Artillery/Naval Gunfire

1. Artillery. On 14 August 2^nd Battalion 9^th Marines assumed FSCC control of the 1^st Battalion 4^th Marines TAOR.  On 16 August 1^st Battalion 4^th Marines FSCC assumed control of the Dong Ha TAOR from 2^nd Battalion 4^th Marines.

On 30 August 1966, 1^st Battalion 4^th Marines FSCC turned the TAOR responsibility back to 2^nd Battalion 4^th Marines and went into the field.

Missions fired in support of the 1/4 Operations area.

1. Types of missions
2. Unobserved missions

(1)               H&I    700

(2)               FFE       5

1. Observed missions

(1)               Targets of opportunity     8

(2)               Illuminations                       101

(3)               Registration                          30

(4)               FO School                               4

1. Naval Gunfire.  None
2. 81mm Mortar missions
3. Types of missions
4. Unobserved missions

(1)   H&I                                                   846

(2)   Counter mortar                          0

1. Observed missions

(1)   Targets of opportunity            248

(2)   Illumination                                429

(3)   Registration                                 35

(4)   FO School                                      14

This page last updated 19 August 2011