LESSONS LEARNED, HEADQUARTERS, AMERICAL DIVISION ARTILLERY

Abstract

The Americal Division Artillery, in addition to exercising full command over the 3d Battalion, 16th Artillery, 155mm (towed) and 3d Battalion, 18th Artillery, 175mm/8-inch (SP), supervised artillery techniques and coordinated the fires of four direct support artillery battalions of the 11th, 196th and 198th Light Infantry Brigades and the 3d Brigade, 1st Air Cavalry Division. Division Artillery also provided supporting fires on a coordination and cooperation basis to the 2d Army Republic of Vietnam Division, the 2d Republic of Korea Marine Brigade, and for Special Forces Teams and US Marine Corps units operating in or adjacent to the Americal Division Area of Operations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 13, 1968
Accession Number
AD0391882

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  • Adjutant General's Corps

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Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artillery
  • Artillery Ammunition
  • Artillery Fire
  • Artillery Units
  • Employment
  • Fire Support
  • Guns
  • Lessons Learned
  • Machine Guns
  • Munitions
  • National Security
  • Reconnaissance
  • Recovery Vehicles
  • Self Propelled
  • Self Propelled Guns
  • Task Forces
  • Warfare

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