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COMBAT STORIES FROM Vietnam

Bill Crossley | Provisional Artillery Group, I Field Force - Army

5:19   |   Bill Crossley explains how he prepared for counter battery fire in Vietnam. Counter battery is the response to incoming fire and the secret is to plot potential locations for the enemy to set mortars and have that data ready when an attack occurs. You can find the direction of an enemy mortar hit by examining the crater.

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