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    Spartan Artillerymen host WWII veterans [Image 16 of 27]

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    Military personnel in winter camouflage uniforms are operating a field artillery piece in a snow-covered environment. A spent brass shell casing is visibly ejecting from the howitzer mid-air, captured in motion blur. The soldiers are wearing cold-weather gear including white overgarments, tactical vests, helmets, and protective eyewear.

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, ALASKA, UNITED STATES

    12.18.2013

    Photo by Justin Connaher 

    Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson   

    Army Spc. Mohammed Abbas, a native of Austin, Texas, throws an expended 105mm howitzer shell during a live-fire on Malemute drop zone at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Dec. 18, 2013, as Army Pfc. Cody Teel, a native of Campbellsville, Ky., watches. Both soldiers are assigned to A Battery, 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, part of U.S. Army Alaska. World War II veterans Army Col. Jack P. Ancker, retired, assigned to the 680th Glider Field Artillery Battalion, 17th Airborne Division, a Bronze Star Medal with Valor Device recipient, and the Rev. Norman Elliott, a first lieutenant in the 341st Field Artillery Regiment, 89th Infantry Division, visited the soldiers and shared their Army experiences. (U.S. Air Force photo by Justin Connaher/Released)

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    Date Taken: 12.18.2013
    Date Posted: 12.20.2013 13:28
    Photo ID: 1142302
    VIRIN: 131218-F-LX370-457
    Resolution: 3935x2672
    Size: 4.56 MB
    Location: JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, ALASKA, US
    Hometown: AUSTIN, TEXAS, US

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