1/83rd Artillery, a US 8 inch and 175 mm self propelled howitzer Battalion, arrived in Vietnam late October 1966 and was in 3 locales in '66-67. HQ, Service and 'A' Batteries were at Nui Dat, 'B' Battery at Bear Cat and 'C' Battery at Xuan Loc. 1/83rd fired support for the Kiwis and 2 RAR until just after Tet in '68 when they went North to I Corps Khe Sahn, Con Thien.
Stephan Early left Fort Sill Oklahoma with 1/83rd in '66 and went to Nui Dat to build a fire support base. The photo was taken on Veterans' Day in Eagle Rock, on the outskirts of Los Angeles, where he is President of Eagle Rock Neighborhood Council. Stephan is 2nd from the right.
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