NDQSAAir Defense Artillery service during the Vietnam War
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Battery commander of Bravo Battery, 4th Battalion, 60th Artillery (AW)(SP) July 1971 into December 1971. This video slideshow preserves the heritage of the men he served with and includes some photos of four of his Duster crews expending the last of the battalion’s 40 millimeter ammunition before turning in their Dusters.
Captain Richard Fejfar B 4 60 Video
A written scrapbook, to accompany the video, is being developed and will provide more depth to some of these historic pictures.
To be Published
Daniel Gallagher’s personal digital slideshow scrapbook video is about 6 minutes and is titled
“The Duster Units in Vietnam 1/44, 5/2 and 4/60”
Most of the pictures belong to him. Some are from the men of the 2/7th Cav at Phan Theit in 1967.
Some are from the 1/44th Duster Battalion, Charlie Battery on the DMZ.
Locations include L.Z. Betty, L.Z. Judy, and at Phan Theit, Rockpile and D-5 at the DMZ.
These units were spread from the DMZ to Saigon. They were used to guard LZ’s, run convoys, and search and destroy with infantry units from 1966-1972.
William Hodges’s gave us his hour long color movie that is his personal look at life in a Duster squad. His movie includes convoy operations, perimeter security, and daily life on a fire base.
Some of the movie is bouncy but what do you expect when filming from the turret of a Duster. Some Duster live fire. An interesting piece filming the squad pulling an engine pack.
Your webmasters put together a short YouTube video of some of the best material that we think you will enjoy.
A good reflection of daily life in a Duster squad in the Central Highlands in 1971.
Gayle Lucas is an honorary member of NDQSA since January 2025. She is recognized for her distinguished service rendered to members of the association as administrator of the social Facebook page, Quad-Guys/Duster-Guys/Searchlight-Guys, ADA The Total Family. Her consistent encouragement and nurturing keep the group active and gives our members some place on social media that is both safe and friendly to share their interests and activities. Since 2004, Gayle has dedicated her time and resources to supporting over 20 different active Army units deployed during the Global War on Terror. At times she had units in all three major countries at the same time. A natural transition for her was to get involved with veteran groups, which thankfully led her to us in 2022. During that time Gayle made this “Thank You for Your Service” video and offers it to us as her scrapbook.
To my dear Vietnam Veterans:
I encourage each of you to watch my movie repost as it expresses my gratitude for all you’ve done on my behalf. I hope you never get tired of hearing “Thank You” from me. At this time, I would like to extend a warm welcome to all the newcomers to the Quad-Guys/Duster-Guys/Searchlight-Guys, ADA The Total Family Facebook Page; you are part of an awesome family and I’m glad you’re here.
Coming from my heart, this movie is my gift to you. It is full of emotion and brings tears to my eyes.
I am forever grateful to my dear friend, our late Brother Donny Terry (d. 26 October 2025), for bringing my vision to fruition…I could not have done this without him.
With much love and respect,
Gayle
Bernard W. Boimann, Headquarters, 4th Battalion (AW)(SP), 60th Artillery, Camp Radcliff 1970 shared this heritage artifact, a commercially produced yearbook, with the NDQSA webmasters. He also has his own scrapbook video on the website. All 140 pages of the yearbook were scanned, but for WordPress limitations and better presentation it is broken up into the individual companies and the battalion headquarters. All of the named individuals and most of the candid photos are of men assigned to the headquarters element of the companies rather than in the operational platoons which are combat deployed at fire bases away from An Khe and Camp Radcliff.