The World According to Matthew

2/2/2009

Assignment 51

My dad was in the army and he told us stories about when they trained. My favorite two stories are the funniest ones I’ve heard. The first one is when the trained they would fire the machine gun. There was this small guy who was so light that when he shot that gun he bounced across the ground.

The second one is the story was about when they were trained to throw grenades, the guy pulled the pin and as he threw it he dropped it behind him. My dad picked it up and threw it because they trained with live grenades.

Those are the two stories that I enjoy hearing about my dad’s time in basic training. I enjoy listing to how he lived were when he was young.

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2/2/2009 - Family Stories

Posted by Chef

Interesting stories! I thought it was great how your dad reacted quickly to the grenade being dropped.
Chef (UK)

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2/3/2009 - Good stories...

Posted by author

I don't remember those, but then again I don't go on the fishing trips with you. :)

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2/4/2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Catcher818

Ooh your dad was in the army? That's awesome! =D
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