Author:
William E. Novakovic
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Date Posted: 01:09:30 11/19/00 Sun
> >I was somewhere in War Zone C of III Corps, at a FSB in Bu Dop. We were part of "Vietnamized" artillery unit, half American and half Vietnamese. Theft was rampant. The Vietnamese were ordered off the FSB when 105 mm howitzers were being levelled at each other. So much for November "Vietnamization." In January we ended up turning our howitzers over to the same Vietnamese from Bu Dop, as President Nixon disbanded the 2nd Battalion, 13th Field Artillery for redeployment to Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Only the colors left country. The guys were reassigned to serve out their 365 days. Thanksgiving through New Years is simply a blur thirty-one years later. We were marking time and trying to stay alive, even though we knew we were giving up our howitzers.
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