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| Site ID or center | Name, family name first (rank & duty optional) | dates at location Hq 1/56 | Pasadena | . | . | Durffee, Ed
CW3 IFC Warrant CW3 | '67-'68 | . | Geer, Jack,
Launch Specialist, Nike Herk, I worked out of San Pedro | '66-'68 | Hq/4/65 | Van Nuys | . | . | Evans, George
Bn S3 & XO | 56- 60 | Hq 4/251 | Long Beach/Ft MacArthur (It moved around a little)
| . | . | Clark, Richard,
US Army Signal Corps Missle Master Support Detachment, Rank Spec. 4th class, Repair Technician Tracking
Subsystem PO Box 1258, Anaconda, MT 59711 | 11/62-04/64 | . | French, Willard "Jay",
[Ft. McArthur, CA (Missle Master - Signal Corps)]
SP/4 - Fire Unit Integration Faciliity (FUIF) Maintenance - Later Electronics Supply
| 5/63-5/65 | . | Wilson, Scott, SFC | came back later as, CPT S2/Hq Cdr 63-65 | '73-'74 47th AAA Brigade | LA-43, Ft. MacArthur, CA; 47th AAA Brigade - | . | . | Berg, Stanley,
35th AAA Operations- Radio Communications- Operations and Maintenance.
Worked for Jim Spencer, Philco Tech Rep, installing radio
communications equipment between Los Angeles Area Nike Ajax sites, before
Western Electric had their gear up and running. Jim gave me a great practical
education in radio communications of the day- using discarded equipment from
the Long Beach Navy supply depot, etc. Excellent assignment for a draftee!
| 3/54-9/55 | . | Bright, Jim,
Commanded Calverina under Dean Levay from '76 to '80 -
Mt. Calverina, 47th USAAD | /76-/80 | . | Noonan, Robert,
47th art bdge worked in the supply room. selbyville de
| 1/67-12/67 | . | Rose, Hardy (Harmut),
SP4, S4, Motor Pool, Assist Bde Newspaper, Unit Welfare Fund
12800 Webb Chapel Road, Farmers Branch, TX 75234
| 3/66-12/67 | 6th USA Signal Missile Master Support Detachment
| Ft. McArthur, California (San Pedro). | . | . | French, Jay,
Fire Unit Integration Facility (FUIF).(Missile Master)
- see More Missile Master
... [at Ft. McArthur] Our barracks was right on the water ... We sometimes referred
to ourselves as the 69th Surfboard Assault Group. ...
There were four or five of us FUIF men in LA and our duties were to go to
each of the Nike sites surrounding the LA area and perform maintenance. We were
subject to 24 hour call out if one of the sites went down.
...
Anyway, being assigned to the Los Angeles Missile Master was probably some of
the best duty available anywhere and I thoroughly enjoyed my tour there.
| 5/63-5/65 | LA-04 | Mt. Gleason /Palmdale | . | . | Black, Charles D,
Ifc sec chief. Best duty I ever had in the A[ir]D[efense].
SSG.was there until closed. Old friends SFC Thompson,Sp6 Romans, WO Slickleman,
sgt Davis,My crew ,Wo
Bickerman, Lost one parts clerk drowing in little Rock dam, sp6 Perez, Sfc Brandt still
in contact with him. Capt Brown,If anyone knows where these people are give me a
email. just click on my name buddies.I retired here in Palmdale I loved it so much.
Let me know who is out there that remembers me.Thanks for the good times.
| 2/73-6/74 | . | Borden, Bruce,
"War is hell" | 10/66-10/68 | . | Bryn, Fred,
guard with the MP det, and remember the fires of 70 well | /70-/70 | . | Charlton, Stanley,
E-5 AQU-Operator, The duty was good from March - November winter was not good in the IFC area.
Still see or talk to a few people in that defence system. I spent sometime TDY on the ARADCOM pistol team
Late 1962- early 1963. | 10/60-8/63 | . | Collom, Paul D.,
SP/5, started as Duty Driver, then Training Clerk, then Company Clerk.
Don't remember it being called Mt Gleason, just Palmdale -
but then memory does fade! | 11/68-01/71 | . | Dugan, Alan,
Sp/4 Computer Operator | 8/59-6/60 | . | Durffee, Ed
CW3 IFC Plt Ldr | '67-'68 | . | Edmiaston, Bob,
16b - brings back fond memories. recall ,doug allen ,sgt dobbins,sgt dimiglio,
lt kohn, la forte, sokol (,one for me and one for the sarg) roland perkins (,my partner in crime.)
big john cady, and sgt. james t webb any body remember these guys?? | 7/67-8/68 | . | Edwards, Roberet,
23G IFC Radar Maint. SP5, great duty! | 1/67-10/68 | . | Eldridge, Richard J (Rick)
MOS: 24Q20 Fire Control Maint | '70- '73 | . | Evans, Frank H. | . | . | Grippi, Matthew B,
IFC Parts clerk; Plt SSgt. E-6) - Dumont, NJ 07628 | /67-10/68 | . | Kjellsen, Richard C.,
Right out of basic training, next thing I know I'm carrying a carbine with live ammo guarding IFC;
left for OJT at Fort Mac, then to LA-94 in 1964 | 12/63-04/64 | . | Landis, Gary,
Great Duty....Beautiful Country..And we had a very good
basketball team - 1245 South Zimmer Road Warsaw, Indiana 6580 | 9/66-1/68 | . | Miller, Ronald,
Pvt E-2Launcher crew, L.C.T. operator & ordinance parts specialist, guard duty
You could see all Los Angeles on a clear night, and Edwards AFB on a clear
day. This place was almost gives overseas pay because it was so isolated. Beautiful area
| 6/62-11/62 | . | Missavage, John D.,
mos 16c20, sp4, senior azimuth op on ttr. Loved duty at this
site Los Angeles Nat. Forest. Drove snow plow when it snowed....
| /70-/71 | . | Simpson, Chauncey L Lchr. Maint. Chief | '65-'67
| . | Szopinski, Al,
I ran the Power Generators. Great site, Captains were Booten
"bombers" and later Hogan "hero's " Haven't heard or seen anyone since 73. I remember a Ernie "Lacy" Sanders,
Jack Graham, Keller, Cameron, and someone named Mourice, thought to be Billie Jack's cousin :-), -
4942 Stoneledge Rd., Ashville NY 14710
| 12/72-12/73 | . | Sutton, David L,,
Panel Operator, then Section Chief, Charlie Section,
Section Chief, Alpha Section, Forklift operator During Site Closure.
| 01/73-08/74 | . | Tejeda, Juan A.,
SP4 / 16C IFC Radar Operator Left to go to Tech. Maintenance. School at Ft. Bliss, TX.
School closed prior to my start and I was given the oportunity to go to HAWK Maintenance School,
24F. Graduated, and stayed at school as an instructor-technition and eventually made SSG.
Most of my class went to Nam, about a qurater of them went to Key West. I stayed in good old
Ft Bliss. Taken off orders for Nam twice | 09/66-12/67 | . | Thiel, Freddie E.,
Alt. Security Sgt. for Launch Area 101st. Airborne Security Sgt. | /67-/68 | . | Trussell, Eddie J.,
Target Ranging Radar/Assigned to radar and communications/E-4/ work station was about 2 to 3 miles away from
main base. traffic was 0ne way 7 miles from main road to main base. had to call on E-88 land line. When It did not work
I had to walk the 7 miles till I found the break which was the forest service cutting fresh fire brakes. Then there was
the 3 miles to the radar location as well. Batalion was In pasadina think it is C.I.A. now. Fort Mac was so cool right
at the Harbor on north end of San Pedro. I understand It Is long gone now. I went for a visit to 04 about 74 the
National Guard was operating It then. We were obsolete even when I was there. we would try to track the X-15 when
they tesed It out of Edwards haha we could not lock on it was way too fast. I served my 3 years there and left
they Army. Small world 5 or 6 years later I work with a buddy from 04 In civilion life In Phoenix Az. what would
the odds be for that to happen. Thanks for setting up this web site. | 7/61-2/64 | . | Tuttle, George D.,
SP/4 MTR Operator / Range Operator 16C10 | 2/72-9/73 | . | Williams, Larry SP4
Loaded last Warheads as the site closed in 74.
| '73- '74 | LA-09 | Mt. Disappointment /Barley Flats | . | . | Kriebel, Laverne
IFC MAINTENANCE CHIEF Looking for any one
who served at site LA-09 with B Btry 933 Msl Bn
| 1/56 - 12/57 | LA-14 | South El Monte | . | LA-29 | Brea/ Puente Hills | . | . | Abernatha, Harvey,
SP/4 IFC MTR, Was Regular Army and worked on several sites
from 1965 to 1968 in USA & Germany | /68-/71? | . | Aughe, Richard (Dick),
IFC Maint and Section Chief ABAR SFC | '64 to '66 | . | Ramos, Louis, Jr.,
Lchr Warrant 1327 N. Orange Ave, Ontario, CA 91764
| 8/68-4/70 | . | Robertson, Michael S.
| 11/64-1/71 | . | Stevens, Larry B.
?Launcher? | 196?-? | . | Wilson, Scott
- WO-1, LT | '67- '71 | LA-32 | Garden Grove | . | . | Abernatha, Harvey,
SP/5 IFC SSG Headquarters 4 Bat 251 Art | /71?-/74 | . | Cobb, Sam,
WO-1 , | 12/56- ? | . | Edwards, Leon A., SFC (831)395-4546 | 64-68 | . | Kitchens, Lester,
MOS 227.10 severed as LCH & IFC Sec Chief.
Converted site from Ajax to Herc
with package training at Ft. Bliss. Departed 2/60 to pick up Herc package at
Ft Bliss for setup at Abliene Tx (DY-10)
| 56-60 | . | Ramos, Louis, Jr.,
Lchr Warrant Officer 1327 N. Orange Ave, Ontario, CA 91764
| 4/70-4/72 | . | Stevens, Larry B.
?Launcher? | ?- 73 | . | Wilson, Patrick,
SP-4 Warhead Custodian | 65-66 | LA-40 | Long Beach Airport /Lakewood | . | . | Wilson, Scott
Lchr Sec Chief, Plt Sgt, Maintenance, | 57-62 | LA-43 | Ft. MacArthur (Upper Res | . | . | Dale, Bernard,
Ifc | 5/66-5/68 | . | Gilham, Richard,
Spec. 4 For a time Captian Hackworth was my commander, he went
on to become a Col. and now is a famous author. I thought he was a crazy
because he used to make us run all over Fort Mac as is we were ground pounders
| 1958 -1962 | . | Gray, Emerson L.,
IFC, Maint Warrant, | 7/62- 2/71 | . | Ramos, Louis, Jr.,
Lchr Warrant - Closed site. 1327 N. Orange Ave, Ontario, CA 91764
| 4/72-4/74 | . | Rhodes, John
SP5 Fire Control Operator(Acq/Computer) | 60-62 | . | Willey, Keith
CPT, XO, Cdr - Btry XO, Cdr | '68- '71 | . | Wallters, Michael,
| 65-67 | . | Wilson, Scott
LT Plt Ldr, XO, | 71- 73 | LA-45DC | Fort MacArthur - Nike Missile-Master site
| . | LA-55 | Point Vicente, (Palos Verdes)
| a web site . | . | Barge, Earl,
SP4 - Admin | 9/72-3/73 | . | Cobb, Sam,
WO-1 , (xfered to LA-32) | 9/56-12/56 | . | Daley, John,
SP-4 LCT Operator - | 12/55-09/58 | . | Fitzsimmons, Terry,
IFC area | 71 - 74 | . | Hammond, Jack L.,
I was a computer operator. I WAS ON THE 1970 SNAP TEAM THAT FIRED 100%
| 1967-1974 | . | Knous, Larry M.,
179.0, E-3, Acquisition Operator. - turned site over to NG
- 8809 Miami Dr, Rowlett, Tx 75088 | 3/63-10/64 | . | Ramos, Louis, Jr.,
Platoon Sgt/Warrant Officer 1327 N. Orange Ave, Ontario, CA 91764
| 2/64-8/68 | . | Robinson, John,
IFC operator, Mail Clerk, Courier PFC | 12/60-4/62 | . | Willey, Keith
1LT, XO Lchr PL, Btry XO | '63- '68 | LA-57 | Redondo Beach/ Torrance | . | . | Ramos, Louis, Jr.,
Platoon Sgt. 1327 N. Orange Ave, Ontario, CA 91764
| 6/57-2/64 | . | Willey, Keith
WO, 2LT Launcher Warrant, Btry XO | '58- '62 | LA-70 | Hyperion /Playa Del Rey | . | . | Gray, Emerson L.,
Lchr, Elec mat chief, | 9/58-12/61 | LA-73 | Playa Del Rey /LAX | . | . | Aughe, Richard (Dick),
Left site to go to school, Ft Bliss, Texas | '63 | . | Gray, Emerson L.,
Lchr, Maint Warrant, | 1/62-7/62 | . | Holt, Richard L.,
1st Lt IFC Plt Ldr Trained Cal Nat Guard to take over site
| 10/56-4/58 | . | Stevens, Larry B.
?Launcher? | '59-? | LA-78 | Malibu | . | . | Allen, Sidney,
Missile Radar Operator | '65-'66 | . | Blackwell, Richard (Al),
Launcher Crewman | 3/69-11/70 | . | Couch, Henry A.,
Sp 4, 16C20, MTR Operator | 2/72-12/72 | . | Crossman, Doug,
Pit rat, Assistant section chief,SP-5
It would be great to hear from old friends, | 12/68-3/72 | . | DiMarco, Dino,
CW3 Launcher Area Maint | '72 | . | Evans, George,
Battery Cmdr | '66 | . | Foster, Danny L.,
spec 4 16-C fire control operator | '70 '71 | . | Golding, Jim,
Mail Clerk & Training NCO | 6/65-2/67 | . | Heise, Lawrence F.,
acquisition radar operator(OJT) In early 1954, (90mm gun) AAA 1st
unit to occupy site... later "cut off" the top of a mountain above Malibu,
hauled an acquisition radar up nothing more than a fire trail, and
made original "clutter & coverage diagrams, before Nike site was constructed.
[I guess we have to make him an Honorary Nike Guy. The Nike site was installed
in 1956 :-) ] | '55-'55 | . | Henderson, William ( Bill),
Pit Rat section Chief - When I left I had been on the site longer than anyone there.
| 2/70-9/73 | . | Massey, Norman R.,
Worked in the orderly room (still no training, but I knew how to type) until a long talk
with the Launcher PSG got me moved downrange into the missile assembly building as Repair Parts Clerk.
Stayed there until a slot opened in the Generator Section, where I stayed. Promoted to SPEC-4,
ended up as Power Generation Section Chief. Asked to be reclassified as 52B Generator Op/Mech -
the Army needed Computer Programmers that week. 74F carried the maximum VRB and I ain't that
much of a fool - I jumped. Took me another 17 years to find my way out. Promoted to SFC in 1982,
selected for WO appointment in 1984. Ended up retiring as a CWO-3 from USASOC at Ft Bragg in 1991.
- 6381 Harris Road, Holopaw, FL, 34773 | 5/72-5/74 | . | McMahon, Kevin,
SP5 IFC Fire Control Tech | 11/68-9/70 | . | Nelson, Dennis H.,
MP Security Guard Dog Handler. My dog was named Rebel, and
would like to find other guys at the site. Medford, OR 97501 | 9/59-3/62 | . | Preston, Thomas A,
SP5 ACQ Operator Lopar/HIpar, 5170 Kopp Lane NE, Moses Lake, WA 98837 | 1/62-11/64 | . | Richards, Theo D.,
(no address given) MOS 179.1 MTR Operator | '60-'63 | . | Russell, Arthur,
E-4 Aquisition,MTR,TTR Operator. Worked both IFC and Launch area. Had a prefix 5 on my MOS.
Site ID changed from B-3-57 to B-4-65. Check out the Site....http://maps.google.com.....enter zip code 90265...
The Los Angeles County Fire Department has made a few mods. Can no longer play football in the parking lot....
but I'll betcha they still play pool in the Day Room. The Launch Pads/Pits are still there.....The IFC area has been re-worked.
No more .357 target practice...... | 9/58-10/61 | . | Simpson, Chauncey L,
Lchr.Maint.Warrant | '67-'70 | . | Smith, Johnnie A. Jr. (Smitty),
Sp/4 22f (24U20) missile maintainance. First assignment after
completetion of school.. great site and great people to work with.
| 5/67-2/68 | . | Speed, Phil,
SP5 IFC Azimuth Operator | /65-/66 | . | St. Amant, Richard, (bad e-mail address
given)
SP4. Hipower radar operator. Great work station and I miss driving
PCH as the sun rose & Set. | 7/73-4/75 | LA-88 | Chatsworth/Oak Mtn. | . | . | Beets, James (Jim),
Spc 5 MTR Operator, Wife Toni, Lived in Canoga Park Area,
lost touch with greart friends of that time, would like to touch back.
Some of the best years here! | 7/68-1/72 | . | Brocato, Joseph,
orders for Germany (Dexheim Site 1965 to 1967) came to quick...Lchr crewman...Loved LA area
| 4/65-9/65 | . | Brown, Daniel C.,
16B10 I was base phone (switchboard operator)and projectionist
(trained at Ft. McAurthur) again, Security Platoon
- 1107 N. Northlake Way Seattle, WA 98103
| 9/65-2/66 | . | Caniglia, Richard,
SP6 Acquisition Radar Tech 24P20. Remember great times. There for
the earthquake in 2/71 and fires in 9/71. | 7/70-10/71 | . | Harris, Jim C,
Azimuth operator. Went to Ft. Bliss. Juarez sure was
fun as a 21 year kid. | 5/71-4/72 | . | Heidke, Jon,
(bad e-mail address given heidkej&dmreg.infi.com)
SP4 Acting Sgt, Launcher Crewman-Assembly Helper Conversion from Ajax
to Hercules TPI team with WO Paul Tanaka | 11/57-9/60 | . | Houghtaling, Craig,
24P40 SP5 Acquisition Radar Mechanic | 2/71-2/72 | . | Jegelewicz, James ,
The fires were the worst, Goin to town with ... the best,
seein Charlie Manson and the girls ridin the firebreaks provided entertainment!
| 6/66-8/68 | . | Kimble, John A.
pit rat, generator operator, E5 | 12/72-74 | . | Lanier, Donald Jr,
SgtE-5, Crew Chief pit C? Helped convert from Ajax to Hercules.
| 57 - 60 | . | McPheeters, Wallace D.,
Generator operator at launch site down from big white radar dome on the hill.
Listened to Aerodyne testing the Saturn rocket engines across the valley.
Lived in Brown's Canyon in a trailer. Drove 50 mi. to PX at Long Beach. Made SP4.
Rode BSA Goldstar 500cc motorcycle to the site. Short timer. Out in 3+ years.
Headed north to hometown, Oroville, CA. | 8/64-left site 3/65 | . | Mote, Phil,
Pfc worked mostly in the motor pool as a duty driver.
Long Beach, CA | 3/65-6/66 | . | Odom, James,
Section chief in launching area.
- 1048 Highland Cir. Fairfield, AL 35064 | 1/71-9/74 | . | Peyton; Louis G,
Launcher area. Sgt E-5, Not a very enjoyable.
Watched fires run through the ADmin and around the Launcher area. | 6/60-10/60 | . | Ramey, James M.,
Launcher crewman (Pit Rat) PFC. Loved being guard dog bait | 11/65-12/66 | . | Rathbun, Howard W.,
IFC 227.10 Computer Operator. Helped install site. (Nike Ajax)
Company "C" 551st AAA Missile Battalion brought system from Ft. Bliss (1956)
Temp. installed in Costa Mesa, CA. until Oat Mt. site finished, then moved up
into the mountain. -
8751 McCarty Ranch Drive San Jose, CA 95135 | 8/56-6/57 | . | Smith, Timothy,
SP4 Crew and LCT operator. 3675 N. Jones Bl Las Vegas, NV
| 11/68-12/69 | LA-94 | Los Pinetos /Newhall | . | . | Bailey, Michael,
Launcher Rat | 9/62 - 7/65 | . | Blurton, Neil E.,
IFC elevation/range operator. PFC. 23 year old draftee.
Memories of Ace Kanes Tavern. Requested and received transfer to Seattle
Air defense. - 553 B Aladdin Rd Colville WA 99114 | 4/59-10/59 | . | DeNardo, David,
IFC computer and aquisition radar operator | 4/66-1/67 | . | Durffee, Ed ,
CWO IFC | '59-'66 | . | East, Herman D. Jr.,
SSG IFC crew chief, . I was
there during the Watts Riot and a Forest Fire that killed several of the
hot shots. Site 94 was one of the best duty stations I had while in
NIke/Herc. | /64-11/68 | . | Huddleston, Chuck,
firing panel operator - First assignment from Basic Tng.
I pulled a LOT of guard duty and was assigned as a firing panel operator
in the launcher area. It always
amazed me that when the rain was really bad, the dogs were pulled off and we
had to go on roving guard. I understood about their lack of smell at those
times and how they could get sick, but damn, we still didn't like it. I
left as a PFC to go to Hawk (IFC??) radar repair school. - Fort Worth, Texas | 11/62-10/63 | . | Kjellsen, Richard C.,
Worked IFC, was the PX Steward with Daniel Gaynor just before leaving for OCS at Fort Sill.
| 05/64-07/66 | . | Knous, Larry M.,
179.1, sp4, Acquisition Radar Operator. Remember Sp5 Iglesias, Mr. Durfee, Sp4 Terrence Clapsaddle,
and many more whose names don't come to me right away. To all who served back then, remember to check your records
at PERSCOM for medals you earned but didn't receive such as GC and NDSM.
Your DD-214 is probably not accurate, mine wasn't.
- 8809 Miami Dr, Rowlett, Tx 75088 | 10/64-9/65 | . | McLain, Don,
Sp4 IFC | '65-'69 | . | Lewis, Paul,
SP/5 TTR OPTR. was there for tinal siren blow as site was deactivated | 11/67-10/68 | . | Loeb, Thomas J.,
What a great location. Good duty. | 7/62-12/63 | . | Procuniar, David C.,
Rank E-5 TTR operator 10/31/66 the site caught fire, 10 fire firefighters died.
I remember Cpt. Multz, Lt. Zarren, Sgt. LaPoint (IFC) W/O Mr. Durfee, Sgt. Greco, Sgt. East, Sp5 Iglesias,
Sp5 Bill Foster, Sp4 Terrence Clapsaddle, SP5 Kent, Sp5 Dan Gaynor, Sp4 Jack Davis, Sp4 Dan Birkner,
Sp4 Paul Rouleau, Sp5-Dan Ruder, two guys named Smith, our cook PFC Parslow. (LAUNCH AREA) Sp4 Gary Lutz,
Sp4 Becker, Sp4 Dave Leisure, Sp4 Don McClain, Sp4 Marteniz, PFC then 90 day Lt. Bergeron,
PFC Hilkey & PFC Roberts. We had a good view of Lancaster Mountain & the Van Nuys valley.
I have 71 photos of the guys and our Nike Site.
| 3/65 - 3/68 | . | Schlotfelt, Don,
E5 pit rat then war head team with CWO Brewer the best officer in the Army
| 10/66-8/68 | . | Zeihen, Richard H.,
Radar Operator, SP4 - Great Duty | 2/57-11/59 | LA-96 | Van Nuys / Sepulveda | . | . | Cottam, Michael,
security left for Germany as they were closing launch site in Van Nuys.. | 6/66-11/66 | . | Evans, Frank H. | . | . | Massey, Norman R.,
Due to a security clearance snafu (I was born in Germany prior to the 1956 SOFA agreement,
which dogged me throughout my career), I missed my class date at Ft Bliss for 16B training and arrived straight
out of BCT [Basic Combat Training]. Worked in the S1 shop and briefly as Bn Mail Clerk. Got shuffled off to
LA-78 April or May 1972. Came and left as a PFC. - 6381 Harris Road, Holopaw, FL, 34773
| 1/72-5/72 | . | Tyner, Harmon,
- 5090 Shadow River St. Las Vegas, NV 89148 | 6/55-8/58 | . | White, Newell R.,
SP/5 IFC OPR. 47TH Artillery and 6TH Region Pistol Team 61-63 -
3415 Pansy St. Pasadena, Tx. 77505 | 12/60-10/63 | . | Whitmire, Albert L.,
SP-4 Acq operator in IFC. Our crew had two perfect scores in Annual Service
Practice first at Red Canyon then next year at White Sands. Enjoyed the job -
did not like painting the rocks white. Enjoyed working with the crewmembers. ALW - Bushton, Kansas
| /57-/60 | LA-98 | Magic Mountain /Lang /Saugus | . | . | Holt, Richard L.,
XO, Btry CO | 9/58-11/59 | . | White, John N. III,
Sp5 - Security Clerk - Discharged from service | 1/68-3/69 | 6th Region
Army Air Defense command | SF, Calif. | . | . | Ratsch, Heinz,
Western Electric - technical advisor in CA, and similar activites in Nike program until 12/84
22759 SW 53rd Way Boca Raton FL
| 1/60-1/64 | HQ 51st | ? | . | . | Howard, Eugene J, (GENE) CW3,
1521 Wadsworth Ct., Santa Rosa, CA 95403
| 62-66 | ? Air Force | Mill Valley | . | . | Mercado. Paul,
Army crew member(16K2P)at Mill Valley Air Force Station and have some
recollection of the night we trained and tracked an SR-71 from Edwards AFB
to the state of Washington over the Pacific Ocean with our 9 Nike
Hercules sites. | /68-/69 | HQ Btry 40th Arty Bde (AD) | Ft. Barry, California | . | . | Kinder, Richard,
plotter | /65-/67 | . | Preston, Harlan,
19 Hitchcock Dr. Villa Rica, Ga . 30180,
4/59 Ttansfred To 666th AC&W SQD. MT.TAMALPAIS remained at this site until release
from active duty 2/61. | 6 /58-4 /59 | 13th Group AADCP | Mt. Tamilpias on the North Side of
the Golden Gate Bridge. | . | . | Eshleman, John,
WO2 - MslSysLog Off, 132 N. Summit St., Derry, PA 15627
| /70-/71 | . | Willis, Gregory,
PVT - SP4 16K & H - It was located within the Mill Valley AFB
http://www.radomes.org/acwrons/scripts/acwphotos.cgi?pic=MillValleyAFSCA&site=Mill+Valley+AFS,+CA . Our Nike Battries were SF-88, SF-51, T-10 and another that I can not remember
at this time. We were part of ARADCOM and 26th NORAD. On duty when Isreal and
Egypt went at it, vewed on TV 36 site SF-51 come up in status from 24 hours to
05 minutes to launch. Was also on duty when SR-71 did a run on the West Coast.
| 6/72-6/75 | 197 th Ord Detachment | . | . | . | Knoff, Ken, or N9NBC@QSL.NET
MOS 1347 - GM External Guidance System - I was in Ord 8 Support, Ordnance Corp, SF88?? - was in first Nike group in San Francisco,
We were in operation late 1954. There were 13 guys in my group. We liven is WWII barracks almost on the
beach on the scean side below the hill. We were the guys who fised the unfixable problems. I worked on
radars and the computers. Bery interesting and I got a great education. Any other of the
original Ord guys around? I went to work for IBM Large Systems for 35 year.
Nice web site!! I appreciate all the work to preserve this history Thank you - Kenosha, Wi
| 10/54-2/55 | 441 Msl Bn Hdqts | Berkeley | . | . | Rieders, Art,
E-3, Radar Op (Long Range) | 56-57 | . | Liles, Samuel R.,
Battalion Radar Officer,CWO
Battalion Radar Officer,CWO.Assisted Battery Techs with training & maint.
advice. Made numerous operational readiness checks and inspections. Left
service to complete college - 1226 Linwood, El Dorado, AR 71730 | 12/56-12/59 | SF-08-09 | San Pablo Ridge - Tilden Park/Berkely | . | . | Connolly. John,
IFC Platoon Leader of Dual Battery (C Battery) - 16 Apple Orchard Dr, Tinton Falls, NJ 07724
| 7/58-1/60 | . | Dale, Bernard,
Ifc area then mail clerk and motor pool | 3/57-1/60 | . | Faltynski, Frank,
Dog handler 1001 Mayflower Rd. Lot 69, South Bend, Indiana 46619 | . | . | Ingle, Robert,
Mostly in Radar Van, Sent to Fort Cronkite in 1954 till Jan 57.
90 MM and later 120 MM antiaircraft gun, in 1955 we were sent to Tilden Park at Berkeley, CA.
for Nike missile duty. | /55-/57 | . | Robbins, Robert G (Bob).,
SP-5. 223.68 mos, launcher crewman at tilden park,
- spent time at Oakland Army Terminal in school until sent to SAM
Mat Mtc Sch FtBliss - 16 Donner Pl. Ponca City, Ok. 74604 | 10/56-03/57 | SF-25 | Rocky Ridge | . | . | Connolly. John,
Exec Officer, B Battery - 16 Apple Orchard Dr, Tinton Falls, NJ 07724
| 1/60-3/60 | SF-31 | Lake Chabot/ Castro Valley | . | . | Blonski, Ed,
MTR operator the whole time then was promoted to SP5 and trained the
National Guard staff who took over the site in 1963 | 12/60-4/63 | . | Frechette, Carl,
1lt Launching Area and the IFC area
| 10/68-9/74 | . | Goodwin, Robert D Dale,
Assembly Crew E-4, Current Mailing address:
923 Shangri-La NE Salm OR 97303 | 6/65-7/74 | . | Johnson, Russell,
Missile Crewman | 03/62-07/63 | . | Lyall, Robert,
Launcher crewman 4 | /63-/71 | . | Moseley, John E.,
IFC Computer Operator Sp/5 Till Phase out 1974.
Started in ADA in 1957 PARNG 90mm Gun Bn. Calingdale Pa. Completed total time in service 39 years.
- 3653 S Bronco Rd Las Vegas, NV 89103
| ?/70-?/74 | . | Rieders, Art
E-3, Radar Op (Long Range) | 57 | . | Woods, Gary,
(Custodian)- E6 One of the few full time regular army soldier's that had the good fortune to
be stationed at this location. E6 during my tour of duty. | /65-/68 | SF-37 | Coyote Hills/ Newark | . | . | Heyman, Alan,
I help build two sites, one was temporary at Parks AFB in Dublin, Ca in
late 1955. We moved to a permanent site in the hills near Newark,Ca in late
1956. I think we had #79. | /55-/56 | SF-51 | Milagra /Pacifica | . | . | Beaty, John,
PFC mos 177.10 launcher area crewman, also worked launcher control trailer part time.
10/61 I was transferred to Germany. | 5/59-10/60 | . | Bridgman, Richard
IFC | 63-74 | . | Bridgman, David
IFC | 73-74 | . | Edwards, Leon A., SFC (831)395-4546 | 63-64 | . | Frechette, Carl,
PFC, Launcher Crewman and Supply Clerk in the IFC,
while at SF-51 I went through the California Military Academy (CA ARNG OCS)
and transferred to SF-31 when I got my commission.
| 9/65-10/68 | . | Mahoney,William, Dennis,
CW4 | . | . | Moller, Lawrence D.,
16B2N - Launcher Crewman | 09/62-10/63 | . | Snyder, John B.,
Was E-4, MOS1354, Nike electrical Materiel Maint. Arrived at Fort Barry 6/54 where
decommisioning of 90 mm AAA sites was in progress. Traveled daily from Barry to SF-51 to install
launching equipment. Then moved to SF-51 where we lived in tents, ate from field kitchens, traveled
to Fort Funston every third day for showers. Had CQ,Sgt/Guard duty (as an E-4)as well as maint.
the nike missiles and launching eq. in state of readiness. Launch area officer was Lt Norman Mahan;
C Btry, 740th AA btry Cmdr was Capt. Arthur Voss, both outstanding officers.
- 910 Loganwood Ave, Richardson, TX, 75080 | 6/54-10/54 | . | Stevens, Wayne L.,
PFC, missile launcher crewman and also supply clerk
I was at Fort Funston on the 90mm Guns when the nike battery was organized at Fort funston.
I was not trained on the Nike as were most of the personell who came in from Fort Bliss
but was intergrated into the missile program. I served at Fort Funston from Oct. 1953 Until april 1955.
My primary mos was that of a missile launch crewman and secondary duty was supply assistant
to Sgt Virgil Brady.and Sgt Dominidor Manio.
My commanding officer was Arthur Voss and My supply officer Was 1st.Lt Mahan(he also served in other capacities
as we were under strength) - and remember too the trips from Milagra Hill launch site down the narrrow mountain
road for showers at Fort Funston.Returned to San Francisco in 1991, but could find no remains of old Fort Funston.
Would like to hear from anyone who served there during this time period.
- 155 Resaca Shores Blvd. San Benito,Tx.78586 | 10/53-4/55 | . | Stokes, Ralph,
After ets worked "civil service" at CalARNG - Portland, OR
| 10/63-/64 | SF-59 | Fort Funston/ Mt. San Bruno | . | . | Bridgman, Richard
IFC Warrant | 59-62 | SF-77H | Presidio of San Francisco
| . | . | Cole, Willis S,
Too short to go to site, worked as temporary Legal Officer | 3/64-1164 | . | Langsdorf, James,
Security clerk for 40th Bde (S2) & 13th Gp (S2)-Security clearances, dog reports, entry rosters etc.
| 09/70-1/72 | SF-78H | Presidio of San Francisco
| . | SF-87 | Fort Cronkhite/ Sausalito | . | . | Allen, Jim B.51. | 66-69 | . | Bailey, John R., 1054 Meadow Lane, Lawrenceburg KY 40342-9249,
IFC-ABAR (improved/black box) Maintenance Man. Would like to contact
my sargeant (?) who was from Montana. We had a wonderful view of the GGB!
| 6/65-l1/66 | . | Berg, Steven,
Started as launcher crewman in A section. Then worked as repair parts
specialist in assembly and service | 11/68-4/70 | . | Bussard, Larry,
Target, missile, acquisition radar operator, Minor computer
maintenance, also at San Pablo Redge site - 2230 Sunny Creek, Newman, CA. 95460
| 9/55-6/57 | . | Carlson, Jacob C. (Jake),
Panel Operator in B Section under SSG William Hickman. | 1/68-8/69 | . | Carnine, Everett,
Communications | 10/56-10/59 | . | Cattrall, Bill,
Lct operator, sp4 | 4/68-9/69 | . | Cobb, Sam,
IFC Maint. with installation of site in '54. | 9/54-10/56 | . | Eshleman, John,
Fire Control Maint. WO2, 132 N. Summit St., Derry, PA 15627
| /70-/71 | . | Flockoi, Rolf,
pfc/ radar maintenance on Nike sites in the Marin County area. 194th Ordinance
Detachment ststioned at ft. cronkite | 1959 | . | Gafford, Darrell,
Launcher crewman. 3521 South Kimball Ave.
Caldwell , Idaho 83605 | 6/61-5/62 | . | Gartz, Steven,
sentry dog handler, my dog"s name was rolf - 716 Mc kinley pkwy,Buffalo NY
| 5/67-6/68 | . | Green, Kenneth E.,
| 11/66-11/67 | . | Howard, Eugene J, (GENE) CW3,
1521 Wadsworth Ct., Santa Rosa, CA 95403
| 57-62 | . | Hughes, Harry P.,
Panel Operator, Sr. Launcher Crewman.
17880 Robin Rd. Twain Harte, Ca. 95383 | 9/62-6/65 | . | Liles, Samuel R.,
Sgt. 1st Class, Maint & repair Tech, ground fire control equipment.
In charge of setting up the original site on the hill near the G.G.Bridge.Road
now washed out.Made MSgt. then WO and assigned to 441st Msl Battalion on
hill behind Berkley as Battalion Radar Officer.
- 1226 Linwood, El Dorado, AR 71730 | 10/54-11/56 | . | Lossing, Delmas,
STAFF Sgt - I am his widow Neva, and I would like to contact
anyone who was in ord. during our stay there. | 12/58-2/64 | . | Pearson, Herb,
Guid Msl Inst Elec (MOS 357.10) Transfered into B Btry, from
Ft Belvoir, VA, after training for Guid Msl Inst Elec (MOS 357.10).
After time in C and L, ended up in A as Btry Clerk since First Sgt needed someone
that could type. At this time, Btry had 2 West Pointers(class of '58).
| 09/58-12/60 | . | Petosky, Paul,
SP4, MOS: 16C20.Range Operator, IFC
P.O. Box 537 Munising, MI 49862-0537 Phone: (906) 387-2101
Those were the good 'ole' days and I did...Leave My Heart in
San Francisco. Just about got married to a wonderful girl in 'Frisco.
Oh well, we won't get into that. Ha! I am happly married and have 3
grandchildren. | /62-/65 | . | Simpson, Jack,
Supply Clerk, Dennis Newton Supply Sgt | 2/58-4/62 | . | Smith, Robin E.,
SP-6, 24Q20 Fire Control Mechanic Also worked & qualified 24P20. | 9/68-4/71 | . | Woolf, Richard,
mail clerk / courier | 6/54-11/54 | . | Zwolinski, Eugene,
Launcher/assembly site section chief. Assigned to "D" Battery
441st Nike missile battalion. Trying to locate officers and men that served
with us during that period of time. | 10/55-2/57 | SF-88 | Ft. Barry /Sausalito | . | . | Brooks, Thomas F.,
Launcher crewman then LCT Operator -
SP-4 before leaving had a silver and blue 180cc Yamaha motorcycle, 5'9", stocky, black hair, glasses,
spit shined boots every morning for inspection and broke starch everyday.
Rarely ever cused but the one time I do, we are all watching a movie on TV
in the ready room, I cuse, everything is quiet, and the Chaplain is standing behind us.
- 7904 NE 12th street Apt. 68, Vancouver WA 98664
| 3/67-6/68 | . | Browning, Gerald (Jerry),
Launcher Crewman, Panel operator, Section Chief | 1/65-10/67 | . | Corwin, Dave,
SP4 and ran the generator shop | 9/68-8/70 | . | English, James F.,
Headquarters Platoon,Communication Section, SP-3. 1956 Chain of Command Capt. Henry Paine,Commanding Officer,
1st Lt.G. Milligan Launcher Platoon Leader, 2nd Lt.E.Gross Launcher Platoon,1st Lt. L. McCabe Executive Officer ,
2nd Lt. J. Erlach, IFC Platoon Leader.CWO P.Bonan,Missle Officer.CWO L. Chandler IFC Warrant. M/SGT J. Johnson First Sergeant.
I have a group picture of all 91 people assigned to A Battery in 1956. | 7/55-2/57 | . | Eshleman, John,
Fire Control Maint. E5 to WO1, 132 N. Summit St., Derry, PA 15627
| 9/62-3/67 | /71-/72 . | Gutshall, Wayne H. Jr.,
Was also in w. Germany 5/62 thru 5/65 & Omaha defense (site OF-10 5/65 thru 6/66 (fire control)
- 56 Bell Lane, McClure, Pa 17841 | 11/61-5/62 | . | Hagewood, Eugene Gordon,
IFC Platoon Leader - was reassigned to Vietnam in early 1971 following the Duster and Quad 50 course
-- which I never saw again! Served as a Civil Affairs Platoon Commander with the 2d CA Co in Dinh Toung
province (My Tho). | 1/70-12/70 | . | Hanley, Brad,
sp/4 24U20 Helped deactivate the site..
saw the last nuke warheads leave by ch-47. | 1974-1974 | . | Hershberger, Terry,
LCT operator, E-3 | 11/72-11/73 | . | Hirshman, Jerry,
16c20 Nike Hercules Radar Control Crewman | 73-74 | . | Hogencamp, William H.,
MP, Sentry Dog Handler. Worked with Mike Reese, Dave Cullen,
Sgt. Snovell. Dogs were Brandy and Baron. | 2/72-4/73 | . | Klein, Raymond F.,
SP/4 16C20 | 4/71-4/72 | . | Love, W. Truman,
Out of Army 2 years then back in and spent a year at SF-88 in San Francisco. Out 1969.
| /67-/69 | . | Lovvo, Donald,
I started as a launcher crewman and re-trained into Missile Tracking Radar operator.
| 5/62-11/63 | . | Mead, William, R.,
Sp/4, 16B, A section, Launcher Crewman | 1/73-4/74 | . | Seward, Kevin,
I was in the Air Force '66-70 and spent 6 mos as
Liaison NCO to the Army
Nike sites at the Presido and 6 mos at Fort Mac Arthur, San Pedro. I
coordinated and scored the RBS (radar bomb scoring) runs. The AF would
fly a SAC squadron of B52's out to sea and turn them around to see if
they could penetrate. I worked at all the sites from Tamalpias, Fort
Chronkite, San Bruno, Travis and Fairchild.
I lived in the barracks (all to myself) below SF88.
| /66-/70 | . | Shell, Dexter(Mack),
| 10/68-11/71 | . | Soboean, Joseph, 4137 George Ave, Apt 4., San Francisco,, CA
| 65-68 | . | Stokes, Ralph,
IFC: Ack-primary & ASP, TTR and MTR secondary. - SF-88 (formaly Rusty-88) A-2-51, Ft Barry - Portland, OR
| 11/60-9/63 | . | Woods, Herb B.
Launcher crewman Sp/4, MOS177B20, Plt Sgt Toynes was a great role
model for a young troop. | 5/64-5/66 | . | Woolf, Richard,
mail clerk / courier | 11/54-1/56 | . | Yant,Shelby,
r-2 box 2620 piedmont. mo. 63957 | 10/68-4/70 | SF-89 | Presidio of San Francisco (Fort Winfield Scott) | . | SF-90DC | Mill Valley AFS Mount Tamalpais | . | . | Rankin, Rob,
- Great memories serving with L Young, T Dallara, M Taylor, M Peters,M Pate, McWilliams,
M Ewing, John Dollar, C McClure,Hare, Fouts, Hilton, Warne, J.Gettings and others!
Mt. Tam may have been one of the best duty sites world wide. | 10/66-3/67 | SF-91 | Angel Island | . | . | Gafford, Darrell,
launcher crewman. Nike Ajax. 3521 South Kimball Ave.
Caldwell , Idaho 83605 | 9/59-6/61 | . | Howard, Eugene J, (GENE) CW3,
1521 Wadsworth Ct., Santa Rosa, CA 95403
| 54-57 | . | Walton, Arthur Raymond (Woody Walton),
SP/4 - Nike Ajax, Assembly Site (w/ Mr. King and Mr. Quarterbaum).
- Pennsylvania | /58-/61 | SF-93 | San Rafael | . | . | Anderson, Tim (Andy),
PFC 95B Sentry Dog Handler - I remember it was the most expensive place I had ever been.
Rent was over $125.00 a month in the town of Novato.I had just made Sp/4 and this was the cheapest place
I could find. I didn't have a car ,so I hitchiked to the btry each morning from Novota. A local CHP got
to watching for me and often give a ride all the way up the the Launcher area gate. I worked a dog named"Thor" .
- (Levy for RVN) - 213 Adcock Rd, Hot Springs, ar 71913 | 1/69-5/96 | . | Bailey, John R., 1054 Meadow Lane, Lawrenceburg KY 40342-9249,
IFC, ABAR operator. I best remember the Fonz, Chico Morales,
Hose Nose, etc. All the best times..... really good memories. Went back
there 10 yr ago, but was closed to visitors. | 6/62-6/65 | . | Blonski, Ed,
| 6/63-9/63 | . | Chaffin, Jerry K.,
Sp4, operated the acquisition radar, would like to hear from
anyone who served in this unit during this time frame.... La Quinta, Ca. | 06/59-07/60 | . | Coyle, Roger Pat,
Started as a missle crewman. Ended up in the assembly building.
Fort Baker was our headquartes. Right at the foot of the Golden Gate Bridge.
We used Hamilton AFB for PX and Hospital stuff. It was a fun time.
Flower children blocked the Golden Gate Bridge one day and we
were restricted to the battery. Had a much better time there than in Germany
- 8170 Tapia Via Dr. Rancho Cucamonga . Ca. 91739 | 8/68-5/70 | . | Daniel, Dwayne,
Crewman, B section. I will never forget the day the wind
caught one of the missles and it got a way from us and crashed over the pork chops
and was hanging over the edge of the elevator. The Captain was standing at the
ready room watching and never knew we had had a problem. Im glad it didn't fall
in the section. - Bakersfield, Ca | 8/68-5/70 | . | Fields, Roy,
IFC. was tdy to Winfield Scott in the "Nike goes to school"
showteam under Gen. Loli. Mid 59 till discharged 7/61 | 12/58-7/61 | . | Harris, Jim C,
Azimuth operator. (re-upped from 82nd. Airborne) Went to Ft. Bliss
2 times. Juarez sure was fun as a 21 year kid. Was sent to Chatsworth, Ca.
when the base closed down. | 8/68-5/71 | . | Houghtaling, Craig,
16C20 SP4 TTR Azimuth operator.
(Held the unofficial fastest time up to the IFC in an Army van ;)
As a 24P40 (Acq RADAR mech ) I was primarily assigned
to NIKE IFC facilities. However, due to a small "loop-hole" in the MOS, I
was assigned to a HAWK missile unit (HQ-2nd-71st) in Korea for 13 months
(better than going to Nam I guess). ... here's one of the pages I have on the
web about the Hawk RADAR site. It links to a story I wrote for some "Jeep
enthusiasts" who wanted to read about "war stories" from Jeep drivers, you
might find it amusing:
http://www.olypen.com/craigh/468.htm
| 1/68-1/69 | . | Mahan, Kenneth,
Launcher crewman,Pfc-E/3 sure miss my old buddies | 1/63-8/64 | . | Maxson, Bob,
SGT E-5, Asst. crew chief launcher, then security NCO.
C-2-51 was the "Show Base" for the visiting brass at that time.
Great crews, many sent to Nam. | 09/63-09/66 | . | Preston, Harlan,
SP/4 Launcher Crewman 19 Hitchcock Dr. Villa Rica, Ga . 30180
| 2/58-6/58 | . | Rigney, Roger
PFC | '65- '66 | . | True, Phil,
... great duty station. Everyone pulled together. I was the LCT operator.
E-2-SP-4. Sgt Decker Almost got me to re-up. | 2/66-7/67 | . | Turner, Larry,
Acq operator, Base projectionist | 11/65-8/66 | Hq 1/61 ADA | Travis Air Force Base, Ca | . | . | Lazzell, Robert A,
Battalion Chemical NCO | 7/67-2/68 | T-10 | Elmira | . | . | Armstrong, David R,
MOS: 16B20; served as Generator operator in Engineering section,
This was one of two active Nike-Herc batteries near Travis AFB (Fairfield, CA).
The hazing of newbies still fresh in memory--will have to write a book.
My wife and I now live only a few miles from that site, in Dixon, CA.
Many buildings at the site are still there, on private property now.
| 3/68-7/69 | . | Masters, Ronald,
I spent three years on a Nike Hercules site and it was never a 9-5 job.
There were two crews and we worked 24 ON and 24 OFF 365 days a year.
To be blunt, that sucked!. As far as week-ends off that never happened so I
really have doubts the Pete was on a Nike Herc site. RT2 Box 32, Mannington,WV 26582
(304) 986-1054 | 4/62-5/63 | . | Medeiros, Vernon
Sgt MOS 16B4C Sec. Chief | 6/69-7/71 | . | Medina, David,
16B20 Missile Crewman, SP4 | 11/73-11/74 | . | Ridge, Henry M. (Mike),
Generator Sec./Radar Operator, SP5, Great place,
good friends. | 5/66-7/68 | . | Roberts, Danny,
| 5/66-11/67 | T-33 | Vacaville - Dixon/Lambie | . | . | Ables, Johnne,
E1 - E5, 16C,Worked mostly as an Orderly Room Clerk/Driver
(Hey, I could type!) | 1965-1967 | . | Thiele, James S,
MOS 76R20P40 Missile Repair Specialist E-5;
best food of all the sites. I won't lose any sleep if I never
see another sheep again. Removal of warhead for general maintainence.
| 9/70-8/72 | T-53 | Fairfield - Potrero Hills | . | . | Lane, Cloyd,
LCT Van Operator Pfc , shot a skunk by the admin area, was never forgiven
| 1/64-12/64 | . | Mead, Mike,
T-86 closed in '71, changed mos from 16B to ?? guarding
them | /71-2/72 | T-86 | Fairfield /Cement Hills | . | . | Anderson, Walter,
24Q20 IFC Radar Mechanic, SP5. | 8/69-12/70 | . | Begiey, Godfrey, 707-422-2269 | . | . | Calhoun, Jim L.,
IFC Crew Chief and Msle Radar Operator I enjoyed my time at Travis.
| 1958-1961 | . | Callahan, Richard,
TTR Operator | 1/70-6/71 | . | Gauthier, Peter F,
TTR Operator, and Repair Parts Specialist, IFC Area | 1/66-11/67 | . | Hinton, Mike,
MTR operator, Sp4 | 9/69-6/71 | . | Mead, Mike,
E4 msl crewman. Sgt Taylors pit, a magic time | 1/69-/71 | . | Waltjen, Kenneth,
Sp4 Acq. operator. | 4/70-11/71 | . | Rankin, Rob,
IFC - The Site (I think it was T53) was off the end of the runways in the middle
of a pasture.One of the better days of my life was finding out I was going to Mt Tam. | 3/65-10/66 | |
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| Site ID or center | Name, family name first (rank & duty optional) | dates at location Hq. ARADCOM | Colorado Springs, CO. | . | . | Braden, Frank (Buck) R. , III,
I worked for ... the Dir of Training, Synthetic Exercises .
... Loved those trips to Cheyenne Mountain! | 4/70-7/72 | . | Brown, Thomas H.,
CW3-CW4 Box 186 Luling, Texas 78648 | 67-72 | . | Davidson, Marian,
WAC. SP4. Stenographer G4 Supply & Maintenance (G4 S&M).
Colorado Springs was the headquarters for US ARADCOM
and was on ENT Air Force Base. ENT is now an Olympic Training Center.
Many of the US ARADCOM buildings still exist, but the HQ building
has been demolished. The streets surrounding Ent are
Boulder Ave., N. Meade, E. Monument and Union Blvd. | 8/59-2/61. | . | House, Benjamin H.,
Assembly and Launcher Evaluator for SNAP CW4 Ret
8639 Springfield Road, Denham Springs, LA 70706 | 6/68-6/75 | |
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| Site ID or center | Name, family name first (rank & duty optional) | dates at location BR-04 | Ansonia - | . | . | D'Amato, Anthony M.,
Served 1 year with the Army and transferred to the CTNG 07/64
Thru-out my military service with the Nike Family, I was assigned to the RC
Van as TRR and MTR Operators. I attend Acquisition Radar Maint. Course at
Ft. Bliss in 1969. When the site deactivate I transferred to the USAR and
retired from the Military in May 1983.
Postal Address - 6905 Country Lakes Cir Sarasota FL 34243
| 05/63-05/71 | . | Christopherson, Myron Walker,
3125 Boston Way Costa Mesa, ca 92626 - Went to Army eng school oct 60-jan61
reassigned to Hawk HOS 8, Okinawa till May 63 | 01/60-2/61 | . | Deming, James(Jim) E.,
Primary Duty as a Launcher Control WO all phases | /63-/65 | . | Farrell, Jim.
SP4, TTR Operator, duty driver, KP, guard duty, CQ. Went to White Sands
to fire in Jan 1960. Left Ansonia June 1960 to go to Thule, Greenland.
68-8 Guess Rd/ Hillsborough, N.C. 27278 | 9/58-6/60 | . | Finch, Barry W.,
Fire Control Crewman / Security, PFC-E3 | 2/68-6/69 | . | Frank, David L.,
E4, Fire Control Mech. | 63-64 | . | Gluhanich, Steve,
went back to Ft. Bliss for 225 training 2/64, Honor Graduate 8/64,
US Army Custodial team 9/64, PO Box 355 Ash, NC 28420-0355
| 9/62-5/66 | . | Hozian, Robert S.,
Security Supervisor, dog handler, Transferred to Ansonia Natl Guard, same site
P.O.Box 543 Bunker Hill, Ill. 62014 | /61-/64 | /64-/67 . | Lazzell, Robert A,
Missile Assembly | 3/61-6/63 | . | Love, W. Truman,
PVT then PFC A section, Sgt. Dodge? Cuban Msl. Crisis - 1st "Battle stations" red status!
| /62-/63 | . | Muth, Eric P.,
FC Maint Mech SSG - Ajax - 25 Parkland Place, Milford, CT 06460 | 63-69 | . | Riordan, Rory,
security, dog handler, pfc, 15 sodom la derby, ct
| 07/66-/70 | . | Smith, Steve E.,
E4 Fire Control Operator | 10/59-5/62 | BR-15 | West Haven | . | . | King, William (Bill),
IFC AQ Radar Operator, Computer Operator | 03/58-01/60 | BR-17 | Milford | . | . | Lazzell, Robert A,
Company Clerk to LCT Operator | 6/59-2/61 | . | Muth, Eric P.,
Sr. FC Radar Oper - Ajax - 25 Parkland Place, Milford, CT 06460 | 60-63 | BR-65 | Fairfield | . | BR-73 | Westport | . | BR-94 | Monroe | . | . | MacDougall, Donald,
E-3, Acq. radar operator. We called ourselves the
"Shelton" Nike Site, because we did our drinking
in Shelton. When "Cowboy" did a radio check, we
told 'em, "Niner-four, loud and clear." So it's
gotta be A Battery, 44th Arty. Regt. | 10/59-05/61 | ??? DC | New Britain, (Rocky Hill Ave.) | Hq BTRY 56th Art Bde (AD) (H-B Def) . | . | Knudsen, Philip A.,
MEG216@WEBTV.NETduties were in the command center putting together info on the
bridge and learning to write backwards on the plastic area map.. My MOS was
151.10, Air Defense Artillary Operations & Intelligence Specialist.
radar operator,mtr. | 9/60-4/62 | HA-08 | East Windsor | . | . | Anderson, Arthur,
sp/4 ranging radar - 42 wynwood drive enfield, conn. 06082
| ?67 | . | Bednarz, John,
Security, Pit Rat, Asst Section Chief, Engineer Missile Equip Maintainer,
worked up to Sgt. Army National Guard operated the site with
Active Duty Custodians until we became federal employees.(Something about
the State owning the missiles) | 3/64-3/68 | . | Brown, Joseph B.,
radar operator,mtr. 2425 meadow rd clover s.c. 29710 | 9/65-6/68 | . | Dandeneau, James,
16C20 TTR | 11/67-12/68 | . | DiMarco, Dino Launcher Area Maint
Member of original package team. | '56- '58 | . | Haverstock, Lon,
he called the site "Windor Locks" - 110 Howe Rd, St. Regis Falls NY 12980
| . | . | Kramer, Robert E.,
SP5 (CTARNG) 16C20 IFC Crewman LOPAR/HIPAR Operator, Gen Operator,
Computer Operator. Signal Equipment Maintenance.
This was my third and last site to close.ENOUGH!! | 10/69-5/71 | . | Philips, Richard,
LT | /64-/66 | . | Ritchie, Dale A.
16C20, SP/4, TTR & TRR operator | 1/67-12/67 | . | Rigney, Roger
SP-4 | '68 | . | Samuels, Mike,
Fire Control Technician | 11/64-12/65 | . | Selby, Terry,
SSgt. E6 Launcher Crew Chief, I was there during the riots in Hartford.
| 6/66-11/68 | . | Smith, Timothy,
| 8/67-7/68 | . | Wallace, Larry (Squirrel)
Launcher Area Maint Chief | '56- '58 | HA-25 | Manchester. | . | . | Becker, Stan,
I was in Red Canyon in '57. Did six weeks of KP (gained 20 lbs),
three weeks on the cement team (lost 21 lbs.). Finished our training, shipped
to New Britian, CT., then to Manchester, CT. We were also despised by
almost every civilian in town. Perhaps understandable because three GIs
in the missile platoon, the real grunts married townies. (We were in
the IFC team, run by a civilian. We'd rather drink than go out with
townies.) | /57- | HA-36 | Portland | . | . | Deming, James(Jim) E.,
Electronics Material Chief. Promoted WO - 1 1961 Launcher Control WO
| /60-/63 | HA-48 | Cromwell | . | . | Balius, Gordon "Chuck",
I was a Spec 5 Fire Control Operator.
(Listed e-mail bounced 1 day - "(reason: 550 chuckbalius IS NOT ACCEPTING ANY MAIL)"
SFC Chet Kowalski was my Plt Sgt. I visited the site in 2005.
Kowalski is the only prior member I have seen since I left. It would be nice to have a reunion before we all kick the bucket.
I retired from the Army in 1977. Was a great trip. - live in Florida | 6/59-8/63 | . | Barber, Billy C.
launcher maint.CW2 Retired | '63 - '67 | . | Bednarz, John,
We closed down our site at Cromwell, Connecticut and took over from
the Active Duty Army at East Windsor. he dates may be + or- a few months.
| 3/68-3/70 | . | Carroll, David,
| 1/63-1/64 | . | Pergolini, Julius,
battery supply clerk, acting supply sgt, px manager | 4/58-1/60 | . | Scroggs, Don,
Sp-4 IFC Maint | 4/63-9/64 | . | Schnack, Robert W.,
arrived at HQ 55th Bn and sent to AN/FPS-61 (BN Defence Radar) at HB48,
Closed out BN HQ-150 Rocky Hill Rd, New Britian CT. on 10 Dec 64. ...
only 4 of us left when we took sign down, | 4/63-1/65 | HA-HQ | New Britain, Rocky Hill Road | . | . | Keeling, Allen J,
short time - see story :-)) | /56 | HA-67 | Plainville | . | . | Allen, Ronald D,
PFC Fire Control and Computer Operator. It was some of the best duty I ever had.
Great people to work with, no field duty. I hope to go back to the mountain someday.
Would like to contact anyone who was on the site while I was there.
Left site for Fort Bliss and HAWK then to Germany. I was on active duty from 59/62
and in the AR ARNG and the Regular Army from 1957 to 1999. Retired from the military and enjoying it.
- 2718 Jean St. Springdale, AR 72762 | 11/59-5/61 | . | Batson, Boyce,
IFC area, arrived as E-2 and departed for Korea as SSG E-6
Great Site, Great people and Plainville was fantastic. The locals liked us
and we didn't screw it up. I would like to make 1 more trip to see the mountain, 10 Cassidy Dr.
again and Plainville, New Britain. I made a lot of good friends there but have only met 1 since
I got out in 1966. I went to Korea and New Jersy and finall Ft. Bliss for 4 yrs. FC Maint.
school for 1 yr. and taught at bldg.2 for 3 years. | 9/58-6/61 | . | Chiusano, Gerald,
launcher site initial crew in 1956 | /56-6/58 | HA-85 | Avon/Simsbury | . | . | Webber, Ray,
| 6/57-3/60 | |
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