which was eating the produce of Lin Ma Hang village. Last day I went out at 0400, breaking ice in the marshlands. Got above the sow's sleeping place and took her out at first light with one shot. Still got her tushes today!
re: How to contact old friends?
Hi Steve,
You've already posted your email address at http://gwulo.com/node/17175#comment-26628, so you'll probably hear from Ray directly.
If not, you can send an email to me and I'll forward it on for you.
Regards, David
old friend.
Dear David, Thank You for this site on HK that brings about such contact from old fellows. Just this contact has brought back more memories and stories so we will see what stories Steve can contibute to your (what is now becoming a, I was there this is what I did/saw) historical site for readers to delight in. If Steve is reading this I have put on the Markman Unit site a photo that I wasn't going to as it involves just 3 persons and a Yellow Beetle, now the pic is there and this is the reason.
The Unit
Ray,
Many thanks for introducing me to the Marksman Unit. I didn't have a tour of duty as exciting as your must have been. Only things I encountered were a wild Australian bull in a storm drain under KC. It had jumped off the lighter bringing it to slaughter and made a break for freedom and a random steer which had done the same thing and came up onto the runway at Kai Tak. I was the back-up for the latter case and had to tell the shooter to wait. There was a 747 moving behind the target!
But what I'd learned in the MU came in handy when I commanded Ta Kwu Ling Station on the Border pre-1997. I had to go on pig hunts. I was lucky, I'd grown up on a farm in Central Africa and had hunted bush pig (Potamochoerus larvatus) before, real razor-backed hogs! They're mean, nasty and deadly with very, very sharp tushes. Even lions will give a wide berth to a sow with young. Have a look: http://stfrancischronicle.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/lion-and-bushpig2…
So I was well equipped to take on HK's finest porkers. We used shotguns with solid slugs (nice) to take them down. I spent three days checking out and stalking one old sow which was eating the produce of Lin Ma Hang village. Last day I went out at 0400, breaking ice in the marshlands. Got above the sow's sleeping place and took her out at first light with one shot. Still got her tushes today!
Steve
Mails
David,
Many thanks for this site, and , yes, Ray has written back already.
Memories are being swapped!
Regards,
Steve Brown