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February 25, 2010 Added 15 newly-acquired photos of Redstone missile training being conducted by members of 217th Field Artillery Missile Battalion, 40th Artillery Group (Redstone) at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama in 1957 to Page 1 of the Slide Show Missile Operations Folder.
March 6, 2010 Added a section entitled 40th Artillery Group Training at Redstone Arsenal in 1957-1958 to the Addendum: Page 11 with comments provided by Ted Bonnington about Redstone training at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama in 1957 and early 1958.
May 9, 2010 Added 3 photos sent to me by David Erbstoesser taken at the Overseas replacement Station, Fort Dix New Jersey in October 1962, to Page 6 Overseas Duty under the section Back to Fort Dix.
May 15, 2010 Received a most interesting and informative message sent to me by John Bare, who served as an 8th Infantry Division photographer in Rose Barracks, Bad Kreuznach from 1961 to 1963. I have added John's highly pertinent information about Battery A's loss of a tactical missile to Page 8 under the section titled The Day We Lost a Redstone.
May 30, 2010 Added an interesting photo provided by Jerry Hanlon to the Slide Show Redstone Miscellaneous Folder Page 4. The photo is from a 2008 reunion of former 76th, 523rd and 580th Engineer Company personnnel.
June 28, 2010 Added a photo showing the launch of Redstone CC-1002 on May 16, 1958 to Page 6 under the section A Brief History of Battery A and 40th Artillery Group. The photo is from David Howard and sent to me by Art LeBrun.
July 21, 2010 Updated the outmoded links to Field Artillery Magazine and Artillery Trends Archives at Fort Sill, Oklahoma on the Related Links page and on Page 15 Appendix C: Redstone Missile Articles appearing in ARTILLERY TRENDS.
July 23, 2010

Added a photo to Slide Show 40th Artillery Group Folder Page 2 that was sent to me by Jim Circle of West Virginia. Jim served in 580th Engineer Company from October 1961 to October 1963. The photo shows Jim and 3 colleagues in the field in the summer of 1963.

Added 2 Redstone missile photos provided by Art LeBrun to the Slide Show Redstone Miscellaneous Folder Page 5 (new).

July 24, 2010 Added 3 Redstone missile photos provided by Art LeBrun to the Slide Show Redstone Miscellaneous Folder Page 5.
   
   

 

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