Lt James A. Barber

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=110 BGCOLOR="#999933" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="04a006e0ddwnfv.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>143rd Field Artillery Korean War</B></FONT><B>    </B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=190 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" background="04bbec00esnpes.png"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="143rd Field Artillery Korean War"><B>Home</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Unit Members"><B>Members List</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id74.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Never forgotten"><B>Never forgotten</B></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=370 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Lt James A. Barber</div> <div> <B>The following page is dedicated to the late James A Barber.</B>  <A NAME="_lt__barber_served_as_a_recon___survey"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div>      </div> <div>      Lt. Barber served as a Recon & Survey Officer for Charlie Battery, a Forward Observer for Alpha Battery, and an Air Observer for Battalion Headquarters. He received his Purple Heart while a Forward Observer for Alpha Battery. His son Chis has supplied the following document of his Fathers Purple Heart.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="5d432a40.jpg" border=0 width="562" height="420" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="204167a0.jpg" border=0 width="534" height="378" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="535" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 57 WIDTH="523"><div> 143rd Officers at OCS class No. 3 Fort Sill, Oklahoma 1951 - George Foy 5th from the left 3rd row, James Barber far left 2nd row, Arthur Duffy 3rd from the right 1st row, Vic Juengel far right 1st row. Sent in by Robert Sherwood.</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <IMG SRC="5c72de40.jpg" border=0 width="301" height="228" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="5c9e7e40.jpg" border=0 width="231" height="228" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="533" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 131 WIDTH="269"><div> Lt J Barber back in Btry from front line. Dugout had many Marilyn Monroe pictures</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="245"><div> Lt J Barber on left. Double exposed over sign reading </div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> ? Crossing</div> <div> HEARTBREAK RIDGE</div> <div> Compliments of</div> <div> 77th Engr Cont Co</div> <div> "We broke the back of Heartbreak"</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="id74.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Never forgotten"><IMG SRC="0fa32320.png" border=0 width="50" height="50" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A> <A HREF="#_lt__barber_served_as_a_recon___survey" TITLE="Lt James A. Barber"><IMG SRC="0fb32320.png" border=0 width="50" height="50" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A> <A HREF="id104.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cornelius Curran"><IMG SRC="0f832320.png" border=0 width="50" height="50" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A></div> <div>  <IMG SRC="http://members.tripod.com/bin/counter/id102.htm?FF0000" ALT="[Tripod Counter]">  </div> </td> </tr></table></body>