M-16’s and LSA (lubricant small arms)
The M-16 is a gas operated rotating bolt rifle with direct impingement, shooting a 5.56 shell, weighing in at 7.2 or 7.8 lbs. empty, 8.8 lbs. loaded, is 40-inches long and can fire up to 950 [...]
The M-16 is a gas operated rotating bolt rifle with direct impingement, shooting a 5.56 shell, weighing in at 7.2 or 7.8 lbs. empty, 8.8 lbs. loaded, is 40-inches long and can fire up to 950 [...]
I found this report on the battle at FSB Crook in June 1969. My unit A Battery 7/11 Artillery was involved in this action. A month earlier we lost 17 men that were wounded in [...]
So you want to know about Artillery in Vietnam.
Paintings done by 25th Division artists from January 1968 thru June 1968.
From: Michael Mazarr <MazarrM@ndu.edu> Subject: RE: Paper Date: July 20, 2012 1:10:38 PM CDT To: Chris Woelk <chriswoelk1945@gmail.com> Chris: Sorry for the delay the Lyman Wooster paper is now cleared for public release with the [...]
Locate Military Records: The 201 File and Form DD 214 are the basic records available from the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis Missouri. Google their site and fill out standard form 180 to [...]
Tropic Lightning News Copies of the paper printed while the division was deployed in Vietnam. A few issues are unavailable but you can read what was printed while you were there. Thanks to the 25th [...]
I filled out one of the questioners in 1993. This letter is an initial report sent to those who participated in the study. I am attempting to get the final results and if I do [...]
The Broadway production "Baby it's You" opens April 27 and Vietnamsoldier is providing four pictures to be shown as the Shirelles song "Soldier Boy" is sung. The pictures are shown here. From Left: [...]
Col. Wil Esplin served 26 years in the US Army and 2 tours in Vietnam, one with the 1st Infantry Division and the other as an advisor to the Vietnamese government and military, in the [...]