Ben Het Vietnam 155 mm Track Mounted Howitzer Artillery U S Army Landscape Art
by Reid Callaway
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Ben Het Vietnam 155 mm Track Mounted Howitzer Artillery U S Army Landscape Art
Artist
Reid Callaway
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Photograph - Photography
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Ben Het Vietnam 155 mm Track Mounted Howitzer....by Reid Callaway
Artillery U S Army Landscape Art
I was a heavy equipment operator during the Vietnam War ('67-'68) operating cranes and bulldozers mostly. This day, I was operating a Cat D-7 Bulldozer and attached to the Special Forces "A" Team at Ben Het Vietnam when I took this image in 1967. I started photography in Vietnam, you might say and this was one of my early images.
I had just completed a day of digging in this group of four Track Mounted 155mm Howitzers, making sure they were dug in even to the guns turret so as to have them still able to fire point plank out in front of them in case of a human wave attack. Later that night, one of the guns like this one took a direct hit by a Soviet built rocket with a delayed fuse that penetrated the gun going completely thru it and blowing it up like a M-80 firecracker in a tin can. The sergeant returning fire inside was blown into thousands of little pieces. I'll never be able to wipe that scene from my memory. That was my PTSD moment and changed my life! His family would have to suffer 7 years of him being called MIA (Missing In Action)before they could call, this hero, KIA.(Killed In Action).
War is HELL!.... Thank a Veteran today for their service to our country. We loved you BEFORE we ever knew you! Be willing to fight and/or die for the freedoms you may now take for granted!
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July 5th, 2020
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Reid Callaway
Thank you Lord for the buyer from Staten Island, NY and for their purchase of my image, "Ben Het Vietnam 155 mm Mounted Howitzer" printed on a Men's T-Shirt (Regular Fit) - Black! May my image and your T-Shirt be a Blessing to you for years to come! 11/13/2023
Reid Callaway
Thank you Nader Rangidan for featuring my artwork in our group.... Fine Art America Professionals! 8/1/2022
Reid Callaway
Thank you to the buyer from Burleson, TX for the purchase of my image, “Ben Het Vietnam 155 mm Track Mounted Howitzer” printed on a Men's T-Shirt - Charcoal! May this image and T-Shirt be a Blessing to you for years to come! 7/30/2022
Reid Callaway
Thank you Frozen in Time for featuring my artwork in our group..... Your Very Best Photograph! 7/13.2020