12-072 Garand Picture of the Day - Perfect Circle Strike

[Thaine]

Mark,
Thanks for the great pictures. It is AR for Arkansas, AK is Alaska and the only thing the Federal Gov. tried to block up there was Sarah Pallin. Interestring to note the difference between the Army Guard and the Air Force troops in the bottom picture. Bet those Airmen wonder what the heck they had gotten theirselves into.
Thaine

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[Mark in Rochester]

Mark,
Thanks for the great pictures. It is AR for Arkansas, AK is Alaska and the only thing the Federal Gov. tried to block up there was Sarah Pallin. Interestring to note the difference between the Army Guard and the Air Force troops in the bottom picture. Bet those Airmen wonder what the heck they had gotten theirselves into.
Thaine

Thaine

Captions are the original ones from Life

Alaska became the 49th state of the U.S. on January 3, 1959.

Picture is dated September 4, 1957

this must have been the convention at the time

[30-06_mike]

Here is a bit more information on the Battle of Athens.

The Battle of Athens