Ron Pickinpaugh's Pictures
of
2004 Red Canyon Reunion

which Ron organized :-))

The Red Canyon reunion group picture

Zones of action include:

- Greetings and early pictures

- Tour of Red Canyon

- Oscura RCAT launch area

- Trinity Site Site of first atomic bomb test

- Tour of White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) launch areas

- Lunch at WSMR Frontier Club

- Bauquet at the Hilton Hotel

- Individual Pictures

- images by Ron Pickenbaugh

RCRC Reunion sign
U.S. Map showing the general Nike Sites
Mac, Marlene McCabe
Ed Thelen, Dale T. Smith, Robert Hancock

Sandra Kirkconnall, Mary Ann Lunsetter, Karen Stover, Julia Halliburton, Judith Churchman
Jack Halliburton, Fran, David Bohl, Jerry Churchman
Tad Colescott, Myron Hollister, Kathy Colescott
Donna, Gerry Young, Marian, Bill Rude

Don Wellman
Mal Zeddies, Larry Stover. Phil Dyrud, Howard Lunsetter
Norman Whitten, Bob Robbins
Kathy. Dennis Symth, Maurice, Joan McNeely

Maurice McNeely, Dennis Smyth, Joan McNeely. Kathy Smyth
Bob Robbins, Don Wellman, Howard Lunsetter
The gang waiting for Jim Eckles from WSMR
Kevin Wellman, Jim Eckles (WSMR)
- images by Ron Pickenbaugh

White Sands National Monument Visitor's Center. This was our first stop on the way to Red Canyon
The parking lot at the White Sands National Monument
This is some of the foundations at Red Canyon
This is some of the foundations at RCRC

More foundations at Red Canyon
More foundations at Red Canyon
Looking down from the hill above RCRC
Looking down from the hill above RCRC

Looking down on some more foundations at RCRC
This may have been a flag pole at one time at RCRC
Fran and David Bohl at RCRC
The gang at RCRC

Sharon, Glen Carlton, Dave, Denise Werth at RCRC
Mac and Molly McCurdy at RCRC
This looking toward an underground missile firing bunker at RCRC
The reunion gang looking out toward the missile firing bunker at RCRC

The reunion gang looking out toward the missile firing bunker at RCRC
This hill is on the opposite side to the road from the firing bunker
The reunion gang waiting for some of the group to come back from the firing bunker
Jim Eckels from WSMR probably explaining some of the history of the area
- images by Ron Pickenbaugh

RCAT launch area at Oscura range
RCAT launch area at Oscura range
RCAT launch area at Oscura range, Notice the pole in the distance which was used to Launch RCATs
One of three tracking radars on the WSMR
- images by Ron Pickenbaugh

The gang at Oscura range
The gang at Oscura range
Jumbo bomb casing at the Trinity Site in NM
Jumbo bomb description

Ron Pickinpaugh inside the Jumbo casing
Phil Dyrud
The reunion gang checking out Jumbo
Jean Pickinpaugh

Mileage from the Trinity Site
Ground Zero description at the Trinity Site
Radiation at the Trinity Site
Obelisk at Trinity Site, Ground Zero where bomb exploded on July 16, 1945

Ron Pickinpaugh by the Obelisk et Ground zero
Some of the crystalized reinforced concrete at ground zero
Some of the reunion gang looking at the pictures hanging on the fence at Trinity Site
Trinity base camp showing the McDonald Ranch in 1945

The south 1,000 yard bunker was the control point for the test at Trinity Site
Current aerial view of McDonald ranch
The men unloaded Jumbo onto a 64 wheel trailer from a rail car
Men stack 4,000 boxes of TNT, 100 tons, for the May 7, 1945 calibration test

Dr, Ken Bainbridge was the Trinity Site test conductor
The bomb is completely assembled atop the 100 foot tower
The explosion at.006 seconds
The explosion at.025 seconds

The explosion at .053 seconds
The explosion at 0.100 seconds
The classic mushroom cloud about 15 seconds after detonation
Looking down on ground zero 28 hours after the explosion

A soldier examines one of the footings to the 100 foot steel tower at ground zero months after the test
On Sept- 15-17, 1945 radio reporter George Cremeens interviewed scientists and soldiers alike
Head of Ordnance at Los Almos, Navy Captain William "Deke" Parsons
New Mexico paper announces the Atomic bomb was dropped on Japan in 1945

The Obelisk sits al exact ground zero. It is made of lava rocks
the small blue fragments are Trinite crystalized rock
Jim Eckles of WSMR explaining about the Trinite crystalized rock
The McDonald ranch house at the Trinity Site

The Windmill platform on the McDonald ranch
The water storage tanks by the windmill at the McDonald ranch
The McDonald ranch marked as a historic landmark in 1972
Plutonium assembly room at the McDonald ranch

Some of the pictures hanging in the McDonald ranch
Albert Einstein's letter to President Roosevelt about the atomic bomb
Sleeping Beauty Awakes
->
The Schmidt family built the house

View of the McDonald ranch house looking toward ground zero when the 1st atomic bomb was detonated on July 16, 1945
U.S. Army WSMR 1984 time capsule at the McDonald ranch
Fueling depot on the WSMR
Launch Complex 33 at WSMR
- images by Ron Pickenbaugh

Launch Complex 33 - A Notional Historic Landmark
National Historic Landmark at Launch Complex 33 at WSMR
Launch Complex 33, showing one of the old missiles
Jim Eckles was explaining some of the history at Launch Complex 33
Lunch at WSMR Frontier Club - images by Ron Pickenbaugh

The block house at Launch Complex 33, or control point for the launches
Lunch at the Frontier Club at WSMR
Lunch at the Frontier Club at the WSMR
Lunch at the Frontier Club at the WSMR

Lunch at the Frontier Club at the WSMR
Lunch at the Frontier Club at the WSMR
Lunch at the Frontier Club at the WSMR
The Banquet at the Hilton Hotel
Banquet at the Hilton Hotel - images by Ron Pickenbaugh

The Banquet at the Hilton Hotel
The Banquet at the Hilton Hotel
The Banquet at the Hilton Hotel
The Banquet at the Hilton Hotel
Individual Pictures - images by Ron Pickenbaugh

Jim Eckles of WSMR, our guest speaker
Shirley, Lloyd Berry
Johnson, Anne Fields
David, Fran Bohl

Ken, Elaine Bradley
Judith, Jerry Churchman
Ted, Kathy Colescott
Philip, Avis Dyrud

Jack, Julia Halliburton
Ginny, Robert Hancock
Irvin, Ruth Ann Hess
Myron Hollister

Mike Kinney, Heather Covert
Sandra, Alvin Kirkconnell
Pat, Lyle Kirts
Bob Robbins

Tom, Pat Lundregan
Howard, Mary Ann Lunsetter
Molly, Mac McCurdy
Joan, Maurice McNeely

Norman Paik, Ed Thelen, Tom Lundregan
Donald, Dale Orr
Bill, Marian Rude
Dale T, Smith

Kathy, Dennis Smyth
Karen, Larry Stover
Don, Kevin Wellman
Norman, Becky Whitten

Mitchell Allies
Mel, Marcia Zeddies
Ron, Jean Pickinpaugh
Lynn, Mabel Mark

RCRC Reunion sign	U.S. Map showing the general Nike Sites	Mac, Marlene McCabe	Ed Thelen, Dale T. Smith, Robert Hancock
Sandra Kirkconnall, Mary Ann Lunsetter, Karen Stover, Julia Halliburton, Judith Churchman	Jack Halliburton, Fran, David Bohl, Jerry Churchman	Tad Colescott, Myron Hollister, Kathy Colescott	Donna, Gerry Young, Marian, Bill Rude
Don Wellman	Mal Zeddies, Larry Stover. Phil Dyrud, Howard Lunsetter	Norman Whitten, Bob Robbins	Kathy. Dennis Symth, Maurice, Joan McNeely
Maurice McNeely, Dennis Smyth, Joan McNeely. Kathy Smyth	Bob Robbins, Don Wellman, Howard Lunsetter	The gang waiting for Jim Eckles from WSMR	Kevin Wellman, Jim Eckles (WSMR)

White Sands National Monument Visitor's Center. This was our first stop on the way to Red Canyon	The parking lot at the White Sands National Monument	This is some of the foundations at Red Canyon	This is some of the foundations at RCRC
More foundations at Red Canyon	More foundations at Red Canyon	Looking down from the hill above RCRC	Looking down from the hill above RCRC
Looking down on some more foundations at RCRC	This may have been a flag pole at one time at RCRC	Fran and David Bohl at RCRC	The gang at RCRC
Sharon, Glen Carlton, Dave, Denise Werth at RCRC	Mac and Molly McCurdy at RCRC	This looking toward an underground missile firing bunker at RCRC	The reunion gang looking out toward the missile firing bunker at RCRC
The reunion gang looking out toward the missile firing bunker at RCRC	This hill is on the opposite side to the road from the firing bunker	The reunion gang waiting for some of the group to come back from the firing bunker	Jim Eckels from WSMR probably explaining some of the history of the area

The gang at Oscura range	The gang at Oscura range	Jumbo bomb casing at the Trinity Site in NM	Jumbo bomb description
Ron Pickinpaugh inside the Jumbo casing	Phil Dyrud	The reunion gang checking out Jumbo	Jean Pickinpaugh
Mileage from the Trinity Site	Ground Zero description at the Trinity Site	Radiation at the Trinity Site	Obelisk at Trinity Site, Ground Zero where bomb exploded on July 16, 1945
Ron Pickinpaugh by the Obelisk et Ground zero	Some of the crystalized reinforced concrete at ground zero	Some of the reunion gang looking at the pictures hanging on the fence at Trinity Site	Trinity base camp showing the McDonald Ranch in 1945
The south 1,000 yard bunker was the control point for the test at Trinity Site	Current aerial view of McDonald ranch	The men unloaded Jumbo onto a 64 wheel trailer from a rail car	Men stack 4,000 boxes of TNT, 100 tons, for the May 7, 1945 calibration test
Dr, Ken Bainbridge was the Trinity Site test conductor	The bomb is completely assembled atop the 100 foot tower	The explosion at.006 seconds	The explosion at.025 seconds
The explosion at .053 seconds	The explosion at 0.100 seconds	The classic mushroom cloud about 15 seconds after detonation	Looking down on ground zero 28 hours after the explosion
A soldier examines one of the footings to the 100 foot steel tower at ground zero months after the test	On Sept- 15-17, 1945 radio reporter George Cremeens interviewed scientists and soldiers alike	Head of Ordnance at Los Almos, Navy Captain William "Deke" Parsons	New Mexico paper announces the Atomic bomb was dropped on Japan in 1945
The Obelisk sits al exact ground zero. It is made of lava rocks	the small blue fragments are Trinite crystalized rock	Jim Eckles of WSMR explaining about the Trinite crystalized rock	The McDonald ranch house at the Trinity Site
The Windmill platform on the McDonald ranch	The water storage tanks by the windmill at the McDonald ranch	The McDonald ranch marked as a historic landmark in 1972	Plutonium assembly room at the McDonald ranch
Some of the pictures hanging in the McDonald ranch	Albert Einstein's letter to President Roosevelt about the atomic bomb	Sleeping Beauty Awakes	-> The Schmidt family built the house
View of the McDonald ranch house looking toward ground zero when the 1st atomic bomb was detonated on July 16, 1945	U.S. Army WSMR 1984 time capsule at the McDonald ranch	Fueling depot on the WSMR	Launch Complex 33 at WSMR

The block house at Launch Complex 33, or control point for the launches	Lunch at the Frontier Club at WSMR	Lunch at the Frontier Club at the WSMR	Lunch at the Frontier Club at the WSMR
Lunch at the Frontier Club at the WSMR	Lunch at the Frontier Club at the WSMR	Lunch at the Frontier Club at the WSMR	The Banquet at the Hilton Hotel

Jim Eckles of WSMR, our guest speaker	Shirley, Lloyd Berry	Johnson, Anne Fields	David, Fran Bohl
Ken, Elaine Bradley	Judith, Jerry Churchman	Ted, Kathy Colescott	Philip, Avis Dyrud
Jack, Julia Halliburton	Ginny, Robert Hancock	Irvin, Ruth Ann Hess	Myron Hollister
Mike Kinney, Heather Covert	Sandra, Alvin Kirkconnell	Pat, Lyle Kirts	Bob Robbins
Tom, Pat Lundregan	Howard, Mary Ann Lunsetter	Molly, Mac McCurdy	Joan, Maurice McNeely
Norman Paik, Ed Thelen, Tom Lundregan	Donald, Dale Orr	Bill, Marian Rude	Dale T, Smith
Kathy, Dennis Smyth	Karen, Larry Stover	Don, Kevin Wellman	Norman, Becky Whitten
Mitchell Allies	Mel, Marcia Zeddies	Ron, Jean Pickinpaugh	Lynn, Mabel Mark

Ron Pickinpaugh's Pictures of 2004 Red Canyon Reunion

Ron Pickinpaugh's Pictures
of
2004 Red Canyon Reunion