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Box MS419.03

 Container

Contains 179 Results:

Award Certificate. U.S. International Shooting Championships., June 16, 1975

 File — Box: MS419.03, Folder: MS419.03.471
Identifier: MS419.03.471
Scope and Contents

NRA Certificate. To; John Foster. Event; Smallbore Rifle 3-Position. Fifth Place

Dates: June 16, 1975
Found in: McCracken Research Library / MS 419, MS 419 - John R. Foster Olympic Sharpshooter

Award Certificate. U.S. International Shooting Championships., June 19, 1975

 File — Box: MS419.03, Folder: MS419.03.472
Identifier: MS419.03.472
Dates: June 19, 1975
Found in: McCracken Research Library / MS 419, MS 419 - John R. Foster Olympic Sharpshooter

NRA Certificate. U.S. International Shooting Championships., June 20, 1975

 File — Box: MS419.03, Folder: MS419.03.473
Identifier: MS419.03.473
Scope and Contents

NRA Certificate. To; John Foster. Event; Big Bore Standard Rifle. Second Place.

Dates: June 20, 1975
Found in: McCracken Research Library / MS 419, MS 419 - John R. Foster Olympic Sharpshooter

Award certificate. NRA National Rifle and Pistol Championships, Camp Perry, OH., 1975 (specifics unknown)

 File — Box: MS419.03, Folder: MS419.03.474
Identifier: MS419.03.474
Scope and Contents

Second Place. Four-Position Metallic Sight Match. 780-35X

Dates: 1975 (specifics unknown)
Found in: McCracken Research Library / MS 419, MS 419 - John R. Foster Olympic Sharpshooter

Newspaper clipping. Fifth International "Benito Juarez" Shooting Tournament. Mexico City., Apr. 1976

 File — Box: MS419.03, Folder: MS419.03.475
Identifier: MS419.03.475
Scope and Contents

Headline: Uncle Sam's Shooters Dominate MC Tourney. The U.S. Sunday took the top four spots in standard pistol as competition opened in the fifth Benito Juarez Int'l Shooting Tournament at the Vicenta Suarez range. (para.5)-Lanny Bassham also gave the U.S.by ripping the air rifle target for 384 points. John R. Foster, Bassham's teammate, and Cuba's Adelso Pena finished with 379 points each.

Dates: Apr. 1976
Found in: McCracken Research Library / MS 419, MS 419 - John R. Foster Olympic Sharpshooter

Newspaper clipping. Fifth International "Benito Juarez" Shooting Tournament. Mexico City, Mexico., April 1976

 File — Box: MS419.03, Folder: MS419.03.476
Identifier: MS419.03.476
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THE NEWS, Mexico City Wednesday, April 7,1976. 4th paragraph; Lones Wigger kept the U.S. steamroller in full gear by hitting for 1161 points in the smallbore, three position event. Lanny Bassham was third w/ 1155 points, followed by teammate John Foster w/ 1152.

Dates: April 1976
Found in: McCracken Research Library / MS 419, MS 419 - John R. Foster Olympic Sharpshooter

Newspaper clipping. Fifth International "Benito Juarez" Shooting Tournament. Mexico City, Mexico, Apr. 1976

 File — Box: MS419.03, Folder: MS419.03.477
Identifier: MS419.03.477
Scope and Contents Shooting Meet Opens Today. Defense Secretary Hermenegildo Cuenca Diaz today will open the fifth Benito Juarez Int'l Shooting Tournament at the Vicente Suarez range, with the participation of 268 marksmen from 13 countries, organizers announced Friday. The participating countries in the tournament slated to run through Thursday are: W.germany, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Cuba, the United States, the Philippines, France, Peru, Puerto Rico, Sweden, Venezuela and host Mexico. Accompanying Cuenca...
Dates: Apr. 1976
Found in: McCracken Research Library / MS 419, MS 419 - John R. Foster Olympic Sharpshooter

Newspaper clipping. U.S. Olympic tryouts. Black Canyon Range, Phoenix, AZ, Spring, 1976

 File — Box: MS419.03, Folder: MS419.03.478
Identifier: MS419.03.478
Scope and Contents Headline: Gun gal gains Olympic role, champs miss. Margaret Murdock became the 1st woman to win a berth on the U.S.Olympic Shooting Team w/a 2nd place tie-breaking finish in 3-Position Smallbore Rifle match in team tryouts. First place in the match was Lanny Bassham, who racked up a 3,475 out of 3,600 score to capture the match by a sizable edge over Murdock and Jack Writer. Writer, the 1972 Olympic champion at Munich in 3-position smallbore, finished w/3,453-exactly where Murdock was in a...
Dates: Spring, 1976
Found in: McCracken Research Library / MS 419, MS 419 - John R. Foster Olympic Sharpshooter

Identification Badges. XXI Olympic Summer Games, Montreal, Canada., July 17-31, 1976

 File — Box: MS419.03, Folder: MS419.03.479
Identifier: MS419.03.479
Scope and Contents

One 3"X 5" I.D., to be worn around the neck, the other,wallet size. John Foster. Date of birth; Sept.13,1936. Place of birth; Muskegon, MI. Current address; 5235 Gettysburg Way, Columbus, GA. Normal occupation; Armed Forces. OLYMPIC FUNCTION; ASSISTANT MANAGER. Sport; Shooting. Valid: June 17, 1976 to August 31, 1976.

Dates: July 17-31, 1976
Found in: McCracken Research Library / MS 419, MS 419 - John R. Foster Olympic Sharpshooter

Periodical. The American Marksman. 3-Position Gallery Match and rifle clinic., Jan. 16, 1977

 File — Box: MS419.03, Folder: MS419.03.480
Identifier: MS419.03.480
Dates: Jan. 16, 1977
Found in: McCracken Research Library / MS 419, MS 419 - John R. Foster Olympic Sharpshooter

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