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| The shower is constructed from 105mm artillery ammo boxes that were emptied each day to supply the shells for our howitzers. Each box held two rounds in fiber tubes and we opened a minimum of 500 per day and we operated 24/7 so a relentless supply of waste from them had to be dealt with and the shower just one of the creations from that trash. Most of the waste was burned. Each box had two hinges and a front clasp, plus screws and nails, that did not burn and for which we found no use. Because the Vietnamese were lacking in raw materials and so good at making something out of nothing we had to send it back to base camp. The start of a bunker, on the right, is an example of another use for ammo boxes and it is to substitute for sand bags. They could be filled to cover the first layer of a roof and form some side protection; they did not form a sold barrier like | |||
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