Around the AO | 101st Airborne 327 Infantry

2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division

Around the AO

Name: samuel greer
Hometown: Lansing, IL
Date: May 14, 2008 - 02:27 PM (pacific)

I served with c-company 2/327 2nd platoon.I arrived in country July 1966. On June 08 1967 I was wounded in action. It is an honor and blessing to have served with such brave and courages warriors. I am proud to say that I served with the second platoon.

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Unpainted Miniature $45.00

Vietnam 2nd battalion

Around the AO

A Shau Valley in '68 - '69

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	Here's another shot from "Raspberry" Reed, 1969
Notice all the bomb craters on the valley floor

Lang Co

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Lang Co Village near Fire Base Los Banos on Highway One				The Lang Co Bridge
Thanks to "Raspberry" Reed for the memories and some of these images
Lang Co Bridge in 1969
Lang Co Church				Train Station

Nuoc Ngot

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The Nuoc Ngot Bridge				Isiah Kidwell with a 1 1/2 off the bridge
Nuoc Ngot Bridge				Nuoc Ngot Kids

				David "Hawk" Wayne Nuoc Ngot Bridge
David "Hawk" Wayne Nuoc Ngot Bridge

Humpin'

Roung Roung Valley D-2/327 1969	D-2/327
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Fire Support Base Jack

Although the 327th ABN Infantry never served on FSB Jack, it was still near our AO and supported by our other 101st Brothers. However, the HUGE 175 Gun is the focus of this page with associated comments from our Red Leg Brothers, specifically "On Time On Target" Dan O'Brien and Walter "HIGH ANGLE" Tangel.

Here is a 175 set up at FSB Jack, sometime in early 1969. A hell of a weapon that could reach out and touch someone. Off and on 8" and 175 guns would spend time at Jack and shoot towards the A Shau area and who knows where else.

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The 175mm is the most inaccurate weapon in the inventory. If you were asking for perimeter fire like Danang called for while we were at ROY, you had better hunker down in a deep hole cuz who knows where these rounds will land. The 8 in was the most accurate weapon in the inventory putting a round in a 55 gallon drum at 12 miles with perfect weather conditions.

The 175 tube had a life of 300 rounds and then had to be changed or risk blowing the breech apart or splitting the tube. The 99 pounds of powder [charge 3] stressed out the tube. A 50 foot lanyard was used to fire this animal during the day but most of us rode the beast at night using the 3 foot lanyard from the 8 in breech block.

For additional pictures of this massive cannon, check out the flicks from Fire Support Base Bastogne HERE.