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2nd Missile Battalion, 71st Artillery

(Taiwan) Association

271 Shady Oak Drive

New Market, AL 35761

<http://www.2-71adataiwan.com>

Volume 6

Newsletter 4

December 2002

Toasts to the Regiment and to the Departed Members of 2/71 and Support Units

From the Editor

This edition of the newsletter includes photos of the very

successful reunion in Nashville this past October 2002, and

our change of plans for the 2004 reunion. Minutes of the

General Membership Meeting and reflections on the Nashville

reunion will be in a newsletter next year. We remind you that

this is the time for 2003 membership renewal. The Christmas

season is always a good time for members of 2/71 to reflect on

that special treat which Father John Dahlheimer left us in his

Christmas message of 1959.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Bob and Lois Mackintosh

wish to extend their best

wishes to all of you for this holiday season. Their wish is that

all of you remain in good health until we meet again at the

next reunion.

Christmas 1959 Letter from Father John J.

Dahlheimer, S.J.

Father Dahlheimer was the Chaplain of Matsu Com-

plex, ROC in 1958. He also served as the Catholic

Chaplain for D Battery, and later, all of the 2

nd

Missile

Battalion.

The following portions of Father Dahlheimher’s

Christmas letter refer to the 2

nd

Missile Battalion. (If you

did not see his entire newsletter in one of our 1999 newslet-

ters, let

Bob Mackintosh

know, and we will send you a

copy.)

“….the 2

nd

Missile Battalion (Nike-Hercules) of the

71

st

Artillery – God Bless ‘em! During their tour of duty

here, I was privileged to be the chaplain first of Delta

Battery, which was closest to Hsinchu, and eventually to all

of the batteries.

“…but I have a very delicious feeling that thanks to all

this extremely impressive hardware off-loaded so swiftly

and with little attempt at secrecy here in Taiwan when it

was most needed, i.e. the Nike missiles, the F10