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Show to. Utah's 2nd Doffalion fop n Guard Art illcrv Olympics VThe 2nd Battalion, 222nd fcield Artillery from South -itm Utah walked off with six ipld medals to lead the way 4 the third annual Utah Na-lopnal Na-lopnal Guard Artillery Olympics Olym-pics this weekend at Camp itj'. G. WilUams. The Olympic competition Hi the culmination of the i joining year for citizen solder sol-der artillerymen from the ate's four major artillery jilts, according to Brig. Gen. C;ax Creer, Xlth Corps Ar-eillery Ar-eillery Commander. J: Hid Each unit sends its outstanding out-standing sections to the two -day run -off which is judged by active Army and reserve umpires. Major General D. E. Grange, Jr., Commander of the Eighth Readiness Region Re-gion in Denver, inspected the Olympics. For the first time active duty artillerymen artillery-men participated directly against the weekend soldiers and in three categories out of four the Utah part-timers bested their active Army counterparts. Headquarters Battery, 2nd Bn., 222nd F.A., CedarCity, was the big winner, taking medical, intelligence, survey, sur-vey, and fire direction com -petition. Other winners included: supply - Service Battery, 2nd Bn., 222nd F.A., Beaver; gun section - B Battery, 2nd Bn., 222nd F.A., St. George; mess - Headquarters Battery, Bat-tery, Xlth Corps Artillery, Salt Lake City; administration administra-tion - Headquarters Battery, 1st B., 140th F.A., Salt Lake City; chemical, radiological, biological - A Battery, 1st Bn., 140th F.A., Salt Lake City; ammunition and drill and ceremonies - Service Battery, 1st Bn., 140th F. A., Salt Lake City; wire -D Battery, 140th FA., Logan Lo-gan and Garland; and maintenance main-tenance - B Battery, 1st Bn., 140th F.A., Bountiful. The only active unit to win was the small arms team from the 214th F.A. Group from St. Sill, Oklahoma. Sections from the 1st Bn., 84th FJl.., 9th Infantry Division, Di-vision, Ft. Lewis, Washington Washing-ton competed as well. |
