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RG123S-Vietnam Photos Misc-Arty-4th Bn, 60th Arty.
SP4 Thomas Brock (Detroit, Mich) and PFC Frank W. McEachran (Marshall, Ill), both members of Btry A, 4th Bn, 60th Arty (Automatic Weapon), remove automatic feeder of a 40mm "Duster" to clean the breech block after a fire mission near Camp McDermott.
File size: 65K

RG123S-Vietnam Photos Misc-Arty-52nd Arty Group
A montagnard village near Pleiku recently witnessed a visit by an American blond. The blond, Miss Barbara Kibby, was part of a USO act that was visiting the 52nd Arty Group. Miss Kibby voluntarily accompanied a Medical Civic Action Program Team.
File size: 40K

RE123S-Vietnam Photos MIsc Arty-6th Bn, 56th Arty.
SP4 Teddy McGhee, dog handler from Perry, Ark, puts "Duke" through a simulated attack while on patrol of the perimeter of Btry A 6th Bn, 56th Arty, 97th Arty. Group at Quan Trang, 16 KM northeast of Saigon, 21-27 July 1967.
File size: 51K

RG123S-Vietnam Photo Misc Armor/Cavalry-Unid.Unit
A M48 tank and 4 unid crewmen leave their landing craft to come ashore. Vietnam 1965
File size: 155K

RG123S-Vietnam Photos Misc Arty-5th Bn, 42nd Arty
Front view of a 155 mm howitzer in a fortified firing position at Fire Suppor Base "Thu Thua", manned by Btry C, 5th Bn, 42nd Arty, 11 Field Force. Artillery rounds are stored in the fortified bunkers around the guns for easy access during firing.
File size: 76K

RG123S-Vietnam Photos Misc-Arty-3rd Bn, 6th Arty.
Tank shown with empty 105mm cartridge lying along side. The 3rd BN 6th Arty fires these rounds through the complete day and night.
File size: 64K

RG123S-Vietnam PhotosMisc-Arty-1st Bn, 27th Arty.
A final farewell to American troops is waved by this Cambodian youngster as a 155mm self propelled howitzer of Bravo Battery, 1st Bn, 27th Arty, nears the border of South Vietnam.
File size: 38K

RG123S-Vietnam Photos Misc-Arty-5th Bn, 42nd Arty.
Side view of a 155mm howitzer in a fortified firing position at Fire Support Base "Thu Thua", manned by Btry C, 5th BN, 42nd Arty, 11 Field Force.
File size: 79K

RG123S-Vietnam Photos Misc-Arty-1st Bn, 83rd Arty
A gun crew member from 1st Bn, 83rd Arty, takes a short break on top of the loading mechanism of his self-propelled 175 while waiting for further instructions.
File size: 37K

RG123S-Vietnam Photos Misc. Inf.-1st Bn 50 Inf
Men of Alpha Company, 1st Bn, 50th (Mech) Inf, reel off Highway 19, ten miles west of An Khe, to quell sniper fire from the wood line. The mechanized element pulls road reaction for the 173rd Airborne Brigade along the busy supply route.
File size: 33K

RG123S-Vietnam Photos Misc. Inf.-1st Bn, 50 Inf.
Troops of Co C, 1st Bn, 50th Inf (Mech), 1st Cav Div (Airmobile) unload from CH-47 helicopter at Landing Zone Quick to begin a search and destroy mission in the Cay Giep Mountains, 29-30 Oct 1967.
File size: 68K

RG123S-Vietnam Photos Misc. Inf.-75th Inf Rangers
Members of C/75th Rangers "Chow Down" on their only hot meal a day. The Rangers, an all volunteer unit, "take the war to the enemy" near Dalat, Tuyen Duc Province.
File size: 87K

RG123S Vietnam-Misc. Medical Unid Units
US Forces, Pleiku, Vietnam. Montagnard soldier patients getting shots by SP4 Joseph Bennett of Vlan, Oklahoma and Miss Mai, who is the hospital's only Vietnamese nurse. 4 July 1966.
File size: 34K
Note: All photos are official U.S. Army Photos. Photos are "Public Domain" and may be freely copied or downloaded."

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