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Addendum:
7th Army
Battery
A, 1st Missile Battalion, 333rd Artillery
40th Artillery Group (Redstone)
Bad Kreuznach, Germany
Paris Air Show
The following information was provided to me by my former Battery A Firing Section colleague, John Jardine. In the spring of 1959 Battery A was chosen to display the Redstone trainer missile at the June 1959 Paris Air Show. Here are John's words on that activity.
I don't know if you ever heard but almost 46 years ago this coming month some of us in the service section went to the Paris Air Show with the trainer missile. We had been out in the field for a while and shortly after returning it was announced that the battery had been selected to go to Paris. I was quite surprised and excited to have been selected. There were a few that were upset that a new slick sleeve was going and they were not. Sixteen made the trip including one SFC from the 630th. Among the ones you know were Fiore,Willis and Pardue. We were there for 15 days. It was great. We were paid $16.00 a day per diem. Our hotel, sharing a room, was $6.00 a night. Each of us paying $3.00. We erected the trainer and once the show started we worked two days on, six hours a day, and the third day off. We had two shifts a day. In addition to the trip to fire the missile, the Paris trip was one of the highlights of my time in "A" Battery.
Lt. Col. (Retired) Pascal W. Pascarella
13 December 1931 - 16 October 2004
It is with great sadness I recently discovered that our former Commanding Officer of Battery A, Captain Pascal W. Pascarella, passed away in October 2004 at the age of 72. Our CO's Army career started in the early 1950's, spanned 23 years, and included service in both the Korean War and the Viet Nam War. He retired with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, and resided in Texas until his passing. To his fellow 40th Artillery Group officers he was known as "Pat" Pascarella. To those of us who had the pleasure and the privilege of serving under him in Battery A, he was our Captain "Pasky" Pascarella, and we mourn his passing.
19 May 2006.
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