Artillery/Naval Gunfire

A.                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

a.      Unobserved missions

(1)               H&I    700

(2)               FFE       5

b.      Observed missions

(1)               Targets of opportunity       8

(2)               Illuminations                   101

(3)               Registration                     30

(4)               FO School                          4

B.                 Naval Gunfire.  None

C.                81mm Mortar missions

1.     Types of missions

a.                  Unobserved missions

(1)   H&I                                           846

(2)   Counter mortar                            0

b.                  Observed missions

(1)   Targets of opportunity            248

(2)   Illumination                               429

(3)   Registration                               35

(4)   FO School                                 14

This page last updated 19 August 2011