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Captured from film showing Captain Douglas giving Chiang Kai-shek a tour of B Battery in 1959.
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Captured from film showing Captain Douglas giving Chiang Kai-shek a tour of B Battery in 1959.
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Captured from film showing Captain Douglas giving Chiang Kai-shek a tour of B Battery in 1959.
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Captured from film showing Captain Douglas giving Chiang Kai-shek a tour of B Battery in 1959.
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Captured from film showing Captain Douglas giving Chiang Kai-shek a tour of B Battery in 1959.
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Submitted By Bill Thomson (B Battery)
Launcher Assembly Service Section NCOs
Left to Right – Sgt Rittenhouse, Sgt Kirk (Section Leader), Sgt Bately, Sgt Briley, & Sgt Botts. |
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Submitted By Bill Thomson (B Battery)
Tom Hooks - Launcher Assembly Service. Was a wizard with the hydraulics on the missile launchers. |
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Submitted By Bill Thomson (B Battery)
Battery's main street when we first arrived. |
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Submitted By Bill Thomson (B Battery)
Battery’s open air latrine. Referred to by some as “The Pee House of the August Moon. |
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Submitted By Bill Thomson (B Battery)
Battery mess hall & dining room. |
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Submitted By Bill Thomson (B Battery)
Water storage tank. |
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Submitted By Bill Thomson (B Battery)
The luxery transpo between the IFC & Launcher area. |
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Submitted By Bill Thomson (B Battery)
Launcher area was open reworked tea field with gravel road and concrete pads. No lights & no security fence when we began to setup missiles. |
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Submitted By Bill Thomson (B Battery)
Missile booster & warhead assembly area. |
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Submitted By Bill Thomson (B Battery)
1st missile being readied in the B section launch area. Notice the ROC engineers laying sod in the background. |
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Submitted By Bill Thomson (B Battery)
Group Photo of ROC Battery B 1st Missile BN & MAAG advisors. |
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Submitted By Bill Thomson (B Battery)
Christmas 1958 Robert McQueeny, Robert Kirk, Bill Thomson, Benjaman Briley, George Botts |
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Submitted By Bill Thomson (B Battery)
When first operational we had no lights other than headlights from trucks and flash lights. It was so dark you could not see your hand in front of your face if the moon was not out. These lights were really welcomed! |
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Submitted By Bill Thomson (B Battery)
Tom Hooks and Lou Werner with the Chinese Troops being trained by us in Launch Area Maintenance building. |
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Submitted By Bill Thomson (B Battery)
Lauch control panel in a underground section control room. |
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Submitted By Bill Thomson (B Battery)
One day before fence was installed this enterprising local fruit seller showed up. Don Greenwood just couldn't resist purchasing some oranges. |
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Submitted By Bill Thomson (B Battery)
Wo Johnson and Sgt. Rittenhouse are observing our replacements in action see next photo. |
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Submitted By Bill Thomson (B Battery)
Our replacements putting their first missle together. |
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Submitted By Stu Moody (B Battery)
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Submitted By Stu Moody (B Battery)
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Submitted By Stu Moody (B Battery)
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Submitted By Stu Moody (B Battery)
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Submitted By Stu Moody (B Battery)
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Submitted By Stu Moody (B Battery)
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Submitted By Stu Moody (B Battery)
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Submitted By Stu Moody (B Battery)
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Submitted By Stu Moody (B Battery)
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Submitted By Stu Moody (B Battery)
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Submitted By Stu Moody (B Battery)
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Submitted By Stu Moody (B Battery)
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Submitted By Stu Moody (B Battery)
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Submitted By Stu Moody (B Battery)
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Submitted By Stu Moody (B Battery)
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Submitted By Stu Moody (B Battery)
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Submitted By Stu Moody (B Battery)
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Submitted By Stu Moody (B Battery)
Stu admiring some of the local "flora" while out on a Sunday Stroll.
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Submitted By Stu Moody (B Battery)
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Submitted By Stu Moody (B Battery)
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Submitted By Stu Moody (B Battery)
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Submitted By Stu Moody (B Battery)
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Submitted By Stu Moody (B Battery)
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Submitted By Herb Terbille (B Battery)
In front of the LCT on the left is James L. Jernigan and at the right is Gilberto Bedia. |
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Submitted By Herb Terbille (B Battery)
B Battery Launchers. |
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