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building, but the destructive power was still intense. You’d have a violent
explosion, a fire, and then no more enemy. Gotta love it.
You shoot grenades with what we call Kentucky windage—estimating
the distance, adjusting the elevation of the launcher, and firing.
We liked the M-79—the standalone version that was first used during
the Vietnam War—because it had sights, making it a bit easier to aim
and hit what you wanted. But one way or another, you quickly got the
hang of things, because you were using the weapon so much.
We had contact every time we went out.
We loved it.
Taya:
I had a hard time with the kids after Chris deployed. My
mom came and helped me, but it was just a difficult time.
I guess I wasn’t ready to have another baby. I was mad at
Chris, scared for him, and nervous about raising a baby and a
toddler all by myself. My son was only a year and a half old; he
was getting into everything, and the newborn happened to be
really clingy.
I remember just sitting on the couch and crying in my
bathrobe for days. I would be nursing her and trying to feed
him. I’d sit there and cry.
The C-section didn’t heal well. I had women tell me, “After
my C-section, I was scrubbing the floors a week later and I was
all good.” Well, six weeks after mine I was still in pain, still
hurting and not healing really well at all. I hated that I wasn’t
healing like those women. (I found out later it’s usually the