FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. — It was March 12, 1971, in northern Vietnam’s Quin Tri, when the gun truck, “Proud American,” was struck by two B40 shoulder-fired rockets, destroying the vehicle, killing the ...
U.S. military forces have 31 five-ton gun trucks in Iraq but more are needed to save the lives of military personnel, a weapons laboratory official told the House Armed Services Committee on May 5.