The soldiers who were killed were assigned to the then 56th Field Artillery Brigade ... a key site during the Cold War. The accident shocked both the local community and the broader U.S. military.
As a field artillery forward observer ... I was among most Vietnam vets who were able to get over the war. Some, like Frankie ...
American tactics in Vietnam can be summed up by the acronym BEAST - Bombing, Escalation, Air and artillery ... bombs dropped in Europe during World War Two. However, bombing was highly inaccurate ...