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Frank Farrell

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After his deployment in Italy, Frank Farrell was finally sent over to Vietnam in 1967. He talks about what it was like for him to hear about his friends' deaths prior to him going over, and his first job when he reached Vietnam. He was tasked with tending to all the different artillery batteries in his unit and making sure they were all successfully operating and able to complete their missions. (7:37)

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According to Farrell, one of the biggest issues the batteries had was obtaining more ammunition. Many batteries would run out of ammo fairly quickly, and so had to be replenished quickly and effectively. He talks about that struggle as well as what the area around Pleiku, Vietnam was like. In addition, he documents two separate attacks his division made in the middle of Vietnamese tea plantations. (7:19)

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Occasionally, Farrell would be riding in a helicopter to tend to different batteries across a 200 mile parameter. There were unfortunate times where the helicopters would be malfunctioning, forcing the pilot to land it in unauthorized territory. Much of this territory was occupied by the Montagnard, who had many friendly interactions with Farrell and the other men. Upon arriving at the fight in Dak To, his unit was met with heavy enemy fire almost immediately. (6:18)

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While in the process of shipping supplies over to different batteries, there were times where the supply lines themselves would get attacked, causing a delay in replenishing weapon amounts. Once the battle at Dak To had concluded, Farrell and his men went back to carrying out their traditional search and destroy missions around the area. (3:49)

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Right before the Tet Offensive, Farrell's unit received an extremely powerful new weapon to use against the enemy. The sheer strength and nature of detonation of this weapon forced them to keep it on very secure lock down, stored separately from all the other weapons they had. They'd been suspicious of the NVA's plans prior to the Tet Offensive, but never expected something on as big a scale as that in such little time. (7:45)

Frank Johnson

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In 1940, Frank Johnson transferred to LSU and joined ROTC. At Officer Candidate School, he became involved with Sound and Flash Ranging, which used audio and visual technology to locate enemy artillery. He attended that school and joined the 7th Field Artillery Observation Battalion. (6:01)

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The reason Frank Johnson was in artillery dated back to his ROTC days, when he wanted a room near his friend. He joined a unit hear his home, but he wasn't near for long. It was time for a trip in a convoy to England. (5:16)

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When he got to England, Frank Johnson was billeted in the home of a very nice English couple, where he drilled on an immaculate cricket field. Then he moved to Salisbury, right next to Stonehenge. While there, he saw General Patton speak to an assembly of officers. A few weeks after D-Day, it was his turn to cross the English Channel. (4:27)

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After watching the bombing of Saint-Lo, Frank Johnson moved south and then east with Patton's 3rd Army. He was in a specialized Sound and Flash Ranging unit that spotted enemy artillery, but it was a while before he used the technology, which involved miles of wire and microphones. (3:32)

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On the push across France into Germany, Frank Johnson spent a night in the old WWI trenches at Verdun. He was at Metz for two months in a siege of an old fort, where the Germans refused to surrender. He made his first foray into Germany at the town of Saarlautern. (4:07)