Do you know of anyone who served with 1st Guns in Vietnam (155mm or 175mm Guns)? Please reply if you do.
1st Guns in Vietnam
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Do you know of anyone who served with 1st Guns in Vietnam (155mm or 175mm Guns)? Please reply if you do.
I served with 1st Guns from March 1969 till Sept 1970.Served with the 155s a short time on hill 55.moved to hill 34 when we got the 175s.Made many trips to hill 65.
My mos was 2111.
Most called me Goody.
larry e. clemens ( Clemi) aug. 69-aug. 70. gun 3 a-gunner/with kish-Gunner, s/sgt.? section leader.
My name is Steve Heltzel and I arrived in SVN July of 8
69 and was assigned to 1st 175 MM guns. I worked in the office as a clerk. During my time there, since everyone was pulling out did my share of guard duty and humped rounds for the guns when needed.
I was transferred from one company to the other as they were leaving until everyone had left in October and then went to Okinawa.Due to my short time being there I didn’t really learn names just nick names.
The thing I recall the best is when we were leaving and turning things over the ARVIN how they inspected everything and the M-16s and the magazines had to be spotless. One of the sergeants made the comment that “they were clean enough to drop.”
I;m glad to have found this site, keep up the good work.