whats buried under every flag pole on a military bases and why. correct answer gets points?

Answer 1

on each military post the truck (ball on top) of the flagpole and the base of the flagpole contain: a service revolver, a round of ammunition, and a book of matches.

this is so that the commander instead of surrendering his post to the enemy can instead take down the flag, burn it to prevent desecration, and commit suicide rather than be taken alive.

have a nice day.

Answer 2

urban legend...

At the base of the flagpole is supposed to be buried a razorblade, match, and pistol with one round. If the post is overrun a soldier is supposed to lower the flag, use the razor to slice off the stripes, use the match to burn the flag, then commit suicide with the pistol.

truth:

Flag-defense items are not secreted in the finial or buried at the foot of the pole.Although the flag has great symbolic importance, defending the bases over which it flies from attacking forces has far more direct and practical importance, and it's hard to imagine any right-minded soldier's taking time away from his duty of repelling invaders to engage in ritualistic flag destruction. Nor is it very plausible that a soldier, amidst a force of enemy troops overrunning his base, would have the time to scale a flagpole (or chop it down, or knock it over, or dig up its base) to retrieve hidden items, much less time to put them all to use. Although this is a charmingly romantic bit of lore, it's also a wildly impractical one. "Flag-defending supplies" lore seems to dictate that three items be hidden in or near the flagpole, but what those three items are varies from one presentation of the rumor to the next. Generally, one item is provided to destroy or mutilate the flag (a match or a razor); the second item serves to arm the defender, either for the purpose of battling onrushers or assisting him in ending his own life (a bullet or a revolver), and the third item is purely symbolic (a penny to represent America's wealth, or a grain of rice to indicate that American soldiers are so tough they can survive on almost nothing).However, all manner of combinations are posited in different versions of the legend, including two-item offerings.

Answer 3

i do not learn about each flagpole, yet i change into on a particular element at ft. carson for 3 months, and that i bodily spoke of the field contained in the bottom of the flagpole that held a .40 5 round, a razor blade, and a water-resistant tournament. convinced, we do not use .40 5 rounds anymore, buts it is symbolic. At ft. carson it change into kept in slightly, cubby hollow form element on the bottom of the pole with a door and a lock on it. the bottom commander had the symbolic key to the lock. And as reported previously, that you may also locate in military NCO board study publications, the razor blade is to seperate the stripes from the celebs, the tournament is to burn it, and the .40 5 round is supposedly both for self protection, or to take your own existence. It would not say which.

Answer 4

1. The .38 is so America will never be without arms.
2. The bullet is so the pistol will never be out of ammo.
3. The penny is so America will not be broke.


However these are myths

Answer 5

it's a penny, a bullet, and a match....so the govt will never be broke, self defense, and so no other country takes over our country.....we burn our own flag....

Answer 6

Jimmy Hoffa?