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Whiskey Battery - 3rd Battalion 12th Marines - 3rd Mar Div - FMF PAC - Unit Photo's
Whiskey 3/12 after returning from RVN. Battery in formation for inspection on the MCRD parade deck...4.2 Howtar in parapetAccidentBill Hermis & SkiBuilding initial postion on "Hill 55" early in 1966...Convoy forming for ride to "Hill 55" early 1966...Da Nang before leaving for Hill 55...
1st 175 Gun Battery Pic's
India 3/12 Battery Page & Pics
Tango 3/12 Battery Pic's
More to follow...
Ammo dump exploding from Quang Tri, ten miles south of Dong Ha Combat Base...Helicopters ferrying battery personal to the field site...Ron Goodwin "aimimg" the howtar...Cleaning the tube...Does anyone know the iIdentity of this battery Marine?In the mud, in the field...
Dale Gorski with an AK-47Guy Young in "Dog Patch" near Da Nang...Hill 55 early in 1965...
Building howtar position, Hill 55, early 1965.New ammo bunker, Hill 55 early in 1965...The river below Hill 55 position early in 1966...Hill 55 in the spring of 1966; the hill was known to the Vietnamese as "Bobo Mountain".Map showing Hill 55 location...Vietnamese grave near Marine position at Hill 55...Early 1966... Hill 55 March 1966Convoy in route to Hill 55 in 1965 after leaving Da Nang. Hill 55 was about 30 miles N-NW of Da Nang...
Hill 55; initial postion in 1965...WIllie Peter round (WP) Hill 55 position -1965...Hill 55 March 1966...Convoy leaving Da Nang for Hill 55...Loading (tossing?) 4.2 mortar rounds in Da Nang for trip to Hill 55...Loading the battery at Dong Ha for a trip on the Cau Viet River.Operation Starlitr - 1965Loading the Howtar...River below Hill 55; 4 battery Marines died in a night position near this river two days before the battery redeployed to Okinawa...
Map of "Operation Starlite" the first large scale US operatiion of the war.Heading back to the "world" a mythical land we never found after returning from Vietnam...Testing gravity... What goes up...Taking a break - Hill 55 early in the spring of 1966...
The following nine pictures, ten including this one, are a litany to the Vietnam Veterans who gave all for their country; their memory, tribute, and families should never be forgotten. This photo is called "Daddy's Girl"...Night watch...Part of our legacy...Lost, but not forgotten...