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Snow_Hall-2.JPGThe 2/9th FA honored with a photo in Snow HallThe photo here is from our action in Vietnam at LZ 10 Alpha. It is C/2/9 firing high angle fire in June, 1966.
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Summerall_Hall.JPGCannons Taught hereBack in the day, the training NCOs would be climbing all over the 155mm and 8" howitzers teaching you the components at Summerall Hall.
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Indian_Cemeteries.jpgIndian CemeteryNo trip down memory lane at Ft Sill is complete without a visit to the Indian Cemeteries. If you recall, you take Quinnette Road past the Officers Club (now the Patriot Club) and go until you are enroute to the field training areas.
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Geronimo.JPGBurial SiteBurial site of the famous Indian Chief Geronimo.
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Aiming_Cir-1.JPGHoneycutt RoadIn the background, Bldg 5676, Allin Hall, formerly the BOQ, opened in October, 1965. The "twin tower", Bldg 5678, Aultman Hall, was opened shortly after. Both BOQs are now "hotels".
Remember Honeycutt Road? That's where you learned how to "lay the battery" with an M2 Aiming Circle. This area will become a parking lot for a new elementary school to replace the very old Geronimo school. I guess that's just "SADULU" for the old training site on the prominent ridge line of Honeycutt Road.
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Aiming_Cir-2.JPGM2 Aiming Circle - Surveyed stakeYou set up the tripod, hung the plumb-bob & centered it, levelled your bubbles, and computed your SADULU. It is going to be paved over as a parking lot. Just another Ft Sill memory.
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Aiming_Cir-3.JPGSurveyed Sites for the Aiming CircleThis is a larger view, looking down the line of surveyed stakes for training on the M2 Aiming circle, looking toward Honeycutt Road. This is now a rare photograph; it was taken just as the contractors were setting up shop to build a parking lot here.
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Price_Reunion_5.jpgReunion Photos - Dave Price"Old Vets" on tour: Charles Skidmore, Dave Price, Wayne Crochet, John "Moon" Mullins, and Lee Dixon.
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Price_Reunion_4.jpgReunion Photos - Dave PriceFirst Stop: We toured the Basic Training barracks and met with the training staff. Looking particularly sharp was Sgt Schmidt, a top-notch female drill sergeant.
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Price_Reunion_1.jpgReunion Photos - Dave PriceThe 777 155mm howitzer on field display.
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Price_Reunion_2.jpgReunion Photos - Dave PriceUnit prepares the 777 155mm howitzer for firing; firing demonstration arranged by the 78th FA Battalion at Ft Sill. It was a major agenda item on our 2/9th FA reunion.
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Price_Reunion_3.jpgReunion Photos - Dave PriceBANG! There is goes. The compression was just as powerful as the sound of the cannon being fired.
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