Stories

The 1/92nd Field Artillery
Association - Vietnam

  The stories in this section are told by members of the 1/92nd FA and from members of other units that had the good fortune to have associated with us in some way. The stories are the personal experiences while serving with the the unit and range from battles to humor.

Updated October 24, 2015

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'A' Battery

'B' Battery

A Battey and Its Wings Fred Stella
Flares Over 62nd Maintenance Tom Kanis
The Whistling Howitzers Tom Kanis
A- in May 1970 LZ Wildcat Robert Southern
Bobby Pope Bo Prehar

The Book Jay Livesay
Memories of 1/92nd Part I Gil Goltz
Memories of 1/92nd Part II Gil Goltz
Memories of 1/92nd Part III Gil Goltz
The 'Crappy' Chimp Jeff Danielson
The 'FNG' Jeff Danielson
After 'The FNG' Jeff Danielson
The "Pressure Cooker" Jeff Danielson
The Bird Dog's KIA Jeff Danielson
Recogniton Over Due Jeff Danielson
Sounds Jeff Danielson
The Road to B Btry Jeff Danielson
FDC at Hambone Jeff Danielson
Crossing the Pond Ralph Calhoun Jr.
The Water Blivot Ralph Calhoun Jr.
Humor in a Near Death Experience Henry Hickman
Life on FSB 6 - 1969 David L. Mull
LZ Vera-Lawrence Seeley 4th Inf Divison
'The Quest' for Pete Smart-John Zoll
Memories of LZ Vera Larry Jeffers
Happy I Was There Alfred Gerstenschlager
Thank God I'm Alive James Hughes

'C' Battery

'D' Battery

Recollections - Phu Nhon - Jan/Feb 1971 David Powell
'You Dirty Rat!!' Steve Ollerton
Bits and Pieces Reg Karg
Rocket Attack on FSB Kelly S. Ollerton/D. Powell
On the Road in II Corps Jim Foster
LZ Swinger Lee Thompson
MY Year in C 1/92nd John Kerr
Dog & Pony Show Pat Weir

'F' Battery

'HHB' Battery

'F' Btry Early Reflections Harry Harrington

See also the following from the History Section:

-Short History of 1/92d + F Btry

-F Troop Orders Extract

-F Btry Table of Distribution

On the Way to FB 6 E. Ray Austin
The Great I.G. Inspection Jack Cich
The Attack Jack Cich
An Arty Surveyor in VN Chuck Gall
On Ben Het Airstrip Chuck Gall
Albert Morton Nordquist Brent Roose
Princess John Considine
Funny Mad Minute Steve Walker
Mortar Attack Mike Swasta
Mascot 'Satan' Edward McCullough Sr.
Montagnards Dennis Johnson
Air Observer Harry Harryington

'SVC' Battery

1st Mortar Attack Robert LaPlant

Memories of the 92d FA Larry Tesh

Poem
Remember Artillery?
Battle of LZ Kate
Memories of LZ Kate
Eldon 'Butch' Burdick

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