09-16-2008, 07:22 PM
Funny that you should use that term; it tells you how terminology in the military changes so slowly. To this day, the place where you pull targets for the rifle range is the "Butts". I can't attest to that for the army but that is at least the case in the Marine Corps.
Interesting story. It would be neat if you could track down one of those individuals.
"The Butts" is the name its always been refered to. The area were the targets were put up which was a deep trench and behind the embankment which the stray bullets ended up.
It would be fabulous if I could track one of these individuals down.
regards Gill