Image: 25th Infantry Division Patch - David Glading -
 United States Army
4th Battalion, 64th Armored, 3rd Infantry Brigade - FRG
2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division - RVN
3rd Battalion, 102nd Armor, 50th Armored Division - NJANG
117th Cavalry, 42nd Infantry Division - NJANG		 Image: Vietnam Service Medal
Image: 3rd Infantry Division Patch Image: 50th Armored Division Patch Image: 42nd Infantry Division Patch

Image: David Glading

 I served with the 4/64th Armor, 3rd Inf. Div. stationed in Aschaffenburg, Germany in their Heavy Mortar Platoon (M106). In 1968-69, I was sent to Vietnam where I served with the 2/12th Infantry, 25th Inf. Div. stationed on a firebase outside of Trang Bang, we were ground mounted there. After serving my 3 years I ended up spending 19 years in the New Jersey Army National Guard in a 4.2” Mortar Platoon, as Platoon Sgt. First in an Armor Bn. then in a Cavalry Unit. I retired just prior to us going to the 120mm mortar. I have a real love for the four-deuce mortar and have seen it do many things not in the “book”.

Image: David Glading
Image: David Glading (L) Image: David Glading (L) Image: 4.2" M30 Mortar Image: 4.2" M30 Mortar Image: Mr. and Mrs. David Glading
- Photos courtesy of 2/12 Infantry Veterans -

Image: M888 HE Mortar Bomb     Image: Proud US Army Veteran Image: Top Image: M888 HE Mortar Bomb
Unless otherwise specified, all models built, painted, photographed and are owned by the author.
Mortars in Miniature, Created and Maintained by Kevin Robert Keefe, Copyright © 2012.
 All Rights Reserved.