Welcome! 
    If you served with the 7th Battalion 8th Artillery at anytime, please contact the 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 "7th8th FA" in the subject line)
 

1. CPT Alan Ackerman, Btry A commander, Gerry Haid, wife of Btry C commander CPT Alan Haid and CPT Gordon Walker, Btry B commander
2.  LTC William and Nancy Price, MAJ (P) William "Mone" and Carol Clark.
3.  CPT Quinton Holton and date Kathy
4.  CPT Gordon and Theresa Walker,  Btry B Commander.
5.  CPT Ken Johnson, S-1, and date, Mrs. Osborne and Mrs Hanna, CPT Dale and Joan Wilson.
6.  CPT Glen Hanna, CPT John Osborne, CPT Holton, Gerry Haid, and Kathy.

An Open Letter From George - Please Read!

Click Below
 !! REUNION 2007 Photos !!

Looks like a good time was had by all!

Notice to all who took Digital Photos and would like to send them to 
Carl & Nancy for uploading to the website...please email your photos 
(preferably with descriptions of photos; see note below) to the following email address:
cn_graphics@yahoo.com

Thank you to Tom Barrett, Jim VanOosten & Dennis Meredith for contributing photos thus far.
For anyone who attended the reunion and are in a photo please identify yourself and anyone else you know.  Also, we'd like to place captions on the photos, so if you could also identify what the event was or what was happening at the time of the photo, it would be really nice to place all this info below each photograph.  
Just send us a quick email identifying the photo, (ie:  Barrett photos, page 2, Image 14).

2nd Field Force Reward Notice

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.

Site Award


From "Gunners Net"
Gunners Australia Association

Picture 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.

 

Disk 1 $20.00 550+ Photos	Disk 2 $20.00 450+ Photos
Disk 1  w/o/photos of deceased persons. $20.00 550+ Photos

Or send check or money order to:
Carl Johnson
2820 Woodward Ave. 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 "2,082" 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.

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