“C Btry fired last American heavy artillery round in Vietnam,” 4/9/1972.Series: Artiller
“C Btry fired last American heavy artillery round in Vietnam,” 4/9/1972.Series: Artillery Unit Records, ca. 1965 - ca. 1972Record Group 472: Records of the U.S. Forces in Southeast Asia, 1950 - 1976Transcription: CONFIDENTIALDAILY STAFF JOURNAL OR DUTY OFFICER’S LOGFor use of this form, see AR 220-15; the proponent agency isOffice of Deputy Chief of Staff for Military Operations.PAGE NO. 1NO. OF PAGES 1ORGANIZATION OR INSTALLATIONHq 2d Bn 94th FALOCATIONAT989714Hill 34, RVNPERIOD COVEREDFROM HOUR 001 DATE 9 Apr 72To HOUR 2400 DATE 9 Apr 72ITEM NO. TIME INCIDENTS, MESSAGES, ORDERS, ETC. ACTION TAKEN INI-TIALS IN OUT1 0001 (U) Journal Opened.2 1400 © C Btry fired last American heavy artillery round in Vietnam. DSJ3 SUMMARY: The last firing unit wi th a tactical mission was released from it. C Btry fired the last heavy artillery round for American Artillery. C Btry began standdown.4 2400 (U) Journal Closed.CONFIDENTIALDOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR INTERVALS; DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS, DOD DIR 5200.10TYPED NAME AND GRADE OF OFFICER OR OFFICIAL ON DUTYDERAL E. WILLIS, MAJ, S-3SIGNATURE[handwritten signature : Deral E Willis]DA FORM 1594 1 NOV 62PREVIOUS EDITION OF THIS FORM IS OBSOLETEU.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE [illegible] -- source link
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