The Iron Pigs The Iron Pigs - A Story About 4-11 A 155 Howitzer Heavy Artillery Battalion from 29 Palms to Da Nang, Book 1, (Paperback)

<p>9,000 rounds of 155mm artillery fire.<br>That's what it cost Bob Nerbovig to master the art of calling fire. Four years<br>in the Mojave Desert with the 4th Battalion, 11th Marines. Four years of ground-<br>slap and concussive force that shattered his inner ear and left a permanent<br>ringing in his skull.<br>In December 1964, he thought he was done.<br>But when Sergeant Miller asked him to return, to train the young Marines heading<br>to Vietnam, to teach them how to hear through static and call coordinates that<br>could save lives, Nerbovig knew he couldn't say no.<br>The Iron Pigs were going to war. The massive M114 howitzers were heading to the<br>Rocket Belt around Da Nang, where the jungle was so thick it swallowed sound and<br>the enemy so close that every fire mission was danger close. Where a single<br>transposed digit meant friendly fire. Where illumination rounds were the<br>difference between seeing the enemy and being overrun in the darkness.<br>Nerbovig's damaged ears, his vertigo, his constant ringing, his inability to<br>find level, became both his greatest liability and his most vital asset. Because<br>he knew what these young radio operators needed to learn: that artillery isn't<br>about destruction. It's about precision. It's about putting steel exactly where<br>it's needed, when it's needed, to bring Marines home alive.<br>This is the story of the men who never fired a rifle but whose voices on the<br>radio saved countless lives. It's about invisible wounds and visible courage.<br>It's about the brutal, life-saving music of the guns.<br>THE IRON PIGS: The story of the Steel Symphony.</p>

• The Iron Pigs The Iron Pigs - A Story About 4-11 A 155 Howitzer Heavy Artillery Battalion from 29 Palms to Da Nang, Book 1, (Paperback)
• Author: Robert Nerbovig
• ISBN: 9798233450778
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-02-01
• Page Count: 216