243rd Bn Team Wins 103rd F A Bn Match
The 243rd Battalion team won the 103rd Fort Army Battalion team match, outscoring the A Battalion and the 743rd Battalion Sav. The victory highlights the unit’s competitive performance in the annual contest.
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1956
Page
3
The 243rd Battalion team won the 103rd Fort Army Battalion team match, outscoring the A Battalion and the 743rd Battalion Sav. The victory highlights the unit’s competitive performance in the annual contest.
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Battery C edged the State Headquarters Detachment rifle team 264 to 263 at Sun Valley to keep the 118th engineers match plaque for a third straight year. M Sergeant Louis Costa led with 91 of 100, as three man teams fired 30 caliber M 1 rifles. Other teams and scores included Battery A 243rd AAA 251 Co D 118th Eng Warren 243 Hoy 743rd End 240 and Co A 743rd 228. Costa 91 Savino 88 Topazio 85. Sunday afternoon Co D 118th Engineers Warren defeated 243rd AAA 675 to 664 to win the 243rd AAA team plaque. Battery C finished third with 655. Sunday morning the
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