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Date Posted: Thu, January 20 2005, 21:22:54
Author: Wayne Gregory
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Subject: Re: A question for the Redlegs
In reply to: Larry Lusk 's message, "A question for the Redlegs" on Thu, January 20 2005, 16:42:14

You're asking to dig deep in the stockpile Larry. I have trouble putting batteries in the keyboard. AA or AAA? My memories but don't put me under a heat lamp. Marines, I don't remember a wp round spotting in advance. When artillery was called in, word was passed, and minutes later you could hear the whistling above and then subsequent explosions. Sometimes the large shrapnel would whistle nearby with a whirling sound. Most of the artillery action was at night in my experience, and I noticed Arty guys, cleaning weapons, or kicking back during the day. Not always mind you. We didn't mix with arty guys, they had their own mission and we had ours.

Usually the Captain, or company commander called in Arty. The platoon commander could also, a 2nd lt. I called in arty myself as a sqd leader and nco, we had that leeway sometimes on patrols and ambushes. I forget who we called it into, but usually they fired a round or two in advance of the rounds you requested. Didn't take long, like minutes. They were perfect with the coordinates you called in, but you better make sure of your coordinates. They new the map all too well, and you better know it yourself. A lot of the fire missions were pre-determined it seemed. They had certain areas they would saturate at night, to keep the enemy loose and off guard.

We had a Navy FO when requesting Naval gunfire from the coast. He worked directly with the company commander. In fact he was choppered into the Marine Unit. He had his own set of Naval rules. Those big guns were devastating and serious biz. You get rather used to the whistling sound of friendly arty overhead. However it becomes so common, enemy rounds were sometimes mistaken for friendly arty, but not for long. Arty also served for alum rounds at night which were helpful on night ambushes. The area was lit up similar to a sports stadium.

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