16098 - 42nd Royal Highland Regiment Battalion Coy Standing Ramming, No.2, 1758-63 First Legion- The Renaissance Despite beginning 1917 as an

Despite beginning 1917 as an unsuccessful farmer

his hunting horn hanging from his belt

One more soldier hard at work breaking up concrete

A kneeling North Vietnamese Army gunner and a crouching gun commander observe enemy helicopters approaching their position

16098 - 42nd Royal Highland Regiment Battalion Coy Standing Ramming, No.2, 1758-63 First Legion- The Renaissance Despite beginning 1917 as an42nd Royal Highland Regiment Battalion Coy Standing Ramming, No. 2, 1758 63 The 42nd Regiment of Foot arrived in North America in 1756. In 1758 they were part of the 15,400 man force that participated in the failed attack on French held Fort Ticonderoga. Suffering a loss of over half of its men a second battalion was raised, with approximately 800 of the men being diverted from Canada to participate in the actions at Martinique and Guadeloupe. Now