Fire Direction Center

Fire Direction Center

Fire Direction Center during a 151st Field Artillery training exercise at Camp Rucker, May 1951. Used with the permission of the Minnesota Military Museum, Camp Ripley

Scene during the invasion of Italy at Salerno Bay

Scene during the invasion of Italy at Salerno Bay

Equipment is hurredly unloaded from a DUKW on the first day of the invasion of Italy at Salerno Bay (Operation Avalanche), September 9, 1943. The 151st had been temporarily attached to the Thirty-sixth Infantry Division (Texas National Guard) to aid in securing this critical beachhead. Photo by US Army Signal Corps.

Battery F, 151st Field Artillery

Battery F, 151st Field Artillery

Battery F, 151st Field Artillery next to the Minneapolis Armory shortly before departure for Camp Claiborne, Louisianna, February 1941.

Members of Battery D, 151st Field Artillery

Members of Battery D, 151st Field Artillery

Some of the men from Battery D, 151st Field Artillery, pose with their M1897 75mm field gun at Camp Ripley, July 1939. Each battery had four guns. Used with the permission of the Minnesota Military Museum, Camp Ripley.

151st Field Artillery departing for Camp McCoy

151st Field Artillery departing for Camp McCoy

The 151st Field Artillery departs for Camp McCoy (now Fort McCoy), Wisconsin, for summer field training, June 1930. This was the last year the artillery had to go to Camp McCoy, which had the acreage needed for firing practice. Camp Ripley opened the following summer.

Fort Snelling-Mendota Bridge

Fort Snelling-Mendota Bridge

The mile-long Fort Snelling-Mendota Bridge spanning the Minnesota River was dedicated to the 151st Field Artillery when it was completed in 1926—an illustration of the high esteem accorded the regiment.

Color bearers of the 151st Field Artillery on parade

Color bearers of the 151st Field Artillery on parade

Color bearers of the 151st Field Artillery on parade
Description: Color bearers lead the 151st Field Artillery on parade at a pagent on the state fairgrounds, 1921.

Gopher Gunners” in Nicollet Avenue parade

Gopher Gunners” in Nicollet Avenue parade

Minnesota’s “Gopher Gunners” get a huge hero’s welcome as they march down Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis upon returning home, May 8, 1919. The regiment experienced a similar tumultous welcome earlier the same day in St. Paul.

151st Field Artillery crossing the Sauer River

151st Field Artillery crossing the Sauer River

The 151st crosses the Sauer River From Luxembourg into Germany at Echternach, December 3, 1918. The regiment became part of the Army of Occupation. Photo by US Army Signal Corps. Used with the permission of the Minnesota Military Museum, Camp Ripley.

Artillerymen of the 151st Field Artillery

Artillerymen of the 151st Field Artillery

A group of artillerymen from the 151st, “somewhere in France,” 1918.

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