Battery C To Be Retired
UNIT OF THE 142ND SERVED IN KOREA, BOSNIA AND IRAQ
Posted: August 4, 2011 at 5:20 a.m.
First Sgt. Dale Harrington loads a vehicle on his wrecker Wednesday in Gravette. The Arkansas National Guard 142nd Field Artillery’s First Battalion Battery C is being retired and Harrington has decided to also retire.
The Arkansas National Guard 142nd Fires Brigade’s 1st Battalion Battery C will be retired this year after more than five decades of service including deployments to Korea, Bosnia and Iraq.
AT A GLANCE
Battery Cookout
Current and former National Guardsmen from Battery C and their families are invited to a cookout Aug. 13. The battery is being decommissioned Oct. 1.
When: 6 to 9 p.m., Aug. 13
Where: Rogers National Guard Armory, 1408 S. First St., Rogers
Source: Battery C Family Readiness Group
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