William Koontz Battery C 4/42 Artillery 1967-1968

 

 

Making friends with a yard boy

 

 

Howitzer maintain tools

 

 

A hot meal finally, I think this was a holiday

 

 

Here comes the Army !

 

 

Outpost

 

 

Outpost

 

 

Sunday worship in field

 

 

Battery B 5th Battalion 16th Field Artillery

 

 

M109 self-propelled howitzer "Bewitched" of B 5/16 ART

 

 

Me standing next to M109 "Bristo" of B 5/16 Art

 

 

M109 of B 5/16 Artillery

 

 

This was C Battery's ceremony of them firing the 50,000 round in Nam that I had a chance to see
and made the news, some top brass were there

 

 

Top brass - at least one is a Colonel, probably the Brigade Commander
(3rd from left in faded early model jungle fatigues)

 

 

Top brass firing the 50,000th round

 

 

Montagnards

 

 

Montagnards

 

 

Montagnards

 

 

Montagnard kids

 

 

Regulars have some questions to ask

 

 

Detained for questioning

 

 

Me with C Battery's logo sign

 

 

 

 

 


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