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Calvin mccarver at Ft Lewis Washington 1968 3rd armored cav. regiment
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This is c battery 1st battalion 27th field artillery king of battle assigned to 23rd artillery group at fire support base Washington. I was there April 69 until nov 69 then we moved to DauTieng where i stayed until Jan 10,70. Had i known how my future was going to be i would have reenlisted and stayed right there. My wife and i were divorced less than a year after i got home.
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There must have been a change of command before i arrived. The battery commander was Cpt. Tulley when i was there in 69. I know that name very well because he busted me 3 wks before my deros date. c btry 1/27.
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This looks like the very office where Cpt busted me to private 3rd class. C btry 1/27.
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Command headquarters i think. c btry 1/27
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I don't know what this office is. C btry 1/27
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The fire direction center,I know the faces but can't remember the names. c btry 1/27
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These guys in fdc are responsable for where the round impacts. If it is a short round friendly's could end up on the receiving end resulting in friendly fire casualties. c btry 1/27
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taken in VietNam November,1969 at fire base croke (Calvin Mccarver @Dave Van Der sluis) A BTRY 7TH BN 11TH ARTY
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Get it right dude lives are depending on you C btry 1/27th arty fire direction center.
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Fire direction center relaying info to guns for fire mission c btry 1/27th arty
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All photos of 1st bn. 27th arty were taken from the 1968 vietnam year book. Look at the g.i. at the corner of the table. Just a young boy forced to become a man. In the end this would all be for nothing.
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Getting a hair cut. This guy could cut a flattop with a comb and scissors. When he came out with that straight razor one didn't know if he was going to shave your neck or slit your throat.
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waiting for fire mission Taken at Dau Tieng Dec. 1969 C btry 1/27 arty.
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c btry 1st bn 27 arty mess hall. gota say they had some good chow for what they had to work with.
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c btry 1/27 mess hall had some good cooks. This one got in some trouble and they treated him like cool hand luke. Dig me a hole, not there over here now fill that one up.
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C btry 1/27th mess hall 1968. Ican't tell who this is one of our cooks.
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These guys are supposed to be verifying the ammo count but idon't see any ammo to verify.
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It just wouldn't do for one of these babys to be out of working order during a fire mission. Untelling where that round might land.
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C btry 1/27th XO checking the lay of the btry. The XO here looks like the XO that David Bowen assaulted one after with his m16. He was then transfered to b btry. Now i know that this is not the XO that i thought he was. this is LT. Craig norman from Charlotte NC.
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1st section c btry 1st bn 27 arty. My section. The man bent over right is Sgt. Larry Jones from Dallas,Texas. I gave him a hard time but i really did like him i just didn't let him know that. Sgt. Jones was a good man and a good SGT.
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Picture taken in Viet Nam fire base croke October 1969
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Haven't got a clue what these two are doing.
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Receiving a fire mission. ( 5 section b btry 1/27)
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Keeping the fuses tight. ( 5th section b btry 1/27)
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Always ready to shoot at a moments notice. Lives are depending on you and time lost is lives lost. ( 4th section b btry 1/27 arty)
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A fire support base is always in need of repairs. The back blast from the mussel reaps havik on sandbags. (4th section b btry 1/27)
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4th section b btry 1/27 ammo resupply ( 4 section b btry 1/27)
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B btry 1/27 battery commander
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B BTRY 1/27 FIRST SERGEANT
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The 1sg and battery clerk
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B btry 1/27 battery clerk
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B btry 1/27 commo section
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B btry 1/27 fire direction center m577 command track was a mobile home for FDC for over a year.
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Clearing the m-60
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B btry 1/27 FDC receiving a fire mission
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B btry 1/27 FDC plotting the grid
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B btry 1/27 FDC operating the fadac
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B btry 1/27 FDC maintaining the on track generator
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B btry 1/27 FDC compiling the met data.
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Supply section b btry 1/27 keeping supplies flowing to a btry which is completely out of the area requires a gigantic effort.
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the armorer maintains and controls the individual weapons.
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The XO Post b btry 1/27 checking the lay.
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The lay must be checked daily.
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verifying the data
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order to fire.
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1st section b btry 1/27 removing the muzzle brake.
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1ST SECTION B btry 1/27 reinforcing the ammo bunker sometimes is a daily task.
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2nd section b btry 1/27 daily maintenance
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2nd section b btry war is hell
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2nd section b btry 1/27 i don't have a clue
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2nd section b btry 1/27 individual training records showed three hrs. of pt.
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3rd section b btry 1/27 preparing to fuze.
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3rd section b btry 1/27 posing for the camera.
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3rd section b btry Ramming the round using a hydraulic rammer. when lives are on the line you use your fist.
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I think these guys were doing some cleaning or maybe getting ready for a road trip. That's Mike from LA. at the rear of the gun and the guy on top i can;t remember his name but i know he had a bad case of sun poison
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155 s.p.(death at rest) This photo was taken late one evening at fire base Washington.
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I dropped a projectile on my foot. was thinking how bad that sucker hurt. Shit happens in war but its the little things that hurt the most. Taken at F.B.Washington 1969.
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taken on graduation day at ft. sill OK. artillery training
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taken during a support mission with the 25th inf. to the base of the black virgin mountain.
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picture of black virgin mountain taken from fire base Washington 1968
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This is a picture of Larry Hobbs from Indiana the son-n-law of Lou Williams (deceased) taken in early 60s or late 50s.
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myself and tehern @ Ft.Lewis Washington
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Myself and Larry Wade at Fort Sill OK
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