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A BATTERY 4/42ND FA 2025 REUNION IN NASHVILLE 10/12-15
A Battery 4/42 FA just finished up another great reunion in Nashville, TN with twelve Vietnam Veterans and family. We stayed at Gaylord/Marriott Inn at Opryland. We spent the first day sharing memories, photos and movies (1968 - 70) in the conference room provided by Marriott. The first night we went to the Nashville Dinner Theater and enjoyed local country music entertainers. Day two we arranged for a four hour guided shuttle tour of downtown Nashville. We were very fortunate to have one of the entertainers from the dinner theater as our tour guide (Brenda Best). Later in the day we headed over to to the Grand Ole Opry (100th Anniversary show) enjoyed an evening of country music. Day three breakfast and time to head out. Looking forward to another A Battery reunion next year.
A Battery 4th 42nd FA 2025 Reunion in Nashville 10/12 - 10/15
A Battery 4th 42nd FDC - Howard Hoffman Photos 07/1969 - 07/1970
Playboy Playmate signing her picture that is part of the Conex wallpaper. Girl in red one red was one of the Dean Martin Dancers. At Plei Mrong. Photo by Howard Hoffman Fall 1969.
Playboy Playmate signing her picture that is part of the Conex wallpaper. At Plei Mrong. Photo by Howard Hoffman Fall 1969.
A Battery 4/42 Hip Shot. That was the FDC and sleeping bunker. I think we were in VC valley. It was a free fire zone. No villages to plot on the chart, but it was my first time with leg infantry (1st of the 35th), and when a young redleg (me) asked why they weren’t reconning by fire, as I was used to hearing, I was appalled by the answer: “Not enough ammo!” Photo by Howard Hoffman
Howard and Susie in the remains of the FDC hooch.
Howard and /a Battery 4th 42nd on the move. Central Highlandds 4th ID.
Alphie ll Jeff Beardsley Brand new M102 Model to replace older 101A1 both 105MM Howitzers. Jeff was a hero at Plei Mrong when A Battery was hit. - LZ Blackhawk A Battery 4/42
Jeff really prevented the situation at Plei Mrong from being much worse. He spotted the mortar firing, bore sighted his tube, and requested permission to fire. Denied. Smoke wanted all the tubes to fire together. We heard about it a couple of minutes later, and FDC ran a gun 4 fire mission to have him fire bore sighted fi
Dedicated to A Battery KIA at LZ Lance 9/7/68
September 7th, 1968- 57 Years ago A Btry 4th 42nd was attacked ny NVA sappers.We will Never Forget our fallen brothers
Wes Masson Photo Gallery March 1968 - March 1969
Howard Hoffman Photos Continued
Convoyed both Joyce to Ruth, and Ruth to Plei Mrong. The guns and conex definitely flew at least one of those. If you look at the conex helicopter, that is definitely incoming. If you look at the convoy to Ruth, there is no sign of guns behind the trucks.
Susie and battery pet Monkey. Susie was with A Battery in 1968, 1969 and 1970. She gave birth to a litter of pups at FB34 Dak To/ Ben Het March 1969.
Foreground Jim (Jimbo) Parbouni, on the right Daryl Molt, up front Howard Hoffman, convoy from Joyce to Ruth.
FDC on the move .Summer 1969 moving to LZ Ruth. Photos by Howard Hoffman. A Battery 4th 42nd FA FDC
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IVY LEAF Vol.2, NO. 50 CAMP ENARI, VIETNAM. 10/20/1968 Interview Captain Joseph T. Thieme
May 24th, 2025-the granddaughter of our dear friend Joseph Thieme, who passed away three years ago this May, graduated West Point 2025.
Joe joined A Battery 4th 42nd FA the morning of September 8th, 1968. He replaced Captain Taylor who was killed during the Sapper Attack on the night of September 7th. You can find more information about that night on this website under A Battery.
Joe's granddaughter, Katherine LaReau, 2025 West Point class president presenting the class gift to the president of the United States, Donald J. Trump.
Joe at West Point with his granddaughter.
Joe taking a photo of local children at firebase in Duc Lap Central Highlands Vietnam. Fall 1968
Captain Thieme interviewed by the IVY Leaf reporter.
FB base outside Ban Me Thout, Vietnam. Fall 1968.