My Army Redstone Missile Days, Page 12: Addendum

Appendix D:

7th Army

Battery A, 1st Missile Battalion, 333rd Artillery
40th Artillery Group (Redstone)
Bad Kreuznach, Germany

The following YouTube Player shows a video with audio
of Redstone Missile No. RS-09 (XE) launch. Related Redstone missile videos
from YouTube are also accessible on this player window.

Redstone Research & Development Missile RS-09 (XE) Launch
at the Atlantic Missile Range (AMR), Cape Canaveral, Florida on April 20, 1955.

The following video with narration depicts segments of the Annual Service Practice (ASP) firing conducted by Battery A, 217th Field Artillery Missile Battalion, 40th Artillery Group at WSMR of Redstone Block II tactical missile CC-2014 on 16 March 1960, one month prior to my trip to WSMR. The scenes are pretty much identical to what I witnessed in person of the Battery A, 46th Artillery Group ASP in April 1960.

Redstone Block II Tactical Missile No. CC-2014 ASP firing
by Battery A, 217th Field Artillery Missile Battalion 40th Artillery Group
at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico on 15-16 March 1960.

The following 2-part video with narration depicts the Redstone trainer demonstration conducted on December 17, 1959 at the Redstone Division, Department of Materiel, United States Army Artillery and Missile School, Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

The following 4-part video with narration depicts the Redstone Block I trainer missile operation conducted by Battery A, 217th Field Artillery Missile Battalion, 40th Artillery Group on March 10, 1959 at Kuhberg Hill, located 5 kilometers outside Bad Kreuznach, Germany.

The following 4-part video with narration depicts the Redstone Block II trainer missile operation conducted by Battery A, 2nd Missile Battalion, 333rd Artillery, 46th Artillery Group in October 1960 near Neckarsulm, Germany.

The following 4-part video, taken from the US Army's popular television show of the late 1950's, "The Big Picture", covers the events surrounding the launch of the USA's first satellite in orbit on January 31, 1958, Explorer 1 launched aboard a modified Redstone missile designated Jupiter-C.

The following 2 videos show scenes from Ron Smith's return to Bad Kreuznach, Germany in August 2009, 50 years after being stationed at Des Gouttes Kaserne in the city of Bad Kreuznach as a member of Battery A, 40th Artillery Group Redstone.

The following video shows the November 29, 1967 launch at Woomera, Australia of the Australian WRESAT (Weapons Research Establishment Satellite) program satellite using Redstone-SPARTA missile CC-2029.

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		Appendix D: 7th Army Battery A, 1st Missile Battalion, 333rd Artillery 40th Artillery Group (Redstone) Bad Kreuznach, Germany Redstone Missile Videos The following YouTube Player shows a video with audio of Redstone Missile No. RS-09 (XE) launch. Related Redstone missile videos from YouTube are also accessible on this player window. Redstone Research & Development Missile RS-09 (XE) Launch at the Atlantic Missile Range (AMR), Cape Canaveral, Florida on April 20, 1955. The following video with narration depicts segments of the Annual Service Practice (ASP) firing conducted by Battery A, 217th Field Artillery Missile Battalion, 40th Artillery Group at WSMR of Redstone Block II tactical missile CC-2014 on 16 March 1960, one month prior to my trip to WSMR. The scenes are pretty much identical to what I witnessed in person of the Battery A, 46th Artillery Group ASP in April 1960. Redstone Block II Tactical Missile No. CC-2014 ASP firing by Battery A, 217th Field Artillery Missile Battalion 40th Artillery Group at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico on 15-16 March 1960. Click Here to access CC-2014 FLIGHT TEST EVALUATION REPORT The following 2-part video with narration depicts the Redstone trainer demonstration conducted on December 17, 1959 at the Redstone Division, Department of Materiel, United States Army Artillery and Missile School, Fort Sill, Oklahoma. The following 4-part video with narration depicts the Redstone Block I trainer missile operation conducted by Battery A, 217th Field Artillery Missile Battalion, 40th Artillery Group on March 10, 1959 at Kuhberg Hill, located 5 kilometers outside Bad Kreuznach, Germany. The following 4-part video with narration depicts the Redstone Block II trainer missile operation conducted by Battery A, 2nd Missile Battalion, 333rd Artillery, 46th Artillery Group in October 1960 near Neckarsulm, Germany. The following 4-part video, taken from the US Army's popular television show of the late 1950's, "The Big Picture", covers the events surrounding the launch of the USA's first satellite in orbit on January 31, 1958, Explorer 1 launched aboard a modified Redstone missile designated Jupiter-C. The following 2 videos show scenes from Ron Smith's return to Bad Kreuznach, Germany in August 2009, 50 years after being stationed at Des Gouttes Kaserne in the city of Bad Kreuznach as a member of Battery A, 40th Artillery Group Redstone. The following video shows the November 29, 1967 launch at Woomera, Australia of the Australian WRESAT (Weapons Research Establishment Satellite) program satellite using Redstone-SPARTA missile CC-2029. The video was provided to me by Art LeBrun. *See complete WRESAT videos at: www.aso.gov.au*
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