Posted on 06/12/2004 7:52:58 PM PDT by Cannoneer No. 4
Has anyone watched the poor Mass Guard at the 4th of July Pops Concert? Over the past two years, they had a black gunner that blew at least one of his rounds by jerking the lanyard! Diversity can really suck!
<p<Any real Redleg knows that you have to pull the lanyard, not jerk it! One time he jerked so hard that he lost his grip on the lanyard knob!
Belated Matthew, Mark Luke and John ping!
Tuba ping! I was principal tuba in the VMI Regimental Band my entire cadetship! Of course, as an officer, I couldn't play in an Army band on active duty....
HQ DIVARTY under COL Patrick B. O'Mera. I was there (Ft. Riley) from Aug '79 - Aug '81.
We Had 1/5 FA 155, DTAB, 3/6 FA 8" and a 155 BN with ist ID Forward in Germany that I can't remember the designation of.
Ah, that is were my memory conflicted with your post. I was thinking of the M8 version of the basic M1 that you posted. We had M8s for salute purposes in our FA battalion at Ft. Knox and in Germany. I use to get to fire the pack 75 in front of the battalion HQ (2-34 FA) at Ft. Knox for retreat at 5pm when I was the duty officer's driver.
A picture of the Pack 75 that was in front of the 2-27 FA (3rd Armored Div) headquarters at Friedberg, Germany was in the pocket book edition of Jane's Field Artillery beginning in the mid-70s. I haven't seen a post 1995 edition so I don't know if they are still using the photo or if it is even listed.
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