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  • C-03 Montrose/Belmont
  • C-40 Burnham Park
  • C-41 Jackson Park
  • C-44 Hegewisch/Wolf Lake
  • C-50 Homewood
  • C-51 Worth/Palos Heights/LaGrange
  • C-54 Orland Park
  • C-61 Lemont - Argonne National Laboratory
  • C-70 Naperville
  • C-72 Addison
  • C-81 Arlington Hts.
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center 		Name, family name first
(rank & duty optional) 		dates at
location
. Carr, Robert N. "Bob", Nike Ajax launcher installations at: C-41, C-44, C-50, C-51, C-61, C-70, C-80, C-84, C-92, C-72, C-84. PFC '55-5/56
HQ 45th ADA Ft Sheridan .
. Evans, George HQ 5th Region - Ft Sheridan, IL - G3 Ops Off '63- '64
. Goodman, Bob, I was based at Ft Sheridan as a technician for Western Electric when Chicago was covered by Nike Ajax and continued thru the change to Hercules. I then was transferred to Burlington where I continued on Hercules thru the update to mostly solid state. My area on the update was the RFTS. This web site brings back so many memories. We trained many German officers on the update and I still keep in contact with one, now retired, of the German officers./55-/65
. Klimowski, Russell, S3-Operations Clerk, E5 - During one drill, while flying in a Huey from Ft Sheridan to Arlington Hgts, we came "under fire" from locals. Guess the low flying copters were not appreciated. Later flights came in from much higher in a tight spiral. Family was quartered in the old converted blacksmiths building at Ft Sheridan. It was a great spot.11/71-6/73
C-03 Montrose/Belmont .
. Fabbri, Frank J. Fire Control, (later Warrent Officer) service includes ILARNG .
. Long, Gary (e-mail address missing) panel operator and launcher crewman '63- '64
. Rakstad, Erwin, SP4, Launcher Crewman, LCT Operator - Rockton, IL 6107210/60-10/62
. Renk, Thomas, Sgt MS 226.6 Nike Hercules Maintenance9/59-1/60
. Rideout, Charles E., Battery clerk, Moved from Libertyville to new Herc site. As battery cler got out of that cold weather! - 6246 Res Cir, Lakeland, Fl 33810 6/57-3/60
. Sandlin, Chuck, 815.477.0706 Acquisition Radar Operator in IFC (MOS 16C20), see stories ended as an E-5. Went on 3 SNAPs. 10/65-7/68
C-40Burnham Park .
. OHearn, Charles, Assembly Sergeant until 12/58 Appointed WO-1 and transferred to C-03 Montrose/Belmont -5100 John D Ryan Blvd #615 San Antonio TX 78245 4/56-12/58
. Rodriguez, Anacleto, Pfc Launcher crewman5/55-2/57
C-41Jackson Park - web site, C-41 - Early Life .
. Farndell, Kent, Launcher Crewman / Security / TDY - Bn Pistol Team MOS 177.00 AD Msl Crmn (NH) 6724 NW 29th Terrace, Fort Lauderdale, FL 333091/64-6/65
. Ferraro, James, abar mechanic sp4 I and only 26J on site with only 1 23G on site worked to learn tracking radars - 866 sun wood drive smith station al 36877 3/67-7/67
. Forys, David, Spc.4 target tracking radar1962-6/65
. Gambino, Richard, SP5 16C20 TRR Oper. Great parties in IFC area while we where closing down the site. Still keep it touch with Duncan 5/70-3/71
. Kern, Raymond W., 24U40 Nike Herc Electronic Mech, Can't remember a whole lot of peoples names, First wife burned all my keep sakes, Pictures, names, Uniforms etc. 11/66-12/67
. Krisko, Bruce, SP5, MOS-22F, Launch Area Missile Electronics/Hydrolics Tech. 10728 Trenton Lane N, Maple Grove, MN 55369 1/67-5/68
. Lindemann, Louis T., IFC Lopar operator and PLL Clerk - 10841 Loma Del Norte El Paso, Tx 79934 5/70-6/71
. Miller, Richard W., Spec 5, MOS 24Q20 Fire Control System Maint DCEs were training missions for B52 pilots and Nike crews. One time the Air Force "graders" monitoring the Nike crew told us exactly where to look at a specific azimuth, elevation, and range with the Hi Power radar. We only saw a very faint target outline for only 2 sweeps of the scope and our fire control officer couldn't believe how far the target moved between sweeps (i.e. it was moving incredibly fast), and then it was gone (we couldn't find it anymore). The Air Force didn't tell us what it was, but I believe that it was an SR-71 and they wanted to see if we could track it (we couldn't). Friends included Len Jarka (from Chicago), Rick Gambino (I think Philidelpha), and Duncan (or crew chief). - 68 Amerige Pk, Rochester NY 146179/70-4/71
. Owen, Reginald B., Ord Parts Stec. SPC/4/E4. Ten the little one room PX. Was in production of Nike Missile Show at Ft. Sherican, Ill - 3230 15th. Street NE., Hickory, NC 286018/61-3/62
. Rawlins, Richard, Transfered To Chicago C 41 for 1 year, then to Fairbanks AK. Retired as W3 at Norfolk Va N 25 - 6900 Coffeeport Rd Lot 162 Brownsville Tx 78521 11/66-11/67
. Rogers, John, Initially I was the Lchr Platoon Leader and was named the Commander following a relief for cause of my predecessor. Served as Commander for 14 months leaving May 1967 enroute to Nam.3/66-5/67
. Thelen, Ed - IFC Maint. Helped install the IFC. I run the web site that you are looking at now. Almost re-enlisted. (Lived on site for several weeks after being mustered out.) - Fremont, CA
At our site, we three IFC maintenance guys were commonly called "knob dickers" because we were "always" tweeking something. A screwdriver was the symbol of our trade ;-))
I could throw and stick a screwdriver like some throw and stick a knife.
4/55-1/57
. Wesley, Robert, SP/4 when I arrived ,made SSg E6 while there as a section chief over a launcher section - 2000 N. Walker Dr. Amarillo Tx. 791076/67-6/70
C-44 Hegewisch/Wolf Lake .
. Hartwig, James,, PFC Track radars 11/56-10/57
. Ellis, William, Sp/4, medical corpsman, Good duty, met my wife while stationed here... If a draftee had to be in the Army, this was a good place to do it. - 10002 Columbia Ave. Apt 121,Munster,IN 46321 12/57-5/59
. McGillivray, James F., Attended SAM OBC and Pkg Trng at Bliss as 2LT 1-5/59. First asgnmt at A-2-202, Wolf Lake as Launcher PL. - 12409 Justine6/59-10/59
C-50Homewood .
. Gold, Fred, Trained as launcher crewman, served as IFC operator-TTR and acquisition radar. 1/70-6/74
. Hartwig, James, SP5 Track radars 8/61-10/62
. Mitchell, Richard L (Dick), Tsgt, Warhead Custodial Team with the Illinois NG. 1963-1964
. Murach, Chuck, Regular Army Warhead Custodial Team member when the site was operated by the National Guard. SP/4, Didn't last too long here when they realized I was minutes from home. (went to M-74, Waukeshae, Wis.)11/66-01/67
. Schultz, Terry L., Worked IFC, area, SP5 26937 S. Kuersten Road, Monee, IL 12/66-4/72
. Speller, James P. CW4 (Ret) launcher maint. Closed site June '74. Served several Chicago sites '55 - '74. 74
. Wolf, Ronald 7/68-3/71
C-51Worth/Palos Heights/LaGrange .
. Harris, Richard, SP-3 Acq. Radar Operator, crew chief and spare parts clerk in the IFC area. We went to the missile range in 1956 and got two out of three R-Cats. The air trip there and back was even more memorable - forced landings coming and going and one of them on a foamed runway. And this was a civilian airline- American Flyer! Not a major one for sure. Those were the days or were they? Can't forget the organized athletics every Wednesday that we spent in Chicago doing bending our elbows exercises when we were not on standby of course. '56-'57
C-54Orland Park .
. Moseley, John E., Launcher Crewman sp/4 Nike Ajax - 3653 S Bronco Rd Las Vegas, NV 89103 5/60-10/61
. Norbury, R. James (Jim), Spec 3 Missile Tracking Radar Operator, "among the corn fields", IFC commanded by Lt John Sullivan, equip maintained by Sgts Edgings, Morrow & Bartholamew wonder if they're alive and look back at those days with as much fondness as I do, in spite of KP at least once/month and guard duty in between. Barracks in total disarray & in need of GI-ing Sunday eve. Wish we had had a chance to return to Red Canyon to equal or better our training marksmanship - 1740 N Rio Mayo, Green Valley, AZ8/56-12/57
. Shaffer, William, ROTC 2nd Lt when I arrived; 1st Lt when I left. Information Officer, 22nd Arty Gp (Air Defense)reporting to S-1.
I was safety officer for the 22nd Group It wasn't in the TO&E. It was one of those additional duties assigned to the O&E Officer (odds and ends) and spent most of my time (spring 1959) escorting inspectors from AEC and DOD from O'Hare to [C-61 - first nuclear Hercules site] and back. The site commander was an extremely sharp West Pointer whose previous assignment had been commander of the honor guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Solider at Arlington National Cemetery. When the Army does something important, it becomes very impressive in my humble opinion.
8/58-3/60
C-61Lemont - Argonne National Laboratory .
. Fabbri, Frank J. Fire Control (later Warrent Officer) service includes ILARNG .
. Paschall, James, Radar Section Chief, ECCM Spec. E-6 /64-7/67
. Roberts, C. Todd, IFC RADAR operator TTR, TRR I worked all positions in that van. Didn' work much in the other van, but some. Promoted to the rank of SP/4. 4/62-11/63
. Souhrada, Frank, IFC Technician 226.7 E4. ( National Guard took over site in April 1964. 4/63-4/64
. Wimberley, William (Nick), SP-4 We went from Ajax to Hercules. Spent trng days at Bliss/Red Canyon. Lived in Quonset huts.Interested in material related/lists of crews at site,etc. /57-/60
C-70Naperville .
. House, Benjamin H., Assembly Sgt, SFC(E6) My home of record was Kankakee County. So I really was at home. I lived in leased quaters in Wheaton. 8639 Springfield Road, Denham Springs, LA 707065/58-1/60
. McGillivray, James F., Reasgnd to B-2-202 as Launcher PL. Promoted to 1LT and Battery Cmdr 2/60. Reassigned Bn Asst S-3 10/62. Sent to 1177 crs at Ft. Bllis 11/62-10/63. Asgnd S-3 1/64. Promoted to Cpt. - 12409 Justine10/59-10/62
. Paschall, James, IFC Acquisition Operator. E-5 /59-/64
C-72Addison .
. Croslin, Mike, 24U20 served with Roger Hartman, Grant Innis, Robert Nantois, Barry Sharpe, & Temple Guyse. - P.O. 6071 Van Buren, AR 729563/70-3/71
. Farndell, Kent, Radar Crewman/Cooks Helper/Launcher Crewman 6724 NW 29th Terrace, Fort Lauderdale, FL 333091/63-1/64
. long, gary (contact address missing) panel operator and launcher crewman '61- '63
C-80DC Arlington Hts. .
. Anderson, Edwin P 45th Artillery Brigade, Major Great duty with a great system! '69- '70
. Bear, James, SP-5 RDE (Radar Display Equipment) Good Times - 2527 Cathedral Dr., St. Louis, MO 631297/65-3/67
. Blosser, Kenneth D. (Ken), Was on the South FUIF Team - working out of Gary and then was pulled back to Arlington Hts. working on FUIF's. When the FUIF was replaced I OJTed into 25K on the TSQ-51. Then I went to the 31st ADA in Homestead Fl.(HM-01DC) & worked TSQ-51 @ Richmond Naval Air Station. 1404 S. Clay St.4/66-12/71
. Carlile, James R., MOS 1180, 2nd Lt, reported for duty just after Cuban missle crisis, after ARADSCH at Ft Bliss. [Next] Was assigned to SAGE at Truax Field, Madison, WI 11/62-11/62
. Cini, Julian A., Captain then Major, Tactical Director, Missile Master. We used an early computer that filled a huge room with banks and banks of tubes. Fulltime Specialists changed the tubes around the clock. We worked 24 hours on and 48 hours off. It was a very good job if you played cards and smoked cigarettes. We ran hundreds of exercises tracking NATO planes as they did mock bombing runs over Chicago. The part that few people knew at the time was that we had nukes for the Hercs, God know what would have been the outcome had we launched over Chicago. 8/62-5/66
. Dzienny, Frederick L, 1/Lt- in charge of reenlistment for 45th Brig, also CWF, AER and other. I have photos and Brigade newspapers from that era. 3311 Orchard Trail Dr Toledo Oh 43606 - (419) 531-1361 3/58-10/59
. Gunderson, Robert Re-up for Nike Universal Class #1 at Ft. Bliss.12/56-2/58
. Holland, Michael, SP/5 25K20 Full System Missle Mentor Maintenance 1/69-4/72
. Thomas, Larry, SP/4 Height Finder Radar Operater [ charlie crew], worked for one of the best guys I ever knew in the military Sgt. Glenn Summers in the Blue room. - 313 Donaldson Rd. Cadiz Kentucky 42211 1/60- 11/62
. Schloetter, Gerald (Jerry), 1st Lt. at Missile Master in Arlington Heights. 9/61-11/61
. Wright, Ed, FUIF repair and NBC I the guy that caused a Bde general order to be published banning kite flying on C80. FUIF is Fire Unit Integration Facility. The interface between a fire unit and adcap or alcop. NBC is Nuclear Biological Chemical, I was the BDE Chem NCO - 13406 NW Sherry St, Portland OR 97229 11/68-4/71
Bn Hq, 1/202Arlington Hts. .
. Henry. Jphn P., Medic? - 4037 N. Bernard St., Chicago, IL 606189/63-8/65
C-80Arlington Hts. .
. Fusco, Joseph L., senior IFC TTR radar operator.Section chief.acting sgt. Loved the Nike Ajax system. Recieved a letter of commendation. We were always on guard & always operational - 1131 Wood avenue Edison,NJ 08820-1302 /55-3/57
. Howell, C. J. (Jim), TTR operator in the IFC area / enjoyed firing nike ajax missiles at drones - White Sands - We quickly learned what 24/7 was all about as we were on duty most of the time / tough duty but I'm glad Uncle Sam called 5/55-10/56
. Mayberry, Archie, Trained in El Paso about 1953-1954, was a Master Sargent, originly from Maine. Sgt Neitzel was often mentioned. - Valle Ducale Dr, Ashburn, VA /54-/57
. Sinclair, Duncan H., mos 26H20, but spent most of career as classified documents courier, later transferred to StratCom as crypto/documents clerk/courier serving all active firing batteries (I was the classified postman!). 8/68-9/70
. Wilhelm, Jim, MOS 26H20 I worked in SRM (Search RADAR Maintenance) also refer to as sponge, rake and mop. Good duty.6/68-5/70
. Wright, Ed, I am the guy who caused the Bde Gen order banning Kite flying on C-80 to be published. 11/68-4/71
C-81Arlington Hts. .
. Fabbri, Frank J. Fire Control (later Warrent Officer) service includes ILARNG .
. Love, John, SFC Chief of Maintenance/assembly, Later First Sergeant6/55-7/57
C-84Palatine .
C-92/
C-94		Libertyville/
Mundelein 		.
. Essig, Richard L., S-3, E3, Assigned to work in Hq Bldg 517th on site. - 638 Apollo Ave, Henderson, Nv 8902211/58-6/59
. Henry. Jphn P., I started as a Medic with Btry A, 1st Msl Bn, ILARNG, - 4037 N. Bernard St., Chicago, IL 606183/61-9/63
. Liccioni, G. Dewey, Launching Platoon Sgt. Btry A. 78th Msl Bn. Cpt.Joseph C. Altman, CO Btry A & Site commander. First Sgt. Latimer. Site open for business, Oct.55. I left Army in 57 and went to College. Graduated and work for a university since. It was a lot of work to start a site, and we froze our but, got to soldier with some great non/coms and officers. 11/55-10/57
. Love, John, SFC Chief of Maintenance/assembly3/54-6/55
. Marshall, Dewey, L.C.T. Crew Chief, left as SP 1. (540) 886 60628/55-8/58
. Rideout, Charles E., Launcher crewman, right our of Basic, cole, cold, cold - 6246 Res Cir, Lakeland, Fl 33810 1/57-6/57
. Spearman, Roy Sp5-Section Chief Acq radar operator, MOS 173.10 Army then NG (same site)58-61
'61-'66
C-93Northfield/Skokie .
. Barge, Earl, SP4 - Launcher crewman9/71-9/72
. Barloga, Al, Supply clerk, SP-4, used North Shore to spend a lot of time @ Chicago USO and Gaffers. I grew up in East Chicago so a lot of times I would take the North Shore to Chicago, and the South Shore to home. Needless to say, I had good duty.4/56-9/57
. Fabbri, Frank J. Fire Control (later Warrent Officer) service includes ILARNG .
. Goldblatt, Jerry, SP4- Generator Opr 10/68-10/74
. Henry. Jphn P., IFC Parts Specialist until 3/70, xfered to USAR at that time. - 4037 N. Bernard St., Chicago, IL 606189/65-3/70
. Pechek, Dennis H., SP4 Launcher Crewman - "Big Bill" Meyer's Crew "If it Flies - It Dies" Retired 1SG 1996 - Bonita Springs Florida9/71-10/74
. Svoboda, Ed, Elevation op/Acq op/finally 24P, Ack Radars. Moved on to Il ARNG Aviation. 11/65-9/74
. Sparkman, Ralph, fire panel opperator and then was at Fort Sheridan with Nike Demo Team then went to thule greenland - 8474sw 61 terrace road ocala florida 34476 /61-/61
. Wade, Samuel J.B., 357.10 Engineer Section Chief, Launch area assembly crew, warheading crew. Also managed "PX" and operated movie projector for weekly movies. 11/58-8/61
C-98Ft. Sheridan .
. Essig, Richard L., S-3 E-4 Assigned 16th Group Hq - 638 Apollo Ave, Henderson, Nv 890226/59-7/61
. OHearn, Charles, SFC Personnel Section - left for training at Ft Bliss -5100 John D Ryan Blvd #615 San Antonio TX 78245 3/55-8/55
SL-10Marine .
. Arvizu, Al, SP4 Battery Clerk have a lot of good memories about the unit and the people there and in the town (Marine). Since the unit itself is gone I would still like to go back and visit the town. 8/65-6/67
. Gilmore, Earl W., lst Lt, Btry XO, Lchr Plt Ldr, BCO qualified, last three months on active duty served as PIO at Bn Hdqs located at Scott Air Force. 2/62-6/64
. Leihy, Clayton Edward ("Ed") III, Battery Clerk, MEMORIES: (1) Flying 'standby' about every other weekend from Lambert Field to KCI (my home town). (2) Dating the local girls, wearing my dress uniform! (ah, youth) 3/62-2/63
. Sitte, Dave, sp/5 Mos179.10 Hi--Just surfed in,what a great great site,found my old Herc site at Marine,Ill and E mailed the fellow who supplied the pix's to thank him. Came back from Korea, - Thanks for the memories from a super web site,Ed2/62-10/62
SL-20 Belleville, Scott AFB
Headquarters unit - 6 miles ENE Belleville, Il on I-64 		.
. Almond, Wayne N., PMOS 26H20 Air Defense Radar Repairman, Sp4 - 408 Clymer Ave., Morrisville, PA 19067 9/67-11/68
. Miller, Bruce H., Radar repairman Sp-4 E-4. Short duty Started to dismantle a site north of the base along Mississippi River but cannot remember the name. Great duty, Bad commander, hated the countryside. - 616 Brighton Dr. Hatfield, Pa. 19440. 6/68-12/68
. Peterson, Jon, S-2 Clerk, did Security clearances, did secirity Checks at Batteries. Due to a lot of accidents, had to check for Seatbelts and tire tread depth on personal vehicles.1/67-5/67
SL-40Hecker .
. Arata, Patrick, Bartlett, Tn6/61-1/63
. Austin, Jesse L., SP-4 Analog Computer Operator and ACQ Acquisition Radar operator B-1/62 - 217 Powers, Nacogdoches, Texas 759619/59-6/62
. Caldwell, Larry C., missle crewman sp/4 you name it. 1955 n. 33rd st.8/65-6/68
. Lunsetter, Howard, Spec.5 TTR radar operator & crew chief. Theatre NCO. I had to show movies to troops one nite a week. Our screen consisted of a sheet hung on a mess hall wall. ... often wonder what happened to my buddies. 11/60-05/61
. McCurley, Burney, Sp4, Launcher - 3901 S Portland 3115 Oklahoma City, OK 731196/61-10/62
. Tyner, Harmon, - 5090 Shadow River St. Las Vegas, NV 89148 obituary 9/58-11/61
SL-47DC Belleville AFS
Birdie and many radars - 8 miles E Belleville, Il on IL-158		.
SL-90Alton /Pere Marquette /Grafton .
. Bundy, Vernon, sp4 launcher crewman #2, firing panel operator 208 berry st Washington Il 6157112/63-2/65
7/65-11/65
. Caraker, Emmett R., Since I could type I was initiall assigned to work in orderly room as clerk but a couple of days later when the Ordinace supply specialist in the launcher area got orders for Germany I was moved to that job, I was promoted to SP/5 and later I worked as Asst. Supply Sgt. finally worked as switchboard/permanent CQ until seperation in Sept. 1966 02/65-09/66
. Casanover, Steve, Be good to hear from anybody from nearly 40 years ago.10/65-6/68
. Cengel, John, 16C20 64-65
. Coles, Lawrence, LCT operator, grass cutter all summer Came in SLAM operation . we opened the site and had some of the best men to work with. I served as Eng. Support and ran the PX. Left as a SP4. Would love to here from the men we served with. 319.470.3096, on FB as http://www.facebook.com/dbculp- PO Box 24, Brighton, IL 62012 5/68-12/68
. Culp, Don, Came in SLAM operation . we opened the site and had some of the best men to work with. (SLAM = St Louis Area Missleman) I served as Eng. Support and ran the PX. Left as a SP4. Would love to here from the men we served with. 319.470.3096, on FB as http://www.facebook.com/dbculp - 1115 Ave. F, Fort Madison, IA 526279/59-6/62
. Gilligan, Philip E., Sp/4 95 B (MP) - 274 Sandras Lockport, Louisiana 70374 7/68-2/69
. Holley, Larry P., SP-4 acquisition operator Signed up for Operation SLAM out of High school in 1959 (SLAM = St Louis Area Missleman)after basic training at Fort Leonard Wood I served entire time at Grafton.I was in first group to open the new sites around St Louis.I attained rank SP-4.I worked in IFC area as acquisition operator.Was great duty SAC found out we could score their high altitude bombers, sure was fun tracking B-58 Hustler bombers flying supersonic runs into St Louis defense.They flew 1400 mph at 46,000'.I'm 66 and retired From Exxon Co USA after 37 years. I have not heard from any of the group since leaving,would be great to hear from some. - 2652 East Ashford Park Foley,Ala 35635 9/59-6/62
. Jordan, Michael G. 2LT, Launcher Platoon Leader 1/68-10/68
. Mc Clure, Harry K., E-3,ACQ OP. Great site! Located in a state park,next to the Mississippi river. 9/68-11/68
. Newton, Steele, Fire Control Operator E-5, Cutting grass, cleaning, CQ, KP, Guard 9/65-6/68
. Pappas, Basillis (Bill), Panel Operator, Launcher Area re-enlisted; sent to 38th Arty Bde in Korea 4-65-5-66. Went to MacGregor Range, Oro Grande, NM, at RCAT Btry Range Command, right next to White Sands Missile Range, Alamagordo, NM, Near Where Else? Roswell.6/63-6/65
. Wogoman, Phil E, Sp-4, MTR Operator - arrived at site from basic training as an e-2, made pfc and then sp4 several months later. worked in ifc as radar operator and ended up on the mtr. remember larry holley well. remember the cuban missle crisis and how we reacted that day not knowing what was going on at the time and wondering if we were at war or not. found out that night with the presidents speech. was transfered to thule greenland, but after an auto accident while on leave was sent to walter reed for several months and then to ft bliss as an instructor on "the hill" training national guard troops. made sp5 while there. drove through grafton about 1970 and the site was then a weather service station. understand the only thing left is chain link fence and a building at the ifc area. want to visit in near future. - 130 w pinehurst sidney, oh 4536511/61-12/62
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Indiana
Indiana site information
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Site ID or
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C-32Porter/Chesterton .
. Bardowski, Stephen Z. Both IFC & Launcher Platoon Leader. Lived at home 18 miles away. I grew up in Gary Indiana, so I saw first hand the rise and fall of the Chicago-Gary Air Defense Area. My Father was Civil Defense Director of Gary, and took over the former IFC Area of the Gary South site. The launcher and admin area were deeded to Lake County Indiana.9/72-7/74
. Bielucki, Alan, SP5, 24Q20, After serving in a front line unit in Korea, couldn't wait to ETS. 5/70-12/70
. Black, Perry P., [PTLOMA@AOL.COM is bad e-mail address] HIPAR Operator, PX Operator, SPC 59/68-5/72
. Caughlin, Francis "Dale", LCT Went from E-2 to E-4, Worked several months in the sections then went to the LCT, also assisted on Assembly and Warhead Teams. 8/64-5/66
. Frost, Michael, E2-E5, Launcher Crewman and Prescribed Loadlist Clerk Transfered to 4th Ordnance Co, Miesau, West Germany 11/69-8/71
. Hamann, Robert H, E-4 Draftee, Launcher Crewman, Recration NCO, Bus Driver. 1603 W. York Ln. Wheaton, Ill1/71-1/72
. Hensley, Dick, 5/71-1/72
. Hogue, Michael, 25 grove st. plymouth wi. 53073/73-/74
. Huber, Gary L., Generator Supervisor / HiPAR Supervisor and NBC NCO. With the closing of many Nike sites, I was a buck sergeant with several Staff Sergeants wanting my TO&E slots. Rather than take an involuntary lateral reassignment to Sp5, I chose to volunteer for VietNam in my secondary MOS of 11E40 (Tank Commander). 10/68-7/69
. Lautzenheiser, Ken, Lch Plat Ldr and XO. Love to read the stories on the N-H site. - Tarboro, NC/63-/65
. Logan, Donald N., IFC - Computer Operator,Acquisition Radar,PX. Rank at time PFC to Specialist. - Not a bad site, but long work hours with little relief. Climbed a lot of towers when icy and cold. Personnel pretty overall good guys and very competant at their assigned task! Captains were Lindaman (sp) and Lawrence. As a nuke site we were always busy with Tech Reps and upgrading. Interesting people include CWO Dabney Schobe, Sgt. Doll, CWO Watson, Fat Daddy, Evan Bell, Glen Moton, and many others. We all did our duty and some visited Tremont Inn a couple of time, HA! - Long Beach, MS /58-/60
. Mc Clure, Harry K., Acq. op. SP-5,Section Chief, BCO Qualified, ECM/ECCM school, a lot of RBS. 4 SNAPS, ECM School - Ran a lot of R.B.S. 11/68-12/71
. Miller, Richard W., Spec 5, MOS 24Q20 Fire Control System Maint and 24Q30 T1 Simulator Maint - 68 Amerige Pk, Rochester NY 146174/71-2/72
. Mitchell, Richard L (Dick), Left because of promotion to WO1 1964-1965
. Reidy, William (Bill), LCG operator, served with SFC Bobby Curtis9/69-12/70
. Searls, James, IFC Section Chief PX Operator. Came to this site after closing Wheeler, IN site 9/69-6/71
. Stafford, Stephen, Launcher Crewman and Security Clerk Spent a year at the Porter Indiana site and was shipped out to Germany. Served thirty months at Dexheim (Anderson Barracks) from 12/69 to 3/72. 11/68-11/69
. Wilbanks, Jerry M., TTR, HIPAR, (TDY- Public Information Specialist), switchboard communications. Spec4 1280 W. 86TH Ave. Merrillville, In. 464103/68-12/69
. Williams, Jeffrey, Started as Radar Operator and went on to become Company Clerk5/67-8/68
C-45Gary Munic. Airp .
. Allen, Dixon W., Missile Crewman8/58-6/60
. Barattucci, Angelo radar operator, staff car driver, switch board operator '56 to '58
. Ellis, Michael, looking for ,sterling cox,jimcocce,billy williams,art dillman /59-/61
C-46Munster .
. Adams, Doug, mtr opr. Searching for friends. (606)633-1126/65-/68
. Allen, Dixon W., Made E-4 before re-enlisting and going from Ajax to Hercules. Left many good friends here. P.O. Box 941 Chesterton, IN 46304 6/58-6/60
. Braun, John, MOS 24Q20, IFC technician, E-5. great bunch of soldiers, Munster was deactivated 8/681/67-11/68
. Brooks, Davis K., SP/4 Acq Operator11/65-
. Craig, Herbert, mos's 177.1,351.1,179.1 ist 6 months lanucher crewman, 1 year generator operator mainly IFC area last 1 1/2 years as acq and plotting board operator6/62-3/65
. Ellis, William, Sp/4, medical corpsman - During my time C46 was a Nike Ajax site,later became a Hercules site. My detachment CO was Lt Jim Nelson,senior NCO was Sgt Jim Cash. 10002 Columbia Ave. Apt 121,Munster,IN 46321 9/57-12/57
. Flake, Gary, Sentry dog handler 1966
. Hill, Arie E, PFC Company Cook - 60487 5/67-1/68
. Huber, Gary L., Was OJT Generator supervisor/ ECM-ECCM Tracking Supervisor and NBC NCO HELPED CLOSE C-46 as Firing Battery 3/68-10/68
. Hughes, Dan P., M.P. 95B20 SP-42/67-7/68
. Kitchens, Lester, IFC PSG TDY to BN HQ at Garry last 6 months4/66-5/68
. Rigney, Roger SP-5 68-69
. Rodriguez, Ron, SP-4 MTR and TTR operator. was there to close down site and roll up the cables. Fond memories except for the cold. 7/67-8/68
. Souhrada, Frank, IFC Technician 226.1 E4.5/64-2/65
. Zander, Ken, SP-5 IFC Tech1965-1966
. Zaragoza, Stephen, combat medic from r.v.n. (11 ACR}, with 6 more months to serve. nothing but harassment, K.P.6am-6pm, guard duty 6pm-6am. tried to sleep when had the chance.The first sargent was such an a** that the XO gave me an early out on april fools day, that I handed Top as yelled till he was red in face. I guess the site was only open for admin. purposes. ALLONS [from Ed Thelen - "Rings of Supersonic Steel" indicates that the site was used only as headquarters 1/46th from 11/68-9/74 ] 1/70-4/70
C-47Hobart/Wheeler .
. Barnard, Herman R., Communications Section. 3/58-3/61
. Bolke, Peter, S/P-4 226.1 Maintenace, right out of school basic sytem trained, the site was an improved site, spent weeks trying to figure out why we had so many tracking radars. Was a crew man for a year, which really helped when a slot opened up in maintenace,turned into one heck of an Acq operator and maintainer. - 4536 Croton Circle, El Paso, Tx 799248/64-11/66
. Bradley, Damon (Mike), Battery Clerk & Air Defense Operations and Intelligence NCO (E-5)- Three years and loved it! - 237 Moulin Rouge Drive, Bonne Terre, MO 63628:10/62-8/65
. DeMattia, Daniel J., SP/5 Nike Hercules Crewman. drove trucks and plowed snow - 9044 Henning Ln. Hennepin, Il. 61327 9/65-6/68
. DiMarco, Dino Launcher Area Maint WO '66- '68
. Hetzel, Charles W, Long hours 24 on 24 off but fond memories of site.Snow storm of 66 or early 67 was something else. Arrivied on site as Pvt left as Sgt. - 2542 23rd st cuyahoga falls oh 442237/65-6/68
. Hilbert, Frank, Launcher Crewman 16B20, SPC-42/69-8/70
. Kern, Raymond W., 24U40 Nike Herc Electronic Mech, I was the only one in assembly other than Mr Burris 12/67-11/68
. Konold, Peter, Variety of IFC positions such as: Battery Clerk, Radar Operator, Communications Specialist, and Generator Operator.11/62-9/65
. Martinez, Frank A. , Spec. 5th Class , MOS 24Q20 IFC Fire Control Tech. '66-'67
. Rodriguez, Ron, SP-4 MTR and TTR operator. Was sent to Vietnam Mother's Day 1969 to join Quad and Duster unit 4th of the 60th in An Khe 8/68-5/69
. Schloetter, Gerald (Jerry), Battery Exec. Officer. Was on temporary duty at site C-46 in Munster as Launcher Platoon Leader during Cuban Missile Crises, since C-47 was shut down for improving radar. 11/61-5/63
. Young, Dennis C., Mech Maint SP4 - Propay 2 10/60-3/61
C-48South Gary. .
. Cini, Julian A., Captain, Battery D Commanding Officer, I was the "Old Man" who deactivated the site in the end. It wasn't a bad deal being the commander of your own little missile base, but the troops who did everything did not receive the rewards and recognition that they deserved.2/61-8/62
. Riley, Richard, Launcher missile crewman, SP3, First occupants. We dug cable trenches in the mud and snow for a long time. Bought my first car in Chicago while stationed in Gary, met and married a girl from the USO in Chicago. Lots of good memories. Never got used to the cold weather./54-3/56
CD-63 Dillsboro .
. Adams, Marion (Nick), sp4 when got out, was ord. parts spec, and fire panel oper. 10/59-5/60
. Brown, Jerry, Missle tracking radar operator. - 6624 Mize Road, Shawnee, Kansas 66226 /67-/67
. Camp, Dean, T1 oper - I then went to St Paul Def. as a t1 Oper9/69-3/70
. Clements, Richard L, SGT E-5 Launcher Section Leader, Retired from the USA Vietnam Veteran 4/65-6/67
. DeAtley, Wayne, I was a laucher crewman. I left to go to radar school at Ft. Bliss. /68-/68
. Edwards, Johnny L, 2Lt. IFC, Exec & Btry Cmd. - RR1 Box 212, Sullivan, Il 61951 8/67-3/68
. Flicinski, Michael, Supply Originally designated for missile duty, met by SGT Fred I Tellup and pulled into Supply. Best move I could make. Served in HQ company in supply, made SP5 in under 2 and stayed at Dillsboro the entire time. Was Ordnance Parts Specialist and eventually acting Supply SGT under Lt. Kenneth A Pond until discharge. - 130 Jackrabbit Run Round Rock, TX 7896649/64-/67
. Gamblin, Jesse, SP4, Battery Clerk, also ran the PX, First Sgt was Walter Overcott and Jack Nicholas, CO was Walter Dorn and James Harris, other officers were Charles Millick,Bill Price, Harry Dull. Discharged in June of 1962/59-6/62
. Hurley, Dan J., Sp-4 E-4. Was ordinance aparts specialist in Launcher Area for the most part. Crewman 3. Was in pit A. My missle rsponsibilites was the Hercules which had a 20kt payload. - dhurley5@tampabay.rr.com10/59-7/62
. Miner, Gary E., SP4, Launcher Crewman. Closed C Battery, Dillsboro, In 305 Hargis Lane, Belton, Mo 640122/69-2/70
. Moses, Larry W., Battery Aidman 91B202/67-5/68
. Stout, Morris L., Fire Control Operator 16C, Spec 52/67-12/69
. Wiley, William A., MP at launch area 1/67-12/68
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Iowa
Iowa site information
  • OF-10 Council Bluffs
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    Site ID or
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    (rank & duty optional)     		dates at
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    OF-10Council Bluffs, Highway 92 east of Council Bluffs
    ?Treynor, about 14 miles ESE of Council Bluffs?     		.
    . Connaly, John, LCT, Sp4 9/62-4/64
    . Ford, Harold, MOS 177 Launcher Crewman, 10/61-10/62
    . Gutshall, Wayne H. Jr., computer Operator-SP/5 - 56 Bell Lane, McClure, Pa 17841 5/65-7/66
    . Mitchell, Richard L (Dick), WO1, Site got deactivation orders soon after I got there and I was soon left in Command of the whole Battery to pack and ship every nut, bolt and screw. I had a Multi-Million inventory in my name for awhile. We cleared with no losses or overage. 1965-1967
    . Springer, Richard, A/6/43 as E4 generator operator10/62-05/65
    . Weiss, Gerald, LCG Operator E-4 10/62-05/65
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    Italy
    Italy site information

    Please Note:

    1. This listing is intended to list the Italian people who manned the equipment and also the American people who watched the special warheads.
      Looking at the units, it was very possible to see only the American units and think Italians were excluded.
      My most humble apologies -
    2. The "special warheads" were physically under U.S. military control. Nike units that were manned by other nations had U.S. troops physically present controlling the warheads. The U.S. units had different unit names than the unit names of the other nations. For an explanation of the dual role, please see US Army units on NATO Countries Batteries by Richard Scheffler
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    (rank & duty optional)     		dates at
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    ITAF 1st Air Brigade /2nd RMM Padua - ITALY ?Padova?.
    . Laurenzi, Mauro, I was a Type IV Tech and worked in Shops 1, 2 and 3 in to the main maintenance facility in Italy. Been in Ft.Bliss from 04/83 till 05/84 and attended the Type IV 2/83 course at NNTC. Great experience, beautiful envinronment and people. I wish all the best to each and every single member of the NIKE Hercules community. Actually still on duty flying NATO AWACS in Germany. 07/82-07/90
    . Menna, Emanuele, Internal 254.1 SP4 - ITAF, trained at Redstone Arsenal Huntsville ALA, 1st AEROBRIGATA 3rd ECH Missile Maintenance 2/67-3/76
    HHD 559th Vicenze, Italy - ?Vicenza? ?Site Pluto?.
    . Bannan, Tom, bn mail room/message cntr./75-/76
    . Carvajal, Joseph, I was promoted to 1LT and served as the Group's Resource Management Officer (RMO C) in the S4 Section. CPT Terry Owen was the S4 at the time. SFC Washington was the S4 NCOIC at the time as well. COL Larry Honsinger was the Group CDR & LTC John Danforth was the Deputy Group CDR. CPT John Thomas was the S1, CPT Rick Snow was the S2, & I cannot recall who served as the S3 at that time. - P.O. Box 3225, Alexandria, VA 223025/79-6/80
    . Johnson, Ronnie, SP4, Crypto Clerk, S-2 dept was later transferred to Mt Calvarina, postal Richmond, Indiana11/68-12/69
    . Kress, Edward, 6/77-6/78
    . Pugh, Joseph, Evaluation Team Chief, G3 shop. HQ, USASETAF (G3), Vicenza, Italy (Caserma Ederle) 2/78-3/79
    . Volkman, Glen, SP-4th Class MOS 225.10 - Nike/Hercules Launch Repairman.Completed 26 weeks of Nike-Hercules Training at Ft. Bliss, Texas, and went on one of the first levies to Europe (Vicenza, Italy)in August, 1959. Saw plenty of Europe and really enjoyed my tour of duty. Our CO was Cpt. Harris McCormick. Battery Commander was Col. Di Fusco. Any of the old 31st, 34th & 35 Arty Detachments can get a hold of me. - 3811 Boardwalk St. # 4, Eau Claire, WI 547018/59-3/61
    Bovolone 20 Km SouthSouthEast of Verona, 80 Km WSW Venice.
    . Blanchard, Louis, 24U10 Nike Hercules Electronics Mechanic - 2/47th USAAD 559th 11/83-4/88
    . Cole, Stephen, Berlie, I sure had a great time while pulling guard duty in Bovolone. I sure would love to hear from any of the guys who served with me. Bill Turpin, Carlton Ogletree, Dale Powers, Dennis Butler. - 329 walker st. Villa Rica Ga. 301803/71-4/74
    . Corwin Dave, I was the company clerk8/70-12/71
    . Croslin, Mike, I was a 24U20 Nike Hercules Electronics Maintenance Tech. Great duty in Bovolone, great friends, great times. - P.O. 6071 Van Buren, AR 729563/71-1/72
    . Doyon, Leo. G jr., SSG, Duties - most everything PO Box 804 Clint,TX 98367/77-7/80
    . Mabeus, Richard, Myrtle Beach, SC/75-/77
    . Kuzio, Nicholas,, E-4 /65-/67
    . Meuti, Alessio, I was IFC radar technician 6/75-4/95
    . Myers, Terry, I was a 16B custodial agent (in other words a guard), (E-mail address bounced) I loved my assignment at Bovolone. I have fond memories of Remon, he and his wife treated us like family. I spent many more year's in Italy as a 29V microwave maintenance chief at Mt.Calvarina, Conselve, Ceggia, Oderzo, and Coltano. I retired from the army in 1990. I was with the 54th Signal Co. in Vicenza. Miss Italy, still call friends and alumi in Italy. Arrivederci. - 4220 e. airport rd., stillwater, okla. 74075 3/71-12/73
    . Previdi, Gianluca, /86-/87
    . Scaglione, Edward J. (Ed), Spec. 4, MOS - 225.5 509 East Third Street, Dover, Ohio 44622 10/63-12/65
    . Stiert, David, Security Duty7/76- 10/82
    Ceggia also
    Team 3, 34th USAAD    		35 Km NorthEast of Venice .
    . Brizendine, Thomas Michael, Radio operator in the Cemetery Net. Some I remember there @ same time SABATO, OUTLAW, ADKINS, REEVES, MCMILLAN, BERRY, CASAREZ, ALDERMAn and several I can't recall the names... 11/86-11/88
    . Butler, Tom, Still got in plenty of trouble at the bars, but it was the time of my life! Then it was back to Ft.Bliss & the patriot,Yee Hah!!! 7/81-6/82
    . Caswell, Rick C, Senior Cusdodial Agent Rank SP4 MP Site was de-activated. /87-8/88
    . Kordes, Dale, E-5 24F20 (later 24U) electronic maintenance technician HQ Group of 34th USAAD, of the 559th Arty Group. Italian Airforce actually ran the base with Americans as nuclear weapons custodians. We provided air defense for the Aviano (NATO) AFB. 1/69-3/72
    . Duffy, James M., Ops Sgt, Comsec Custodian. Spent many an hour in the Circolo, at the beach and Venice. I couldn't understand it, nobody ever said we couldn't go to Yugoslavia. (no sense of humor) 1979-1982
    . Hardy, Timothy, Moved to Cordovado (3rd 34th Group) to assit with NWTI and demating of Nukes for shippment to states. 12/85-08/86
    . Miller, Brian, used to love hanging out in Jesolo...... Finished: appox apr 88....when we all left the site3/84-4/88
    . O'Neill, Steve, Started off as the tech officer, then security officer, finally team commander. I have a great memories and think about those days a lot - would give anything to go back in time. Just reconnected with MSG Mike Brost, who almost 30 years later, is completing a tour in Iraq!! Would love to hear from anyone stationed on the Italian sites.3/74-9/77
    . Rossi, Massimiliano, .
    . Sabato, John, (SFC) Commo Site Chief, 54th Signal Co, Cemetery Net Operations in support of 34th USAAD. Great times and good friends... If you remember me from that time, drop me an email. Best wishes to all. - Winchester, VA4/86-1/88
    . Stairhime, Richard, Was Security Officer and Technical Officer. 6/74-8/77
    . Waller, Johnny W. , Team 3 /64-/66
    Chioggia
    Tm 2, 31st USAAD    		25 Km South of Venice .
    . Cramer, Patrick D., Sp5 - Senior Custodial Agent and Warhead Crew Reader, They were the best of times and the worst of times, a lot of good people a lot of high anxiety. Hay Spivey you remember the time we tore down that North Viet Namise Flag in that ralley in Venice? You still got it?... 1972-1975
    . Faulkner, William S (Bill), SP.E-5. 22-F20. Elec. Maint. Tech. A Lot of great memories. Have photos of Willy D. Jackson, Red, Roommate Carl Harris. Shared an apt. on the beach with Lt. Brackett. Would like to hook up with some old friends.07/64-10/66
    . Fay, Michael E, Missile/Warhead Specialists, SP4, 16B, but did 24U work with Italians. 2/78-3/83
    . Hill, Royce, 24U40 Only jr enlisted on the team. Master of the T1440 test set. and the Emergency Destruct procedures. Assigned as 24U40 right out of AIT in 1978. Loved the location and the work load. Enjoyed the team work and all the testing and preparation for inspection. The work with the natives was great. Wish I could have stayed. I have lots of stories of the people and exercises. Really good wine and food. I lived in the small town outside the base. Enjoyed my time on the site and the free time off site. Remember Micheal Fay. [above] So much to share and no one to care.2/78-11/80
    . Leek, Howard, Sgt E-5 Met great folks had awesome times. I remember M. Fay, R. Hill not so much. I am looking for SFC John Daniels, SSG Milton Moore, and Lt.Peter Ma have found some friends would desperately like to reach these three. I loved every minute, it should have been the poster in recruiting stations. E-mail me if you remember. 10/78-12/80
    . Reynolds, William, Guard duty 1/67-1/68
    . Van Kleeck, David A., Present during the '73 Oil Embargo. Living at a remote site with no heat was a significant hardship. 12/73-3/75
    . Webb, Howard, 24F40 SSG. Ret. CW4. Deployed with Team from HQ Vicenzia to Chiogga. Spent all three years in training, We had not received the War Heads till after I rotated. 4/64-4/67
    Conselve HQ?- 40 Km SW Venice, 25 Km south of Padova (80 SQ Bagnoli di Sopra) .
    . Allen, John, PVT-SSG 16B, Assembly - Security - DET SGT 2/79-1/82
    . Ball, Bill, Team Clerk, (movie clerk, supply clerk at times, Armorer, file clerk) I wore many hats - Italy was a great place for me to be at that time in my life. I gripped about the service but didn't we all. Was in about 10 car wreaks but I was always the passenger. Luckily I never got seriously hurt. Drank, Loved and was a tourist for 3 years. - 6601 S. First St., Broken Arrow, OK 74011 2/71-9/73
    . Cattrall, Bill, 9/69-12/71
    . Earnest, Clay, Det Commander, 12445 Woodlake Road, Elbert, Co 80106 1/80-3/82
    . Griffin, Rob, Lt., XO. Lt DeCarlo/CPT Perry were C.O.s2/80- 9/81
    . Harris, Marc, Custodial Agent - Section Chief, Bravo Section - was the last class to receive the full 24U AIT 4/85-5/87
    . LeGendre, Michael, 16C though I worked in the warhead section.2/70-9/72
    . Penn, Jerry W, SSG E-6, Warhead Crew. Co-host with Italian group. 1/69-9/71
    . Pilat, Giorgio, C.O., L.Col. from may 1982 to october 1987/79-/87
    . Radtke, Jeff, Custodial Agent, Senior Custodial Agent,SP/4, - first M.P. assigned to the site. I lived off site in San Siro de Sopra one street from Franco's. Jolly Bar in Conselve was a frequent hang out next to Little America.I worked with some of the finest people I've known particularily S.S.G. Richard Bell (RIP). Remember others; SFC Paige, Marc Harris, Lt. Macintire, Capt. Greenly, Capt. Bolt, Esmond, Ski, Sommerset, Frank Kepes, Cassidy, Sgt. Johnson, Anderson, Glenn Reed, Elliot Mead just to name a few.5/85-2/87
    . Senik, Vincent A., 24F20 Elect/Maint/Tech. Team 1, 31st USAAD, 559th Artillery Group. TM 1 w/HQ Det on Italian AF base with 30 US pers. 1970 year of flag football with Capt. Harris, Great times w/great Guys 1/69-10/70
    . Stockwell, Jim, Headquarters Detachment Clerk-SP4. - had an intruder in the downrange area just before I left. Spent hours laying in the mud and fog while the search for the intruder was fruitless6/72-12/74
    Cordovado 55 Km NorthEast of Venice .
    . Butler, Tom, pvt1/pfc many times! To much fun in town, or at the bar on base. To far from home for an 18yr old. I dont remember why I was sent down the road to Ceggia. 1/81-7/81
    . Caswell, Rick C, Senior Cusdodial Agent Rank SP4 MP Site was de-activated. 10/85-/87
    . Davis, Steven, hercules crewmember sp/43/85-9/86
    . Etem, Blake, Spec 4, 24U - missile mechanic - briefly operated site PX. Lived in Portogruaro. Two years ago had lunch at Alla Botte restaurant in Portogruaro and the owner recognized me! He referred to the era that I was there as "the O'Keefe era" after the name of the commander at the time. We had some very interesting and charismatic people at the site during the time I was there - Edoardo Gonzales, SSgt Pratt, Carl Rodgers, James McDonald ... David Sides ... Stan Rakestraw & many more!5/76-6/78
    . Pickett, Greg, E-4 Senior Custodial Agent was also px operator. Left in March 75 headed for B 2-1 ADA Dexheim, Germany ETS'd 7-76 - 7137 Welles st. Brown City MI. 48416 3/74-3/75
    . Salomone, Pasquale, 1st Lt Air Force, active duty for the Italian Air Force, still working on Nike Hercules, [March] 2006 and really proud of it.3/04-
    Ronca
    Mt Calvarina
    Team 4, 47th USAAD HQ
    (67° Gruppo I.T.).     		20 Km ENE Verona, 70 Km West of Venice - 20 Km WSW of Vicenza .
    . Bannan, Tom, security team 3/76-/77
    . Campbell, Alan, Sp/5 Senior Custodial Agent 16B10 Looking for those I served with at THE ROCK 5/73-3/75
    . Carvajal, Joseph, I served as the Site Security Officer under CPT James E. Bright (Team Commander). 2LT James C. Ransick was the Special Weapons Technical Officer at the time. SP4 Richard Mabeus and SP5 LoPiccolo were already there when I arrived. CPT David Storey was the 47th USAAD Commander & 1LT David Purcell was the 47th USAAD XO at the time. His NCOIC was SP5 John Aultman. CW4 John Feeley was the Special Weapons Warrant Officer. SFC George Alsheimer and SFC John Scharf were two of the Team's senior NCOs at the time. SFC John Pizzulo & SSG John Bellflower were the Dining Facility NCOs. Team 4 was co-located with the 47th Detachment HQs. This may have caused a few anxious moments. I earned every nickel of my pay at the Rock! - P.O. Box 3225, Alexandria, VA 223027/77-5/79
    . Edgren, David, Served as HQ Executive Officer under MAJ James Shipley then CPT Jim (?) Penhallegon. Technical Officers were CW? Rick Caron, then WO Ioannis Seretis. Lived in Monte Calvarina right next to the church (bells! bells!). The site was on the flank of the mountainside to the east of town about 4k by road, 2k of which was almost straight up. Ronca was a little town nobody paid any attention to. The cherry blossoms in the valley were beautiful, and Soave (Bolla wine, buy it by the bottiglione) was just over the mountain to the west. Best. Duty. Station. Ever. 1150 S. Grantham Rd. Wasilla, Alaska 996545/81-3/82
    . Faresin, Marco, The last youg Italian lieutenant, TCO of "The Rock" Monte Calvarina. The 65° I.T. Group was close[d] in September 1995. 4/94-4/95
    . Farmer, Bruce, McCarthy, Shorty, Keller, Pinero, Feaster, Foster, Richardson, Davis, Davis, and Davis , amongest many, many others. I remember, the dogs, too much alcohol, Bright Ransick Altman. I can be reached in Knoxville at bed447@msn.com 10/77-4/80
    . Fitzgerald, Terrence, 24U40 Herc Elec Main Spec; We trained a lot for the next TPI, decoded messages endlessly and generally had a great time. We lived off site in Alte Ceccato, closer to Vicenza.6/70- 2/72
    . Haskell, Ralph T, I wound up as the CO of this site as a 1st Lt. Many fond memories. I can still speak Italian. Visited Italy in April of 2004. The launch area is chained up and vacant. Noticed some newer towers Tower 5 was replaced. The American barracks have been ransacked with windows broken and plumbing and electrical ripped up. The road to the IFC was impassable. Molto triste. - Gold River, Ca4/70-10/71
    . Johnson, Ronnie, I thought I'd be spending the rest of my time there but was levied for Viet Nam, was pissed, but I survived. postal - richmond, Indiana6/69-12/69
    . Lauerman, John, Commanding Officer 5050 SW Laurelwood Avenue, Portland OR 97225 12/70-12/71
    . LoPiccolo, Vince, 76Y-Supply. Got to meet some great guys (and gals). Had a lot of good times. Would like to hear how everyones doing.. Ciao for now 9/72-9/77
    . Mabeus, Richard, Remember all the times trying to get to work up the mountain with the fog and rain - Myrtle Beach, SC/77-/79
    . Pratt, Ed, 24U40 Herc Elec Main Spec; E5 Spent lots of time running around all over Italy and Germany. Had a great time. Never did know where the "Real" army was located. 8/83-10/76
    . Pugh, Joseph, 2LT to CPT. Security Officer, then Technical Officer.4/74-2/78
    . Ream, Randy, SP4 16B10 Launcher Crewman, 6/74-7/78
    . Richerson, Scottie, 3/78-4/80
    . Sommaggio, Stefano, Security guard - Looking for old photos of Italian Nike sites] for Nike web site Guardiano Silenzioso. /88-/89
    . Willis, Doug, As a 24U time was spent shooting pool, etc., except for when warhead maintenance exercises were called for. Great Duty, beautiful countryside, crazy place. We lived in an apt. ouside of Vicenza & carpooled to work each day. I never knew I had it so good! Now in Portland, Oregon.3/71-11/71
    . Winningstad, Dennis, 24U40 Herc Elec Main Spec; E5 played lots of chess w/Italian Airforce and US Airforce who were co-located; Great people/good times! 08/73-08/76
    Vittorio Veneto 55 Km North of Venice, 59° Sq., Mountain site .
    . Pilat, Giorgio, lco - launching area chief, tco - ifc chief, c.o. 59° Squadriglia Captain 1968-1977
    Zelo
    31 Atry Det.
    3/47th USAAD    		70 Km SouthWest of Venice .
    . Edgren, David, Assigned as Executive Officer. Site Commander was Captain Louie Porter. Security Officer was 2LT Dennis Hines. Live in Badia Polesine about 7k north of the site (I rode my bicycle most days unless the weather was dreadful). BP was on the south bank of the Po. Shared an apartment with Hines right on the main street- it was a great tour. Left to become the Executive Officer for the HQ det in Monte Calvarina. 1150 S. Grantham Rd. Wasilla, Alaska 996548/80-5/81
    . Ergott, Dave, After Zelo, I was stationed in Ft. Tilden NY as a MP till my discharge 9/71 5/69-9/70
    . Gillis, Glenn, 11B10- Custodial Agent, mail clerk/distro driver. Still married to Marilena (23 years now). One son, 20, Robert. BA in history, minor in Italian (yeah, cheating , I know). - Colorado Springs, CO area 6/83-10/86
    . Kendall, Kip M., Was an SP4 on perimeter, as I watched the chinooks fly away with the last "NIKE". Miss Zelo.12/87-5/88
    . Kizer, Roger, Custodial Agent. I was there when we moved from the old guard shack to the new guard house. Many fond memories of Italy. 3/84-7/86
    . Lackey, James, SSG E-6 at ETS. MOS was 24U40. Custodial Team--Team 4 out of Vicenza 3811 Mark Rd Cambridge, Oh 437257/70-2/71)
    . Mitchell, Wallace, 16B We did not have to do much but watch the Italians work . about the only place to go was badia to a disco. sunday was the big night. I had heard that a bomb was by the bridge at zelo, it was dropped by the germans in world war II ,they say it never detonated. In the spring a lot of americans took part in town races almost every town had one.8/78-/81
    . Scott, Joseph A, po box 115 glen alpine nc 28628 - Great location and even greater people I still have a great love of Italy8/66-10/67
    . Trueheart, Stacie Lee, 2LT & 1LT - Phys Security Off, Tech Off & XO. With of course additional duties of Pay Off, Courier Off, Mess Hall Off, etc. I'm not sure when the unit changed to the 3/47th ADA Det, but was that until a few years later when it was dismantled.5/84-5/86
    . Vetre, Mike, 11B, Security Guard, SP/4, pulling Guard Duty almost all the time and eating out of Mermite Cans. No Potable Water other than outside in the Water Buffalo. Vicenza was a good hour's drive away. This was my 1st assignment and I give much credit to my Leaders who set the foundation for my success and 22 years in the US Army. A tough but very rewarding assignment, makes you appreciate the simple things in life!
    Mike also says "... not only was it a short tour for Communist activity, The water was undrinkable there and we had to go downtown to take showers. We were given 5 coupons a week for the downtown public showers. Washing clothes had to be done at Vicenza, about an hour drive away. We had a Pet duck, Named "Raul," I think LT. Barney got him for us. The duck would wake us up in the mornings. The Italian Hosts were the best, and the Cleaning lady was the best also. "
    		8/75-12/76
    . Wilson, Patrick, PFC Warhead Custodian 64-65

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