The photographic record · 7 photographs
Fort Hood — Basic Training
Training, tanks, and the firing range at Fort Hood before service in Vietnam.
Basic training graduation
At Fort Hood following basic training, probably 1966. From left: two unidentified soldiers, Greg VanScoy, and Al Loomis. This predates their H Troop service.
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Tank training at Fort Hood
A soldier waves from the turret of tank 497 during training at Fort Hood, Texas. The soldier and date remain unidentified.
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Inside the gunner’s hatch
An interior view through the gunner’s hatch at Fort Hood. Al Loomis’s original note identifies the M31 telescope at left and the M105 telescope at right. The print is dated February 1967.
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Tanks lined up at the firing range
A line of tanks positioned across the firing range at Fort Hood as soldiers watch from the foreground.
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Night fire with the tanks
A nighttime tank-firing exercise at Fort Hood, Texas—the muzzle flash briefly lighting the range.
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PFC Larry Batson — Fort Hood, 1967
PFC Larry Batson in the barracks at Fort Hood, Texas, in 1967. His accompanying recollection reads, “I was so proud of that stripe.”
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Al Loomis in the Fort Hood barracks
Al Loomis holding his dress uniform beside his barracks bunk during basic training at Fort Hood, Texas. Possibly 1967; year unconfirmed.
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