In addition to cardiac muscle tissue, the heart wall also contains a dense connective tissue network forming the fibrous skeleton of the heart that reinforces the myocardium internally and anchors the cardiac muscle fibers. This network of collagen and elastin fibres is thicker in some areas than others.
Inactivated in 1946, III Corps was reactivated in 1951 and served on active duty until 1959. Inactivated that year, it quickly returned to duty at Fort Hood during the Berlin Crisis in 1961. In 1962. III Corps was designated as part of the U.S. Army Strategic Army Corps. During the Vietnam conflict, III Corps trained and deployed two field force headquarters and many. combat and combat service support units totaling more than 100,000 Soldiers.
105mm Howitzer. A favored support gun, the 105mm howitzer used in Vietnam had seen action in World War II. Modified to improve field mobility, the guns served admirably throughout the Vietnam conflict. An eight-man crew operated the 105, which could be towed behind a 6x6 truck or carried into position by helicopter.he Bell UH-1 helicopter, popularly known as the Huey, was the workhorse aircraft for U.S. forces in Vietnam. Well adapted for jungle warfare, the Huey could fly at low altitudes and speeds, land in small clearings, maneuver to dodge enemy fire, and carry an array of powerful armaments.