Artillery/Naval Gunfire

 

A.        Artillery.  From 2 November 1966 until 30 November 1966 1st Battalion 4th Marines maintained FSCC responsibility for the Phu Bai TAOR.

            Missions fired in support of 1st Battalion 4th Marines were as follows:

1.                 Type of mission

a.                  Unobserved missions

(1)         H&I                            617

(2)         FFE                            17

(3)         Counter mortar            0

b.                  Observed missions

(1)         Targets of opportunity           6

(2)         Illumination                             8

(3)         Registration                           5

(4)         FO school                              0

B.        Naval Gunfire.  None

C.        81mm Mortar missions

1.                 Types of missions

a.                  Unobserved missions

(1)         H&I                               750

(2)         Counter mortar                0

b.                  Unobserved missions

(1)         Targets of opportunity     1

(2)         Illumination                       4

(3)         Registration                   37

(4)         FO school                      12