Karl Sherck's Alpha Btry 6/27th Artillery Photos

Quan Loi 1967-68
Copyright 2105 by Karl Sherck and www.quanloi.org
Barney, Jerry Clay, Karl Sherck : Barney,Clay,Karl  Pete Farris with Caesar the monkey  Gene Mikovilje at the lanyard  Alpha Battery Motor pool guys with Hooch Maid in back : Guys from A btry. motor pool 
L-R Unknown soldier, Gene Mikovilje, Sgt.Tweat, and front soldier Unknown : Guys on 8inch gun  Unknown Soldier showing  how it is done. : Only takes one  It takes two Montagnards for one American (Unknown) : It takes two to make one US  Karl Sherck and a Montagnard. : Karl & moutenyard 
John (Vietnamese worker) on the Iron Coffin. : John  John (Vietnamese worker) : Q-Loi  John (Vietnamese worker) taking a break. : Q-Loi  L-R Unknown Soldier, Jerry Clay, Unknown Soldier, Barney, Kezzel, Unknown Soldier & Unknown Soldier Let us know if you know any of the unknown soldier's names. : Un,Clay,Un,Barney,Kezzel,Un,Un 
L- R Top Unknown Soldier, Unknown Soldier, Jerry Clay, bottom row all Unknown Soldiers.   Do you know the Unknown Soldier's names? : Un,Un, Jerry Clay,  Un,Thigpin  Look at Jerry Clay with mud on his boots. : Q-Loi  Jerry Clay going to his tent. : Q-Loi  Barney, Karl Sherck, Unknown : Barney,karl,Un 
Jerry Clay at the Piss Tube Latrine . : Q-Loi  Karl in the driver seat of the PC. : Karl gunner on thr PC  Karl behind the 50 cal. on the PC. : Karl PC gunner  Karl, Pete Farris in front of the gun section bunker. : Karl & Pete 
Karl on top of the gun section bunker : Karl on top top of runker  Unknown Soldier on top of the gun section bunker. : Q-Loi  Karl in bunker doorway. : Q-Loi  In the process of rebuilding #2 bunker. : Changing #2 bunker 
L-R Karl Sherck, Unknown Soldier and Jerry Clay : Q-Loi  Karl Sherck : Q-Loi  Mortars did a job on the trucks - Tet - January 30, 1968 : Morter hit truck 2  Truck in motor pool.  Tet - January 30, 1968 : truck 
Mortars did a job on the trucks.  Tet - January 30, 1968 : Q-Loi  Several trucks were hit that night in the motor pool. : Q-Loi  Pete Farris & Karl Sherck in ammo bunker. : Pete & Karl In ammo bunker  Pete & Karl waiting for fire mission. : Pete Farris & Karl Sherck 
Stud Baker, Sgt. Tweat, Pete Farris on gun. : Q-Loi  Fire Mission. : Q-Loi  8” gun brings smoke. : Q-Loi  Pete Farris ready to fire the cannon. : Q-Loi 
Karl on the Iron Coffin. : Karl on gun  Looking at the 8” gun from the rear. : Q-Loi  L-R Jerry Clay, Kezzel, Unknown Soldier and Ron Eith : J. Clay  Karl S. night off the gun.  They got to wear civies when off duty? : Q-Loi 
Karl S. by the tent.  These tents were soon to be replaced with underground personnel sleeping bunkers when one night they were hit with rockets with resulting casualties. : Q-Loi  The tents where we stayed and slept in on our nights off. : Q-Loi  PC : The PC  Pete Farris wiping down a 175 gun tube. : Q-Loi 
175mm gun fire mission. : Q-Loi  Tank on the way from An Loc, : Q-Loi  Guard tower outside of French swimming pool. : Q-Loi  Montangnard women filing sand bags. : Q-Loi 
Vietnamese workers being dropped off in An Loc, : Q-Loi  Stopped at Montagnard Village to drop off workers : Q-Loi  Montagnards going home after working all day at Alpha Battery. : Q-Loi  Hooch Maids. : Q-Loi 
We were supposed to have an American show - Look what we got. The 6 Uglies! : Q-Loi  Rebuilding the bunkers at Quan Loi. : Q-Loi  Another shot of rebuilding the bunkers. : redoing the bunkers  Our tents and a view of our perimeter. : Q-Loi 
Village on the way to An Loc. : Q-Loi  Not sure what this was - on the way to An Loc. : Q-Loi  Two of the Vietnamese Workers. : Two of our workers  Passing School kids along the way to An Loc. : Q-Loi 
An Loc Locals.  Sargent (who? - Can someone tell us?) : Sarge (who)  Rear - L-R Gene Mikovilje, Unknown Soldier, Unknown Soldier, front row Craig Belsir : 4 Guys in ammo buker  Unidentified  Soldiers - Lost in Memory.  Do you know names? : Unidenified 
Unidentified  Soldiers - Lost in Memory.  Do you know names? : Unknown  Unidentified  Soldier - Lost in Memory.  Do you know names? : unknown  Night before Pete Farris left for home : 40 Days  Same as Previous Shot, but rotated. : 40 Days