| 40th 
                      Artillery Group (Redstone)(Photo 
                      submitted by Jim Ryan who served in Btry A, 1st Msl Bn, 
                      333rd Arty)
 Members of the 
                      Battery "A" Firing Team - the human face of atomic artillery. 
                      These young men represent a cross section of 1961 young 
                      America, with the people shown ranging in age from 18 to 
                      28. The crew chief on the right, Sgt. Andy Montgomery, from 
                      Alabama, is the oldest. Next to him is PVT E-2 Ezra Tilden, 
                      a Native American from Oklahoma. Private E-2 Henry Evenson 
                      on the left is 18 in this photo, and had been with us less 
                      than a month. PFC Cecil Coffee, 2nd from the left, age 21 
                      from Texas. And the man taking the photo, Jim Ryan, age 
                      21 from New York.
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