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Welcome the 2nd Battalion 94th Artillery to the MilBlogs ring.
The "Weblog of current information and topics of interest to members of 2/94 FA (Vietnam Era) and others who fought in Northern I Corps defending the DMZ."
Welcome? Salute 'em. Damn proud to have you with us, gentlemen.
This from their history page (found here)
The 175mm guns of the 2/94th Battalion, along with the 1/40th Battalion a 105mm SP howitzer Battalion, were some of the first Army combat units introduced into the northern I Corps Tactical Zone in October of 1966. B Battery 6/27th is thought to be the first Army Combat unit in that Theater. B Battery 6/27th would be attached to the 2/94th as D Battery.The 2/94th and the Marine Fire Support Base at Camp Carroll would become the linchpin for the defense of the DMZ. The 2/94th, from it's Battalion Headquarters at Camp Carroll, supported every Marine Operation from 1966 to 1969 along the DMZ. From supporting 3rd Marine Strikers to supporting perimeters being attacked. Notable is the support of the hill fights in 1967, the Artillery fights at Gio Linh, support of the Con Thien base, and the defense of the Khe Sanh Combat Base in 1968.
The 2/94th would later support the 5th Mech in it's defense of the DMZ area after the Marines were stood down.
Later the 2/94th supported the 101st and the 196th LIB. Notable is the A Shau and the defense of Rawhide.
During Dewey Canyon II and the Lam Son incursion into Laos and the border. The 2/94th proved to be an outstanding Artillery Battalion. Two of the 2/94th Batteries were the last units to leave the border during those operations. The two Batteries dug in for three days until they could be evacuated down "Ambush Alley".
On 9 April 1972 at 1400 hours C Battery, third gun section, of the 2nd Battalion 94th Artillery fired the last American Heavy Artillery round in Vietnam from Hill 34 in the Republic of South Vietnam.
The 2nd Battalion 94th Regiment ceased to fire on 11 April 1972 at 2400 hours and officially came home with the Battalion Colors on 21 April 1972.
