4th Battalion 42nd Artillery Page 8

4th Battalion 42nd Artillery

Wayne "Whiskey" Wright

Headquarters Battery 4/42 Artillery 1969-1970

Wayne Wright October 1969 LZ Hardtimes

C Btry 4/42 Artillery.....Oct 1969 LZ Hardtimes
Loading No. 1 during fire mission
You can see the projectile going in

LZ Hardtimes....
Taken from the top of FDC conex of C 4/42
looking east toward the mountains

LZ Hardtimes....C 4/42
In the foreground is Gun No. 1 - Pineapple's gun
The guy standing in the pit with no shirt on is Sgt William Mims, from Dallas

LZ Hardtimes....C Battery firing

LZ Hardtimes....C Btry No 1 gun

LZ Hardtimes....loading No 1 gun C Btry

LZ Hardtimes....C Btry No 1 gun
in full recoil having just fired

LZ Hardtimes
white phosphorous rounds burning in hills around firebase,
having been fired by 105's from C 4/42

Wayne Wright in the "funny box" LZ Hardtimes Oct 1969

October 1969 - Operations center at LZ Hardtimes....
telephones and chart

Operations center at LZ Hardtimes
Note the tools of the trade...
popcorn popper VN style and beer