Battery B 233rd Field Artillery Battalion

Havana’s Battery B of the 233rd Field Artillery Battalion

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-Depue Photo-
Picture & article with caption
published in The Fulton Democrat in Lewistown, Fulton County, Illinois, Wednesday, February 20, 1952:

     Thirty-nine of the forty-nine officers and enlisted men comprising Havana’s Battery B of the 233rd Field Artillery Battalion, a component of the Illinois National Guard 44th Division, are pictured above while getting ready for their Tuesday departure for Camp Cooke, California, where they expect to undergo nine months of comprehensive combat training.
     Front row, left to right, Capt. George Miller, Commanding; Warrant Officer Charles F. Norris, Battery Supply Officer, M. Sgt. Russell C. Mayall, S./Fc Thomas Milson, Pfc. Wesley L. Wilson, Pvt. Richard R. Holmes, Cpl. Neil F. Braendle, S/Sgt. George R. Morgan, Cpl. Robert Hickman, S/Sgt. David L. Morgan, Sgt./FC Herman J. Haage, Pvt. Robert Buckley, Pfc Dorthan Lilly, Cpl. Donnie Vaughn.
     Second row: First Lieut. James E. Shirley, Sgt. F/C Charles H. Meyer, Sgt. Ronald G. Meegge, Cpl. Paul L. Price, Cpl. Lyman D. Blessman, Cpl. Donald D. Oaks, Cpl. Thomas R. Berry, Pfc. Claude R. Ramsey, Cpl. William A. Wilson, Pvt. Richard L. Roe, Pvt. Russell D. Haynes, Pvt. Harold M. Derry
     Third row: Second Lieut. Cecil Gilson, Jr., Sgt. Virgil L. Parrott, Sgt./lc Billy J. Clemons, Pfc. Bobby T. Holmes, Pvt. Robert D. Adkins, Cpl. Robt. M Livingston, S/1c Donald E. Lindsey, Cpl. William G. Gray, Sgt./FC Stanley D. Parr, Pfc Bernard L. Sager, Pfc George Orfans, Sgt. Robert E. Bohm, Pfc Virgil E. Leezer.
     Ten men were not in the photo because of various reasons, including the fact that some were driving to the Camp Cooke location. They were Sgt. John R. Barrett, who has been attending school, Sgt. Harold E. Palmer, who was with the advance party to Camp Cooke; Sgt. Robert Payne, attending school; Cpl. Donald L. Ellsworth, at Camp Cooke, Cpl. Michael M. Gibboney, at Camp Cooke; Cpl Lawrence G. Martin, attending school, Cpl Larry G. Tarvin, at Camp Cooke, Pfc. John J. Pratt, Pfc Donald Wilcoxen, Jr., Camp Cooke.
From Vicky Scott: My dad, Donald Lindsey (back row) had a picture of his battalion from the Korean War. While going through some clippings I found the picture with all of the caption and an explanation of ones not in the picture. This is a picture of the Illinois National Guard 44th Division; Havana's Battery B of the 233rd Field Artillery Battalion.