[Bob Celeste]

The 173rd Airborne Brigade took on some tough stuff, must have thought they were MARINES.

[Chuckster]

I arrived in Pleiku in February '68. It was pretty exciting then too. I joined my battery, A 1/92FA, at PleiMrong. Over the next few months we airlifted and convoyed all over the highlands in support of the 173d and the 3rd ID as well as ARVN units participating in the 5 Tet counter offensives.

"During the first battle in the vicinity of Dak To, last August, "A" Battery, 1st of the 92d fired as many as 800 rounds a day in support of the 173d Airborne Brigade during the bitter fighting for the hilltops near the junction of the Laotian, Cambodian, and South Vietnamese borders. Eight members of the battery later received awards for valor and "A" Battery earned the respect of the Skytroopers for their performance in the hills of Dak To."