Cold War period 1949-1990 
covers all of the peace time and non-Vietnam  pictures

 

Fort Sill (1965) (photos courtesy of Tom Kurtz)

C Battery 1/17th FA Augsburg, Germany July, 1976

Fort Bragg, NC, 4th/17th Artillery (1974-78) (courtesy of Richard Smith)

1/17 FA taken at Ft Sill in about April 1978. (courtesy of Bob Fleitz)

Camp Hiday, 1962-1963, South Korea, Battery B, 1st Howitzer Battalion, 17th Artillery (photos courtesy of Richard C. Alexson)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fort Sill (1965)

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Bleacher Area West Range -Fort Sill

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Safety First - Ear Plugs

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Families in Bleachers

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Sgt Guerrero- 3rd Section Base Piece

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Lt. Johnson XO Far Right Sp-4 Spencer, Pfc Stappel

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On The Way

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Ready to Fire

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Signal Mountain - Fort Sill

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Sgt. James Widener - Gunner

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West Range at Fort Sill

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Camp Hiday, 1962-1963, South Korea, 1/17, Battery B

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8 Inch being towed by 10 ton truck
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PFC Richard Alexson

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PFC Rudd getting ready for inspection
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8 inch ammo in Motor Pool

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PFC Federoff and Pvt Lorea
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8 inch howitzer named Blaster

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M8 tracks
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view of Camp Hilda and Camp Sill

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Pfc Federoff and PFC Alexson
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Bulletin board battery B

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Gun section ready position
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Richard Alexson

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ready to move
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booklet issued to troops in 1962

  

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C Battery 1/17th FA Augsburg, Germany July, 1976

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C Battery 1/17th FA Augsburg, Germany July, 1976

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Recruits C Battery 1976
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C 1/7th FDC (M577A1)
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C 1/7th FDC Setting Up
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Fort Bragg, NC

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R. Smith as RTO

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M110 and 548 Ammo-armored personnel carrier
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1/17 FA taken at Ft Sill in about April 1978. (courtesy of Bob Fleitz)

Kneeling: 1LT Wayne Madewell, XO MAJ Kent O. Brown, S1 CPT Cooper, S2 CPT Jim DeCarlo, CO LTC Gene Wilson, 1LT Joe Rhodes, CSM Ned Foss, 1LT Steve Haley
2d Row: A Btry Cdr 1LT Charles Poure, B Btry Cde CPT Sleder, C Btry Cdr CPT Howie Brousseau, HHB Cdr CPT George Alexander, SVC Btry Cdr CPT DeRoos
3d Row: 2lt Morales, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), 1LT Steve Beacon (Survey), 1LT Bob Fleitz (ADA), Chaplain (CPT) Thomas, WO (unknown), WO Richardson, CPT Timberlake (BMO)

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