Dale Hanson

And so we all put in $50 toward it.

John Plaster headed it up, and he started finding manufacturers all over the world who can do this for us quickly.

And by the time I got back from the hospital and all that, each of us had at least one 30-round magazine.

And it wasn't very long after that the United States followed suit, and we started having 30-round magazines.

But it was crucial for us, you know.

Just like the RPD with the drum held 50 rounds.

And if you're in the initial firefight and you got 50 rounds to lay down that first assault, that's significant.

That's significant.

And to not be able to carry it in the first place, the magazine, the weapon.

Yeah.

Yeah, finally, we really complained.

We went to our CO, who everybody loved, Colonel Abt, A-B-T, a great man.

He should have gotten his star, except he had a heart attack after the war.

But we said, look, sir, this is our situation.

We're out of ammunition, and they're still shooting.

And he says, I'll look into that.

And I don't know if he orchestrated the wordage of it all.

But basically, they said that the communists had captured enough M16s that the M16 is no longer sterile.

And so it doesn't readily identify you as an American.

So that's how we got the okay to use it, you know.