4th Battalion 42nd Artillery

 

 

 

William Koontz Battery C 4/42 Artillery 1967-1968

 

 

Small school at a firebase. Kids standing at attention while their flag was being raised.
They are of different ages and looks like a mixture of Viets and Yards.

 

 

Flag at the top of the pole.

 

 

Kids at the school

 

 

These two are going to tussle

 

 

The kids

 

 

These Viet troops playing volleyball may have their kids at this school, there are some homes nearby.
We stayed at this firebase overnight on a bed with a wood floor. The firebase had some 8 inch howitzers there.

 

 

Vietnamese troops playing volleyball.

 

 

Part of the base the school was on. A CH47 can just be seen in the center of the photo.

 

 

ARVN troops entering a Montagnard village

 

 

We had these ARVNS with us for a week.

 

 

Yard village.

 

 

Me on right and Foward Observer on left at Yard village.

 

 

The village farm implement, their water buffalo.

 

 

Viet kids at Dak To.

 

 

Dak To area.

 

 

Our Forward Observer drinking a warm Falstaff or Olympia beer.

 

 

Humping the green.

 

 

Finally some sunshine !

 

 

Chopper taking someone back to base.

 

 

Taking a short break, a hot day.

 

 

 

 

 


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