David Willingham's Vietnam
C Btry 6/27th Artillery
Sep 1968 to Sep 1969
Phouc Vinh
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SPC Willingham (Battery Recorder), 1LT John Solomon (XO), SFC Arthur Chesteen (Chief of Smoke), PFC Grissom (Battery Recorder) Late 1968
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SFC Chesteen 1968
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SFC Chesteen 1969
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4 SFC Chesteen and SPC Willingham and Birth Control
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SGT Johnny Christopher, SPC Hardy, Unknown and SPC Willingham at Gun#3 175
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PV2 Baldwin, PFC Pitman and SPC Willingham 1969
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Dale Parker and PFC George Becker
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SPC Willingham and SGT Morris on his way home 1969
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Unknown FDC guy
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David Perry and PFC Willingham 1968
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SGT Ibarra Test fire range Phouc Vinh 1968
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SGT Christopher Gun #2 Gunner
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1LT Solomon, SFC Chesteen, welder unknown Building a new aiming circle tower
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FDC crew 1LT Pack in the doorway
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Unknown guard duty Phouc Vinh 1968
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Unknown
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SSG Walters from Florida (Asst. Chief of Smoke)
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David Perry Unknown rank 1968 Worked in motor pool
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1LT Pack and unknown 1969
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SPC Willingham and 1LT Solomon at the Exec Post 1969
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Two Unknowns in gun bunker
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Unknown Corporal 1969
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SPC Willingham and SPC Steve Unknown last name
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SGT Morris (Short)
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Unknown SPC and SPC Willingham
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SPC Willingham at aiming circle 1969
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SSG Wooten (gun chief #3) and his monkey 1968
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SPC Willingham and 107 mm rocket engine peels
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CPL Miller 1969
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SPC Willingham at Exec Post
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Chief of Smoke Chesteen
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SGT Christopher (Tex)
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No. 3 Gun - 175mm gun firing mission
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No. 3 Fire!
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Remains of 107mm rocket motors
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No. 2 8 inch firing mission
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Took couple of rounds in the drivers windshield 1968
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Hootch maids for Charlie Battery
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Traffic along highway LTL1A
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FDC after rocket and mortar attack 1969
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Sky Crane chopper after delivering 105 battery next to Charlie Battery 1969
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Test fire range north east of perimeter 1969
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Pulling maintenance gun No. 2
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Sky Crane delivering M102 and accessories next door 1969
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Removing 55 gal barrel top with detcord 1969
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Engineers lending a hand with some old bunker demolition
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Inside Exec Post at night
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New blast wall for the Exec Post 1969
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Engineers’ civil project coming thru the Battery area
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Building the new blast wall for the Exec Post
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Infantry bivouac area down the road from Charlie Battery
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Charlie Battery cookout names unknown 1968
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Charlie Battery ball game 1968
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Chinook sling loads a recon plane
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55 Perimeter defense twin 40 Duster
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Morning powder burn 1968
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Inside Exec Post Phouc Vinh 196
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Check point on LTL1A North entrance to Base Camp at Phouc V inh
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Convoy to Long Binh 1969
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Song Be River Bridge 1969
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Song Be River Bridge ARVN outpost 1969
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175 Plt Hip Shoot July1969 About 40 miles NW of Phouc Vinh
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Convoy prep
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Convoy security
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Tourist Advertisement
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EOD blowing munitions at test fire range outside perimeter
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Monsoon 1969
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Captured AK47 from ground probe
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175mm gun tube “Little Willie”
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Cover of 23rd Artillery Group magazine 1968
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Page from 23rd magazine aerial of Artillery Phouc Vinh including C Battery 6/27
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Page from 23rd magazine C Btry FDC with SPC Phillips and 2LT Fong
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Page from 23rd magazine #2 gun firing with SSG Freeman and PFC Milano