Pershing Rifles, Company H-7 Pictures
This is only a small part of what I am sure is out there somewhere in boxes in attics and basements. Let's see how many pictures of H-7 we can collect. The CAPER pictures are on a separate page, as are the Kaydette picture.
Spring 1968: Practice Before Regimental Drill Meet (from Linda Grissette) |
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Back Row: John Baker, Bob Grove's back, Richard Dean, Larry Rogers Front Row: Bill Bishop, Marty Conkling, John Doesburg, Phil LaBoon |
Fred Roberts |
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Fall 1968: Taking down the garrison flag after a home football game. (from Linda Grissette) |
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On the fence to keep the flag from getting into the barbed wire, Grubbie Brian Nacci, Grubbie Bob Abernathy
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On the way back to the Armory: Grubbie John Young, Gene Bray (in the back ground with sun glasses), Grubbie Brian Nacci (also in sun glasses) and part of Grubbie Bob Abernathy (sun glasses) (reported as deceased) It must have been a real sunny day...or they all wanted to be cool like Gene! |
| After they got the cart with the flag back to the Armory the really hard work began. It took everyone, including CAPERS, to get the flag folded. It took up most of the Army bay. Not many people realize how large..and heavy a garrison flag really is! In 1969, we played University of Nebraska at Norman and Nebraska sent a pep band. One of the band members was Jim Condon from Pershing Rifles National Headquarters. After the game he came back to the Armory to help, too. Boy, did he help. They had him be the person in the middle who gets the flag folded on their back. But usually they didn't let go of it like they did with Jim. They just had to "get" and National Staffer. Not many Pershing Rifles Companies got to have casual visits from National Staffers, but thanks to CAPER National Headquarters, our guys did! | |
| 1967-71: Some newspaper clippings. There are a couple of PRs in one of them, but we need their names! (from Linda) | |
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1970: In the Field (from Dale Magnin) |
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| We don't have all the names for this picture. If you can help us fill in the blanks, please let us know. Front row: Larry Meisenzahl, Larry (?) Baumgartner, Dale Magnin, _______ Standing: Rex McFarland, __________, John Hill, Brian McConnell, ________, _________, Link Sellers, _________ | |
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1971: Yearbook Pictures (from Charles Brantley) |
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Front row: MAJ Edward McDonald (advisor), Janis Fina, National Honorary for 1970, Richard Dean, Company Commander, Linda Epps, Beth Tillman, Vickie Harding (honoraries for 1971), John Hill, Link Sellers, Martin (Marty) Conkling, MAJ Robert Armstrong (advisor) Second Row: Thomas O'Neil, Mark Moss, Russell Frizzell, Keith Huffman, Stephen Bailey, Charles Brantley, Carlos Droescher, Randy Weatherly, Brian McConnell. Third Row: Glen Boza, Gary Swift, Lon Barton, Kenneth Trommer, Vernon Vollertsen, Terry Peck, Tim Cheney, Brian Nacci. Fourth Row: Steven Prior, Kurt Prices, Larry High, Michael Hadlock, Robert Lethgo, Ronald Belanger, Kuri Robbins, Larry Melzensahl. Fifth Row: Mike Bailey, Charles Powell, Mark Freeman, John O'Dell, Mike Dippel, Lowell Shannon. |
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| Left: Vernon Vollertson Facing front: Brian Nacci. Right: Charles Brantley Back to camera: John Hill |
Vernon Vollertsen and Bruce Allen taking attendance at drill. |
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John Hill |
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| 1973: Yearbook Pictures (from Charles Brantley) | |
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Front row: Charles Brantley, Company Commander, John O'Dell, Russell Frizzell, Vernon Vollertsen, Terry Peck. Second row: Clifford Taylor, Robert Ogborn, Greg Myers, Warren Jordan, Honoraries: Jancy Hodges, Sue Pierce, Terrye Sneed, Norman Brantley, Keith Hoffman, Doug Graham, Mark Sizemore, Gary Flatt. Third row: James Knox, Steven Parker, Marc Young, Charles Baumet, Tom Milner, David Brown, David Sholan, Keith Huffman, August Luzzi, Steve Bailey, Guy Bohvick, Fourth row: James Holland, John Tisdale, Jeffrey Moore. |
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The 1972-73 officers and
honorary candidates in the fall of 1972:
At the desk: Charles Brantley, Russell Frizzell Across the back: Keith Huffman, John O'Dell, Terrye Sneed, Jancy Hodges, Sue Pierce, Vernon Vollertsen, Terry Peck |
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Charles Brantley definitely
enjoyed this important job of the Company Commander, naming the new
Honorary at the White Rose Ball.
To the right, he is kissing the winner, Jancy Hodges. To the lower left, he is escorting Jancy through the saber arch. Those one the CAPER drill team in 1970 will enjoy this picture of the sabers that we used in our drill team To the lower right, Charles with Jancy |
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| The Largest Family Group in H-7 | |||
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| Charles Brantley | Norm Brantley | Charlotte (Brantley) Stevenson | Vivian (Brantley) Stokes |
| Pledged Fall 1969 | Pledged Fall 1972 | Pledged Fall 1977 | Pledged Fall 1979 |
| Commander 1972-73 | Commander 1982-83 | ||
| If anyone can beat the Brantley dynasty, please let us know!!! | |||
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1981: At half time (from Vivian (Brantley) Stokes) |
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Marty Fry, Charles Tennison, ?, Vivian (Brantley) Stokes |
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Spring 1983: At Regimental Drill Meet at OSU (from Vivian (Brantley) Stokes) |
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| Top Row: WO Nathan Woods, PFC Edward McFadden, 2LT Lowry Blakeburn, PVT Gregory Papandrew, 2LT Charles Tennison, PVT Todd Legrant 3rd Row: 1SG Victor Doak, SSG Marty Fry, PVT Derrill Stepp, SSG Robert Reynolds, SSG Phillip Jones, 1LT Brad Gill 2nd Row: SSG James Meredith, CPT Joe Calvin, 2LT Vivian Brantley, 2 LT Lisa Perryman, CPL Rebecca Swann Front Row: SSG Phillip Lee, Grubbies: Ron Ice, Steve Stacy, Shawn Seiter, Ron Collett | |
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