I also drove a Gamma Goat. AAA Vector Graphics - VIETNAM SERVICE > 5th Battalion, 42nd Artillery. After years of debate over the validity of consolidating field and air defense artillery, the war prompted the Army to recognize the existence of two artilleries and to make them independent of each other. 2nd Bn, 138th Arty (155, SP) 1, 2nd Bn, 19th Arty (105, T) Artillery in Vietnam was organized primarily into two forces, the 1st Field Force Vietnam (IFFV) and the 2nd Field Force Vietnam (IIFFV) each with different tactical areas of responsibility (TAOR). 2nd Bn, 320th Arty (105, T) 77th Artillery All us kids were issued dog-tags with our name and my Dad's serial number on them) instead of Army ID cards, which we were used to having back in the States. This movement set an important precedent as it indicated that medium guns could be air- lifted and therefore possess the same mobility as lighter pieces had. I had always thought that he had 175mm SPHs there. LOL, I often wondered how my old Army buddies turned out. The picture is small so I can't be sure. That night the North Vietnamese ferociously hit the 1/9 Cavalry. USAREUR Units - 42nd Arty Gp - USArmyGermany.com Without a front line gun crews did not have the luxury of establishing positions in the rear areas, had to fire in a complete circle, had to defend themselves from infiltrators, had to airlift their pieces into remote areas, and had to decentralize their batteries through habitual association to provide support in many cases. Unit Crest 14th Infantry Regiment Single. After a couple of days back, the men I was serving with and myself figured something was going on. This is a violation of privacy. Complete list of Kidd was a gun chief. Rest in peace with the angels. Outside of aerial artillery, the 1st Cavalrys field artillery provided minimal support. Why his arm did not fall off is amazing, he pitched 6 games in five days. We then did a half hour of PT followed by a half hour of DD. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage, guidance, and faithfulness, especially now. Division), 4th Battalion, 60th Artillery Provisional agreements reached at Geneva, Switzerland, prevented this, divided the country at the seventeenth parallel, and scheduled reunification to come through a general election in July 1956. Most of the time, it was on jacks because all the ammo inside broke the axles! Contact: Dennis
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