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Photograph

Photograph Item Number: VA029662
Pages
1
Media Type
Photograph
Physical Location
Stacks
Language(s)
English
Dates
Existence: 17 September 1967
General Note
Operation Wheeler was characterized by battalion size combat assaults of the high ground west of Tam Ky, Quang Nam Province, RVN. On 17 September 1967, B Battery, 2nd Battalion, 320th Artillery, 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division moved to the high ground near Tam Ky to establish a base of operations and provide 105mm supporting fires for the 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry of the 10st Airborne Division. After completing a series of fire missions, PFC Henry L. Jones (Memphis, TN) and PFC Mark F. Hughs (Scotch Plains, NJ) clean the bore of their 105mm canon. Photo by Robert C. Lafoon, US Army Sp Photo Det, Pacific

Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=VA029662

Citation
Photograph, VA029662. 17 September 1967, Robert Lafoon Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=VA029662, Accessed 26 Jan 2026.

Pub Credit Line
VA029662, Robert Lafoon Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 01 Dec 2002 [Updated: 25 Oct 2010]