Vietnam 1968-1969
Vietnam 1968-1969
165mm Artillery Shell Results
We were shelled at regular intervals. On one occasion the shelling managed to blow up a hootch behind the concrete ramp and set on fire the POL.
On another occasion one of the 165mm shells that the NVA used hit the concrete ramp and failed to go off. It was a 'dud'. The EOD team carefully
placed some C4 beside it and set the shell off. Because it was exploded from the outside it just split open and all the pieces were gathered up and
scotch taped back together. Well that shell really drew a crowd. The cameras going off sounded like a big press conference of some sort. Everyone
at that base was very familiar with what those shells sounded like when they were not duds.
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