If you have contact with any of the
following members, please contact
George with their new email address.
Or if you find your name here, send
me your new email address.
Deeds, Bobby
Jaragoske, Richard
Arcaro, Lanny
Campbell, Elton Ray
Deese, Gary
Dancy, Irvin
Horn, Roger
LeVasseur, Douglas
Koenig, George
Damman, Randy
Fergen, Stewart
Koenig, George
Shepard, Ernest
Welcome!
If you served with the 7th Battalion
8th Artillery at any time, please contact the Web Master/Database Manager, George
Bradley at
automatic8@hotmail.com. He, in turn, will send a request for data about
your service in the Battalion. Your info will be added to the master
database and if you desire, your name and email will be added to the members
list on this web site.
**Important** (When contacting George, please make
sure you type "7/8 FA"
in the subject line)
This web page is under reconstruction. This process should be complete in April 2011. Come back often to check on progress.
2nd Field Force Reward Notice
!
Special Thanks !
Thanks to those that have
bought the first CD, and the generous contribution of Ken Hoag, we now have
our own domain name:
http://www.7th8th-arty.com . And as you can see, we no longer have those
annoying pop-ups on our site.
Onward and Upwards!
Thank You ALL!
As soon as I can get the time I'll begin uploading new
pictures to the site. I now have room for several hundred more. Also
documents, letters, and official communications.
CD's
We are now offering
Picture CD's of all the pictures on this site, and many that we don't
presently have room for. These CD's contain 1000+ photos, many of the 7/8th
Artillery in Vietnam. Yearbook, Tet '68, Bien Hoa,
Ben Luc, Xuan Loc, FSB
Blue, mid 60's to 70's.
Pictures are from members that have sent them in and
and do contain some pictures of deceased persons (sanitized version
available - email me if you'd like this one)..
Proceeds will be placed in a fund to pay for
additional server space with the ability to upload and display all pictures,
documents, and text we now do not have room for.
Price Includes Shipping
& Handling.
Or send check or money order to:
Carl Johnson
1054 Royal Oak St. SW
Wyoming, MI 49509
Indicate which Disk(s) you're requesting.
Thanks to all the contributors :
George Bradley,
Lee (Phantum27), Bill Auerbach, Gary Harrington,
Bill Van Eck, Tom Tate,
Mike Donley, John Whirly, Tom Piazza,
Tom Striegler, Mel Moffit, John Kitts,
Chuck Veltri, Dale,
John Chladnicek, Frank Ledford Jr.
Again thanks to all that have sent in photos and documents!
If you happen to find any
duplicates, please e-mail me so I might remove them.
Specialist 5th Class
Carl Johnson Taken just after my return from Vietnam
(September 1969)
7th Battalion 8th Artillery
Distinctive
Unit Crest
Gary Harrington 'A' Battery 1969 - 1971
We currently have "2,116"
names listed
in the
Members Roster page.
Check it out and see if any of YOUR buddies are there. If you have the e-mail, phone #, or address of anyone
listed here, PLEASE contact
George and give
him an update.
The 7th Battalion 8th Artillery
Association was formed by
Gary D. Harrington and
Carl E.Johnson.
The website is
written and maintained by Carl E.
Johnson.
If you'd like your name added
to the Member Roster, please contact George.
Shameless
Plug
My wife and I are starting a new business and would like any help you
might be able to give.
Thanks & God
Bless!
Designate which Battery, and date in-country you want imprinted - in
the comments section of PayPal.
!
NEW ! Custom
Printed Mouse Pad - Ships within 48 hours.
Imprinted with your ribbons, unit, dates - leave
instructions and questions in the comments section of PayPal, or
E-Mail us.
If you have any further information, or history about the
7/8th, please get in touch with us, we'd be more than happy to list it
here.
This site and all of it's pages
are constantly under construction, so if you see anything that's wrong,
inaccurate,
or anything else that needs addressing, please don't hesitate to e-mail me.