2nd Missile Battalion, 71st Artillery

(Taiwan) Association

271 Shady Oak Drive

New Market, AL 35761

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

Newsletter 3

December 2009

Nike Hercules Missiles in B Battery, 2-71

Launcher Revetment, 1959

Volume 13

In Memoriam

Allen Markwardt, Belleville, WI (C Btry),

died 18 Oct 2008.

Franklin Straughan, Farmington, MO (D Btry),

died 6 Mar 2009

Bob Heilman, Janesville, WI, (B Btry),

died 5 Aug 2009.

Membership Renewal

Bowers, Robert, North Little Rock, AR (D Btry)

Breder, Milt, Quincy, IL (B Btry)

Bridges, Howard, Lawton, OK (Hq & A Btrys)

Dickerson, Harold, Quinlan , TX (C Btry)

Douglas, Bob, El Paso, TX (B Btry)

DuToi, Terry, El Mirage, AZ (178th Ord)

Funamura, Dan, Lihue, HI (A Btry)

Grant, Sam, Darlington, SC (Hq Btry)

Hodge, Nick, Marianna, AR (C Btry)

Hurst, Claxton, Meigs, GA (Aug Gp)

Jackson, Dewey, Maryville, TN (D & Hq Btrys)

Johnson, Jeraldine, Arab, AL

(Widow of Robert Johnson, Hqs Btry)

Kjersgaard, Jim, Perth Amboy, NJ (D Btry)

Lefrancois, Leo, Plainfield, CT (Hq Btry)

McGranahan, Tom, Sunriver, OR (Hq Btry)

Moody, Stu, Butler, PA (Hq & B Btry)

Morin, Milo, Campbell, CA (A Btry)

O’Neill, Nancy, Port Jefferson Sta., NY

(Widow of Ron O’Neill, D Btry)

Olivares, Fidel, Arlington, TX (Hq Btry)

Otting, Dan, Waukon, IA (A Btry)

Privott, Henry, Kitty Hawk, NC (D Btry)

Provost, John, Mount Dora, FL (Hq Btry)

Rogers, Ruth Ann, Flower Mound, TX

(Widow of Jimmie Rogers, D Btry)

Saylor, Lloyd, El Paso, TX (554th Ord)

Telford, Jim, Racine, WI (A Btry)

Whitson, Earl, Pampa, TX (D Btry)

New Members

Latham, Lloyd, El Paso, TX (B Btry)

Christensen, Marvin, Vermillion, SD (C Btry)

Lost Member

Randll, Lee, Moss landing, CA (554th Ord) (Newsletter

was returned with no forwarding address.)

Notes From the Troops

8/19/09

From: Nick Hodge (C Btry)

Bob,

I hope all is well with you and Lois.

Thanks for a job well done.

Nick

8/20/09

From: Earl Whitson (D Btry)

The newsletter is such a blessing. We would not have

known about Dave O’Connell nor Charles Scott without it.

We look forward to seeing everyone in 2010.

Earl – Betty Whitson