This comment comes from the author of one of my favorite webcomics (probably not for the likes of everyone around, anyway)...
I thought someone here would have the answer (or point to hit)
Quote:
“loss leaders.”
Someplace I hear that was a nickname for the the first helicopter into a firezone in Vietnam.
Haven’t heard it since; maybe it was just the nickname in that unit? Don’t ask me to pinpoint; it was a long time ago. I just remember the term, is all.
confirm, deny, somewhere in between?
The comic for reference
http://thedesertpeach.com/the-desert-peach-27-page-27/_________________
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