“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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