Tuesday, October 3, 2023

270th Howitzer at Ft Sill OK

One of the howitzers from the 270th resides at the Field Artillery museum on Fort Sill in Oklahoma.  The howitzer had the nickname of Bob's Babe which IDs it as a gun from B Btry 







Bob's Babe in Metz circa 1944.  SSG McDonald 
 

B Btry Cannoneers with SGT Vaughn

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