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| Site ID or center | Name, family name first (rank & duty optional) | dates at location 100th Arty Grp | later 17th Arty Group Norfolk, VA . | . | . | Parrish, Robert,
Plotter, Command Post Clerk, S-4 Housing NCO | 8/65-6/68 | . | Richardson, Alec,
16C working for SSG Boyd on the HIPAR & ECCM console. I also ran the generators for Tac power.
I worked mainly with J D Coulston, Freddy Miles, Don Burton & Dick Stack.
| 1/69-1/71 | . | Semple, Bob
Sr. Tactical Director | 1/66-10/66 | 7th Signal Detachment | Ft Belvoir, Va . | . | . | Daniel, Scott,
Maintainence for radar and I.F.F. for the Washington/Baltimore sites.
| /64-2/65 | N-02 | Fox Hill | . | . | Baxter, Robert Allen,
Assembly Sgt - 204 Marshall Lane Carrollton, VA 23314
| 9/59-4/64 | . | Benthalll, Henen (Ben),
Fire Control Maint Officer(WO1) | 6/59-7/61 | . | Smyth, Dennis (Smitty),
SSgt. Electronic Missile Assembler Nike Ajax (MSOS 223.60)
Upon arrival in VA we were stationed at Fort Monroe until site construction was complete.
Moved to Fox Hill in Late June '55 to start equipment set up. | 5/55-5/57 | N-08
| HHB Ft. Monroe | . | . | Abbott, Ira H. A.,
GM Mechanic Sp3, 221.20 Was stationed in the headquarters battery althou assigned to C Battery. [N-85]
Was the Battlion machanical chief. Headquaters was on Ft. Monroe. | 5/55-1/58 | N-20 | Ocean View | . | N-25 | Ft. Story | . | . | Cooper,Lyle E.,
: I came to this site directly because of the Salt agreement. I had switched
to the Safegard System and received a 4 year "Stabilized Tour" at Ft. Bliss. Ha!
We dismantled this site at Virginia Beach, which was kind of fun. I enjoyed
climbing up onto the Hipar antenna and removing it piece by piece.
Virgina Beach was a great place, and I spent a lot of time fishing for bass in
Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
| 1970?-1972? | . | Fleming, William L.,
16B, Launcher Crewman. Departed as SP4. Good times.
| 1/67-12/67 | . | George, David J.,
SP4 in the supply room. I remember that the Supply SGT's first name was Dennis.
My barracks roommate was Sankie Wright from West (By God) Virginia. He had a busted up arm
and was waiting for a medical discharge. My other roommate was Jeff Brandt(?). I wanted so
much to stay in that unit, but since they were disbanding the stateside Nike sites......
Just before they transferred me, I did some OJT in the mess hall. There was a marine convert
there as a cook. I mistakenly sold him a car that I should have kept. LOL -
423 East 11th Ave, Hutchinson, Kansas, 67501 | 8/72-?/73 | . | Harris, James,
launch crewman b section, security, admin. went to mc greg. once -
4670 Page Rd, Galivants Ferry, SC 29544 | 8/62-2/65 | . | Partridge, Francis Milton,
Served in a Hawk Unit in Germany during the building of the Berlin Wall.
Returned to Portmouth Nav Hosp. with a broken leg. Spent the remainder of mu Army time At the
Herc near Patrick Henry airport. near Ft Eustus VA. - 303 Wilson Rd Central SC 29630
| ?-/57 | . | Ray, LeRoy,
sgt asst section chief, swapped duty back to PI-37 | ?/65-6/66 | . | Rigney, Roger
sp-4 | '66-'67 | . | Rosenberry, John R,
Military Police (Guard Duty) SP4
1310 Anchor Ln, Merritt Island, Fl 32952 | 10/71-5/73 | . | Zier, David,
SP5 Senior Launcher Crewman Pit Rat, loved ORE's in the hurricane season. - 7809 Ocali Drive , Lakeland, Florida 33810
| 5/70-1/72 | N-36 | Kempsville | . | . | Bishop, Gerald S.,
E-3, GMIEER & driver,
Have been looking for a Lt. Loris-Lorus Jefferson.Va NG. Think he was missile officer for the NG.
He was the one who got me started in Ham radio. TKS, again, Jerry W8KQ - 2327 Werth Rd.,Alpena,Mi. 49707
| 5/57-12/58 | . | Partridge, Francis Milton,
Guided Missle Electrical Equip Repairman. Rank SP-5
left 1st site: When it was given to VA. NG - 303 Wilson Rd Central SC 29630
| 9/56-? | N-52 | Portsmouth/Deep Creek | . | . | Chaffin, Jerry,
left for 9 weeks of Nike Hercules tng prior to
redeployment to Thule Greenland - 54260 Avenida Rubio, La Quinta, Ca 92253
| 8/57-6/58 | . | Fitzgerald, James E.,
SP/5 Fire Control Maintenance MOS 226. Site was turned over to Guard.
- 26 Route de Depee, 33590 Grayan et L'Hopital Franc
| 5/64-12/64 | . | Grimes, Edward,
Capt, Site Commander | /64-/71 | . | Honts, Eddie L,
Launcher crewman 4569 Jordantown Rd. Vinton, Va. 24179
| 6/59-1/60 | . | Hudec, Steve,
SP4 Acquisition Operator - Franklin, IN | 11/60-12/62 | . | Meltom, Robert, 22F40 maint VAARNG
| 05/70-06/72 | . | Powell, James W. Sr,
warrant officer on site N-52 until it closed in 1974. | -/74 | . | Ray, LeRoy,
sp4 launcher crewman, closed this down , moved to fort story, long time ago ,LOL
| 7/64-?/65 | . | Rutherford. Rowen,
Fire Control Maint. Sgt/Sp-5,
Thank God, I had previously been in the Airborne because that's where
I went from here. | 11/58-11/59 | . | Strachan, Donald,
Cook; Launcher Crewman, and finished as SP5 - Supply Tech.
Best peace time assignment with folks like Maj Grimes, CPT "J" Godwin,
Chief Maintenance Warrent Powell,and SGM Zeak ?Thompson, good ol'boy Barnes, and many,
many others Now retired CW4 State Area Command, Ft Stewart, GA
- Seabrook Island, GA | 7/65-6/74 | N-55DC | Hampton Roads Army Terminal | 7739 Hampton Blvd. (Norfolk International Terminals) . | . | Haverty, Cecil,
Converted 95B to 17H (later 16K) Plotter. Worked out of the
Norfolk AADCP The unit was the 100th Arty Gp (?) and then changed to the
17th Arty Gp (AD)around 1970. | 01/68-06/70 | . | Maxey, Gale L,
operational control of the fire units, we provided support for them as well.
| /68-/70 | . | Motley, William H.,
There is one man that remains in my mind all these years. It is SFC Gene A. Ross.
He was a personnel sgt. for at least six years | /63-/66 | . | Patton, John,
MOS 16K then 16H,Many great memories | 1/69-4/71 | N-63 | Suffolk | . | . | Rutherford, Rowen,
The start of a 23yr association w/mil electronic equip(radar).
Nike+USAF ADC AC&W Sites. | 12/56-12/57 | N-75 | Smithfield | . | . | Dvorak, Joe Jr.,
Launch site aux aux elec power. Rank SP-4 - Trained @ Fort Belvore,Va. & White Sands Proving Grounds
- 24 Riverside Dr. Smithfield Va. 23430 | 05/58-04/61 | N-85 | Denbigh | . | . | Baxter, Robert Allen,
IFC Platoon Ldr - Received Commission in 6/69 Was Batter Cdr Hq Btry then back to full time At Great Bridge
Site. Went to Denbigh Site as Launcher Plt Ldr 9/72 Closed site in 9/74
- 204 Marshall Lane Carrollton, VA 23314
| 3/67-6/69
| 9/72-9/74 . | Langford, Berkley A. Jr.,
IFC area in varing capacities. Was there first as an enlisted soldier.
Got out of the Army in Dec '64 and then went to work for the VA. National Guard
until the site closed. | 3/62-9/74 | . | Schang, John,
IFC radar technician. After qualifying at Red Canyon, we loaded our radar
vans on boxcars and followed them to Virginia. Once on site we dug the trenches
to bury the cables, leveled the antennas and anchored the radar vans.
Within two weeks of arrival, we were on line. | 3/55-7/56 | N-93 | Hampton | . | . | Nakashima, Larry,
SSGT SAM Elec. Assembler.
I was part of the original group that made the battery operational as a SAM site.
| /55-/57 | W-64 | Lorton -
News Paper Article
spotted by Charles Marcum
| . | . | Barber, Michael,
| /55-/56 | . | Pickinpaugh, Ronald G,
CPL, MOS 1512 (SAM Panel Operator for Nike Ajax) Launcher Area.
I trained at Fort Bliss, TX during the summer of 1953. We were
assigned to Package 6, 1st Guided Missile Group. Our group helped
construct the underground revetments at Red Canyon, in the summer
of 1953. We trained at Fort Bliss until April 1954, when we were
transferred to Fort Belvoir, VA, as the 71st AAA Missile Bn. We had
four batteries, A, B, C, and D, I was in "B" Battery.
Our site was located on the Federal Correctional Institution
property at Lorton, VA.
Our group, package 6, held its 2nd reunion at Branson, MO in
Sept. 2000. We had 31 people there, including spouses and
relatives. | 5/54-4/55 | . | Smith, Thompson C. LTC(R)
Lchr Plt Ldr, IFC Plt Ldr, Executive Officer -CPT
Started in Nike-AJAX Army NG program in 1959 on Battalion Staff. Upon
deactivation of AJAX program was assinged to site at Lorton. | 8/63-7/64 | . | Warren, Bob,
there during Cuban missile crisis, miserable existence
there. Went to HHC in Suitland in s3 section, Changed mos to non critical
and went airborne, 173d abn bde till discharge in 65 - living in Liberty Lake, Wa
| 9/62-3/63 | W-74 | Fairfax | . | W-83 | Herndon / Dranesfille (Great Falls) | . | |
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