Praying for Slack: A Marine Corps Tank Commander in Vietnam

^{Mother’s Worry at 1st Tank Battalion’s Tank Park. Welcome to Vietnam.}

^{Better Living Thru Canister sinking into what appeared to be dry ground outside Da Nang during what became known as Johnstone’s Folly.}

^{The author after completing the paint job on the gun tube.}

^{The crew of Better Living Thru Canister during Allen Brook. (Left to right standing: author, SSgt. Bob Embesi and Sergeant Hearn. Richards, the driver, is sitting on tank.)}

^{Forty-two and still counting on Better Living Thru Canister. (Author and Richards)}

^{The author wearing Korean Marine utilities after his fell apart.}

^{The fire control tower where spotters for the USS New Jersey would call in fire from her huge 16-inch diameter guns.}

^{Pray for Slack on top of the dune with gun facing due west.}

^{One of two Army M42 Dusters at Oceanview.}

^{A grenade clears off the scum of the swimming hole.}

^{The pool cleaning bomb takes care of all the dud grenades.}

^{North Vietnamese 152mm artillery round lands near author’s tent at tank park in Dong Ha.}

^{Author’s prized fireman boots cut in half by shrapnel; it could have been the author!}

^{The crew of Pray For Slack (Standing: Bob Steele, Bob Truitt; Driver, and author on the tank.)}

^{Tank hits mine inside the perimeter at Oceanview.}

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© Robert E. Peavey, 2004

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