15th
Field Artillery Regiment
The
15th Field Artillery Battalion was at Fort Lewis,
Washington, from 1945 until they deployed
to Korea in 1950
Battery
B, 15th FA Bn, Ft Lewis, WA, Christmas, 1946
SGT
Joseph T. Garrett
C Battery, 15th FA Bn
Photo: Laura
(Taubken) Phelps
Silver Star
Awarded
the Silver Star Medal for Gallantry in action on 12 November 1950
SGT Joseph T. Garrett,
Battery C, 15th FA Bn, 2nd Infantry Division, displayed gallantry in
action against an armed enemy on 12 November 1950 in the vicinity of
Pugwon, Korea. On that date he was a member of a Forward Observer
Party attached to a Rifle Company which had been assigned the mission of
driving the enemy from commanding ground overlooking the division Main
Supply Route. The advance of the rifle elements was halted by intense
hostile mortar, automatic weapons and small arms fire. During the
enemy barrage the wire communications and the Forward Observer’s radio
were destroyed. SGT Garrett, realizing the urgency of the
situation, voluntarily left his place of cover, picked up a wounded
infantryman and, disregarding the heavy enemy fire raking the entire
area, carried him to safety of an aid station. He then secured a
radio and delivered it to the Forward Observer who was thereby enabled
to direct and adjust artillery fire. The artillery fire pinned
down the enemy long enough to allow the rifle company to withdraw to
more tenable positions. The gallantry and high devotion to duty
displayed by SGT Garrett on this occasion reflect great credit upon
himself and are in keeping with the high traditions of the Military
Service. He entered the Military Service from Alabama.
SGT
Thomas Taubken (upper right) and friends from C Btry, 15th FA Bn playing
Tanker at Ft Lewis, WA, June 1950
PVT
Timothy E. Bradshaw Sr., A Btry, 15th FA Bn, Ft Lewis, WA, 1950
Photo: Tim Bradshaw
SGT
Thomas D. Taubken, C Btry,
15th FA Bn, Ft Lewis, WA, 1950
Photo: Laura (Taubken) Phelps
C
Btry, 15th FA Bn
Ft Lewis - June 1950
Photo:
Laura (Taubken) Phelps
A
Btry, 15th FA Bn
Ft. Lewis - June 1950
Photo: Oscar Cortez
A
Btry, 15th FA Bn
Firing Range
Yakima, WA - 1950
Photo: Oscar Cortez