L-58 | Caribou | . |
. | Berrigan, John T.,
894 Island Club Square, Vero Beach Florida 32963 - posted Feb 2021
| 1/57-10/58 |
. | Boehme, Larry R.,
Sentry Dog Handler, Had great times, lots of robins in the early AM & I can still
smell the aroma of the potato blossoms. - W1305 State Road 59, Albany, WI 53502
| 6/64-9/65 |
. | Clark, Bruce,
SP/4 Radar Operator Now living in Caribou area.
I enjoyed staying up all night running R.B.S. missions. | 12/62-09/65 |
. | Crawford, Harold A.,
IFC area | 12/61-10/62 |
. | Darragh, Shaun,
Crewman, served with SP4 Michaud, SP4 Kalbe, PFC Deane,
SSG Caverly, SSG Boatwright, fellow crewmen Alvarez, Monzon, Brooks, Wilkes,
Duffy, host of others I'll remember, Dog Handlers, Bobbydean Hill, CPL Mays,
Larry Love, Larry Boehme (both from Iowa), SSG Dube. Moved to HHB in late 63,
ran into old C Btry member Tom Harvey from Fort Kent, reenlisted Special Forces
in '65, ran into then LT Harvey at Benning (jump school) and again as
CPT Harvey at Fort Bliss in 1969.
One of 2 best units I served in in 27 1/2 years
of service. We could get on each others nerves, and often did, but if anyone
screwed with one "Pit Rat", you screwed with all of us and we were going to come
looking for you. We had old school NCOs, ranging from O'Hara, a WWII 82nd Abn
vet with 3 combat jumps, to SSG (E-5, yes) Hornback, a crusty Korea Marine.
Warrant was Mr. Boldt, a Korean war ranger. Sad to say, neither the IFC nor
the HHB had the same esprit d'corps. Maybe it was the savage winters and
isolated location. Right out of "Northern Exposure". You had to have been
there to understand.
| 9/62-10/63 |
. | Le Besco, Kurt,
SP4 Fire Control Mechanic worked with Bud and for Billy Boles and CWO Corle.
A great learning experience. - 3 Berncliffe Av Albany NY 12208
| 4/64-6/65 |
. | Myers, Irvin (Bud),
E5 to E-7 Fire Control Mechanic
- 747 Pushaw Road Bangor ME 04401 | 5/59-4/62
4/62-2/66 |
. | Ridge, Henry M. (Mike),
Was on guard a lot, launch area, PFC. | 10/65-4/66 |
. | Roberts, Danny,
| 10/65-4/66 |
. | Roehrig, Bob,
TRR operator / SP4 - 314 S. Harrison St. Batavia, IL 60510
| 12/63-07/66 |
35th Artillery Brigade | Ft. Geo. Mead, MD. | . |
. | Burnham, Roy H.,
teletype operator, peacetime, rank frozen (except for Elvis)
corporal, Pusan Korea,58-59. 3272 Circleview Drive, Dover, OH 44622
| 10/59-2/51 |
. | Eckerman, Dean Edward,
Spc. 3rd Class, I was in the Fire Direction Center.
1120 Cummins Rd. Dsm, IA 50315
| 07/1955-07/1956 |
. | Hamp, Kenneth,
I was a fire distribution crewman (186mos). Worked
in Missile Master (AADCP) 3days, 3nights, 3days off.
501 S Dibble st. Hastings, Michigan | 3/63-9/65 |
. | Lappala, Bob,
Clerk-Typist, and operated theatre - P. O. Box 1110, Howell, MI 48844
| 3/60-2/61 |
. | McNamara, John,
Motor pool just looking for some people i seved with - Monsey NY | 5/61-2/64 |
. | Ries, Paul A.,
Last in S-2, SP5, managed site security, sentry dog program and personal clearance along with communication security.
We had a very tight little group and most of us were there for a full three year commitment. We really
got to know each other and had a great deal of fun during that time. I am sure some of the older enlisted and officers
are "gone" at this time. ... I did run into a bird colonel that managed the dismantling of the facility
in the seventies and that was a real interesting encounter.
- 330 Hiley Terrace, Lynchburg, VA 24504 | 11/65-8/68 |
. | Speicher, James (Jim),
After Painesville, Ohio and going to Fort Mead I was assigned to the Information Office
with the 35th until getting out in December 1970 as a SPC5. | /70-12/70
. | Williams, Franz O.,
SP2, Communications Center. Mos's for Teletype and Crypto repair. Helped set up comm center,
Re-enlisted 3/57 and went to Ft. Bliss for Ajax FCS Maint School. Assigned to W-35 in Croom, MD.
Went to Ft bliss for Radar Target Sim Maint. Discharged 6/60. 10211 Portland Road, Silver Spring, MD 20901
| 7/56-3/57 |
|
BA-18 | Edgewood Arsenal (off route 24) | . |
. | Anderson, James D,
IFC Operator PFC | 9/58-2/60 |
. | Blaydes, Buddy,
Edgewood was a temp.(site B of the 602nd) we moved to Jacobsville
and were later designated C of the 36th. Iam not sure of the exact dates of the
move from Edgewood.I have pictures of the launch area at Jacobsville. (BA-43)
| 10/55-3/56 |
. | Deutsch, Elliot,
Ajax and a the beginning of Herc service | /57-/59 |
. | Evans, Vincent,
launch area crew, lots of guard duty, lots of driving to Oxen Hill
| 3/63-6/65 |
. | Fleming, Zenus,
Sentry Dog Handler known as Flip, dog was King | 4/67-9/68 |
. | Gajewski, Joe,
Sentry Dog Handler - from Philadelphia, PA | /65-/67 |
. | Haszard, Timothy R.,
24P20 Radar IFC Repair | 8/69-7/70 |
. | Horvat, Bob,
Sp5. Fire control systems maintenance. - We lost our former company commander
in 'Nam and I still think about that. It was an unusual time with the war and all but I am
proud of my service and what we did. Remember sub sandwiches from Wilt's in Edgewood. | 6/66-4/68 |
. | Hughes, Loras P.,
Acq. operator - trained at Bliss.
Temp site 10/55-7/56 (Army Chemical Center)
Perm site 7/56-
Best acq.oper.in Army (Per Btn. Comander) played on A.C.C. baseball team. First Sgt. hated me for that,
said I was screwing off. Our 1st site C.O.was Lt. O'Day. Also "C" Bat. 2nd Btn. had Exc. officer (2nd Lt)
last name Walker.(Cajun from La.) Both of these men were great officers.
Loved my comrades then and love'em more every time I think about them. Where are you Klien, Brumley, Blankenship
Campbell, Burns, Armstrong, Sinclair, Outlaw, Wilden, Brown, LaChapelle Etc. I know we are 74,75,76 but lets keep going. - 3811 North Pine St.. Davenport Ia. 52806
| 10/55-7/56
7/56- |
. | Hughlett, James D. Jr.,
1/LT Fire Control Platoon Leader.
11503 Benwick Way; Knoxville, TN 37922 | 11/61-8/63 |
. | Metro, Mike,
16B10 launcher pits. PFC. Found it to be pretty boring work. Lots of sitting around doing
pretty much nothing. | 1/68-10/68 |
. | Miller, Terry P,
Sgt(E-5)Launcher area tech.Transferred from D battery. Really good duty!!!!!!
Same as above, ( Fork, Md) only on Hercules. Lots of interesting situations that I'm detailing
in my forthcoming book. | 4/59-7/60 |
. | Richardson, James,
IFC Maint, Would have liked to have been there longer.
- 410 Elm Lane, Johnson City, TN 37604
| 1/63 - 2/63 |
. | Stark, Bill,
MOS was 24Q20 - Improved Nike-Hercules Fire Control Mechanic - SP5
I remember the IFC area being almost surrounded by tall trees.
Being close to D.C. we had a lot of brass tour our facility.
Last duty station before discharge 3/72.
- 516 Parkwood Dr., Windsor, CO 80550 | 6/71-3/72 |
. | Stevenson, David R.,
SP5, Radar Maintenance, good friends! | 02/66-07/67 |
. | Turman, Larry W.,
Missile Crewman - 58-46 251 Street, little neck,ny 11362
| 4/67-9/68 |
. | Wright, Dennis,
- 115 Oakley Lane,Cherryville,N.C. 28021 | 5/69-5/70 |
BA-30
BA-31 | Chestertown near Tolchester Beach
Nike site on YouTube | . |
. | Adkins, Barry,
Was in generator lanucher end and then in the motor | 3/71-4/74 |
. | Bocook, Michael,
95B20 doghandler 1 of 4, was there during most of decommission, left
to go to safeguard site in North Dakota. We were the guys in the middle of no where,
not many girls but a lot of corn,geese,ducks and deer. | 3/73-7/74 |
. | Choy, Theodore R,
Missle crewman, duty driver PFC | 2/69-4/70 |
. | Engelhardt, Robert,
I was a dog handler. My dog was Mike 329x and I still miss him to
this day.Since I was from Md this was great duty for me.Saturdays were great in
the summer.Steaks,beer and the largest crabs there were ,from Rock Hall.
- 8380 Lockwood Rd,Pasadena,Md. 21122 - I would
especially like to hear from my friend Gary Day
| 1/67-4/68 |
. | Flowers, Phillip,
Missile crewman, SP5, I really loved the area, fishing, hunting and all the wildlife.
I was ammazed when I found your site that a few guys I served with are listed. I'm trying to get
in touch with them. - 601 Alabama Ave., Kure Beach, NC 28449 | 11/68-7/70 |
. | Frazer, Billy,
E1 or E2 at arrival;SP5 at discharge; computer & switchboard operator; education asst.
to CWO Bass; "the" base golf team; guard on the base basketball team; outfielder on
the base softball team; fished a lot on the Tolchester Beach pier; enjoyable years;
- Postal address: Vincentown, NJ | 1/64-8/66 |
. | Freitas, Thomas,
Spec 5 Acq Radar Operator. Concord, California -
Nike site on YouTube | 8/68-6/69 |
. | Garrett, Bernard,
Military Police guard, friends Shine, Daughtery, Lott, and many others
- 112 poplar hills FarmVille,va 23901
| 06/69-01/70 |
. | Grippi, Matthew B,
Computer Opr/PArts Clerk PFC Dumont, NJ 07628 | 11/63-3/65 |
. | Hardison, Joe,
fire control crewman, there when it closed in '74 | /72-/74 |
. | Holman, William, 502 villanova circle warrington, pa. 18976
| 64-64 |
. | Howell, Larry,
sp/4 launcher area, 16b20 | 10/68-8/70 |
. | Jenkins, Carson,
SP5 Track Sup. Was the last GI on the base, I handed the keys over to the civilian guards.
Fired 5 birds over the years at Ft. Bliss. Would like to hear from the old crew.
| 02/71-07/74 |
. | Kille, Willard "Bill" M.,
SP-4, IFC Radar Op's, later Supply Sgt.
100 Hadaway Dr, Apt 2-E, Chestertown, Md. 21620
| 3/59-4/62 |
. | LaPointe, Cliff,
MP | 12/73-5/74 |
. | Mallery, Alan,
TTR Crewman / E-3 - Tolchester was a GREAT place to be stationed - 44817 Junius St. Madison, SD 57042
| 5/69-5/70 |
. | McKee, Alan,
SP5 Assembly and warheading specialist. Would love to hear from some of my old running mates.
7280 Mountain Ash, Memphis, TN 38125
| 9/72-4/74 |
. | McKlveen, Richard B.,
16B - Started as a pit rat and ended my Herc duties as LCT operator.
Departed D-4-1 as a Sp/5. Looking for some of the old timers --
Harold Soucie, Ed Brown, and Ernie Lewis to name a few. You guys out there?
| 9/64-10/68 |
. | Newman, Jack A.,
Launcher Crewman/Sr. Launcher Crewman/Firing Panel Operator/Section
Chief/Fueling and Warheading Crewman -
Ajax cycled out in 1961.
[? no longer a dual site?] leaving us with only set 1186, the Hercs.
Some information about the site: We had 3 pits on each side, with C-1186 having
only 3 launchers. All the rest had 4. There were 10 rounds in each magazine
on both sides. As you have mentioned, the Hercs had a fence inside the
primary fence surrounding the full area; ours had a rather sensitive electric
"touch detector" that had to be turned off to open the gate. Nobody was allowed
inside that fence alone, not even the battery commander. (He tried to get a
guard to let him in one time as a test. We passed.) ... We were the last RA Ajax
set in the Washington-Baltimore defense area; others were NG.
Our 99.something percent at ASP in 61 (Ajax) was supposed to be the highest
ever scored at McGregor.
We had 3 different warheads for the Hercs, but none were HE.
| 10/59-7/62 |
. | Pelletier, Roger,
E-4, ETSed | 06/71-12/71 |
. | Reece, Calvin,
Medic MOS 911.10 | 6/62-3/63 |
. | Richardson, James,
Chief IFC Maint Tech, SFC. Conveniently located 100 miles from everything.
- 410 Elm Lane, Johnson City, TN 37604
| 2/63-1/67 |
. | Robinson, Fraser F., jr,
SP5 IFC Computer operator 16C20 MOS - was stationed at Pinder Barracks in Germany
after leaving site and
was a computer operator for the Honest John system. Returned to Savannah, GA upon
ETS.Came to the Nike Site
as a private and made SP5 befoe leaving. - | 4/65-8/66 |
. | Sloey, Jim,
SP4 - Started as a FC crewman on Hipar then went back to Bliss for Radar Repairman.
Was reassigned to W-92 after training. - 251 Kirkwood Rd, Rochester NY 14612
| 4/71-5/72 |
. | Tannucilli, Anthony P.,
MP Sgt.(no dog) and also the bus driver. Looking to hear from other MP's and dog handlers from the same era.
Fishing in the bay and the summer picnic's were great. The girls easy, very easy! | 10/65-5/67 |
. | Webster, Tom,
PFC-16B Launcher Crewman Deer Park, TX | 11/68-12/69 |
. | Westenberg, John C.,
Was there when it closed. Knew Sgt. Bill Goins...Dave St. Germain...Daryl
Tallerico....Joe Hardison....Lt. Andron...
- 17508 51st St. Ct. E. | 12/70-7/74 |
. | Wood,Gary , 1st sp4 16b senior launcher,
2476 byrd drive north east pa 16428 | 1971-1974 |
. | Zerby, Danny,
launcher crewman,LCT operator, KP, guard, bus driver, lawnmower.
Once I even repaired the "unit fund" boat. Pvt E1/Sp4 | 1/68-7/69 |
W-25 | Davidsonville | . |
. | Brocato, Joseph,
Lchr crewman, TT radar op, gen op, cut a lot of grass and pulled a lot of guard
| 4/69-9/74 |
. | Brown, Thomas H.,
Sgt E5 - Warrant | 1958-1962 |
. | Burke, Larry,
ttr elev operator - won the battery-then the batalion and the 17th artilary golf tournaments in 1960
- 946 fire thorn dr hampton ga. 30228 | 01/60-08/61 |
. | Federico, John J. Jr., MW4 (Ret)
(ARNG site) | 2/70 - 9/71 |
. | Logan, James E. (e-mail via Rigney)
MOS = 227.10 | '56-'58 |
. | Maxwell, Ken ,
I started out as a launcher crewman in Germany but went to
mess hall (my request) and on to Viet Nam. After Nam I was mess Sgt E-6
in Davidsonville. - 4917 Santa Ana, Sierra Vista, Az 85650 | 8/67-7/68 |
. | Monfalcone, Edward,
E-5 computer, high and low power radar,target tracking and ranging radars trained as repair
| 05/67-10/68 |
. | Morris, Larry E.,
SP4, Dog Handler, MP, great duty, good food. Good friend of mine, Joe Leonard, also dog handler,
left for Viet Nam 6/65. Spent lots of off duty time at Sandy Point State Park.
- Concord, NC | 1/65-6/67 |
. | Platt, James,
E-4, Msl Launcher crewman, helped in maintenance -
622 Floral Ave. Colonial Heights, VA 23834 | 8/64-10/65 |
. | Rogers, Mark,
| /70-/74 |
. | Skinner, William [Bill],
2054 Jefferson #2 Memphis, Tn. 38104 -
I come to B-4-1 as I remember it being called OJT, I left qualified in IFC as
computer,Target elevation,missle tracking, switchboard, generator.
| 3/67-10/68 |
. | Waddell, Clyde R,
pfc. A lot of duty, little time off, OJT training not much fun,
a very long two years. | 5/55-2/57 |
. | Wilson, Al,
acq operator/computer operator/ TRR operator/
crew chief. site closed 07/1974 | 010/68-7/74 |
W-44 | Mattawoman /Waldorf /La Plata | . |
. | Baker, Franklin L.,
Fire Control Warrant WO-1-CW2, 2286 Windish Dr. #9 ,
Fire Control Warrant CW-2, Turned unit over to MD National Guard
| 08/60-l2/61 |
. | Cooke, James Arthur,
Battery Supply Clerk in the IFC area.
my old site -- Battery 'A'' of the 75th Missile Btn. - In rural Maryland we were
surrounded by woods and tobacco fields. I was there when "Sputnik" was
launched and recall the concern of one old Master Sergeant who understood the
implications far better than I did. US 51330384 -
website
| 4/56-11/57 |
. | Cote, Roger J.,
Warrant Officer, Missile Launching Area. Left ary and signed on with
Ordnance Corps Missile Maintenance Specialist. Assigned to Pittsburgh area and later,
Cincinnati. - 3737 Sapphire St, Keller TX 76248 | 3/56-2/58 |
. | Doubleman, Phil,
E-4 promoted to E-5. US Custodian on the NG site.
My MOS was 225.20 1801 Rincon De Amigos Trail, Las Cruces,
NM 88012 | 1/65-12/65 |
. | Hutson, Cecil ,
Mech Maint Chief, SSG,
4002 27th Ave. Rock Island,IL 61201
| 2/61-3/62 |
. | Reynolds, Louis,
IFC Computer Operator, then IFC Crew Chief,
Cuban Missile crisis, Bomb scoring runs for SAC
| 8/58-2/62 |
. | Reynolds, Louis,
Computer operator, Cuban Missile Crisis, Engineer Section Chief, Qualified IFC Crew Chief, transferr4ed to C 5/6 Baumholder, Germany, 1/63 - 12/65
| 8/60-1/63 |
. | Rhodes, John
E2-SP4 Fire Control Operator(Acq/Computer) | 1957-60 |
. | Sykes, Robert L.,
IFC Technician Sp/5 to Sp/6, : Graduated from Tech School Mar 1959
and reported to Hercules Site at Waldorf, MD.
Last Duty Station ABMS Cavalier, North Dakota, CW3 U.S. Army retired.
7455 S. Hulen St #110 Fort Worth, TX 76133 | 3/59-12/62 |
W-92 | Rockville | . |
. | Barrow, Henry,
I have many, many great memories of my three years at Rockville.
It was 58 miles from the launching area parking lot, to my home in Baltimore.
My best friend served with me, also from Baltimore, and we have been entertaining
our families with stories for the last 40 years. - 8224 Dundalk Ave Baltimore, MD 21222
| 6/62-3/65 |
. | Barnes, Mac H. ,
E-5 16c20 TTR operater. Mowed alot of grass.
| 8/68-12/71 |
. | Estes, Linwood,
E-5 HIPAR Operater/trainer, MTR operator -
I am now a student at Strayer University now completing an undergraduate course in international
commerce law, and this semester I am taking a class in Political Science; IR POL300 to be exact.
This weeks discussion was about the Cold War that was started by the Soviet?s not adhering to
the Yalta Conference. Mr.. Thelen, the information that I pulled up from your web page,
http://ed-thelen.org/redstone-sus-chap3.html
was most helpful to me in this weeks discussions and will also help my younger class mates
to understand first hand of what the Cold War was really like.
- 1753-B Pemberton Lane, Indianapolis, IN 46260 | 1/71-7/73 |
. | Evans, William C. (Bill; 'Little Evans')
SP4 (16C20); EWPB, Computer Operator | 3/67-3/68 |
. | Gretsky, John,
launch area, 801 Litwa Ln., Aston Pa. 19014 | 5/65-2/68 |
. | Hanley, Brad,
sp/4 24U20 Grew up during our Red Alert of Oct 18,1973
when we armed 12 nuke warheads. | 1972-1973 |
. | Haszard, Timothy R.,
Deshountins got to stop | 7/70-7/71 |
. | Helms, Charles, (2014)
Started right out of basic training, E-2, over the three years I made E-4
and went up for E-5, but wouldn't re-enlist.
Would like to make contact with old comrads was a great time in my life
- Rt 1 Box 1510 Council Hill, Okla 74428 | 11/61-8/64 |
. | Jegelewicz, James ,
Pvt to Sp4,16c,Acq/Comp/Mtr oper | 6/59-9/62 |
. | Ledford, Jimmy, 333.ponders dr.dalton.ga.30721
| 4/66-8/67 |
. | Monfalcone, Edward,
| 10/68-02/69 |
. | Richardson, James,
From fresh out of IFC Maint school as a SP3, served through Ajax, Herc and Improved NH transitions.
1st and best site I was ever at. Best people, most work, least reward, (SP2),and most
job satisfaction of all assignments over 22 years in Nike. - 410 Elm Lane, Johnson City, TN 37604
| 10/56-6/61 |
. | Rose, Marlin,
I too was there during the Red Alert in 1973. Was a member of "C" Section, the only Section that
had a launcher mounted to the elevator | /72-/73 |
. | Sloey, Jim,
SP4 - FC Hipar tech - 251 Kirkwood Rd, Rochester NY 14612
| 7/72-2/74 |
W-94 | Gaithersburg | . |
. | Austin, James,
I reup-ed for the Nike Herc Missle System, was an airborne
soldier trying another MOS...Was assigned to B-Section, loved the site and
location....President Nixion visted the site, just before he shut them down...
| 11/72-11/73 |
. | Choy, Theodore R,
LCT SP5 PFC | 4/70-4/72 |
. | DeAtley, Wayne,
?radar? I left Gathersburg MD. to go to MPQ-T1 Training at Ft. Bliss,TX.
| /68-/70 |
. | Handy, Franklin D.,
Sheduled for discharge 24 Jul 59. I was on leave and had a car
wreck and was in WRAH unti; Dec 1959 - 2420 Steiner Ave, Connersville, IN 47331
| /57-7/59 |
. | Jenkins, John E.,
S/P 5 in the launch control van. ended my military career here
- 3114 W. 155 ST. Cleveland, Ohio 44111 | /71-? |
. | Lamorgese, Larry W,
1057 NOVAK.. GRAFTON..OHIO..44044 | - |
. | Wolverton, Stan,
I did a little bit of everything, I was a launcher crewmen, worked in the LCT
and ended up as stock clerk at the launcher site.
In August or September 1960 the site was given over to the permanent National Guards.
In fact a couple of the guys I was stationed with were discharged and joined up
with the Guards. | 2/59-9/60 |
B-05 | Danvers | . |
. | Brock, Mike, DOS Handler, 410 Laurel Ave, Menlo Park, CA 94025
| 62-64 |
. | Beamesderfer, Thomas W.,
SSG E6, Fire Control Section Chief. First SNAP as Elevation Operator.
We were at Mcgregor Range and I think this is the last year calling it “SNAP” before calling it “ASP”.
I recall that at the time the missile was fired, the MTR operator said that he lost beacon. The missile went
straight up and detonated - a "MoonBall". Nothing was conclusively determined, but we sure heard the
explosion inside the Tracking van. - 1748 Normandie Drive, York, PA 17408
| 9/70-8/73 |
. | Campbell, Richard,
Arrived PFC, transferred to Ft. Heath, Winthrop, MA
PO Box 248, New Boston, NH 03070-0248 | 6/59-7/60 |
. | Clemons, Dexter J,
LCT operator, sgt of the guard - 11 rounds dr peru, ny 12972 | 11/71-06/74 |
. | Clolery, Robert,
No one believes me when I tell them I stopped the VC from over running Boston
for threee years and mane E-5 on the computer! | /72-/75 |
. | Doyon, Leo G. Jr.,
(16B) Asst Section Chief SP/5. 1SG(ret), Served in ADA
25 yrs HERC/PATRIOT, PO Box 804, Clint, TX 79836 | 12/68-4/72 |
. | Elliott, John Roland,
Acquisition Radar Operator - SPC4. Bugler for formations - I knew Adjutants Call and To the Colors,
that's it. After court martial for possession of controlled substance (LSD), found not guilty on a technicality,
(due to suspicion) removed from Nuclear Weapons PRP and made Battery Carpenter and Battery Gardener. When
new commander arrived, since these positions weren't on the TO&E, personnel flags removed, shipped to {Kimje} Korea.
| 12/71-07/73 |
. | Federico, John J. Jr., MW4 (Ret)
| 9/71-4/73 |
. | Goltman, John,
Battery Commander | 9/68-5/69 |
. | Griffin, Roger W,
16B First time, 24Q30 second time(AN/MPQ-T1, Track & Computer Mech.) Anyone seen Jim Willard? Roger White?
- 12687 Goose Egg Rd., Casper, WY 82604
| 9/65-7/66 7/70-7/74 |
. | Kuykendall, Dan,
. | 09/72-01/73 |
. | Murray, Robert M,
PFC - motor pool driver. Drove for Major Lowell at the Burlington Hq.
for a short time | 4/59-3/62 |
. | Nowicki, Ron | 63-64 |
. | O'Leary, Paul,
HIPAR operator and Acquisition Radar operator.
Also served for a time as a section chief and in the motor pool. | 2/71-2/74 |
. | Peltonen, George S.,
IFC PSG, served as Lchr PSG in 1973, went through an ARADCOM TPI then returned to IFC PSG.
Made E8 as site was closing. Promotion had me all screwed up, from Site closing in August 1974 until I
received E8 Assignment Orders in October 1974. Just sat in my quarters in Beverly, Ma (Laurel Street),
calling DA about orders which finally came assigning me to HHB, 5/6th ADA Baumholder, Germany as Battlion S2 NCO.
| 2/72-10/74 |
. | Sterner, Joseph,
I were the cook! Who suck the pinball out the glass with the HIPAR magnet?
Where is Bob Mowdy and Doc? | /72-/72 |
. | Stokes, David,
- SFC Shelky and his crew of five travel to different Nike Sites with engineers from
Raytheon to test long range radars. | 12/58-12/59 |
. | True, Richard,
SP5 Assembly Crewman. Left MA to Athens, Greece served as Security NCO
and Warhead Assembly Crew on a Greek Air Force Site. (SASCOM UNIT) -
35 Granite Ct SE, Mason City, IA 50401 | 7/71-1/72 |
. | Wood, Rich
16c tracking station, Helped put the lock on the place as I left for
Germany. | 72-74 |
B-17
Brush Radar
| Nahant | . |
. | Bostaph, Thomas J., 29162 Dalgado Rd., Hayward, CA | 56-59 |
. | Butler, Jerry,
"mascot" - I was not in the ADA, but from summer 1960 to June 1961 I was
sort of a "mascot" of a Regular Army battery. I did cartoons and a welcome sign
to the IFC area, and sort of hung around. Great bunch of troops! Most of my
high school off-time was spent at the site. While other young lads my age were
chasing girls and learning how to drink beer I was learning the components of the
MTR / TTR and bathtub radars. I often think how fortunate I was to be able to
do this. Sometimes I wonder how or why it was allowed - it sure wouldn't
happen today... | 76/60-6/61 |
. | Kobey, David,
1928 Independence Avenue, Viera, FL 32940 | 9/59-1/60 |
. | Stone, Dave,
spl4, computer operator, member of USARADCOM softball team that
won U.S. championship. | /57-/60 |
. | Stokes, David,
- Brush Radar was located at a light house; which were coverted to an Early Warning Radar
(AN/TPS/1D) site, all the men at this radar site were assigned to Charlie Battery 605th Msl Bn. for rations,
quarters, and administration. The site claim to fame was tracking Russian Aircraft that flew to the
United States prior to Nikita Khrushchev visit which came a few month later. SSG Rousell was the NCOIC,
with Sp5 Cook, Sp 3 John Paul, Fred West, Milton Rogers, etc
| 10/56-11/58 |
. | Swartz, James R.,
Installation Electrician Power Generation, Elevators & compressor repair | /60-/62 |
B-21DC | Fort Banks, Ft. Heath, Winthrop
| . |
. | Alperin, Stuart,
First Lieutenant - Air Control Officer ECCM School Ft. Bliss | 12/62-10/63 |
. | Campbell, Richard,
Transferred to 32nd Artillery Brigade, Kapaun Barracks, K-town, Germany -
PO Box 248, New Boston, NH 03070-0248 | 7/60-6/61 |
. | Crescitelli, Richard,
Did ECM/ECCM training with van mounted jamming equipment. Caused quite a stir when we
jammed a site late one night and the director failed to notify the site that a sneak excercise
was going to, take place.
I was on the ECCM cosole when the Air Force did a simulation of an attack on the Boston Sector.
They were using the RB-66 Hustler and we stopped them cold anyway! A Very nice night that was...
- 844 Cypres Pines Way, Henderson, NV 890025/61-8/63 |
. | Harrington, David,
CPT; M/M Crew Leader and Ass't Section Leader, 56th Bde | 7/63-7/64 |
. | Katz, Burt,
17 Adam Place ,New City,NY 10956 | 5/59-1/61 |
. | Noakes, Robert,
technician on the AN/FSG-1 Missile Master. MOS was 299.1 Signal Air Defense
Fire Distribution Systems. Arrived at Ft. Heath in October, 1962 right in
the middle of the Cuban Missile Crisis. | 10/62-12/64 |
. | Slattery, Thomas,
Boston Harbor, Winthrop temp site, three ajax msl -
I was a corporal I had been in the Infantry and choose ADA when i re enlisted.
I was then transfered to a site just south of West Point NY because of an ongoing dental problem -
4211 D Canterbury SQ SO Indianapolis, In 46260 | 8/56-2/57 |
|
B-36 | Ft. Duvall/ Hull / Weymouth | . |
. | Blanchard, Al (Doc),
IFC operator, (was to ETS in Feb 62 but spent a two month extention
(Berlin) and got out in April.) | 4/61-4/62 |
. | Clement, Robert W.,
Fire Control System Maintenance Technician, after 47 week school at
Ft. Bliss, Texas (MOS 226.60) - would very much like to hear from
fellow "comrads in arms", who were at Hull or Weymouth, and Ft. Bliss, Texas
| 7/59-3/61 |
. | Cote, Ronald,
Started as LAuncher Helper and ended as GMIE.
7 Lake Ave Tiverton, RI 02878 | 1/65-8/74 |
. | Dow, Gerald "Jerry",
Pit rat till MA ARNG took over site - after to Bristol RI
- 59 Brockbank Place, Sierra Vista AZ 85635 | 9/62-4/64 |
. | Pearce, George,
medic/spl. , Pfc E3 in rank at time of assignment.
Family living in N.J. at this time so this was great duty and
able to commute weekends. E-mail welcome. | 1/62-9/62 |
. | Pearson, Arthur H, -
Launcher Crewman E3 PFC Gen Oper,Security.
P.O. Box 247 Eastham MA 02642 - Site closed soon after left site
| 11/69-5/74 |
PR-19
HHB-739th | Rehoboth | . |
. | Clarke, Joseph,
launching area crew member sp4 a lot of good times
| /58-/61 |
. | Daugherty, Jerry J.,
Was Acq. radar Op., Early warning plotter, Computer op.
Pulled a little guard duty, KP. 3617 Knight Ct. SW, Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
1/60-6/61 |
. | DiMarco, Dino Launcher Area Maint
SFC E-6 | '58-'61 |
. | Doan, Rodney R.,
SSGT TO-SFC E7 - 954 Barneck rd port haywood Va 23138 | 12/68-7/69 |
. | Goltman, John,
HHB Commander, S-4 | 5/69-1/70 |
. | Hawkins, David Lemoyne
E-4, Acq. Opr. MOS 173.10 Sweetwater, TX. Ran 16mm projector
for Battalion Commander's talks in community and movies for the troops. | '59-'61 |
. | Mason, Phillip,
Battery XO | /58-/59 |
. | Malecki, Eugene M.,
1st Lt., Asst battalion S-3, Ops and Trng; add'l duties Bn TI&E Off., Asst PIO, Bn CBR Off.
Attended SAM OBC Class 3 at Ft. Bliss 9/55-1/56. | 4/56-9/57 |
. | Palmatier, Kenneth,
cook hq mess hall | 10/61-4/63 |
. | Pritchard, William
asst S3 Bn Hq | 1970-1971 |
D-14 | Selfridge AFB - (Shared IFC with D-16) | . |
. | Bailey, Tommy R.,
- would like to hear from other scope dopes like me. | 2/66-7/67 |
. | Champion, Larry
E3, Launcher crewman, 2050 Eleanor St., Vidalia, La. 71373 | 1/66-5/66 |
. | Fox, Stewart Delbert (Del),
Radar Maintenance Tech, SP4, - Played Guitar in locaL band -
closed site shipped to 155mm SP unit at ft Sill OK - POB 236066, Cocoa, Fl 32923
| 12/59-1/62 |
. | Golip, Michael,
Stationed at Selfridge for 2 weeks, was declared excess, sent to White Sands for
Sentinel/Safeguard Training - end of Nike Herc career, was trained as a
23g20 Nike/Herc FC Maint | 3/68-3/68 |
. | Miller, Howard,
SP4 - Aurora, Indiana 47001 | 12/56-8/59 |
. | Twyman, Spencer,
SP4 Launching area - 30625 Lebanon Dr. Warren, MI 48093
| 10/56-10/58 |
D-15DC &
HQ 28th Gp | Selfridge AFB | . |
. | Callahan, Chester,
Teletype Operation Supv. 28th Group. Worked in the communication
center near the front gate, near the big radar tower. Distributed crypto codes
for all sites in the Detroit area. Sure with I could remember the name of the
officer in charge of communications when I was there. | 4/64-3/65 |
. | Caloia, William ,
What happened to the guys who repaired the TSQ 51 or the FUIF? | 6/68-1/69 |
. | Garrett, Frank,
2nd Lt. Fire direction Officer in ADCAP blue room. Transf. to 2nd Rgn ARADCOM Selfridge AFB
Started as 1st Lt XO of Hdq Btty While unit relocated. CO was 1st Lt George Stone. Was Promoted to Capt
and Given CO when Stone left. Was last person on site which closed two yrs later.
Had Gen Dean and Maj Gen Barfield on my morning report.
| 1/67-8/67
8/67-7/71 |
. | Novak, Jim,
Worked on switchboard in blue room. worked off base during riots. Worked at Rhule's
Ambulance in Mt. Clemens when I was off duty. - 1755 S Naperville Rd. Wheaton, Il 60189
| 9/66-8/67 |
. | Prather, Kenneth J,
Worked in the Missile Master Blue Room - 209 Teneva Cove, Cibolo, TX 78108
| 2/63-7/64 |
. | Verburg, Harry J Jr,,
Captain, HQ 28th ADA Group Headquarters Battery Commander, then Ass't S-3 -
704 Gibson St. Truth or Consequences, NM 87901 | 05/71-02/73 |
D-16 | Selfridge AFB - (Shared IFC with D-14) | . |
. | Balley, Tommy Reid,
ran hipar and made sp/4. got married while there.cw3 hanson was one of the maint.
warrants. i lived in nearby utica, mi. we had six batteries in detroit defense.
| 3/66-6/67 |
. | Baumgarten, Ronald L.,
PFC LCT Selfridge AFB - now SANGB. The site is completely gone, how do I know ?
I have lived across the Clinton River, about a half mile away, for 41 years.
- 39911 Memory Lane, Harrison Township, MI 48045 | 12/56-09/59 |
. | Chase, Bill,
FUIF - PFC | 9/62-8/64 |
. | Clark, Gary,
I was only at Selfridge for a little while. I shipped from school at Fort Belvoir
and was here TDY pending assignment. - 18864 Gillman, Livonia, MI 48152 | 7/60-8/60 |
. | Evola, Charles T,
TTR operator | 6/62-10/63 |
. | Hancock, John D.,
SP5 IFC Section Chief 1314 N. Atlanta Pl. Tulsa, Ok. 4110 | 10/10/59-1/61 |
. | Knapp, Jeffrey A.,
| 1959-62 |
. | Ledford, Joseph R.,
Launcher Crewman, PFC, I would like to hear from [folks].
Box 176 Delano, Tenn 37325
| 11/56-10/58 |
. | Paul, Billy A.,
SP4, Senior IFC Operator and Instructor.
4 Mesa Ridge Abilene, Texas 79606 -
played on battery flag football team, battery basketball team and base baseball
team. Worked with some of Nike's best. | 11/56-9/58 |
. | Shinn, Dick,
Lake St Clair is very cold when you are standing in
formation in the winter! | 9/69-9/70 |
. | Trewhella, Joe,
| 3/62-8/62 |
D-26
double site | Ft Wayne/Detroit (launchers at Belle Isle, Blue Haron Lagoon) | . |
. | Bush, William J. (marc),
CW2 Interested in hearing from other members of 1/177th Missle | . |
. | Fultz, Dallas,
Rank E-5 | 8/65-6/68 |
. | Kroy, Ralph,
2nd/1st - Launcher plt ldr, fire control ldr, exec off.
Will help clarify site info. Add'l duties: Assit bn Trial Council Btry sec off,
motor off, supply off, etc (shortage of officers)
Btry cmdr was John.F. Shannon/later Mjr McKibbon. Did have "Battle Stations Guns Tight"
experience, 1957, as fire control leader. Also flooding of the launcher pit when
the pumps failed when I was launcher plataoon leader. -
12901 Titian Avenue ,Granada Hills, CA 91344 | 3/56-3/58 |
. | Logan, Richard,
I was in charge of LCT and communications. -
Original site for A bty 85 was a shared launch area with B bty on Belle Isle. We activated the site 9/55 - D-23?
| 8/55-12/56 |
. | Lugauer, John,
16B - Missle Launcher Crewman - Left to go to Nuc.Weapons Electronics.
I remember the COLD winter I spent there! ;-) I still remember putting a second mattress
over me one night. The glass of water by the bed was frozen solid! LOL
I don't really know how I found your site, but man, it brought back
memories. Running from the barracks to the pit to raise the missiles.
Man, some of the memories. :) Including the times at Ft. Bliss and Juarez, Especially Juarez!
11/68-4/69 |
. | Marple, Raymond,
SP4 motor Pool, cbr/cbn NCO B Battery was at the foot of Conner Ave. in Detroit right on the River.
The launch area and dog handlers area were on Belle Isle right next to the Detroit Yacht club.
The snow was so bad there that I had to plow Conner all the way from Jefferson to the guard post
by the river several times.There is a park there now I believe that the Lennox street that is
mentioned is one street east of Conner. 1-313-541-8607 - 18274 Norborne Redford MI 48240
| 12/66-6/67 |
. | McCubbin, Ron Sr.,
with launchers on Belle Island | 1/57-10/59 |
. | Partington, Dennis K.,
PFC LCT operator. Johannesburg MI | 7/58-3/61 |
. | Quirk, Quentin,
At age 22 I was acting Btry. CO until cadre arrived in September with Capt.
Gallipeau. Then I acted as Exec....meaning I did nothing as we had two many Lts.
| 3/55-3/56 |
. | Seach, Arden W.,
SP-4, Helped dismantle the Ajax Missiles and then finished my time
as permanent gate guard. 5519 E. Co. Rd. J Clinton, WI 53525 - | 8/61-5/62 |
. | Searls, James,
One of last people to leave this site as it was being shut down | 2/68-6/69 |
. | Sisman, Robert,
Foot of Conner- Belle Isle - North Olmsted, Oh - also dtigers06@gmail.com | 11/59-8/60 |
. | Zeiter, Robert L,
Fire control operator, SP5, Discharged 3/22/62. Enlisted Apr '62 in Ohio ANG at CL34 Ajax. CL34 closed and OANG took control of CL69 Hercules. 10/63 - 11/64 at Ft. Bliss for Hercules Fire Control Maintenance School for OANG taking control of site at Oxford, OH 1965, Cincinnati Defense. Closed that site 3/70. Discharged OANG 6/70 as SFC. -
418 Prospect St., Wellington, OH 44090 | 8/61-3/62 |
|
D-61 | Romulus/Dearborn | . |
. | Arbour, Harold C.,
I served on a custodial team. I was Regular Army assigned to a
National Guard site. We monitored the status and mvement of the nuclear
warheads and controled the access to the arming plugs. We represented
the federal control over the nuclear weaons that were on the National Guard site.
I didn't see any mention of "Custodial Teams" anywhere in your stories. -
17653 Cove Lane, Port Vincent, LA. 70726
| 1/63-3/65 |
. | Black, Charles D.,
Pvt left as SP5 a few good friends There. The cuban threat.
Staying on the Radar all day and nite. Friends Norman Woolfolk,Billy Price, ...
and the Middlebelt Bar. -
47311 47th st. E. sp-139 Palmdale Ca 93552 | 9/59-2/64 |
. | Clark, Gary,
I was a Spec 4 in charge of the generator shack in the launch area. MOS GMIEER. Lived in the IFC
until 12/61 when I got married and moved off base. Years later after retiring from Ford's, I started teaching
for their apprentice school at New Boston not far from Headquarters battery at Carleton where I was mustered
out of the Army. Come to find out one of my fellow instructors at the school was at D-61 the same time I was
there. Rick Custer, he shipped out to Germany soon thereafter. - 18864 Gillman, Livonia, MI 48152
| 8/60-6/62 |
. | Hewitt, Philip,
24U Warhead Technician as active Army on a NG site.
244 Delynn Dr, Hazel Green, AL 35750
| 2/69-11/70 |
. | Israel, Willis,
Assigned right out of basic training as a Pvt. E-2 OJT. While waiting for my security clearance
I operated the civilan switchboard, pulled kp and guard duty, and worked for Sgt. Williams
in the supply room. Sgt. Williams was a fine man and NCO. I received my security clearance
and was shipped to Okinawa in January, 1963. - Hale, MO 64643 | 9/62-1/63 |
D-87 | Commerce/Union Lake | . |
. | Beach, C.,
C-3-517th, SP4 - Senior Comp & Acq, 16C20, Improved Nike Hercules - IFC Area - SNAP x2 in W. Sands, NM.
Juarez was interesting ... 1967 riots in Detroit brought out tanks
to guard us for real. | 5/66-3/68 |
. | Betts III, Herbert (Glen),
16C10 & 16C20 PFC to E-4.. I and three other E-4s and the 1st Lt were the last ones out
the gate leaving a warrent and some civilians to finish the dismantle. By the way, the
bronze unit placque that was at the base of the flag pole found its way to behind the
counter at the "Little Brown Jug" LBJs is gone know and I assume the placque with it.
- postal Milford, MI | 4/73-9/74 |
. | Bohannon, Terry,
PFC - SP4 - PFC - SP4 - PFC they should have had velcro back then! 16C IFC AREA,
left for Germany in late 69. - 39482 Marne Ave, Sterling Heights, MI 48313
| /68-/69 |
. | Brewer, Dwight,
Sp5 Launcher Crewman
| 1/69-12/70 |
. | Brittain, Roger D.,
SP/4 Acquisition Radar Operator. Michigan | 5/66-1/68 |
. | Brown, Dwight E.,
A Section SP-5 Launcher Repairman, Console Operator SNAP 71 - phone 352-205-8536 -
2570 Edgemoor Terrace, The Villages, FL 32162 | 2/69-6/71 |
. | Campbell, Woolery "Woody",
| 7/72-7/73 |
. | Evola, Charles T,
Maintenance 226.6 | 1'66-10/66 |
. | Hinklin, Robert E,
Company clerk; arrived straight from basic tng as E-1 and became E-4 before
duty station in Thailand. 1SG Norman C Bell, Cpt Dennis R Perry, Cpt Joseph E
Girard, CW2 Richard Mitchell, others. Also played in bands in local night clubs
on weekends...overall nice duty. - Cincinnati, Ohio | 3/68-10/68 |
. | Jegelewicz, James ,
Made SFC took over as Maint.Chief | 6/66-8/68 |
. | Jones, Kit,
nike crewman - worked for Sgt. Morino e3 | 72-73 |
. | Klinger, Richard,
| 12/70-12/70 |
. | Kolarik, Larry A,
Sgt E5, Crewman 16C, Was a Radar operator.-
57365 Woodcreek Lenox, Mi 48048 | 11/68-6/72 |
. | LeCours, Roger,
NCO for Training, Public Information, and various other duties.
Worked in headquarters building | 1/55-10/57 |
. | Marple, Raymond,
Motor Pool, Left C Battery and went to HHB Selfridge Air Base 11/67
remained at HQ till deployment to RVN 3/68 - 18274 Norborne Redford MI 48240
| 6/67-11/67 |
. | Mitchell, Richard L (Dick),
WO, Retired and went on to bigger and better? things.
Apollo, 8 thru 14 and Shuttle payloads from 80 to 97. Now retired,
still very healthy and active. | 1967-10/69 |
. | Pickett, Greg,
E-3 16B20 missle crewman, closed site headed for Italy -
7137 Welles st. Brown City MI. 48416 | 12/73-7/74 |
. | Porter, Arthur L.,
Target Tracking Radar Supervisor. I also was in charge of the
Generator Section for a short while. My highest rank was SP-5. I met lots of
nice and interesting men while there. Some may remember me,
I played the guitar and sang. Had a good time. My home town was Banner, Virginia. I now reside at
819 Panacella Drive, Abingdon, Virginia 24210. My phone number is 276-608-8210. I would love to
hear from some of the guys. I'll be checking for reunion information. | 9/65-6/68 |
. | Sloman, Ron,
Pvt to Sp5. IFC area Senior Azimuth operator by end of tour.
Hipar building was constructed during cuban missle crisis
(by accident). While at SNAP we pilfered a drone and had it shipped back.
Mounted it at the IFC area.
OUTSTANDING !! - You guys were something else !! - Ed Thelen
| 9/62-4/65 |
. | Storemski, Steve J,
IFC area - 37301 Elberta Ln Brookshire Tx | 2/73-2/74 |
. | Waibel, Richard (Dick),
Held all Battery Office Positions - mostly IFC & Launcher PLT LDR Positions.
Fired both Ajax and Herc at "SNAP"
in 69 annd 70. Phone # 570-420-1114 - RR 7 Box 7345 Stroudsburg, Pa 18360 | 8/68-6/70 |
. | Welnicke, Larry A.,
16C20 Fire Control Crewman - Missile Tracking Radar Operator Alot of good times with one hell of a crew!
| 09/72-06/74 |
MS-40 | Farmington | . |
. | Belfer, Bert,
SP 6, IFC Maintenance, 24Q, 1st site I helped close,
but not the last. Next stop Pittsburg. | 06/70-06/71 |
. | Black, Charles D.,
Sp5 MTR operator Was cold in winter time | 1/63-8/64 |
. | Brody, Rick, | /69-/70 |
. | Garon, Rudy,
| 7/69-2/71 |
. | Lewis, Paul,
SP/5 TTR Radar Optr. went thru system exchange and a horrible winter
| 10/68-11-69 |
. | Mc Daniel, Gary,
sp/4 fire control operator, 16c20 - 10915 Goodall Rd Unit 323, Durand, Mi.48429
| 9/62-9/63 |
. | Metzker, Mike,
24P20 HIPAR Mech. - I was at MS-40 when it was closed down. SP5 trained at FT. Bliss,TX.
- Once during the winter of 1970 ( don't remember quite when), the Hipar antenna stopped rotating when the
temperature reached into the 40 below range in Minnesota. It burned out the servo drive amp circuit. I can't
believe I worked on that tower under those conditions. young and stupid....
- On not such a good note...although I have no proof of my conclusion....I was hospitalized during my
service there, in my mind due to exposure.....I was taken to the university hospital and examined for
rheumatoid symptoms by doctors who only said my blood work showed high inflammation levels.
| 12/69-5/71 |
. | Sherrard, Robert J.,
Fire Control Operator/ Section Chief (SP5, Acting SGT). | 11/60-8/61 |
. | Torres, Victor P.,
| 5/61-9/63 |
. | True, Richard,
Site was closing. 35 Granite Ct SE, Mason City, IA 50401 | 7/69-6/71 |
MS-48DC | S. Minneapolis | . |
. | Bland, David,
2LT: D&C Offcr, Asst. PIO (LTC Don Wells: PIO), defense counselor, Survivor?s Asst Offcr
x 2, Escort Offcr for Operation Understanding (w/50th Group CO, COL Charlton) trip to
NORAD, Ft Bliss, White Sands, and ARADCOM HQ (Ent AFB), CG: GEN Underwood. MARS offcr
(K0LCB/KB0GR). Still enjoy copies of TWIN CITY DEFENDER. Enjoyed dinners with Vice
President & Mrs. Hubert Humphrey during the time 50th Grp Aviation section provided
air support to them, not to mention the great guys while overseeing the EM club;
lots of great '50's and ?60's music, parades, and parties! Reconnected with several
50th Grp missilemen while site CO of AADCAP #2, HQ 38th BDE (ADA), Osan AB, Korea.
Lots of cherished memories!! So sad to see 50th Grp HQ bulldozed---that's progress, I guess?
| 5/67-3/68 |
. | Curley, Patrick,
SP5--Crypto. Two fantastic years, with a bunch of great guys. Wild but great.
Winters were pure hell, but you could not beat the spring and summer. -
Fishers, Indiana | 2/62-8/64 |
. | Duoos, John,
17h40 (converted to 16k40) 68th artillery brigade
| 5/68-5/69 |
. | Henson, Dan,
AN-GSG-5 BiRDIE Repairman - 397 arcadia dr wellington fl | 1/64-6/67 |
. | Lundgren, John E,
Air Defense Radar Repairman, 26H, SP/4 on AN/FPS-69 Search RADAR, IFFs (Nike Herc).
Visited 4 surrounding batteries at Farmington, St.Bonfacius, Mound,
Hudson WI, etc. HHB, 50th Arty Gp, Snelling AADS, Minn. 55111 -
SAC 1530 W. 17th St. A-124 Santa Ana, Ca. 92706 | 3/67-12/67 |
. | Nelson, Dan,
Sp5 Crypto Maintenance communications center. Was part of STRATCOM AD at this site.
Served all my time there. Great duty and great people from so long ago.
| 4/69-3/71 |
. | Pacetti, Dick,
Nike Hercules Headquarters site 3rd Missile Batt 68th Arty - Carmel,Indiana | /60-/61 |
. | Peterson, Robert D.,
PFC, radar Plotter Minneapolis, Fort Snelling, Headquarters.
I always enjoyed visiting the sites. St. Bonifaceus was my favorite to visit (it was the
people that made the visits great). - 3232 Vine Avenue SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52403
| 8/62-8/63 |
. | Riley, Robert N. (Bob),
MOS--25D20 (BIRDIE Repairman) Trained at Fort Bliss 1-69 / 7-69. Rank--SP-4 Lived
in Radar barracks. Section Chief CWO McDowell, Section NCOIC-SFC Grissom, Others: SP-4'S Smith,
Grimshaw, Morrow, Dueffer, Sp-5's Bennett & Schultz, SP-6 Toomer. Also Sp-4 Brookman
from Radar. I once got locked out of section for 6-7 hours during midnight shift,
but nothing happened, Our section pulled many Vietnam-related funeral / burial details
since we were located across street from Snelling National Cemetery. ARADCOM was good
duty, very decent chow--lots of steak and lobster. - 12514 Kurtell Lane Cypress Texas 77429-2294
| 7/69-5/70 |
. | Roschow, Fred M.,
(Hdq 3rdmsl 68th arty Snelling AFS)
31k20 cryptographic repairman commo SP/5 Blockhouse,
Crypto & Teletype equipment in Como. SP-5
- 190 Brookwood Park Road - P.O. Box 26 - Bristol, New Hampshire 03222 | 6/64-6/66 |
. | Rovner, Jan
| '68-'70 |
. | Ward, Amanda J.,
Operations and Intelligence Specialist 16H | 69-70 |
. | Webb, Jim,
Battery Clerk for HHB 13th Arty Gp (ADA)(NH) | 6/69-10/70 |
MS-70
C Batty 3rd MSL Batt 68th ARTY
| St. Bonifacius | . |
. | Clark, Paul,
pit rat lct operator | 10/62-12-64 |
. | Drobny, Paul Joseph,
I was a SP. 5 and had a 16c mos, mostly I was a computer operator cross trained
on both Hi power and low power Acq radars.
This site closed and I was assigned to B btry 1st BN 60th Atry Munster, Ind. 6/71 to 3/72
| 2/71-5/71 |
. | Evola, Charles T
Maintenance 226.6 | 2/65-12/65 |
. | Frith, Donald M., generator operator e-3 stayed in trouble--restriced was my
middle name - to cold in minn for louisana boy - 195 peaceful monroe la 71203 | 11/62-7/65 |
. | FitzGibbon, Michael,
E-4 custodian / missle crewman/cook | 3/66-11/67 |
. | German, Don,
Spec 5 26J Acquisition Radar Maint. Freeze to death in winter,
eaten alive by mosquitoes in the summer.
Hey - Ed Thelen here - boss of this web site
- I was raised in Minnesota!
A word - the official state bird is the loon -
but the UNofficial state bird is the female mosquito.
Clouds of big, mean, aggressive, ever hungry, voracious, vicious female mosquitos.
(I'm afraid to go back!)
Now I live in California. The mosquitoes here are tiny whimps!! We
elect loons to the legislature and congress. - Cheers -
|
| 4/67-5/69 |
. | Hartwig, James,
SSG Section chief | 12/65-3/68 |
. | McFarland, Ross
| 10/59-8/62 |
. | McIntosh, Donnie,
MSL Crewman and LCG Operator. My last 6 months I was in the LCG
trailer building. I was an E-4 when I was discharged from the service.
- 2901 Cutters Grove Ave Apt 103 Anoka, MN 55303
- phone 218-255-5110 | 11/65-6/68 |
. | Miller, Dennis,
SP-4 Supply Clerk | 6/69-9/69 |
. | Pelletier, Roger,
Site closing, E-4, | 1/71-6/71 |
. | Renner, David,
I was a HIPAR operator and frequent gate gard. Pulled alot of KP, too. I remember some serious snow and cold
at St Boni! Both IFC and the Launching area are still there. St Boni has a city park with a Herc on display and a plaque
thanking all of us for our service. Corky's is no longer Corky's. I remember Capt Fee, Mr Griffith, Sgt Williams,
Sgt Hartwig, Sgt Hewitt. I remember a guy named Stafsholtz (spelling?) who would get so wasted he could hardly drive thru
the gate with both gates open. Man that guy could snore! Once we carried him, bunk and all out of the barracks and left
him outside for the night. I spent about three years at Herc sites in Darmstadt(A/1/67) and Pirmasens (C/2/56)in Germany.
Not a bad way to spend your military service in those days! I've done a little research on other batteries in MN using
the web and Google Earth. You can view satellite photos of most of them if they're still there. | 12/66-12/67 |
. | Sykes, Robert L.,
IFC Technician, Sp/ Received appointment to Reserve Warrant
Officer. Retired CW3 8/75, 7455 S. Hulen St #110 Fort Worth, TX 76133 | 6/66-4/67 |
. | Tether, Mick,
Pit rat - 16B. Great duty but not technical enough. Took a short reup to got to
Redstone Rest Home for Fire Control Repair course 22L. Still drive by the site once in a while
for nostalgia purposes. | 11/68-5/69 |
SL-60 | Pacific | . |
. | Barnes, Raymond C.,
Made rank of e5, chief of ajax section. First oneout here.
Before they even had roads. Way out in the boonies.
Married girl from that area and liked it so well I never left.
Retired from G.M. after 30 years.
- 548 coventry farms rd,villa ridge,mo 63089 | 6/59-6/62 |
. | Bauer, John G.,
Scope-dope MTR. 1009 East First St. Mountain Home, AR 72653
| 11/62-11/65 |
. | Bonnot, Jerry,
TTR, SP5, | 5/62-5/65 |
. | Duvall, Donald,
Launcher area Maint Sgt | 8/63-/65 |
. | Gottwald, Chester F.,
sp 4 unforgetable | 4/63-11/65 |
. | Hunter, Terry, 2286 jackson dr apt a arnold mo 63010,
assembly building taers spec maint hercules
missile log records however mos indicated fork lift operator
| 8/65-4/67 |
. | Rukgaber, John L.,
SP5 MTR operator | 8/65-5/68 |
. | Short, Robert,
Acquisition radar SP/5 | 1/63-9/65 |
. | Shurley, Michael O.,
e-4 mtr operator. - like to contact army pals.
off time we drank lots and partyed lots -
had lots of fun. - 816 e st se ardmore okla 73401 |
8/65-6/68 |
. | Ulery, Bill,
225/22F20 sp/5 Was there when site closed down. Hated to leave.
- 396 Orchard ave. Scottdale Pa.15683
| 6/67-9/68 |
. | Wallace, Larry D,
E-4 Had Mos. 352.2 (electrical msl repairman)operated Generators in IFC area,
pulled a lot of guard and KP. it was definitely unforgetable. | 9/61-5/64 |
. | Washam, Johnny L,
Sp/4 Generator Operator | 6/62-1/64 |
. | Wolfmeyer, Jim
Fire Control Operator | '67-'68 |