7/15th
going to Vietnam in 1967
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Stateside
at Ft. Bragg, NC
7th Bn, 15th FA
"Honor Battery"
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Advance
Party Lvs Ft Bragg:
7/15th FA Advance Party flies out of Pope AFB, NC, on 16 June '67
Photo:
Hans Dollhausen
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USNS Walker -
1967
Took 7/15th to Vietnam
Photo: Chuck Alexander
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LT Tingstrom and
men of the 15th - 1967
Photo: Mike Donley
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Show for
the troops
on the USNS Walker
Photo: Roy Bowen
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Is that a
man
with 'mop' hair?
Photo: Roy Bowen
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Passing time on
the USNS Walker
Photo: Mike Donley
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Navy band on
the USNS Walker
Photo: Mike Donley
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Main Party
of 7/15th
arrives at the Port of
Qui Nhon aboard the
USNS Walker- 1 July 67
Photo:
Hans Dollhausen
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Topside on
the
Walker. Next
stop is Vietnam!
Photo: Roy Bowen
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Click:
USNS WALKER
to see an issue of
"The Walker Report"
published during the
7/15th voyage on
15 June 1967
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7/15th FA
Advance Party
arrives in Qui Nhon,
Vietnam on 19 June '67
Photo:
Hans Dollhausen
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LTC Robert
B. Hankins
leading the 7/15th ashore
at Qui Nhon 1 July 1967
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LZ
Uplift -
First home of the 7/15th near Phu Cat
Approximately
12km SSE Bong Son
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Base
camp at Phu Cat when the 7/15th FA first got to
Vietnam in 1967. Photo: Roy Bowen
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Photos
of the Phu Cat base camp in 1968.
Mess Hall (left) and Ammo Section's Ammo Bunker (right)
Photos: Roy Bowen
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LTC
Robert B. Hankins relinquishes command of the
7th Battalion, 15th Field Artillery to LTC James Bluhm
at LZ Uplift on 23 September 1967
Photo:
Hans Dollhausen
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"Uplift
International"
Summer 1968
[Complete
story]
Photo: John Galkiewicz
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Installing gun pads
Photo: Mike Donley
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LZ Uplift bunkers
in Vietnam
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Fire
Direction Center
(FDC) bunker
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View from
7/15th TOC,
looking south over the
HHB Tents toward
Highway 1, Sept. 1967
Photo:
Hans Dollhausen
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Looking
West over 7/15 FA
HHB Tents, across Highway 1, showing 5th Cav Tents &
bunkers and a large helipad
in September 1967
Photo:
Hans Dollhausen
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Photo: Paul Hunter
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Photo: Paul Hunter
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Photo: Paul Hunter
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Photo: Paul Hunter
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Photo: Paul Hunter
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Photo: Paul Hunter
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Flag on Duster
Hill at LZ Uplift
March 25, 2000
Credit: Larry Howard
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Broken
generator!
Duster Hill in the
background, LZ Uplift
August 1967
Photo: Dan Gillotti
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Duster Hill and 7/15th
compound from HWY 1
Credit: Mike Atwood
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Generator with 100
amps to Aid Station
Credit: Mike Atwood
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Borrowed USAF 60KW
Fremont Generator Set
Credit: Mike Atwood
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Victim of muddy road
up to Duster Hill
Credit: Mike Atwood
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FDC
entrance to the 7/15th
FA Bn Tactical Operations
Center (TOC) October '67
Photo:
Hans Dollhausen
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LZ Uplift map
Credit: Davo Holdorf,
Larry Howard, and
Mike Atwood
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Monsoon
season
with Duster Hill
in the background
Fall months of '67
Photo: Dan Gillotti
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SSG Dan
Gillotti
Chief of Bn FDC
7th Bn, 15th FA
January 1968
Photo:
Dan Gillotti
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Old
BOQ
Photo: LTC Simpson
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Change
of Command
Ceremony - 7 Dec 68
Photo: LTC Simpson
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7/15th
S-1 Shop
Photo: LTC Simpson
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"Home
Sweet Home"
of the 7/15th CO
Photo: LTC Simpson
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HHB,
7/13th Arty sign
Duster Hill in background
December 1968
Photo: Charlie Jefferson
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Ceremonial
rounds fired
by the 7/15th FA at Uplift.
(l to r) COL Kiefe, 41st
Commander, LTC Simpson,
7/15th Commander and CPT
Duane Giesen, B Btry BC
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LZ Uplift
in 1968
Photos: SGT Reeves
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Click:
USNS Walker
to see an issue
of the newspaper
"The Walker Report"
published during
the 7/15th voyage
15 June 1967 |
Original
BIG AMMO
drivers(L to R): Martinez,
Swantise, and Montoya
Photo: Roy Bowen
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Eight
Inch Hill
(Eight
Inch Hill was a part of LZ Uplift. It was the northern most part
of LZ Uplift that was carved out in late 1967)
500
meters north of LZ Uplift
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Capt.
Geisen and Lt. Roy
"March Order" 1969
8-inch Hill. LZ Uplift
Photo: Gary D. Harrington
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B Btry, 7th
Bn, 15th FA
on 8 Inch Hill on the north
end of LZ Uplift, Oct. 1967
Photo:
Hans Dollhausen
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B Btry, 7th
Bn, 15th FA
shooting direct fire at a
VC Cave on the side of Miss America Mountain, Oct 1967
Photo: Hans Dollhausen
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Main gate to
8" Hill
in 1969
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Camp Radcliff at An Khe
"The Golf Course"
Approximately
60km NW Qui Nhon, 60km ESE Pleiku
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7/15th Battalion HQ
in An Khe 1970
Photo: Tom Tate
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8 inch Howitzer
"Cyclops" 1970
C/7/15 An Khe
Photo: Tom Tate
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Artillery
Hill north of Pleiku
Approximately
5km NNW Pleiku
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Artillery
Hill in
the distance
Photo: 15th webmaster
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Artillery
Hill
main gate
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7/15th entry
sign
HHB & Service Battery
Photo: 15th webmaster
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7/15th entry
sign
Artillery Hill - 1971
Photo: 15th webmaster
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52nd Group
HQ - 1971
Just inside main gate
Photo:
15th webmaster
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1/92nd Artillery
- 1971
"Sound effects of Pleiku"
Photo:
15th webmaster
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Looking
toward the Hill
while driving out of Pleiku
Photo: Marvin Copeland
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Mess Hall
surrounded
with Banana trees
Photo: Marvin Copeland
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Tactical
Operations Center
used by ASA in 1972
Photo: Marvin Copeland
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330th rrfs
det8
Army Security Agency
Photo: Marvin Copeland
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French
statue 3-1-1961
December 1965
Photo: Bob Lund
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B Btry,
6/14 Arty
Moved in 2 weeks ago
December 1965
Photo: Bob Lund
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6/14th Arty
getting water
from reservoir behind
Artillery Hill
Photo: Bob Lund
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Defoliated
spot beneath
M-60 gun barrel is where
a jet crashed & burned
Photo: Bob Lund
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Artillery
Hill
Photo: Vietnam Studies
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Ban
Me Thuot
Darlac
Province
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C Battery
7/15th
in March and April
of 1968
Photo: Chas Hurst
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C Battery,
7/15th
building bunkers
in March 1968
Photo: Chas Hurst
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LZ Blackhawk
on QL19 east of Pleiku
25km
ENE Pleiku
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LZ Blackhawk
from the air 1971
Photo: Mike Mountain
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LZ Blackhawk
bunkers - 1971
Photo: Mike Mountain
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LZ Blackhawk
from an OH58
in late 1971
Photo: 15th webmaster
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Montagnard village
next to LZ Blackhawk
Photo: 15th webmaster
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Artillerymen
of the
'Fighting Fifteenth'
in summer of '70
Photo: David Nelson
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LZ Diamondhead
22km
ESE An Khe
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Binh Khe 1967
An Khe Pass rear left
Photo: Chas Hurst
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Lumber for gunpads
Photo: Mike Donley
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ROK show
Photo: Mike Donley
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US vs ROK allies
Photo: Mike Donley
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FDC bunker
Photo: Mike Donley
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Diamondhead perimeter
Photo: Mike Donley
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Mike Donley shown
building #4 bunker
in Summer of 1967
Photo: Mike Donley
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Spade of #4
gun at LZ
Diamondhead - 1967
Photo: Mike Donley
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CPT Hans
Dollhausen, Btry
Commander, C Btry, 7th Bn,
15th FA, at LZ Diamondhead
(Binh Khe), July 1967
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C Btry, 7th
Bn, 15th FA
fires their 10,000 round
4 September 1967
Photo:
Hans Dollhausen
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C Btry, 7th Bn, 15th FA
Change of Command from
Cpt Dollhausen to CPT Riech
14 September 1967
Photo:
Hans Dollhausen
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LZ
English
5km
NNE Bong Son
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Tarmac
with Hueys
of Co B, 229th Avn Bn
Photo: Jim Bracewell
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229th
Avn Bn
tents at LZ
Photo: Jim Bracewell
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Mess
tent at
LZ English
Photo: Jim Bracewell
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Tony's
Barber Shop
Photo: Jim Bracewell
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Hueys
landing
on the tarmac
Photo: Jim Bracewell
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'Goofy
Warriors'
in 1967
Photo: Jim Bracewell
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Happy
Valley
28km
WNW Phu Cat, 20km NW An Khe
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C Battery
FDC Track
supporting Artillery
Raid into "Happy Valley"
August 1967 - 7/15th FA
Photo: Hans Dollhausen
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LZ Hardtimes in the Vinh Thanh Valley
20km
NE An Khe
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Airborne 105 battery
next to 7/15th
Photo: Chas Hurst
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Bright, hot day
soon to change
Photo: Chas Hurst
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LZ
Oasis [map]
24km
SSW Pleiku
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LZ Oasis
"The Oasis"
Photo: 15th webmaster
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FDC at
Oasis
in 1971
Photo: John McCarthy, Jr.
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8-inch gun
pit
in 1971 - 7/15th
Photo: John McCarthy, Jr.
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Entertainment
in the
Oasis mess hall - 1971
Photo: John McCarthy, Jr.
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8-inch gun
pit
One of the 15th's?
Photo: Eddie Donato
C Btry, 56th Arty HAWK
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"On
the way"
Ground shaking!
Spring 1969
Photo: Eddie Donato
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C/6/56th
Artillery,
Americal area in
March 1969
Photo: Eddie Donato
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Command
post
C/6/56th Artillery
March 1969
Photo: Eddie Donato
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Sandbag
party in
March 1969
C/6/56th Artillery
Photo: Eddie Donato
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Sunset at
the Oasis
Photo: Eddie Donato
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Plei
Mrong
Approximately
23 km NW Pleiku
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Plei
Mrong photos submitted by
CPT Ron Peters C Btry 1969-70
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LZ
Pony
22km
E An Khe
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Two-Gun
Platoon of
C/7/15 at LZ Pony with
Ordnance Team to change
gun tubes from 8" to 175mm
October 1967
Photo: Dan Gillotti
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On the road
west
towards LZ Pony,
2nd vehicle ahead
hit a small mine
October 1967
Photo:
Dan Gillotti
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A Battery,
7/15 Arty
Jeep that hit a mine
Photo: Gary McBride
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LZ Schueller
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east of the Mang Yang Pass
13km
W An Khe
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October 1971: The 3/3 ARVN Cav moved onto RSB Schueller replacing the
1/10th Armored Cav on perimeter defense. B Btry, 7/15 deactivated to
Artillery Hill a day later.
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LZ Schueller
Along QL19 near
An Khe - 1971
Photo: 15th webmaster
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LZ Two Bits near Bong Son
50km
NE An Khe, 70km NNW Qui Nhon
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Entry sign 1970
B Btry 7/15th
Photo: Tom Tate
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B Btry 1970
LZ Two Bits
Photo: Tom Tate
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Aerial view of
LZ construction
Photo: Tom Tate
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LZ
Zager
Near
Bong Son coast just N of LZ English
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B
Battery, 7/15 FA
preparing to fire the
Battalion's 10,000th round
Photo: Marvin 'Keith' Stanley
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LT
Barker on gun and
Josephus Blakely at
the end of the 175 tube.
Photo: Marvin 'Keith' Stanley
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250,000th
Battalion round.
B/7/15 built LZ Zager next
to LZ North English. Ron
Barker and Duane Geisen(r).
Photo: Marvin 'Keith' Stanley
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Memento
presented to
B Battery Commander
Duane Geisen by the
175 Platoon.
Photo: Duane Geisen
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