Box MS419.03
Contains 179 Results:
Certificate. U.S. Arms Infantry School. John Foster successfully completed the Airborne Course., Jan. 24, 1964
Be it known that John R. Foster has successfully completed the Airborne Course at this institution and that in testimony thereof he is awarded this Certificate given at Fort Benning, GA, on this the 24th day of Jan., 1964.
Periodical; NRA Tournament News. 2nd Champion of Champions Match., Jan. 20-22, 1965
March issue of NRA News. The U.S. Military Int'l Team Alumni and Ft. Benning, GA, R and P Club sponsored the 2nd Champion of Champions match. Eighteen shooters attended and 19 National Open or Service records were broken or tied. Th record-breakers are (l.to r.,front)T/Sgt. Al Hannon, USAF; Capt. John R. Foster, USA; M/Sgt. William Krilling, USA; Capt. Presley W. Kendall, US. See P.419.2635 - similar photo. ("see pg.3"...Not included)
Periodical clippings; NRA Tournament News. National Indoor Rifle Championships - an all-Army event., publication; Sept. 1965
Bulletin. NRA National Indoor Championships. Results., 1966
Official Bulletin; Results of Individual Rifle and Pistol Championship. Rifle and Pistol Team Championship. Sectional Championships.
Bulletin. HQ, Department of the Army, Washington D.C. Special Orders., June 3, 1966
Foster, John R Capt. Infantry, Int'l Branch USA Advanced Marksmanship Unit, Ft. Benning, GA. Assigned to: 25th Inf Div USARV APO San Francisco Allocate: Dec-141 Arrival date: 20 Nov 66 to arr OS dest NLT 25 Nov 66.
Letter. From; Franklin Orth, EVP. NRA . To; Gen. Johnson, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army. RE: 39th World Shooting Championships., Jul.29,1966
Letters. Re: USAMTU and outstanding performance at the 39th World Shooting Championships. Wiesbaden, Germany., Aug.18 - Sept.15, 1966
Letters from: General Harold Johnson, U.S.Army, Chief of Staff. General Paul Freeman, U.S.Army Commanding. Major General Robert York, U.S.Army Commanding and Colonel Jos. Peot, SigC Commanding. Colonel Peot wrote to Capt.Foster personally. Congratulating and thanking him for the outstanding accomplishments while representing the United States and participating in the 1966 World Shooting Championships in Wiesbaden, Germany.
Names: Vietnam Team and 1967 Dewar Team., 1967 - 1972
Vietnam; 9 team members (early 1970s?). 1967 Dewar Team- 21 team members in 3 rows.
Periodical; The American Rifleman. Pan American Games, Results., Publication; Sept. 1967
Results of Free-Rifle, Smallbore rifle Prone English Match, Smallbore Rifle 3-Position, plus teams and Pistol events. Capt. John Foster placed 2nd in Free-Rifle w/ aggregate score of 3433. Patricia K Foster placed 2nd in Smallbore Rifle 3-Position, Woman catagory w/ aggregate score of 3368. Other winning sharpshooters include; Gary Anderson, Margaret Thompson, Martin Gunnarsson, David Kimes, Bruce Meredith, and David Boyd.
Periodical; NRA Tournament News. The Annual Pacific States Fall Round-Up Smallbore Rifle Prone Tournament., Sept. 1967-Jan. 1968
Cover photo of 11 shooters that scored perfect 1600's in the Any Sight Aggregate competition. Included are John Foster, Bruce Meredith, John Writer, and Martin Gunnersson. Published Jan. 1968. Event date unknown.