This page is Dedicated to the soldiers(Gun Truckers) who gave their lives protecting the convoys in Vietnam.The life blood of the men in the field   Gun Trucks were around for just a little over four years, from late 1967   thru early 1972. Their introduction was brought about by the military's   increasing inability to provide adequate security for convoys throughout   Vietnam.      Used mainly for the protection of convoys, gun trucks were also used for   installation perimeter defense, engineer work site security and   occasional harrassment & interdictory (H&I) fire.    Without a doubt, gun trucks were one of the most important wheeled   vehicles in the Vietnam war. Even though there were upwards of 300 of   these vehicles, little is known about these rolling weapons systems and   their brave crews. Before their inception, many units were experiencing   severe shortages of all important supplies of fuel, ammunition, building   materials, medicine, food and spare parts due in part to increased   enemy activity. More importantly, the lives of transportation personnel   were being lost. The gun trucks were invented to counter this activity by   presenting a quick retaliatory response.     It didn't take long for the VC and NVA to realize that openly attacking   a convoy escorted by one or more gun trucks could be an exercise in   futility, not to mention a very deadly prospect. As a result, the enemy   had to change their overall ambush stradegy to hit and run tactics.     Gun trucks became more heavily armed as time passed and the paint   schemes became more elaborate and colorful, rivaling any WWII   bomber nose art. They wanted the enemy to know they were there. It   reminds one of the mother bird exposing itself to danger in order to   deter or draw a predator from it's young.     The only surviving example of these gun trucks is Eve Of Destruction   which resides now in the U. S. Army Transportation Museum at Fort   Eustis, Virginia. It sits on static display for all to see, a reminder of the   glory days of the Vietnam gun truck. A silent monument to all who were   protected and saved as well as the men who served and died aboard   these magnificent machines of war. Introduction by: JAMES LYLES Copyright © 2001

THE GUEST BOOK IS IN MEMORY OF all the drivers, shotguns, and gun truck crew members who died on the road