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71st Armored Field Artillery Battalion WWII

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71st Group Pictures

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   71st Armored Field Artillery Battalion ( after joining the 5th Armored Division)
                                               
           Officers - 71st Armored Field Arty.      31 Jan 44  
                       Indiantown Gap, Pa.
* Picture courtesy of Capt. Everett Wilcox via Carol C. Wilcox, niece    




 Headquarters & Headquarters Battery   (* Labeled to the best of my knowledge)
                                Jan/Feb 44      Indiantown Gap, Pa.
* Courtesy Beckley family


                         
          C Battery  04 Feb 44    Indiantown Gap, Pa.
 * Picture above courtesy of Jim Sorensen
 
*Click on the picture here to enlarge then again to enlarge further.
 
 71st Field Artillery ( At Fort Sill before joining the 5th Armored Division)
 *Note: Many of these members didn't stay with the 71st and went on to fill other units. They were not an Armored unit yet, Horse Drawn,
   hence the cavalry boots and jodhpurs being worn.

           

         Fort Sill Roster - Jun '41 - 71st Field Artillery  
 *Courtesy Beckley Family  
   
            
     Service Battery Fort Sill     Jan '42        71st Field Artillery   
 * Picture courtesy of T/Sgt. Pippin G. Gannon (7th from left, front row) via his granddaughter Cynthia Nason  
 
                                                                                 
               
          Service Battery Thanksgiving Menu Cover    Fort Sill 1941
* Picture courtesy of T/Sgt. Pippin G. Gannon via his granddaughter Cynthia Nason  
 
 
             
             Service Battery Thanksgiving Menu & Roster    Fort Sill 1941 
* Picture courtesy of T/Sgt. Pippin G. Gannon via his granddaughter Cynthia Nason  



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
 

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