Caption | US Army African-American soldiers setting up a 155mm howitzer in France, 28 Jun 1944 ww2dbase | ||||||||
Photographer | Rothenberger | ||||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives | ||||||||
Identification Code | 111-SC-191890-S | ||||||||
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Photos on Same Day | 28 Jun 1944 | ||||||||
Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||||||
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Licensing | Public Domain. According to the US National Archives, as of 21 Jul 2010: Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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1 Mar 2009 10:56:24 AM
The 6.1 inch or 155mm M-114A-1 Howitzer or better known to VietNam Artillerymen as "The Pig" it was a bitch to work on in the monsoons, lifting the trails, and moving the weapon in direction of fire. It was back-breaking work, when the gun was fired, the recoil pushed the howitzer off the wooden platform, you had to pull the gun back to firing position using the 5 ton truck. During the dry it was season was no better, the heat, dust, and moving from one position to the other. The Army was using 155 ammo made in 1945. Artillery worked 24 hrs a day 7 days a week 365 days a year you worked your *** off!! The weight of a 155 round, was 94.6 lbs. hump those all year. That's when I was younger, much younger had my hands into everything.