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hurl3y
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Can anybody school me with how to understand what the coordinates mean i.e. AT896875? Any help will be appreciated.

 
Posted : 2018-09-28 11:57
Dale-A-Riley
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You need the grid map of the area that is broken into different blocks.

 
Posted : 2018-09-29 05:33
hurl3y
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I don't know much but I had figured out that he blocks May have been what the AT stood for. Thank you for conforming that. Now I need to understand what the numbers mean. I have found a source for digital maps that can be viewed in Google Earth. If I learn how to use the coordenince mean I may be able to translate them to what we called them (i.e. LZ Baldy). I got the "After Action Reports" and they helped me remember names for the faces I had remembered but had forgotten their names.

I hope you don't mind a suggestion on your tag line. It brought back memories (or nightmares) of my drill instructor that would say "

READY - SQUAT THRUSTS - MANY THOUSAND OF THEM - READY - BEGIN.

 
Posted : 2018-09-30 01:05
uncle00
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hurl3y
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Uncle 00 Just the kinda help I needed. Nothing to misunderstand. Post the link, press send and make me happy. Thank you very much. I did not need maps while in country. I fley Gunner on CH 46's. If I was on the ground something was very wrong. The Pilots filled out the After Action Reports. Matter of fact I did not know they did that, I was to busy and wore ouy humping the 50 to the Armory. All joking aside Thank You very much.

 
Posted : 2018-10-05 20:59
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