1st Battalion 22nd Infantry Area of Operations Page 3

---1st Battalion 22nd Infantry ----

Area of Operations, Republic of Vietnam 1966-1972

Page Three

LZ Hardtimes.....An M110 8 inch self-propelled howitzer of D Btry 5/16 Artillery
Photo courtesy Wayne Wright HHB 4/42 Artillery

LZ Hardtimes....an M110 next to its ammo bunker, full of the massive 8 inch shells
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LZ Hardtimes...loading the 8 inch shell
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LZ Hardtimes....Loading an M110 8 inch self-propelled howitzer
Note shell hanging from loading assembly with two guys steadying it.
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LZ Hardtimes....preparing to fire the M110's gun
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LZ Hardtimes....8 inch gun firing......smoke from the gun still in the air
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LZ Hardtimes....M109 155mm self-propelled gun
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LZ Hardtimes....M109 on left, M548 ammuntion carrier on right
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LZ Hardtimes....M109 firing
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LZ Hardtimes
M48 tank in center
M109 155mm self-propelled gun on left
M548 tracked ammunition carrier on right
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The river at LZ Hardtimes
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Pagoda outside LZ Hardtimes
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