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Price_Reunion_7.jpgReunion Photos - Dave PriceThe Paladin 155mm howitzer firing during the demonstration.Jun 05, 2013
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Price_Reunion_8.jpgReunion Photos - Dave PriceVisit to the Ft Sill Museum: The FADAC - "Field Artillery Digital Analog Computer". It was the field artillery's first attempt to use a "computer" back in the 1960s for fire direction computation of deflection and quadrant elevation. It didn't prove itself at Ft Sill and neither in Vietnam. We were better with the training gained from spending weeks in Snow Hall.Jun 05, 2013
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Price_Reunion_9.jpgReunion Photos - Dave PriceAh...the great memories of the FDC tools we used in Vietnam. The only thing missing is the CONEX container that provided a 24-hr protected work environment. Without that, the FDC would be out of commission and unable to operate with the weather extremes found in the jungle. The "tent FDC" shown was a "first effort", but very untenable; we would be chasing maps and papers all over the place.Jun 05, 2013
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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.Jun 05, 2013
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Price_Reunion_6.jpgReunion Photos - Dave PriceToday's FDC? Not quite! All the computer laptops were behind these men out of sight. The old firing chart with RDP and square are on display...probably just for our benefit to remind us of our time in service...ie, the "old days". And, yes...the "check chart" has been abolished.Jun 05, 2013
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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.Jun 05, 2013
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Price_Reunion_1.jpgReunion Photos - Dave PriceThe 777 155mm howitzer on field display.Jun 05, 2013
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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.Jun 05, 2013
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Price_Reunion_14.jpgReunion Photos - Dave PriceRetirement ceremony - presenting the colorsJun 05, 2013
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Price_Reunion_13.jpgReunion Photos - Dave PriceRetirement ceremony - passing in reviewJun 05, 2013
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Price_Reunion_11.jpgReunion Photos - Dave PriceThe reunion agenda included an invitation to a retirement ceremony on the Old Post grounds...a great historic site at Ft. Sill. The horse-drawn caisson passes in review.Jun 05, 2013
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Price_Reunion_12.jpgReunion Photos - Dave PriceRetirement ceremony caissonJun 05, 2013
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