World War II Army artillery officers, retired Col. Jack Ancker, left, and Anchorage-area Archdeacon Father Norman Elliott, stand beside U.S. Army Capt. Robert W. Davis Jr., right, the chaplain with the 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, as they prepare to watch the 377th fire 105mm Howitzers at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Dec. 18, 2013.