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  • F-07 Spokane
  • F-37 Cheney
  • F-45 Medical Lake
  • F-87 Deep Creek
  • S-03 Kenmore
  • S-13, 14 Redmond
  • S-20 Cougar Mountain
  • S-32 Lake Youngs
  • S-33 Renton
  • S-43 Kent
  • S-61 Vashon Island
  • S-62 Ollala
  • S-81 Poulsbo
  • S-82 Bainbridge Island
  • S-90 * Ft. Lawton
  • S-90DC Ft. Lawton
  • S-92 Kingston
  • Camp Hanford
  • H-06 Saddle Mt.
  • H-12 Othello
  • H-52 Rattlesnake Mt.
  • H-83 Priest Rapids
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    Site ID or
    center     		Name, family name first
    (rank & duty optional)     		dates at
    location
    Ft. Lawton Seattle area .
    . Clark, Richard, US Army Signal Corps Missle Master Support Detachment, Rank PFC, Repair Technician Tracking Subsystem PO Box 1258, Anaconda, MT 59711 11/62-04/64
    Ft. Lewis Seattle area .
    . Davis, Jim, Civilian technician in Ordnance group at Ft. Lewis, Wash. Supported all Nike sites in Puget Sound area Acq. Radar, TTR, MTR, Computer, Internal Guidance. Hunstville schools in 56,57&58 10/55-6/59
    F-07 Spokane .
    . Cassidy, Robert J, E-2,3,4,3,4,3. Gen Op, selected as Training NCO because of Varied uses of Language. Most students didn't forget my lessons1/56-9/59
    . Doan, Rodney R., PO Box 26 port haywood VA 23138/56-12/58
    . Smith, Albert (Tom), good soldier-lousy civilian--always in trouble /62- /65
    F-37 Cheney .
    . Wentworth, Neil, I was in the Fire Control area. Have many fond memories of time spent there. Great country and great guys to work with. It'd be great to hear from any who were there then. - Woodland Drive, Skowhegan, Me 04976 1/57-7/58
    F-45 Medical Lake .
    . Holman, Bill, IFC MTR Operator - 502 villanova circle warrington, pa. 18976 /59-7/61
    F-87 Deep Creek .
    . Boone, Jim - send e-mail via Rigney, Roger 62-65
    . Brown, Daniel C., 16B10 - I worked as missile crewman; and mostly Gate guard & security platoon McNamarra; (Sec. of Defense) closed some bases had fighter squadrons of defense aircraft in the vicinity. I was ill and in hospital at Fairchild AF base so didn't see the base closing procedures and warhead removal. Last Summer (2005) I had occaison to drive by Deep Creek site Government Vehicles still park in the compound too what purpose I've no clue - 1107 N. Northlake Way Seattle, WA 98103 9/65-2/66
    . Cottam, Michael, was pit-rat and security6/65-6/66
    . Jungers, David, PFC-Launcher crewman-LCT switchboard operator. As I was AJAX trained, I was expendable when the HERCs came in. I then was sent to Germany. 1224 Deer Horn Ln. N.Las Vegas,Nv 89031 11/57-4/59
    . Mitchell, Richard (Dick), SP5, IFC Ops Section Chief, Tracking Operator. Helped set IFC on the ground. 12/56-11/57
    S-03 Kenmore .
    . Bellah, Troy, from ? - Troy served with A of the 28th during the transition from 120mm to Nike. Troy passed away June 2005/54-/55
    . Cross, Patrick, started at 120mm Gun site, A bty of the 28th gun btn. Ballard Wa, 1/54-12/54 went to Ft. Lewis for conversion to Nike - 66136 nipperville rd North bend, or 97459 12/54-6/55
    . Ross. Charles, Spec 5, My primary duty was a target tracking radar operator. I was a full time Army National Gaurd Technician. We manned the site full time and trained the National Gaurd One weekend a month and 2 weeks per year. We provided minimal manning 3 weeks per month and pulled alert duty one week per month. Activated during Cuban missle crisis. 260 South St. East , Hagerman, Idaho 83332 - More info about National Guard here 3/61-12/62
    S-13, 14Redmond .
    . Abker, Terry L., I worked both in the Integrated Fire Control and the Launcher Area. I now live about a mile from the Launcher Area on NE 95th St. in Redmond Wa. /65-/74
    . Benak, John, launcher platoon sgt 8/61-9/63
    . Blurton, Neil E., IFC elevation/range operator. PFC. Discharged 11/60. Went to work for National guard at S20 Cougar Mt out of Issaquah WA. Worked there till Ajax phase out and Guard took over S13 at Redmond WA. Stayed there till the bitter end of Hercules program. Then went to Spokane to take job as UH-1 and OH-58 Helicopter Mechanic for the National Guard. Retired 5/85. I really enjoyed the Missile program. Sad day when we started breaking down the equipment. - 553 B Aladdin Rd Colville WA 99114 10/59-11/60
    . Gardner, Jim, at both S13 Redmond and S61 on Vashon /66-/71
    . Jordan, Robert R., Staff Sgt, M-33 radar and analog computer tech. Lived for some months on a nearby National Guard base, commuted to the site. Great days spent at Green Lake in Seattle. Dated a Seattle U. student nurse who lived between Kirkland and Redmond for a few months. I still fondly remember her. - left site 1/56 (on Friday the 13th, 14:30 hours ) - 206 Charter Oaks Circle, Los Gatos. CA, 950325/54-1/56
    . Holt, Ernest 88 Husted Station Road Elmer NJ 08318 - Missile lauching area. We never had a water problem! 8/55-3/57
    . Ikard, Thomas, Acting Supply Sgt. Acting IFC Platoon Sgt. - 1111 West Eskridge Place, Stillwater, OK 740758/57-5/60
    . Loyd, William (Bill), Launcher Area CWO, Served with CWO Len Olive/61-/63
    . Staggers, Charles, - More civilized then Cougar site. Closer to Tavern. Did all of IFC duties. TTR, MTR, AR, COMPUTER, PLOTTER, and others. /59-5/61
    . Strobel, Rick, Full time National Guard.."Pit Rat" Started as Missile Crewman and went to Ft. Belvoir for Engineer School MOS 62C20. "Guided Missile (NH) Engineer Equipment Maintenance Mechanic" whew! Operated the 3, "300 Cummins Diesel Engine Driven, 150 KW GE Generators. Maintained the hugh elevators, converters, heaters, and high psi compressors (used for filling accumulators) I thoroughly enjoyed the time spent at Redmond. We had lots of time off as we could manipulate our schedule and even had a second job. Did SNAP and Juarez a couple of times and was one of the idiots that bought one of those huge mexican pictures and then had to try and get it on the airplane home. Enjoyed the ORE's, but didn't care too much for the original DCE's as they were very long, but it got better.
    If I can be of any assistance on Engineer Technicalities please feel free to write.     		3/66-6/74
    . Swank, Allan, Old national guard ajax support facility run by civilians. there were only 6 gi's there when I was there and we were asigned gofer and janitor duties - big prairie, ohio 3/63-5/63
    . Swayze, Ernest R. Jr, TTR Began training on TTR. Do remember VIP visits pretty often. My buddy that I enlisted with worked at the Launch area. Trained on TTR before I was transfered to Germany. Redmond was a good place to visit in those days. It's all grown up now. The site was right above the town. I haven't been up there for years. - 223 Porter Cr. Rd. Elma, WA3/60-10/60
    . Williamson, Randy, IFC MTR & TTR operator. In '69 they ran an SR-71 from Anchorage, AK to San Diego, CA. He gave us position updates every 30 secs. We locked on at 202K inbound. We broke lock at 200K when he started jamming. We didn't even get a smell until he quit jamming at 198K outbound. The computer said the missile couldn't catch him. I said, "I'd better find another job!" I took the test for Border Patrol and started there 11/70. They closed down our site while I was in the BP academy. I retired from the USBP 11/90.8/66-11/70
    S-20 Cougar Mountain .
    . Crocombe, Norman, spc-4 missile crewman ajax site 2 elevator mags. Barracks but mess hall was on top of mountain. truck ride 3 times a day on gravel road to chow. Radar control trailers and AAA gun on top also. Would like to e-mail any other WA veterans. 3/55-9/55
    . Staggers, Charles, - A wonderful mountain top. TTR OP,E-4. Four men to a hut. Oil stoves for heat.7/58- /59
    S-32 Lake Youngs - shared launch facility with S-33 .
    . Fuerte, Jose, SP4 Launch crew, Fire Panel Operator. Was there till it was shut down in 1962. 1959-1962
    . Chelette, Waymon, Assembly and test specialist in launching area and generator operator --- rank/ Specialist 4th Class/ - stayed until site closed - P.O. Box 62 Dodson,Louisiana 71422/59-/62
    . Swayze, Ernest R. Jr, IFC I only had a short stay here at the IFC. I remember the CO was Julius J. Jorgensen Jr. My best friend here was Paul Lund from Seattle. I was a green kid straight from Basic training. Soon transferred to Redmond. - 223 Porter Cr. Rd. Elma, WA 9/59-3/60
    S-33 Renton - shared launch facility with S-32 .
    . Morris, Kenneth, PFC Target Tracking radar operator and EW Plotter 12/56-5/59
    . Payne,Gerald T. (Tom),, generator operator, launching area ?1960?
    S-43 Kent .
    . Brough, Charlie E., Missile tracking radar. and also cooked meals on site during hot battery. 6032 E. Sarazen St. Olympia, Wa. 98513 - Award winning Novel, Thank God For Pigs, and Allison's Wedding Dress, a short story book, both on sale for only $16.00 inc Tax and shipping. Send check or money order to Brough Books P.O. Box 614, East Olympia, WA 98540 --Email me @ cbrough2@juno.com. 10/60-3/64
    . Kuvik, David, E-1 launcher opr. Bus driver - Remember SFC Gardner and Capt. Peck - got any pictures? - 10818 e Adobe Rd Mesa, az 85207/54-/56
    . Lee, Allen D., Missile Launcher Crewman, E2 Started as Onsite Tech WARNG mid 61 or 62. Remember being there day Pres Kennedy was assinated, up all night doing readiness checks. Lived in Kent, then we moved to Vashon Island to go Hercules. 7/61-3/64
    . Roberts, Donald R., SSGT E-6 Assembly Tech, Launcher area. (my Dad)4/59-9/61
    . Tavares, Gilbert, Rank-SP3 Missile Radar Operator 1955-1956
    . Thornton, James, SP3. Motor Pool- Wrecker Operator, Cat Operator - p.o. box 597 coarsegold Ca. 93614 2/54-7/56
    . Turner, Richard, I was with the WashNationalGuard. We took over 43 Kent Wa in about 1958 from the USArmy [See S-61 for more details] Richard, I can't get through your spam blocker challenge. /58-/64
    S-61 Vashon Island .
    . Brough, Charlie E., Range Operator on the Herc site and was the Missle tracking operator and a SSG when the site closed in "74" One of my other duties as assigned was Commo Sgt. When the Warheads were being taken off by a Chinook Helicoptor, I became ill one day and the project was delayed until I came back to work. that is how secret removal of the Nuke war heads was. 6032 E. Sarazen St. Olympia, Wa. 98513 I retired as MSG E8. PS. I was on the gun site on vashon in 1953 also. do you have any info on them? Charlie.3/64-7/74
    . Edwards, Joseph E., SSG/E6, Target Ranging Radar, Target Tracking Radar, Missile Tracking Radar, Hipar operator, Computer, Swithch Board, Acquisition Radar. Washington Army National Guard. MSG Retired 6/64-6/74
    . Gardner, Jim, at both S13 Redmond and S61 on Vashon /66-/71
    . Lee, Allen D., Missle Launcher Creman, but cross trained in all MOS's. Last position was Site Security Came to Vashon to train when we started phasing into Hercs from Ajax. Army was still onsite and trained us. was trained in Ft Gordon, GA. Remeber the earthquake of 65, I though the site had went up, and the day we went to "Battle Stations". I lived on the island in Burton. I live in Western Upstate NY now. See site is still there, would like to visit on next trip to Seattle Area. 3/64-8/67
    . Leon, Carl, SP5/E5 - Regular Army on National Guard Site1966-1967
    . Murray, Robert, sp/5 security guard launcher area/65-/74
    . Patterson, Rick, Started in the Launcher area, moved to IFC sometime in 1969. TTR operator until site closed in 1974. 5/67-3/74
    . Roberts, Donald R, CWO, Launcher Supervisor. [my Dad] served at this site ... I hope someone will recognize his name. He held the rank of Chief Warrant Officer at the time of his death7/64-5/65
    . Turner, Richard, I was with the WashNationalGuard. ...and then took [over] from the Regular Army Site 61 on Vashon Island in 1964 til its close in 1974 when we were deactivated. At one time or another I served as training NCO, Acq Operator, Computer opr and then became an IFC maintenance man for the Nike Ajax and Hercules radars to include HiPar. I eventually became the full time first sergeant till the unit was phased out [in 1974]. I was the last man out the gate and snapped the padlock on it. Richard, I can't get through your spam blocker challenge. /64-/74
    . Walton, Art, TRR operator,E3, we turned the site over to the wash. state national guard 4/63-12/64
    S-62 Ollala .
    . Edwards, Joseph E., Sp-5/E5, Target Tracking Radar, Missile Tracking Radar, Ord Parts Specialist. Washington Army National Guard7/59-6/64
    . Roberts, Donald R, W/O 1 Launcher Supervisor [my Dad] served at this site ... I hope someone will recognize his name. He held the rank of Chief Warrant Officer at the time of his death9/61-3/64
    S-81 Poulsbo .
    . Hanson, Norman, launcher 55-57
    . Hogan, Donavan, Launch Control trailer. (bad destination mailbox address) ?-/62
    S-82 Bainbridge Island (Winslow) .
    . Blue, Rodney, Sp4 Missle Tech MOS 225 7136 Highway 41 - Jasper, Tn. 37347 4/58-3/60
    . Fairfield, Russ, Acquisition Radar Operator. All of us enlisted personnel came straight from Basic Training and were all OJT trained. I developed a special skill on the Acquisition Radar, and that distinction got me the full time job for all Hot Battery, Ops Checks, and Annual Service Practice. We had the distinction of being "3 for 3 and 3000" for every year that the battery was operational.
    By 1961, we were getting very short on personnel because of the planned closure that summer. Almost our entire crew came in together, and we left at the same time. By April we were down to only one operating crew, but still had to act like we were at full force. We had survived a similar situation for several months in '59, but we got several replacements when the Ollala site was transferred to the National Guard.
    		6/58-4/61
    . Gibson, Stanley M, Our group was the first to be stationed at this site.10/54-2/56
    S-90 * Ft. Lawton - * (Temporary site - /55-/56) .
    . Robert, Robert Jordan, IFC - 48-week FCS course at Bliss, 1953. D battery was a merger of Nike people from Bliss and people from a recently disbanded AAA 120 mm gun battery, if memory serves me. We spent half of 1954 at Fort Lewis prior to setting up the site outside Redmond.
    I recall spending a miserable day at the site on Cougar Mountain which had been established because it ostensibly would give the M-33s clutter-free PPI displays. The opposite was the result. Evidently, the radar's side lobes were being swamped by unwanted reflections off the surrounding terrain.
    My on-site service was for about 18 months, being discharged on Friday the 13th, 1956. - then starting college at College of Marin, Marin County, CA, 2 weeks later to begin my study of physics. That resulted in a BA from UC, Berkeley, in 1960 and an MS in physics from San Jose State in 1967. That was followed by some 40 years working in aerospace and defense---a Cold War warrior.
    Retired since 1999, - 206 charter Oaks Circle, Los Gatos, CA, 95032
    		/53-/56
    S-90DC Ft. Lawton .
    . Bryson, Gary D, was at C/1-61 ADA 1969, then to S-90DC, From S-90DC to 25 NORAD McChord AFB, WA and ETS Jan '72. Joined OR Nat Guard 1974, return to AD 1986, retired 2000: Miss Army Family dearly. Currently w/ OR State Police. Might be fun to have big reunion at the CA Site.../70
    . Loyd, William (Bill), served in S3, Hq Battery Retired 10/66/63-10/66
    . Lyon, Richard, Worked in Supply room, next to blue room, NCOIC was a SSG Hill, OIC a WO2 Foss I belive1/71-12/71
    . McKinney, John B., Initially to Missile Master and helped convert to BIRDIE system in '63. 2LT/1LT 2/62-12/63
    S-92 Kingston .
    . Cann, Rendell L (Rendy), First assignment out of 24U school. SP49/69-4/71
    . Doan, Rodney, Mos 62C40 SSG E-6 in charge of engineer equip on site HYD Elevators Generators compressors motor generators both IFC and Launch area. Located on puget sound had to go by Ferry to edmonds wn on ferry from winslow wn to seattle. interesting story The people complained the diesel generators starting at 0300 am were too loud too much noise. during an ORE. ONE time a guard in the lanch platoon shot a deer with his carbine. we cleaned the deer and had a party and got some beer at a sgts house ate the deer the capt ate some him self latter when the guy got a art-l5 the lanch warrant officer you ate the edevince your self capt. 10/62-12/64
    . Daum, Ronald H. 9/66-12/67
    . Fitzgerald, James E., SP/5 Fire Control Maintenance. Left for WO charme school. - 26 Route de Depee, 33590 Grayan et L'Hopital Franc ?/66-6/67
    . Fulmer, Harvey, Arrived a PFC,left a Spec 4, served as launcher crewman. When I was there the officers for the most part were a sorry lot. The platoon sgt was pretty sorry also. There were some good people though. I served with Russell Laney, a panel operator,and Fred Roden, my section sergeant. I remember also Rodney Doan, Sgt Ferguson, Sgt Crow. They were good men.I left for the nike site in Greenland. I had intended to make a career of the army but the inefficient handeling of my officer's candidate school application and the sorry attitude of the most officers and senior NCO's hastened my return to civilian life and I never regreted leaving the army. Being from San Antonio, Texas, I never got used to the rain there so much of the time. My son was born at the Bremerton Navel Hospital in November of 1963. I am now 66 years of age and live in San Antonio. My wife and I had 9 children, who are all grown up and married except one. I often think back on those days. We were al ways short-handed and had to be on duty too many hours in the week. I became an eternally happy civilian on 18 May 1965. - 6300 Rue Marielyne Unit 1003 San Antonio, Tx 7823808/62-04/64
    . Gavin, Frank, I have names of quite a few other guys that were battery members. The place sure had a view. - Tomah Wisconsin5/73-6/74
    . Jansen, Nicholas, Started as 16B10, Launcher Crewman(E-2), next duties were assignment to motor pool and chow bus driver from Launch area to IFC. Promoted to 62C30 generator Operator(SP5). In 1969 transfered to Korea. 11/66-1/69
    . Kennedy, Steve, E5 / Nike Herc Launch Site/68-/69
    . Perovich, Tony, M.P. /71-/73
    . Popa, Adrian E., radar operator/repairman. Reassigned from 6th Army Aircraft Repair Team in California to Kingston WA, because the Army figured that aircraft electronics and NIKEs were similar (a move from heven to hell). Set up NIKE AFC site in mud, lived in tents and Jamesway huts, had slit trench johns, and used manuals to become a radar operator/repairman starting my 45+ year career in microwave, maser and laser technology. R&D at Douglas Aircraft and Hughes Electronics Research Lab. 1/55-1/56
    . Rice, Clark, Went to ROK site - 143 E. Paseo de Golf6/68-5/69
    . Roberts, Danny, 11/67-7/68
    . Rufenacht, John Frank, 219 Woodson, Raymore, MO 640834/64-12/66
    . Scott, Barry, Spec 5 (16C20) Fire Control Computer and Acquisition Radar. I still live in the Puget Sound area. The last time I was by the site, the Fire Control/Admin. area was a labor school and the Launcher area was a school district's bus barn/maintenance area.5/71-10/73
    . Taylor, Robert, Looking for anyone who served with those sites while I was there10/68-3/69
    . Tobin, David, TTR and Generator Operator, Site Closed June 19748/71-3/74
    . Vigue, Jerry L., Launcher Control Trailer-Section Chief SP/5 The nights riding the ferry from Kingston to Edmonds, and 2001 Space Odyssey in the Cinerama Theatre in Seattle. What a time it was. 3/68-10/69
    . Wilbur, Ron, Panel operator in the missile section. It was a time of Jimi Hendrix and the Eagles Auditorium in Seattle. Jammin' in the fallout shelter with guitars and sounds.2/68-6/69
    Camp Hanford 10 miles NW Richland .
    . Sheffield, Sherwood, 1/54-4/57
    H-06 Saddle Mt. .
    . Hall, Dale, Acq Operator, primary crew, SP3rd, we single guys would stay on site for 30-40 days at a stretch, because we were so far from civilization, and the old man would finally take pity on us and give us a 4-day pass, an unheard of thing in the army. I served with great guys, still think about them after 48 years. - 1829 Oriole Drive, Costa Mesa, CA 92626 (Comment by Ed Thelen - 4 day pass - Outstanding idea! As part of the 3 day pass system guys would try to drive say 1,000 miles home to party and then try to drive back - sometimes with tragic consequences. When I was there we had to sign a form saying we wouldn't drive more than ?300? miles away on a 3 day pass - and just how do you enforce that? Yeah - you guessed it - my parents and girl friend were 400 miles away.) 1/57-12/58
    . Hudec, Steve, PFC Acquisition Operator - Franklin, IN4/60-10/60
    H-12 Othello .
    H-52 Rattlesnake Mt. .
    H-83 Priest Rapids .
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    Wisconsin
    Wisconsin site information
    Web Site Milwaukee Defense Area,
    by Neal Pritchett
  • HHB 3/59 Silver Springs Blvd. Milwaukee
  • M-02 2040 W Brown Deer
  • M-20 Milwaukee, Harbor Drive
  • M-42 Cudahy
  • M-54 Hales Corners
  • M-64 Muskego
  • M-74 Waukesha
  • M-86 Menomonee Falls
  • M-96 Milwaukee, Silver Spring
  • MS-20 Roberts
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    Site ID or
    center     		Name, family name first
    (rank & duty optional)     		dates at
    location
    SAGE at Truax Field, Madison .
    . Carlile, James R., 1st Lt., attached to Chicago Sector SAGE, 30th NORAD Div, Truax Field, Madison, WI as an liason officer to Air Force. The job tile was Air Defense Artillery Director (ADAD), mos 1176. We passed target information, weapons authorization, etc to the batteries around Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Louis. Another job was to work with Air Force Controllers to keep their interceptors out of the path of launched Nike Hercules missles, including how to execute the proper exit away from the missile intercept point.11/62-1/65
    HHB 3/59 Silver Springs Blvd. Milwaukee, WI .
    . Geist, John, 10/65-01/66
    . Verburg, Harry J Jr, 2LT, Personnel Officer, Lotsa memories, 160 Garnet, Truth or consequences, nm 87901 10/68-07/69
    . Zier, David, Operations and Intelligence Assistant - 7809 Ocali Drive , Lakeland, Florida 33810 11/68-5/69
    M-02 Milwaukee,River Hills, 2040 W Brown Deer .
    . Alexandroni, John, Medic PFC..4/65-3/66
    . Briggs, Gerald (Jerry), Spec-5 TTR TRR operator Remember Funk? Robie? Lefty? - 13022 w. Colfax Butler WI 530078/67-7/70
    . Davis, John (Jack), SP-6 Acquisition Radar Mechanic HIPAR & LOPAR 26J20 All thats left now is Pop's Shack. P.O. Box 191664, Sacramento, CA 958192/69-3/71
    . Livorno, Joseph L. Fire Control Mechanic Spc 4th - Spc 6th class I left for Germany. 9/63-12/66
    . Mc Daniel, Charles Richard (Dick), fire control crew chief,computer oper, pkg 48,initial btry operational set up. 1947 Brewster rd, Indianapolis Indiana 462606/56-11/57
    . Miller, Dennis, SP-4 Supply Clerk12/67-6/69
    . Mills, Rogers G., IFC tech Sp/4 - 512/66 to 7/67
    . Nystrom, Gene, Fire control Off. 2Lt. MOS 1180 After Package trng at Ft. Bliss, went to Milw. We set up the site, had interesting experiences, especially in Oct.56 at time of Russian incurson into Hungary7/56-12/57
    . Odom, David, 18 yrs old,E-2,OJT, Transfer to Germany - 2459 N. Oaks, Sp#44, Tulare, Ca. 932741/62-5/62
    . Rawlins, Richard, Arived as E7 Left as W1. Transfered To Chicago C 41 for 1 year, then to Fairbanks AK. Retired as W3 at Norfolk Va N 25 - 6900 Coffeeport Rd Lot 162 Brownsville Tx 78521 10/65-11/66
    . Trentlage, Keith A., Launcher Control Trailer Operator; 16B20; Sp-5; We were awarded "Best Nike Herc Site" in USA just prior to our closure in '71. I did an awsome voice imitation of Mr. Gary!! Fantastic memories. - 1235 Wisteria La. Waukesha, WI 12/68-05/71
    . Usher, Richard (Rick), SPC5, MOS 16c, Fire Control Operator (Acq Radar Operator) 3/71 site deactivation. 10/67-3/71
    . Williams, Paul, Sp5 Launcher Area Assembly Sergeant and then Maint. Chief.10/68-9/69
    . Woida, Carl J. CW2, Launcher Warrant, Closed up the site in 197112/68-6/71
    M-20 Milwaukee, Harbor Drive .
    . Fitzgerald, James E., WO1 / CW2 Fire Control Maintenance - also at M-02 Left for Germany - 26 Route de Depee, 33590 Grayan et L'Hopital Franc 8/67-8/69
    . Hutson, Cecil , Mech Maint Chief, SSG, Milwakee was a great town, met my wife of 41 years there. 4002 27th Ave. Rock Island,IL 61201 10/59-2/61
    . Rouse, Chalres W "Bill", Spc 4 ACQ Operator. 2030 McClendon, Houston, TX 70309/67-6/68
    . Tigges, Rich, P.O. Box 809 - St. Johns, Az 85936-08091/62-10/63
    M-42 Cudahy .
    M-54 Hales Corners, Paynesville .
    . Hartwig, James, SP5 Track radars 8/58-7/61
    . Seach, Arden W., Fire Control Panel Operator, SP4, 5519 E. Co. Rd. J Clinton, WI 53525 5/59-8/61
    . Taylor, George H., Operated battery shop, and various duties in Bn HQ Started as PFC E-3 and left as SP-4 E-4.8/60-9/61
    M-64 Muskego - Not "Muskegon", as noted by Jimmy Danko .
    . Giddings, William H., 12429 Sand Dune St El Paso,TX1/60-7/60
    M-74 Waukesha .
    . Anderson, Mark L., Specialist 4th Class, Regular Army,(MOS was 24U20; Electronics Maintainance Mechanic), was a Warhead Custodial Team member, when the site was operated by the National Guard. 11/69-9/70
    . Boggs, Alfred E., Pfc, launcher crewman and also rebuilt batteries for ajax 6/59-10/60
    . Frank, David L., E3, Range operator, 60-62
    . Holke, Al, Radar Operator - arrived at the site 6/56. It was not operational, had to do a lot of preperation to get iton line. We also went down to Red Canyon Range to fire missiles - quite an experience. the best was the night firing. We were there in January which made it pretty nice to get away from the Wisconsin weather. I recently (March 2004) found out thru the American Legion Magazine that we are having a reunion this June. I still have my Loyale Order of the Ozzlfinch Diploma. .. three day pass across the border -- - trying to find a shoulder patch withe the nike missile and AA on both sides of the missile - 15550 Peachtree Dr. Orland Park, Il.604626/56-1/58
    . Murach, Chuck, Regular Army Warhead Custodial Team member when the site was operated by the National Guard. E/5 01/67-02/68
    . Sandell, Colin D., Pvt-Sp/5, Radar Operator, We are organizing a 40 year reunion in 2003. Please contact me for details. 10/62-6/64
    . Spencer, Brad, looking for anyone who served during this time,please contact /61-/63
    . Taylor, George H., Guided Missile Installation Electrician, Mainted generators, elevators, power convertors, etc in launching area. Also did mechanic work on all vehicles and drove snow plow, bus, wrecker, etc. Site was actually located near Little Muskego Lake, radar was north of lake and launch area was west of lake. Started as Pvt E-2 and left as PFC E-3 5/59-8/60
    M-86 Menomonee Falls .
    M-96 Milwaukee, Silver Spring .
    . Batleman, Ronald, Served as cryptographic operator, rank SP3 (E4). Trained as radio operator, ended up in telecommunications and cryptography with the 61st AAA Group Headquarters. Hdqs was initially housed at a former U.S. Army detention barracks (looked like a prison) on Hopkins Rd. Later in year, moved into new quarters on Silver Spring Rd. - 9639 Allegro Dr, Manassas, VA 20112-58001/56-12/56
    . Duffie, Kenneth R., Sp-4, Acquisition radar operator. We arrived at Ft Bliss on Dec 30, 1955, and went to RCRC for two months of detail work. Had a great time working in the generator section for the first part of the time and then was the main gate guard for the remainder of the time. My duty time was 12:00 Midnight to 4 AM. Great time to listen to all of the radio stations. 7/56-9/57
    . Holdorf, David E., Sp-4 mechanic, 5th Area Support Motor Pool6/69-8/70
    . Smith, Thomas M, Supply Clerk - worked for SFC Paul Reichert - I was kind of a 'rare-bird' up there; 'US' in a 'RA' unit. When I reported for duty, the Captain's first question was "How the F--- did a f------ draftee get assigned here?" The easy answer was that I had placed in the top 5 in Supply School at Ft. Wood. and had my choice of assignments. Since Europe or Japan was not on the list, I took the one closest to home (Chicago) I rubbed even more salt in the wound when I was selected 'Soldier of the Month' (I'm still waiting for the tickets to a Milwaukee Braves game. Oh well! Of course, being a 'US' I never got past PFC E-3 (Permanent Rank) 3/59-10/60
    MS-20 Roberts .
    . Beebe, Gregory, IFC Operator 1/67-12/67
    . Briest, Clifford E., FC maintance tech, radar, computer. Brought the RCAT from Bliss to site in mobile home when moved up from Bliss. Would like to hear from anyone there during that time. - 408 8th St. S.W. Spencer, IA 513019/59-3/61
    . Clodfelter, Jerry V, Fire Control Operator, ... and was attached to the Guided Missile Maintenance Shop in Hawaii. I remember that my unit , GMMS- Hawaii was responsible for packing up the sites and shipping the equipment back to Redstone in late 71 , early 72. I completed my military service in teaching electronics at Redstone Arsenal. 1968-1969
    . East, Herman D. Jr., Arrived as Pvt., left as Sp5, was MTR ooperator and most other positions. Was one of the first memberrs on site. When I arrived, we had no lockers, equipment, etc. Also ran craft shop and cut hair. Most of the crew members were from Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Texas. - BOX 44, TEHUACANA, TX 76686 /60-/62
    . Johnson, Richard, Launcher Crewman B section SP/5 4/66-5/68
    . Leidel, Gregg, SP5 (22F20) Launch Area - Nike Hercules Electronic Mechanic - Served under Sgt(E7) Lawrence Tobin & Warrant Officer Percy Crimmons. Took early-out to attend Univ Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Business (BBA 1972)1/67-1/69
    . Ring, Gary F., SP/4 missile Launcher (pushed and washed missiles), Prepared Pit B for Launch if necessary 1/63-10/65
    . Sawyer, Ray (Kid), This was my first Nike site and I was a launcher crewman who just loved ORE's. Didn't everyone!/66-/67
    . Syhlman, John (Jack), SP5 E-5 9/65-6/68
    . Werner, William [Worm] James, Spc E4 warhead crew member- B pit - . PFC TO SPC4 On And Off - Capt Hanson busted me for answering phone as "Roberts Rocket Center Capt. Midnight speaking". Call me 1-262-284-9882, 714 n milwaukee st port washington wisconsin 01/61-2/64
    . Zielenski, Peter, Btry Cmdr, CPT10/66-11/67

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