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Updates and Revisions in 2008

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January 1, 2008 Added 1 additional photo of Redstone-Mercury to the Slide Show Redstone Miscellaneous Folder Page 2 that was sent to me by Art LeBrun.
January 9, 2008 Added 5 photos to the Slide Show Des Gouttes Kaserne and Kuhberg Folder Page 2, showing the remnants of areas on Kuhberg Hill that were used by 40th Artillery Group for equipment storage and trainer missile operations. The photos were taken on 4 January 2008 and were sent to me by Rodrigo Gebhard of Bad Kreuznach, Germany.
January 10, 2008 Added 1 additional photo of Redstone-Mercury, the MR-4 flight, to the Slide Show Redstone Miscellaneous Folder Page 2 that was sent to me by Art LeBrun.
January 14, 2008 Added 1 additional photo of Redstone Explorer 1 to the Slide Show Redstone Miscellaneous Folder Page 2 that was sent to me by Art LeBrun.
January 21, 2008 Added 2 additional photos of Redstone-Mercury, MR-1A in December 1960 and MR-4 in July 1961, to the Slide Show Redstone Miscellaneous Folder Page 2 that were sent to me by Art LeBrun.
January 22, 2008 Added 1 photo of Redstone Explorer 5 to the Slide Show Redstone Miscellaneous Folder Page 3 that was sent to me by Art LeBrun.
January 27, 2008 Added 12 additional photos of Redstone and derivatives to the Slide Show Redstone Miscellaneous Folder Page 2 and Page 3 that were sent to me by Art LeBrun.
January 29, 2008 Added 2 additional photos of Redstone and derivatives to the Slide Show Redstone Miscellaneous Folder Page 2 and Page 3 that were sent to me by Art LeBrun.
January 30, 2008 Added an excellent color photo of Redstone RS-27 Explorer 1 to the Slide Show Redstone Miscellaneous Folder Page 2 that was sent to me by Joel Powell.
January 31, 2008 Added 3 additional photos of Redstone-Mercury, MR-2 and MR-BD, to the Slide Show Redstone Miscellaneous Folder Page 3 that was sent to me by Art LeBrun.
February 1, 2008 Added 1 photo of Mercury-Redstone MR-1A to the Slide Show Redstone Miscellaneous Folder Page 3 that was sent to me by Art LeBrun.
February 3, 2008

Related Links Page: Added a link to the City of Bad Kreuznach, Germany web site. Added a link to the Bridgemeister web site, which contains photos of a unique pedestrian suspension bridge in Bad Kreuznach.

Added 2 photos of Mercury-Redstone MR-4 to the Slide Show Redstone Miscellaneous Folder Page 3 that were sent to me by Art LeBrun.

February 4, 2008 Added 2 photos of Mercury-Redstone MR-3 to the Slide Show Redstone Miscellaneous Folder Page 3 that were sent to me by Art LeBrun.
April 15, 2008

We have been out of commission for the past several months, but we are now resuming web site updates.

Added an article commemorating the 50th anniversary of Explorer 1 to Page 14 Redstone Missile Articles, that was sent to me by Desmond Bonnington.

June 26, 2008

Added 1 photo showing the PX and Snack Bar at McCully Barracks, Wackernheim, Germany in 1962 to the Slide Show 40th Artillery Group Folder.

The photo was provided by John Rhodes. John seved in HQ Battery and B Battery of 40th Artillery Group (Redstone) from early 1961 to late 1963, as a radio teletype operator.

June 27, 2008 Added a postcard with its photo of the interior of Gasthaus zur Lammerbrucke in 1959 to the Page 9 text under the section Orders for Home. The postcard was provided by Desmond N. Bonnington.
July 1, 2008 Added 1 photo provided by John Rhodes showing John with his HQ Battery Communications Van at McCully Barracks, Wackernheim, Germany in 1962 to the Slide Show 40th Artillery Group Folder.
July 3, 2008 Added 1 photo provided by John Rhodes showing John with his VW Beetle outside his apartment in Ingelheim, Germany in 1963 to the Slide Show 40th Artillery Group Folder.
   

 

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