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Hoa, served with the 4/60 <strong>Artillery</strong>.<br />
Battery G, 55th <strong>Artillery</strong>, arrived in<br />
Vietnam in February 1967 and left in<br />
July 1971. It was stationed at Chu Lai<br />
and was attached to the 23rd Infantry<br />
Division.<br />
Battery G, 65th <strong>Artillery</strong>, arrived in<br />
Vietnam in October 1966 and departed<br />
in December 1971. It served with the<br />
1/44 <strong>Artillery</strong> at Dong Ha until it was<br />
attached to the 108th <strong>Artillery</strong> Group<br />
in 1968. The battery was sent to Da<br />
Nang as part of XXIV Corps <strong>Artillery</strong><br />
in 1970.<br />
Battery D of the 71st <strong>Artillery</strong> served<br />
two tours in Vietnam. During its first<br />
tour (November 1966 to June 1971) it<br />
was stationed with the 5/2 <strong>Artillery</strong><br />
and later the I1 Field Force Vietnam at<br />
Long Binh. During its second tour<br />
(September 1971 to March 1972) the<br />
battery was attached to XXIV Corps<br />
and stationed at Da Nang. QUAD 60s were often mountea on trucks to Increase tnelr mobtlrty.<br />
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HAWK positions resembled sandbagged fortresses. During the monsoon, trenches dug through the fortifications turned into moats.