Album. Newspaper clippings and Periodical article. 19th Summer Olympics - Shooting Team. Training begins., July-Sept.,1968
Scope and Contents
* Newspaper clipping: "Gal Misses In Bid for Gun Squad" Alternates in rifle - Margaret Thompson and WO David Boyd. * Newspaper clipping: Sept.16. "Olympic Shooters Train at Santa Fe" Olympic shooting team will begin high altitude training Monday. The 12 member team and four alternates arrived in new Mexico's 7000-foot altitude to begin preparation for next month's Olympic Games in Mexico City. * Newspaper clipping: "High Altitude Doesn't Hurt U.S. Shooters" * Newspaper clipping: "Olympic Coach Checks In" "Every gun and and every bullet is hand selected," said U.S.Olympic Shooting Coach William C. Pullum at the New Mexico State Penitentiary shooting range. Members of the rifle team are Maj.John Foster, Maj.Lones Wigger, 1st Lt. Gary Anderson, 1st Lt.John Writer and Maj.Bruce Meredith. * Newspaper clipping: The New Mexican Sports. " Maj.John Foster Figures To Win Olympic Gold Medal" Quotes and comments about the high altitude training. * Newspaper clipping: July 31. Navy Times-Sports. "Marine McMillan Wins Spot On Olympic Shooting Team" Foster has already made the Olympic team in smallbore rifle so Wigger was chosen to fill out the squad on the basis of his third place finish. The 12-member Olympic team is now complete. The group will assemble at Santa Fe, New Mex. the middle of Sept. for high altitude training. * Newspaper clipping: Navy Times-Sports. "U.S. to Field Crackerjack Shooting Team". As of Now; here's the U.S. Olympic Shooting Team. Free Rifle - Gary Anderson and Lones Wigger. Smallbore Rifle - John Foster and John Writer. For the 1st time in Olympic history, women will be permitted to participate. Margaret Murdock is the alternate in Smallbore Rifle. * Newspaper clipping: The New Mexican, Santa Fe. Tues.Sept.24. "U.S. Shooters Say Birds Fly Faster at High Altitude" The 12-member U.S. shooting team began its pre-Olympic training Sept.16. "As nearly as we can tell without going into technical tests, rifle and pistol ballistics are virtually uneffected by the altitude," Reeves said. "The average rifle and pistol shooter expects to have to hold his breath for 20 seconds or so in order to get off a good shot," Reeves said. "They don't have any trouble doing this at sea level. But at 7,000 feet, they find they are losing their edge of breath control and are having to take a second breath." * Periodical article: NRA Tournament News, Oct. issue. Same article is in Box 1, Folder 70. Picture of the U.S. Shooting Team. The article discusses the shooters who will by shooting in the 19th Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Oct. 12-27.
Dates
- July-Sept.,1968
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