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JCook8.jpgPuff, the Magic Dragon145 viewsNight firing exercise by Puff.
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JCook88.JPGSetting up the field FDC145 viewsYou didn't get a diploma from Gunnery unless you could use an RDP fan (range deflection protractor). Deflection readings go to the guns while Quadrant Elevation (QE) must be calculated.
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JCook5.jpgField Services143 viewsOutdoor mass in the field.
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JCook10.jpgDee-Fense139 viewsGrabbing material of some sort to improve our defensive position.
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JCook-130.JPG"Artillery furniture"138 viewsAmmo crate slates were the building blocks of artillery furniture. (Note. Later units brought furniture building out of crates to an art form.)
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JCook49.JPGOur Arrival135 viewsA bulldozer leads the way straight through the jungle.
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JCook9.jpgDemonstration134 viewsWe're showing the ARVNs how we fill sandbags. They were glad to let us do it.
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JCook-119.JPGRiding the trails134 viewsHere is a Lambretta bus riding along old gun pit and APC trails.
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JCook-131.JPGTea Plantation, October, 1966134 viewsIt almost looks organized.
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JCook13.jpgThe 105mm bullet133 viewsA piece of 105mm shrapnel taken from a VC.
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JCook22a.jpg"Base Camp" - Jan 1966; FDC Trailer brought over from Hawaii132 viewsCenter & Right: PFC Richard A. Williams & Sp4 Larry L. Black. They are shaving facing the FDC. We had been in-country from two to four days at this point. The FDC for "B" Battery was a 3/4-ton truck with generator. The FDC was known as the "Pink Kitty"; it was pink inside. It was made of plywood and brought over from Hawaii. See next photos for the progression of our FDC housing.
Our "wash area" is located where my right foot is.
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JCook34.JPGMarch, 1966132 viewsGun Section emplacement, March 1966. Note the very neat circle of sandbags. You can tell this howitzer passed a "stateside" inspection before being shipped to Nam. Note the "shield" is still on the right side.
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