2nd Missile Battalion, 71st Artillery (Taiwan) Association

	Republic of China 1958 -1959


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Who would have thought, that by firing a few shots at Quemoy and Matsu, that we would have created such an earth shattering storm. . Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung)

"This has not been the first test for us and for the free world. Probably it will not be the last. But as we meet each test with courage and unity, we contribute to the safety and the honor of our beloved land--and to the cause of a just and lasting peace." (President Dwight Eisenhower in Radio/TV address to the nation September 11th, 1958) Click here to read full message.

The 2nd Missile Battalion 71st Artillery (Nike Hercules), U.S. Army, deployed to defend Taipei, Taiwan against air attack and invasion during the Taiwan Straits Crisis in September 1958. The battalion was a fully self-supporting mobile Nike Hercules fighting force with both conventional and nuclear capability in SAM and SSM technology.

The 2/71st Artillery carried a full medical complement and was supported by the following detached units: 178th Ordnance Detachment, 1st Signal Detachment, 31st Engineer Detachment, 554th Ordnance Company, and Augmentation (Signal) Troops. Total Force: 704 men.

As the crisis ground down and the PRC decide it was a bad idea to invade Taiwan, held by the ROC and defended by the United States, the 2/71st trained Chinese Army counterparts forming the 1st Missile Battalion Chinese Army. Having completed it's mission, the 2nd Missile Battalion 71st Artillery was deactivated in August 1959 and went home. A victory for the good guys. Today, the democratically elected government and the economic success of the Republic of China on Taiwan is a fitting tribute to that victory.

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