Below are (2) photos that were provided by Warren Bone. The photo with the ONTOS top hull in the bed of a 6x is all that remained of C-22. Warren is the truck driver who was with the 3rd AT Bn H&S Company standing in the truck. One of Warren's task was to retrieve out of commission PIGS from the field and return them to battalion HQ. The other photo is the hull of C22 after it was removed from the 6x at Bn HQ. Warren arrived in VN on June 1, 1965 and departed in August of 1966. His first assignment was with Alpha Company outside Danang. But then he was assigned to H&S with Motor Transport. Warren spent most of his time with the Reactionary Force (Recon, daily patrol, tunnel rat and nightly ambush) with H&S company including support at Marble Mountain. During the course of the past year I (Ben) have been amazed with and grateful for the information and pictures that have been provided by the Marines of the 3rd AT Bn that concern the life of my brother, PFC Greg Weaver and his last day in Vietnam. I have found that the AT Bn family is small and therefore one does not have to go far to find someone who knew someone or had knowledge of common events and places. I just happened to contact Warren after I saw his posting on thefew.com site. We visited over the phone and by email. Warren got his photos and letters out that he had sent home from VN. He was able to capture the service number in one of his photos. And it was indeed that of Charlie 22, the vehicle that Greg perished in and Tony Vega and George Heinl were seriously wounded. It must be kept in mind that the lower hull with the tracks was not completely destroyed by the initial explosion but by necessity the remaining 106 rounds were detonated by the engineers. I am very grateful for the photos and information. But even more so for the friendships I have made with the Marines of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd AT Battalions. Contact information for Warren- wbone@home.com |
GREG WEAVER'S ONTOS C-22 |
Below are (2) photos that were provided by Warren Bone. The photo with the ONTOS top hull in the bed of a 6x is all that remained of C-22. Warren is the truck driver who was with the 3rd AT Bn H&S Company standing in the truck. One of Warren's task was to retrieve out of commission PIGS from the field and return them to battalion HQ. The other photo is the hull of C22 after it was removed from the 6x at Bn HQ. Warren arrived in VN on June 1, 1965 and departed in August of 1966. His first assignment was with Alpha Company outside Danang. But then he was assigned to H&S with Motor Transport. Warren spent most of his time with the Reactionary Force (Recon, daily patrol, tunnel rat and nightly ambush) with H&S company including support at Marble Mountain. During the course of the past year I (Ben) have been amazed with and grateful for the information and pictures that have been provided by the Marines of the 3rd AT Bn that concern the life of my brother, PFC Greg Weaver and his last day in Vietnam. I have found that the AT Bn family is small and therefore one does not have to go far to find someone who knew someone or had knowledge of common events and places. I just happened to contact Warren after I saw his posting on thefew.com site. We visited over the phone and by email. Warren got his photos and letters out that he had sent home from VN. He was able to capture the service number in one of his photos. And it was indeed that of Charlie 22, the vehicle that Greg perished in and Tony Vega and George Heinl were seriously wounded. It must be kept in mind that the lower hull with the tracks was not completely destroyed by the initial explosion but by necessity the remaining 106 rounds were detonated by the engineers. I am very grateful for the photos and information. But even more so for the friendships I have made with the Marines of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd AT Battalions. Contact information for Warren- wbone@home.com |
