What's New at
6/27th Artillery Vietnam
03-18-08 Added "Evan McIntire's Quan Loi Images 1968-1969"
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Evan McIntire's Quan Loi Images 1968-69 |
03-12-08 Added "Finally Flying" by Ralph Porter
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12-19-07 Added "Vietnam Images - 1969 - Phuoc Vinh" - Photos by Bill Sponseller
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12-17-07 Added 1965-66 Ft. Bliss, Texas - Photos by Maurice McRoberts
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11-29-07 Added "Vietnam Images 1969 to 1970" by Dennis Camp
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Vietnam Images from Dennis Camp Headquarters Battery member Dennis Camp - 1969 to 1970, has contributed over fifty photos of HHB at Quan Loi, Baseball Stars at Quan Loi, Bravo Battery at Song Be as well as photos of An Loc and the 6/27th Artillery Civic Action Projects to list a few. One of Dennis' many duties was to edit the 6/27th Battalion newsletter, "The Cannon-Ear". Dennis has some new and interesting photos in his galleries. Click Here to view his them. |
11-29-07 Added 1965 Aerial Quan Loi Frenchman's Pool Area Photos
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Unique Aerial Quan Loi Photo Surfaces |
10-19-07 Added "Vietnam Images - 1969" photos by Chuck Clarke
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Images
of Vietnam - 1969 |
10-19-07 Added a new Map Room Link Page - May be accessed from Links on Home Page
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Map Room
Added to the Website |
10-10-07
Added
Ken Wright's A Meeting With A Mine
10-10-07
Added -
Stars and Strips August 14, 1969 - Reporting August 12-13, 1969 Quan Loi
Ground Attack - Courtesy Sharon & Robert W. Smith
09-30-07 Added Jeff Gahagan's Remembering Charlie Battery 1969-70
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Jeff
Gahagan's Remembering Charlie Battery 1969-70
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08-03-07 Added Ken Wright's Vietnam Videos 1970-71
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A great addition to the site has recently
arrived from Ken Wright, #1 Gun Chief, Charlie Battery,
1970-71. Between September 1970 and April 1971 Ken shot 8mm
film of Charlie Battery as it moved from Fire Support Base to FSB in
Vietnam. Last year Ken's son transferred this film to VHS
video and recently Ken had those tapes transferred to DVD. Ken
was generous to share some of those movies with us. |
07-18-07 Added "North Star Five Niner, Over" by Gary Graham
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"North
Star Five Niner, Over" After a long absence, Gary Graham, a frequent past contributor of stories and photos to the site, has finally added a new story, and it's a good one. An oilfield service company's slogan back home in Oklahoma came to mind every time Alpha Battery FDC received a particular radio message with the call sign "North Star Five Niner, Over" in 1969. In this story Gary takes us through the procedures of a fire mission in FDC. This you find it interesting.
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06-18-07 Added "Vietnam Photos - 1967 to 1968" by David Peart
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David Peart's Vietnam Photos 1967-68 Recently I received an email with an offer of possible photos of Quan Loi to add to the site. A quick check of David Peart's Picasa photo album page was enough to convince me that they all would make a good addition. The former Big Red One Lieutenant's album contains 160 photos from August 1967 to August 1968 of Quan Loi, An Loc, Lai Khe, Phu Loi, Hwy 13 and surrounding countryside as well as other locations in VN. The album will return you to places you may remember from those times forty years ago. Rather than duplicate the work David had done with his album I thought it would be fun for you to see the photos in David's original album. Click Here to see them and learn about David's time in Vietnam. Thanks David for sharing your photos with us! |
06-05-07 Added "Frappr" Map to the Flash News Page - Check it out and join to add your name, photo, location and comments to the map. You need Adobe Flash to use.
04-27-07 Added Selected Documents From the National Archives
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History
in the Raw |
04-15-07 Added "A History of French Rubber Plantations in Vietnam"
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A History of French Rubber Plantations in Vietnam Many of us were assigned to duty stations in Vietnam in or near a French rubber plantation. Ever wonder how these French plantations got their start? Now you can learn about this period of Vietnam and French colonial history there. A French website (translated here) supplies many of the details in that history. Thanks to the diligent research and gracious generosity of François Denis FIEVEZ, the publisher, original early photos and documents are reproduced here that tell the story of the plantations including the Quan Loi Terres Rouges Rubber Co. Check out "The epopee of Rubber" along with lot's of other interesting things on his website. Click Here to start. |
04-02-07
Added "HHB
Photos - March 68 to May 69" by Rod "Pete" Petras
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Rod "Pete" Petras' HHB Photos A new group of eighteen photos from Rod "Pete" Petras is on the site today. Rod served with HHB from March, 1968 to May, 1969. The group includes a couple of photos of Phouc Vinh with the remainder of Quan Loi. Two photos of our fallen brother, Robert Brupbacher are also included in the group and have been linked to his "In Memoriam" page. Click Here to see them. |
03-29-07 Added " Views From Gun # 4 - Jan 1969 to March 1970" by Robert Moore
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Robert
Moore's "
Views From Gun # 4 - Jan 1969 to
March 1970" Bob Moore served on Gun #4, a 175mm, with Alpha Battery for almost thirteen months. During his tour he took photos during much of that time. Here, in nine galleries, Bob shares over 110 of his photos. The fog of thirty-eight passing years has settled over Bob memory, just as it has over each of ours. Some soldier's name's are not known and once again we need that "collective memory" we have established here to offer some help. Let us know if you recognize an unidentified soldier in any of the galleries. Also included in the photos is a turn in the field that also could use identification. We think you will enjoy viewing Bob's photos from the past. Click Here to see them. |
03-07-07
Added "The
Ocean Journey of the 6/27th Artillery Equipment" by Wesley Jefferies
Wesley
Jefferies' The Ocean Journey of the 6/27th Artillery Equipment![]() Well, it took a little more time to wrap up the fifty plus pages of this photo/audio story from Wesley Jefferies then originally planned. Join us as we return to 1965 for a fascinating ocean journey from Ft. Bliss, Texas to Vietnam. Contributing many new pieces to finishing the historical puzzle of the 6/27th Artillery Vietnam, Wesley's photos and his audio commentary (excerpts from a Skype interview taped January 31, 2007) are a great addition to the site. We trust you will agree. Take the trip now. Bon Voyage! Many thanks, Wesley, for sharing your memories of that voyage. If you have photos of the troop ship crossing on the USNS Gordon, please consider contributing them to the site! Drop us an email at abattery6-27tharty@quanloi.org |
12-14-06 Added "Mistakes and Transitions" by Ralph Porter
12-01-06 Added "May 12, 1969" - Mike Cumiford Remembers
12-01-06 Added "June 5, 1969" - Mike Cumiford Remembers
06-26-06 Added Adin Tooker's 1966-67 Vn Photo Collection and Tour of Duty Narrative
06-02-06 Added "Chieu Hoy Leaflets" Courtesy Marc Levy
06-01-06 Added "KABOOM!" by Roger Mallory
05-05-06 Added "Flying Too Low" by George Montgomery
05-05-06 Added "Trophies" by Marc Levy
04-27-06 Added "The Battle at Burkett, Choices Made" by Ralph Porter
04-14-06 Added "Convoys - The First One" by Roger Mallory
04-10-06 Added "Dead Letter Day" - a Poem with Commentary by Marc Levy
04-10-06 Added "Deconstructing Defiance" by Ralph Porter
03-23-06 Added "Malaria Pills" by Ralph Porter
03-15-06 Added a new reorganized Photo Gallery Link Page
03-15-06 Added "Paradise" by Marc Levy
03-10-06 Added Ralph Porter Photo Gallery - Part 4
03-07-06 Added "The Expendable Gun" by Ralph Porter
03-03-06
Added
Ralph Porter Photo Gallery - Part 3
02-26-06 Added "Today's Mourning" by Mike Mercer
02-25-06 Added Ralph Porter Photo Gallery - Part 2
02-22-06 Added Ralph Porter Photo Gallery - Part 1
02-04-06 Added "No Windows, No Doors" by Mike Mercer
01-18-06 Added "Long Binh Bound 707" by Mike Mercer
01-17-06 Added two new photos courtesy Celestino P. Salinas, Delta Co, 1st Bn, 2nd Infantry, 1st Infantry Division, Sept 1967- July 1968. The French Pool and Quan Loi Airfield View
12-22-05 Added "The Best Christmas Ever" by Roger Mallory
12-22-05 Added "Vietnam Today" - A Q & A with Scott Krueger
12-10-05 Added "Quan Loi Miscellaneous Photos" - a Photo Gallery by Edmund "Eddie Zak" Zakrzewski
12-10-05 Added "Hwy 13 Convoy Memories" - a Photo Gallery by Edmund "Eddie Zak" Zakrzewski
12-07-05 Added 175mm Gun and 8inch Howitzer original Technical Manual - Sample Pages - Courtesy the Holbrook brothers
12-07-05 Added "Artillery Vietnam" - A 1970 publication of 23rd Artillery Group Vietnam
12-06-05 Added "Turkey - A Story of Christmas in Vietnam" by Gary Graham
12-06-05 Added "Sgt. Jack – My Nemesis" by Roger Mallory
12-06-05 Added "The Dark Angry Secrets of Mike and Doc" by Marc Levy
11-07-05 Added "Photo Jim Dumb" by Marc Levy
10-29-05 Added "Klink am Zurichberg" by Marc Levy
10-27-05 Added "Alpha Battery 1971" Photos by William Bradbury
10-16-05 Added "My Big Fat Beautiful R & R" by Marc Levy
10-12-05 Added "Conflict Resolution" by Marc Levy
10-10-05
Added "Respect"
by Marc Levy
09-29-05 Added "Spit Shine Guard Mount" by Roger Mallory
09-19-05 Added "The Most *%&%#@# War Story of All *%+&&^#% Time" by Marc Levy
08-16-05 Added "A Legacy of Honor - History of the 6/27th Artillery 1917 to 1967"
08-16-05
Added "From
the Heart and Mind of Marc Levy" A series of stories from a
former 1st Cav Combat Medic
06-30-05 Added Ralph Corliss' Photo Gallery "Remembering Alpha Battery - Quan Loi - 1969-70"
06-30-05 Additional Travel Journal Entries in Marc Levy's "Sapa, Vietnam - Travels in Southeast Asia 1995 - Journal Entries"
06-30-05 Added Marc Levy's "A Grunt's Life Around Quan Loi - 1969"
06-30-05 Added Larry Korteum's Photo Gallery "VN Views by a Service Battery 6/27TH Arty Ammo Hauler 1968-69"
06-30-05 Added Marc Levy's "Song Be to Breakdown" - Memories of Vietnam by an Infantry Medic
06-27-05 Added Gary Graham's Part Five of Five "My Journey Back to the World - And He’s Buying"
06-27-05
Added Eddie "Zak" Zakrzewski's "Before
May 12, 1969"
06-27-05 Added Eddie "Zak" Zakrzewski's "May
12, 1969"
05-25-05 Added Roger Mallory's Poem "For Brupbacker"
05-25-05 Added Eddie "Zak" Zakrzewski's Photo Gallery "6/27th Quan Loi Areas 1968-69"
05-25-05 Added Marc Levy's "Sapa, Vietnam" Additional travel journal entries and photos from his 1995 travels
05-25-05
Added CPT Todd E. Bajakian's Photo Gallery "Alpha
Battery 6/27th FA Welcome Home"
05-25-05 Added H.L.
Barbee's Photo Gallery "Alpha
Battery 1968"
05-25-05 Added Marc Levy's "Return to Quan Loi 1995"
05-25-05 Added Gary Graham's Part Four of Five
"My
Journey Back to the World - Look At All Those Bright Lights"
04-29-05 Added two of a planned five photo galleries from Eddie "Zak" Zakrzewski "Sgt Eddie Zak's Photo Gallerys - 1968-69"
04-29-05 Added a three photo gallery from Howard Barbee "1968 TET Results on 6/27th Motor Pool"
04-29-05 Added "Around Alpha Battery - 1969" Jim Mclain photo gallery
04-29-05 Added Gary Graham's Part Three of Five “My Journey Back to the World - Freedom Bird”
04-20-05 Added New and Reorganized - "News Flash" Page with new content and links
04-12-05 Added New site Guestbook - Post an entry - It's the place many visitors go to first to see who has found the site for the first time.
04-04-05 Added Reed McDonald's "In Memory of SSgt Archie Lamar Jones"
03-29-05
Added Gary Graham's Part Two of Five "My
Journey Back to the World - SitenBitchers Lounge”
03-29-05 Added "Quan
Loi Commo Tower Views" - Photos by Mike Kramer
03-29-05 Added Reprinted review of new book "Vietnam Chronicles: The Abrams Tapes"
03-29-05 Added "Life With ABtry 6/27th FA in Iraq" - Photos by SFC Paul Larson
03-29-05 Added "Views of Frenchman's Pool" - More photos not included in the original Frenchman's Pool pages.
02-21-05 Added "Flight #1 - Quan Loi International Airport" - A story with photos by Bill Carr
02-21-05 Added "My Journey Back to the World - Part 1" - The first of five parts by Gary Graham
02-21-05 Added "Trilogy of Travel" - Three stories by Roger Mallory
02-21-05 Added "Quan Loi - Black and White - 1969" A gallery of photos by Joe Deane
02-21-05 Added "Late Chow" - A story by Gary Graham
01-30-05 Added "Cambodian 'Turkey Shoot' - 1970" - A Photo Memory by Scott Krueger
01-30-05 Added "Traveling In-Country Unattached" by Gary Graham
01-30-05 Added "My First Days In Country" by Les Higa
01-30-05 Added The first sections of the "FNG Site Tour" for first-time visitors. Look for additions to the tour over the next weeks
01-30-05 Added "When You Go to Sleep" by Gary Graham
01-30-05 Added "Changing a 175mm Tube" - Photos by William Carr
01-30-05 Added New issues of the "CannonEars" published by the 6/27th Arty Vietnam
12-12-04 Added Alpha Battery 6/27th FA (MLRS) Today to the "Battery Page"
12-12-04 Added Construction at HHB and Alpha Battery - Quan Loi to the "Battery Page"
12-06-04 Added 1967 Aerial Views of Quan Loi by William Carr on Quan Loi Airfield Page
12-06-04 Added "My Freedom Bird" by Reed McDonald
12-06-04 Added "Stay Away From Loud Noises" by Gary Graham
12-06-04 Added "My Journey to Loc Ninh" by Tom Hynes
12-06-04 Added "Electrical Problems" by Gary Graham
10-09-04 Added Reunion Photos and Report
10-09-04 Added Tom Hynes "Why Are These Guys a Funny Orange Color"
10-09-04 Added Roger Mallory's "From Quan Loi to Las Vegas"
10-09-04 Added Larry Jameson's "A Father's Visit"
10-04-04 Added alphabetical listing of past Guestbook entries
10-04-04 Added a new Site Search Component to replace the previous non-working search feature.
07-04-04 Added a Link to the Australian Gunners Old Comrades Association (Check your volume control)
07-01-04 Added Gerald Dilge's "First Night in Quan Loi"
07-01-04 Added Larry Jameson's "Shit Burns"
07-01-04 Added Gary Graham's "Convoying on Thunder III"
07-01-04 Added Roger Mallory's "Companions"
07-01-04 Added Larry Hutchison's "Vietnam Memories - May 12, 1969" Plus Larry's Quan Loi Photo Galleries
07-01-04 Added a Quan Loi 2004 QuickTime VR Panoramic Photo From Scott Krueger to his "Finding Quan Loi"
07-01-04 Added Roger Mallory's "June 6, 1969"
06-01-04 Added Jan Askman's "Vietnam Memories: Quan Loi, Dec. 1969 to April 1970"
06-01-04 Added Larry Jameson's "May 12, 1969"
06-01-04 Added Nona Graham's "Hand Delivered Mail"
05-12-04 Added "Quan Loi May 12, 1969 - A Thirty-fifth Anniversary Remembrance" - Contributors Norm Wolfinger, Roger Mallory, Arvin Battersby, Gary Graham and Larry Jameson (Added 06-01-04)
04-30-04 Added Scott Krueger's "Finding Quan Loi"
04-30-04 Added Nona Graham's "The Wall"
04-30-04 Added Roger Mallory's "May 12, 1969"
04-30-04 Added Photo Gallery 12 "Alpha Btry 65-66 - 6/27th Arty Goes to Vietnam" Photos and Memories by Don Graham, Gene Long and Ron Altier
04-30-04 Added "Important Photos" page - Visit to see historic photo of Premier Nguyen Cao Ky at Gia Linh
04-30-04 Added "Honorable Mention Photos" to Numba One Photos Page - Visit to see new Additions
03-30-04 Submit information and access the Quan Loi Web Site "Roster" from this button above
03-30-04 Added an unscientific poll to the bottom of the site "Home" page just for fun - Poll will change periodically. Check it out and vote!
03-30-04 Added information in "Bulletin Board" on how to get your decorations, awards and personnel records free. Use button above.
03-30-04 The old Forum is now the new "Bulletin Board" button above
03-30-04 Added Roger Mallory's "A Night at Thunder Three"
03-30-04 Added Arvin Battersby's "Scared, Bunker 8 in HHB"
03-30-04 Added New Captions to Photo Gallery 10 ABtry 1968
03-30-04 Added Photo Gallery 11 - ABtry 1967
03-30-04 Added Gary Graham's "An Incident While on R&R"
03-30-04 Added John Wavra's "Riding a Caribou"
03-30-04 Added Scott Krueger's "Santa Bou"
03-15-04 Added Nona Graham's "An Easter Memory"
02-28-04 Added "In Memoriam" button above - A section to remember our fallen Brothers
02-28-04 Added Nona Graham's "Every Year About This Time"
02-28-04 Added a "Buddy-Finder Primer" thanks to Les Higa
02-28-04 Added a "Quan Loi Website Roster" form for all who wish to be listed in a visitor roster
02-28-04 Added Information to Timeline for 1970 and Photos of Loc Ninh and Move to Bu Dop
02-28-04 Added Gene Mikovilje Photos of Alpha Battery - April 1968
02-28-04 Added some new links to Links Page
02-15-03 Added second day and time for meeting in Live Chat with backup chat program
01-27-03 Added Rick Harris' "Quan Loi, CCS and Me - Near the End - An Loc/Quan Loi 1971-1972"
01-21-03 Added Roger Mallory's "Haymaker Echo On Nui Ba Ra"
01-21-03 Added Scott Krueger's "Return to Loch Ninh"
01-21-03 Added John Zmarthie Photos to Photo Gallery 3 and FDC Tour and Firing Battery Layout Map (See FDC Personnel Bunker)
01-21-03 Added Headquarters & Headquarters Battery Layout Map and Photos
01-21-03 Added "Site Map" button above.
01-21-03 Added Link to Past "The New Cannon Ear" newsletters
12-31-03 Check out the "Live Chat" A weekly discussion has been set each Sunday morning.
12-31-03 Added new Quan Loi Airfield Photos from 1972 by pilots Alan C. Tigner and Bill Carruthers
12-31-03 Added Weather for Bien Hoa, Vietnam on Home Page - It was the closest location to Quan Loi
12-31-03 Added new Layout Maps for ABtry Quan Loi Firing Battery and Admin Section
12-31-03 Added Roger Mallory's "The First Time"
12-17-03 Added Microsoft FrontPage "Search" component to site. Now you can search the site. It's not perfect but better then nothing.
12-13-03 Added "The New Cannon Ear" monthly newsletter to site. Use the "Newsletter" Button to Subscribe/Unsubscribe.
12-11-03 Moved site to new host. Added "Numba One!" Photo Gallery & reorganized "The Battery" section.
11-19-03 Added Gary Graham's "Colorful Language"
11-19-03 Added Gary Graham's "The Decision"
11-17-03 Upgraded the "Frenchmen's Swimming Pool" Pages - Better Photo Quality and added optional narration.
11-14-03 Added "Number 3 Gun Fires Off a Round" Use "The Battery" & "See Battery in Action" Buttons to Access
11-14-03 Added New Yearbook Page with three ways to view complete Yearbook - Click "Yearbook & More" Button Above
11-06-03 Added "Building the Bunkers and Gun Pads at Quan Loi" by Pete Farris
11-04-03 Added Help Screens to the ABtry Live Chat and Forum Pages - Click the Help Button When you are in either
10-30-03 Added a Mess Hall Section. Use "The Mess Hall" Button above
10-30-03 Added Les Higa's "Operational Report/Lessons Learned?"
10-20-03 Added the Alpha Battery Forum. Use "Visit Forum" Button above. A place to express your opinions, make comments etc. for all to see and respond to
10-20-03 Added a Live Chat Section to the site. Use "Live Chat" Button above. Time will tell if it is of any value to anyone
10-19-03 Added Gary Graham's "The Streaker(s)"
10-19-03 Added Larry Jameson's "Thunder Road"
9-25-03 Added an "FDC Bunker Tour". Use "FDC" Button above
9-24-03 Added Gary Graham's "Girls!, Girls! Girls!"
9-24-03 Added Larry Jameson's "Guard Duty Memories"
9-24-03 Added Jim Hynes" "How I Arrived in Quan Loi and a Special Thanks"
9-10-03 Added Gary Graham's "The Sapper"
9-10-03 Added John Wavra's "The Mystery of the 35mm Slides"
9-01-03 Added Gary Graham's "The Surprise in the Care Package"
9-01-03 Added Les Higa's "A Fishing Tale"
8-26-03 Added Mario Williams' "The Day the Gun Exploded"
8-17-03 Added Jack Giffin's "An Infantryman Remembers Quan Loi"
8-15-03 Added Larry Jameson's "Laundry Run - Chapter 4"
4-17-03 Added Larry Kantroski's "Witness at the Beginning - A Battery at Quan Loi - Jan 1967"
4-13-03 Added Reed McDonald's "The Discovery - One of the Good Memories of Vietnam"
4-13-03 Added Larry Jameson's "Promoted"
3-26-03 Added WACR Radio Blackhorse Quan Loi Vietnam - Use " Quan Loi Radio" Button above.
3-20-03 Added photo of the "Quan Loi French Girls at the Pool" courtesy Al Martin
3-20-03 Added link to Photos of Quan Loi Airstrip 1995 and link on link page to Company B, 1/7 Cavalry
3-20-03 Restructured site - let me know if you find any bugs!
3-08-03 Added "Cannon Ear" Newsletter Issues
3-08-03 Added Larry Jameson's "548 Driver" to the "Your Story" Page
3-05-03 Added new Photo Gallery 8 - 1st Class Photos
3-05-03 Revised opening text and added "How this Site Got Started"
3-01-03 Added Photos of Frenchman's House courtesy Al Martin
3-01-03 Added Photo links (red dots) to Quan Loi Air Field page courtesy Al Martin
2-27-03 Added Photos to Water in the Pool courtesy Al Martin
2-27-03 Added Photos of Bougainvilleas at French Pool courtesy Reed McDonald
2-26-03 Added Larry Jameson's "FNG" to the "Your Story" Page
2-23-03 Added Les Higa's A Battery After Quan Loi to the "Your Story" Page
2-15-03 Added Maj Tom Sheehy Quan Loi Photo Gallery
2-15-03 Added Maj Tom Sheehy Phouc Vinh Photos
2-12-03 Added Items to Timeline for 1970 courtesy of Les Higa.
2-07-03 Added Link to 2nd Battalion 94th Arty and fixed link to TimeLine Page
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