4th Battalion 42nd Field Artillery
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The 42nd Artillery has a long association with the 1/22 Infantry and the 4th Infantry Division.
In World War II the 42nd Artillery Battalion
served as part of the 4th Division's Combat Team 12.
It again served with the 4th Division in Germany 1951-1956.
In Vietnam the 4th Battalion of the 42nd
Artillery was a towed 105mm howitzer battalion assigned to the
4th Infantry Division,
to render direct support to the 2nd Brigade, of which the 1/22
Infantry was a part.
In 1966 the 4/42 Artillery deployed to Vietnam on
the same ship as the 1/22 Infantry.
Its personnel shared the same firebases as the Regulars and
provided forward observers to 1/22 units in the field.
Many Regulars are alive today, because of the fire
support given to them by the Redlegs of 4/42.
The 4/42 Artillery served in Vietnam from
1966-1970.
Today the 4/42 Artillery "Straight
Arrows" continue to serve with the 4th Division as part of
its organic Division Artillery.
The Straight Arrows saw duty in Iraq 2003-2004 during Operation
Iraqi Freedom, again alongside 1/22 Infantry,
as part of the 1st Raider Brigade of the 4th Infantry Division
(Mechanized).
The 42nd's motto is Festina Lente (Make haste slowly).
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Anyone wishing to contribute to these pages, or make inquiries about 4/42 Artillery, may contact:
Russell "Redleg" Armstrong
C Battery 1969-70
e-mail: redleg442@comcast.net
Russell Armstrong with his gun "Hey Jude" on LZ Ruth
1969
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4th Battalion 42nd Artillery Photo Pages:
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SGT Robert Gobble
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Battery C
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Earl Eskridge
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Earl Eskridge
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Earl Eskridge
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Miscellaneous - Vietnam & Iraq
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SSG George Rocco
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Wayne Wright
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Wayne Wright
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Wayne Wright
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SSG George Rocco
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Wayne Killian
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--- Alan Bahl
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--- David Parrish
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David Parrish
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Redeployment to Iraq 2008
-----4/42 KIA's are listed in the Killed in Action section
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