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"PERSHING IN EUROPE"
VOL.1
NO. 6
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WACKERNHEIM
A
formal organization day rev iew was conducted on October 26 to commemorate the
4th anniversary of the 1st
Battalion, 81st Artillery as a
Pershing battalion.
What Is now the !St BattaUon,
along with two other artillery regiments. The 81st remained with
the 8th D!vlsion until November 1,
1918 when it entered World War
I at Brest, France. Only two days
after arriving In Europe the arSCHWAEBISCH GMUEND, Control Center. Communications
mistice ending the war was slc
and other mission relaLieutenant Section
nod. Therefore, the 81st never had November 6 ted areas. Climaxing the tour of
the opportunity to take part In General Meyers, G-3 of the the site was a countdown of a Peractual combal
Army's Joint Chiefs of Staff, shing Missile.
Returning lo the States late in I
The men then called on the
December of 1918, tho 8111 was toured the field site of Bravo Bravo field mess site for lunch as
assigned to Ft. Bragg, North Ca- Battery, 4th Battalion, 41st a conclusion to the orientational
rolina, where it remained for Artillery this morning, retour.
three years and on February l, ceiving briefings and orien1922 was inactivated.
The unit remained Inactivated tations on the operations and
!or 18 years until June 12, 1940 mission of the battalion.
when. at Ft. Lewis, Washington ,
Arriving by helicopter, the ge- A WARDS PRESENTED
it was reactivated as Battery A, neral was met by ~6th Group
!st Battalion, 81st Artillery and Commander, Colonel Patrick Posent to Anchorage, Alaska, On wers; Major William Taylor, and
December 16, 1940, all elements Bravo Battery commander, CapWACKERNHEIM - Awards
of the 81st weN! activated and tain Joseph Siraco.
After a 30-mlnute briefing, tho presentations were conducted
sent to Alaska to combine with
Battery A formln& the 81st Field group, ac~ompanled by tho bat- along with the Organization
w l Artlllery Battalion.
talion S-3, Major Robert Lamons,
(Cont. Page 4 Col l J conducted tours of the Battery Day parade on October 26.
~
.
Commander
Colonel
sound
maintenance program,
quallllcd pilots and support
personn el. proper supervision,
a nd command emphasis.''
Plyillg in formation, four helicopters of the 3184th pass over Artillery Kaaeme.
AT1/81ST
The U. s. ARMY"s PERSHING MISSILE under,oes tests on an improved en,ctorlauncher in Orlando, Florida. Mounted on rubber tires instead ot tracked vehicles, the new Pershing lA around equipment carrlto the complete missile on one carrier pulled by an
M-656 prime mover. The missile Is cradled on the last-erecting launcher which tervH as
its own launch pad. At rear ls the new pro1rammer/test station which serves as power THE PERSHING MISSILE undergoes rapid ~~on tests by Martin Marietta encineers
supply and countdown vehicle.
at Orlando, Florida, s part of a development prosram o! second generation around support equipment for the system.
GROUND SUPPORT equipment for the Pershing missile system Includes the battery
control central (BCC) bcina developed under tho Perahlns l A proaram. Dosicncd to
1lve the battery commander a better means to control and monitor tirlnc s.ite actlvitle~,
the BCC is mounted in an expando-van at<>p an M-656 truck and Is linked by radio
with higher headquarters.
WEIGHTLIFTINGCLASSESTOBE HELDFOR4/4IST
SCHWAEBISCH GMUEND
- Weightlifting and bodybuilding classes have been set
up for 4/4lst perso1U1el announces Hardt Gymnasium
Instructor Doug Beard.
The instructions are slated for
1900 hours Mondays, Wednesdays,
and Fridays, and will Include lifting and bodybuilding techniques by Doug, a former wights
champion in Mannheim and
USAREUR competitions.
"With the USAREUR tltle-Ulting to get underway sometime in
February or March", Specialist
Beard notes the "aood chances of
4141st taking some titles."
The competitions arc divided
Into eight weight classes, starting
at 110 pounds for the Bant.amwcl&ht division, ond progressing
to 198'1, or over for the Heavyweight division.
Barracks, Ludwigsburg, by a
15-13 score.
Battery B scored on two
Nakasone-Zeagler passes, but
were overtaken on three field
goals by the 384th MPs.