Horseshoes & Grenades (1970)

[Dave Hause]

I have no idea of a written citation, but the expression was fairly common
the first time I was in the Army, 65-68, as "Close only counts in horse
shoes and hand grenades."
Dave Hause, dwhause at jobe.net
Ft. Leonard Wood, MO
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   26 January 1970, THE GUTHRIAN (Guthrie County, Iowa), pg. 2, col. 1:
   Close only counts in horse shoes and grenades.