Retired U.S. Army Col. Jack Ancker, a World War II and Vietnam War veteran, holds a firing lanyard for a 105mm Howitzer as Soldiers with the 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, prepare to fire the Howitzer at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Dec. 18, 2013.
Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Smith
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