Dak To, South Vietnam, March 11, 1968: An artillery piece at Fire Support Base 25 overlooks the Cambodian border of Vietnam. The base was one of many hilltop FSBs that were around Dak To. Together with the men from the surrounding FSBs, the men of FSB 25 — Company A, 3rd Battalion, 12th Infantry Division and 6th Battalion, 29th Artillery Division — covered the whole Dak To Bowl, the small, unnamed valley in which Dak To is located. FSB 25 came under an intense mortar, rocket and ground attack Jan. 31, in which nine men of the 3rd Battalion, 12th Infantry Division were wounded.

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