Miscellaneous stuff:
Here is where we put all those items that don't fit neatly into the other categories. One day this will be organized - until then things will be posted as we think of them. Good luck....
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The current 218th Field Artillery Regimental Distinctive Unit Insignia (DUI) - what all the colors and symbols stand for as well as the translation of the Latin motto to English. Click here for all you want to know about it. |
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The current 218th Field Artillery Regimental Coat of Arms - symbols and colors explained. Click on this link for further info. |
| REDLEGS | Why Do They Call Us Redlegs? An article that appeared in the OCT/NOV/DEC 2008 edition of The Artillery Journal. Click here to read the article. |
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Molly Pitcher: so just who was she? This is an interesting article written by the wife of a soldier that was published in The Field Artillery Magazine in August of 1990. Click on this spot to read the "pdf" file so that you can see the entire article as it was first published. If you do not have a "pdf reader" then click on this Foxit link to download and install a small very fast reader. Mac users may have to jump through some hoops....?! |
| REVEILLE | This is a classic. Click on this link to view a short video of some poignant old time service rivalry. |
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Friday Mornings at the Pentagon. This is a copy of a newspaper article describing a unique event that occurs every Friday morning in the "All Army" hallway at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. |
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Sounds of the military.
Click on the links below to hear it played: Taps Reveille The Artillery Song (The Caison Song) Portland Light Battery March (Written in 1882 as a piano march by T.H. Parrott as a tribute to the Portland Light Battery of Portland, Oregon. Transposed from the sheet music and played here by Ostin Drais.) |