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DP3a.JPGAtop LZ Thunder162 viewsDuc Pho, LZ Montezuma (aka Bronco), Fall, 1967. "B" Battery, 105mm howitzer. Bunkers around the gun were for ammunition and for the gun crew. The South China Sea can be seen in the rear.
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DP10a.JPGFDC TOC155 viewsSpring, 1968. Next to our bunker was the FDC tactical operations center where we worked. In the distance, past the Bong Son village, is one of the Tiger Mountains which was festering with VC, unlike the NVA we had seen far to the north.
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DP4a.JPGDecember, 1967152 viewsVietnamese farmers working the rice paddies.
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DP2a.JPG2/9th Bn TOC130 viewsDuc Pho, LZ Bronco, 1967. The 2/9th now under 3d Bde, 4th Inf Div. Went to "C" Battery (to gain experience) & then assigned here as an Arty Computer in the S-3 Section under Maj Stuart Wright & MSG Moats. Stayed here until end of 1967.
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Price_Reunion_5.jpgReunion Photos - Dave Price114 views"Old Vets" on tour: Charles Skidmore, Dave Price, Wayne Crochet, John "Moon" Mullins, and Lee Dixon.
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Price_Reunion_14.jpgReunion Photos - Dave Price114 viewsRetirement ceremony - presenting the colors
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Price_Reunion_6.jpgReunion Photos - Dave Price112 viewsToday's FDC? Not quite! All the computer laptops were behind these men out of sight. The old firing chart with RDP and square are on display...probably just for our benefit to remind us of our time in service.
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Price_Reunion_9.jpgReunion Photos - Dave Price110 viewsAh....the great memories of the FDC tools in Vietnam. The only thing missing is the CONEX container. Without that, the FDC would be out of commission with the jungle weather environment we faced daily.
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Price_Reunion_7.jpgReunion Photos - Dave Price109 viewsThe Paladin 155mm howitzer firing during the demonstration.
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Price_Reunion_12.jpgReunion Photos - Dave Price109 viewsRetirement ceremony caisson
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Price_Reunion_4.jpgReunion Photos - Dave Price108 viewsWe toured the Basic Training barracks and met with the training staff.
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Price_Reunion_8.jpgReunion Photos - Dave Price108 viewsThe FADAC - "Field Artillery Digital Analog Computer". The field artillery's first attempt to use a "computer" for fire direction computation of deflection and quadrant elevation. Didn't prove itself at Ft Sill and neither in Vietnam. We were better with the tools learned at Snow Hall.
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