Air Defense Artillery in Action
Vietnam
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ambush On Route Nine
Duster crews fight off North Vietnamese Army ambush near the Demilitarized Zone.
 

Mowing Grass
The war ADA units fought in South Vietnam's rain forests and rice paddies wasn't the sort of war they had trained for on the desert ranges of the U.S. Army Air Defense Center at Fort Bliss, Texas. They called it "mowing grass."

 

 

 

Sergeant Mitchell Stout
Air Defense Artillery's Only
Medal of Honor Winner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ADA Soldiers Killed in Action
During the War in Vietnam

Duster, Quad 50, and Searchlight crews bore the brunt of battle.