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Price_Reunion_10.jpgReunion Photos - Dave PricePart of our Reunion Agenda was a "story-telling" at the Old Post Buffalo soldiers barracks area. Retired SGM Wallace Moore was dressed in period uniform to recount the history of that era.Jun 05, 2013
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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_9.jpgReunion Photos - Dave PriceAh....the great memories of the FDC tools in Vietnam. The only thing missing is the CONEX container. Without that, the FDC would be out of commission with the jungle weather environment we faced daily.Jun 05, 2013
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Price_Reunion_8.jpgReunion Photos - Dave PriceThe FADAC - "Field Artillery Digital Analog Computer". The field artillery's first attempt to use a "computer" for fire direction computation of deflection and quadrant elevation. Didn't prove itself at Ft Sill and neither in Vietnam. We were better with the tools learned at Snow Hall.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.Jun 05, 2013
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Price_Reunion_1.jpgReunion Photos - Dave PriceField Firing Demo: the 777 155mm howitzerJun 05, 2013
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Price_Reunion_4.jpgReunion Photos - Dave PriceWe toured the Basic Training barracks and met with the training staff.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_2.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 it goes. The compression was almost as strong as the noise.Jun 05, 2013
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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.Jun 03, 2013
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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.Jun 03, 2013
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