BARRYS SERVICE TO HIS COUNTRY..

Air Defense Artillery

coat of arms 56th artillery

Dusters,Quads and Searchlights

"First to Fire….Last To Leave"

6^{th Battalion, 56th Artillery}

VietNam

"At night the searchlights swept the perimeter in the infrared mode, so as to detect the enemy without disclosing their positions. Having found the enemy, gunners switched to visible light mode for target illumination and engagement."

"The other major use of searchlights was to bounce light from clouds to improve vision for friendly patrols and nearby positions using starlight scopes."
- Charles E. Kirkpatrick, in "Arsenal", Vietnam magazine

Operations Involved In...

*Defense, *Counteroffensive, *Counteroffensive, Phase II, *Counteroffensive, Phase III,

*Tet Counteroffensive, *Counteroffensive, Phase IV, *Counteroffensive, Phase V, *Counteroffensive, Phase VI, *Tet 69/Counteroffensive, *Summer-fall 1969