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ARTY 1/4 Rockpile 1968

1/4 providing outstanding fire support for 26th Marines at Khe SAnh 1968 Updated from Email dEc 22, 2002 hat"s definitely a Marine 175mm long range gun. An Army gun would have a white star on it. I always thought the white star made such a good aiming point. The Marine heavy artillery like 175"s and 8 inch always belonged to force troops. Force Troops was the "Rein. as in reinforced in the "3rd Marine Div. Rein." This gun most likely belonged to 3rd Force guns. It could toss the rounds twenty-six miles. This made for a very short tube life. Only a few hundred rounds between barrel changes. Regards: Mike Robinson 0811 MRhogwood@aol.com
I served with the Army's 8/4 Arty at Con Thien 69/70. The 2/94 and 8/4 Arty supported the Marines and later the Army's 5th Mech. in Northern most I Corps on the DMZ from 1966 to the end, with 8 inch and 175 guns. See our site http://www.8th-4th-arty.com/ Michael Swert [mjswert@comcast.net] Mike Swert
Comment by: Lou Milanesi on Nov 28, 2006 08:53 AM
With all due respect, I\'d suggest the photo is an Army gun, especially if it was taken in \'68. I served with 5th 175mm Guns (SP Rein) at the Rockpile from mid \'69 until we evacuated the base to pull back to JJ Carroll. The photo is taken from the main road (Rt-9) that passed through camp. When I was there (later than the photo), the Army 175s were on the north side of the road, and we were directly across on the south side. However, our battery did not have 175 guns until around March of \'69 when the old 155mm guns were replaced with the 175s. For our battery, the \"rein\" meant that the six 175mm guns of the battery were reinforced with two 8\" howitzers.
ARTY 1/4 Rockpile 1968
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