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Welcome
to the new home of the entire 6th Battalion 27th Field Artillery
Vietnam. The 6/27th Artillery has a long history stretching back to it's
original formation as Battery F, 27th Field Artillery on August 2,
1918 as an element of the 9th Division. The Battalion, however,
did not fight in WW I. Reactivated in March, 1952
during the Korean War as a part of the 1st Armored Division, it remained
at Ft. Hood, Texas and saw no action in that war. It was again
deactivated at Ft. Polk, LA in February, 1957. The Battalion was once again
reactivated on August 23, 1962 at Ft. Chaffee, Arkansas. After a
number of months of training, the unit was reorganized and redesigned
the 6th Battalion (8")(SP), 27th Artillery on March 19, 1964 at Ft
Chaffee, Arkansas. It was then that an accelerated training
program was begun. In May, 1964 the Battalion left Ft. Chafee for
training in the Arizona desert. Approximately two and a half
months later the 6/27th received orders to move permanently from
Ft. Chaffee, Arkansas to Ft Bliss, Texas. On July 19, 1965 the Battalion
was alerted for eventual movement to Vietnam. Plans were made and
hours of work were completed so that on September 28, 1965 the
equipment. along with a contingent of guards from the unit, left the
Port of Houston for Vietnam aboard the USS Dick Lykes. A few days
later the en masse movement of personnel was begun. A smaller
group was flown to San Francisco/Oakland, California with the main body
of 569 men leaving by train from Ft Bliss, bound for California. On October 4, 1965 the men of
the 6/27th Artillery boarded the U.S. Navy Ship W.S. Gordon and set sail
from the Oakland Army Terminal. The ocean journey took 33
days. On November 2, 1965 the troops of the 6/27th arrived
at Vung Tau, Vietnam and disembarked. Two days later their
equipment arrived from the Saigon Docks where it had been unloaded.
This was the beginning of what would be seven years service in Vietnam
for hundreds of Cannon Kings. This site is dedicated to the
service of all of the men of the 6/27th Artillery Vietnam.
Contained here is their story - a historical depository of their service
to their country in photos and written stories from those men. We invite you to visit each of
the batteries where you will find content submitted by the men who
served in Quan Loi, Phouc Vinh, Gia Linh, Song Be, Phu Loi, Bu Dop Loc
Ninh and Bien Hoa as well as at many tiny Fire Support Bases across the
area of the Fish Hook in Vietnam.
For those of you who are interested
only in Quan Loi, Vietnam we invite you to choose the first link option
or click here to
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"Visit Quan Loi". Update5 |
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