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Target: 100 Iron Sights, Offhand. 11 small targets, US Army official 50 Ft. Smallbore Rifle Target. Shot at Corvallis, Oregon. Patch: Pasted to the center target; 1957 Intercollegiates Natl Rifle Assn.

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Official NRA 50-Ft. Small Bore Rifle Target. 11 small round targets. Foster's scores in the match: Prone 100, Sitting 99, Kneeling 94 and Offhand 100. Total 393, Winner. Offhand target was signed by 9 people.

Scope and Contents Honorable Discharge, Foster, John Robert 1st LT O-2. Date of rank; 14 Dec.'59. Dept. Army-USAR-Inf. Place of Birth-Muskegon, MI. Date of Birth 13 Sept.'36, Brown hair, Brown eyes, 5'10", weight 185#, College graduate, 4 years, BS Degree-Forestry. Discharged-Fort Benning, GA. Reason and Authority, Paragraph 2, AR 635-120, SPN 520 Unqualified Resignation. Effective 30 June 1961. Last Duty assignment and major command-Company A.2d EG,9th Infantry. Character of Service, Honorable... etc....

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Small Arms Firing School. Be it known that John R.Foster has successfully completed the Special Rifle Marksmanship Instructor Course conducted in conjunction with the 1961 National Matches at Camp Perry, Ohio, approved by the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice and that in testimony thereof is awarded this Certificate and is qualified to instruct in Rifle Marksmanship Given at Camp Perry, Ohio, on this the 16th day of August, nineteen hundred and sixty-one.

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Be it known that Major John R.Foster has successfully completed the Infantry Officer Advanced Course at this institution and that in testimony thereof he is awarded this Diploma Given at Fort Benning, Georgia, on this the 28th day of October, nineteen hundred and sixty-nine. Signed by: Orwin Talbott, Major General, USA Commandant. John Blount, Lt.Col. of Infantry, Secretary. Sidney Berry, Brigadier General, USA Assistant Commandant. Gold seal on Diploma.

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Written in Spanish. Roughly translated: Champion U.S.A. 1,008 points, winner; the Military Long Gun (military rifle?).At the XIth C.I.S.M. in Granada Spain. Signed by: The Head of the Delegation.

Scope and Contents Article date July 12, 1970. Photo caption; Prepared for U.S. shooting championships in Phoenix this week are, L-R, Col. Jim Crossman, Harry Reeves, Stanley Mate, Gene Anderson and Tom Wardell (titles listed). Headline: Nation's best shooters here for showdown. Nearly 500 of the nations top rifle, pistol and shotgun shooters have been arriving in Phoenix for opening of proctice...at Black Canyon and Phoenix Trap and Skeet Club ranges on Mon. Jul.13. After 2 days of practice for all except...

Scope and Contents Newspaper date, Thurs.,July 23. Headline:"Phoenician takes rifle meet title".Maj.John Foster, won the Standard Rifle event as the 10th U.S.Int'l.Championships moved down to the climax-the beginning today of the 300-M Free Rifle and Claybird events. Maj. Foster capped 3 days of standard rifle shooting w/a 573X600 for a 1708X1800 aggregate. His nearest competitor was Marine CWO David Boyd w/a 563 and 1700 aggregate. Foster fired a 365 to hold onto second place in Air Rifle event which was won...

Scope and Contents Article date, July 23. Fourteen shooters were named to the U.S. squad to compete in the 40th World Shooting Championships. Practice for final 3 events at Black Canyon Range. Scheduled to begin tomorrow are free pistol and free rifle..."YESTERDAY": Army Capt. Margaret Murdock, who already has a berth of the World Shooting Team by placing fourth in the 3-position smallbore match, doubled yesterday by winning the women's standard rifle w/a 1694 total. Joining her are second place Tricia Foster...

Scope and Contents The 10th U.S.Int'l Shooting Championships wind up today at Black Canyon Shooting Range...between 309 of the nation's top shooters, plus some 15 from Canada and Mexico. ...etc. 85 Phoenix Indian School Students-91 volunteers (members of the NRA) from all parts of the country to operate the ranges, handle the jobs of range officers, range officials, scorers, etc. At least 10 NRA staff members, came to direct the operations. This is the second year the NRA held its U.S.Int'l Championships here....