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Perslllng Orientation and Demonstration

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SCHWAE BISCH GMUE NO: . · M\lmbersor the German govemment · here ~ t l ywere Inv ited to observe a demonstration o fthe Persh ing miss ile system and Its re-lated su pport equipment. uiter in ·t11e day;Lieutenant Ge neral George S. Blandlard ; ·. 1VII Corps commander , paid a brief visit tothe demonst r ation site at Bismarck Ka·seme .

The day beg~ n at the Officers C lub witha conti nental breaklaSt for tile officers of

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the 56th Field Anill e ry Briga de, st Battal ·ion , 41s t Field Anlll ery, and the German •officials . Brigad ier General Milton E. Key,: 6th Bde commander, greeted his guests atthe door of the club. The.1 6 German guestsinc luded OberbuergerTl)eister (LordMayor) of Schwaeblsch Gmuend Dr. Norben Schoch. Lorch Buergenneister Mr .Wa lter Kubeler, Finance Office . Directorfor Schwaebisch ·Gmueri I Mr : . Ol ne wa l,and State Employment Director fi r . Hawnar. Follo w ing an official greeting by BGKey and breakfast, Captain Oskar ·Kaufmann, brigade S-3, addr 'es~ the ' group,using slides and his fluent German, to describe the various aspecfs or the Pershingsystem . Th i s included : tl\e organization oUn ited S tates Army Europe (USAREUR)

.Seventh Ar m y and the brigade ; a brief

®scr lp ti on of each maj or componen t In' . aystem; and how Pershin g opera tes in

~ i e l . and at the various field sites.Pershing ml Sile, along "'1th the eqw.pment used n support • die recent PersbinC orientalloa Al1AIdemonstrallon. (Pboto b~

of the Anny's largest weapon system, w u on display durin& luergen HeyMr)' - b the co nclu sio n of the presentation. the

assembled officers and gues ts adjournedto the parade field to view firsthand thevar ous exhibits on display there BatteryC, 1-41 F .A. provided the m issile equip-

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ment: the 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry setup a display of their small arms; and the

Engineer Battalion , woo are as·signed to USAREUR, displayed their topog ra phic survey equipment. The Battalion Support Maintenance Platoon (BSMP)from 1-41 F .A. provided a Systems Component Test Station (SCTS) for display. Ateach display, posters, membe .rs of the bri·gade, and members of the 649th Bn we reon hand to explain to the visitors what eachitem did and to answer any of their ques ·tions . The language barrier was overoomewith the use of prepared Gennan languagepres entations by the demonstrators andthe he lp of those who spoke both Englishand Gennan .

When · the last -of the small groups hadvisi te d all the displays, they were directed10 seats in bleach.ers that had been erectedfor the occasion . Members of Battery C, l ·~l t hen put on a live demonstration of asimulated firi n g of a Persliing missile.With th e power st a tion roaring and thecrewmen perfo rm ing their va ri ous functions, Major George S. Cronin, 1-41 S-4, ex ,plained in German to the gues ts what ex ·actly wa s happening while it happened .This display cu lminated when the missilewent 10 a venlc .a l position, the cable mastejec ted , and smok e poured out from thebase of the missile-. ·

That a ft ernoon, LTG Blanchard arrivedto view the displays and sJmulated firing :Originally, the Stuttgart chapter of the Association ot the United States Army(AUS A) was sc heduled to meet t,ere, butdue to a USAREUR alen , the meeting was

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KLEINGARTA CH - Major General Edward Me yer, Deputy Chief o Staff for Op,eratlons , United States Anny, Europe(USAREUR) toured the 3rd Battalion , IJ(thField Anillery's field site here recently.

The general received a VIP briefing onthe struct ure and mission of a Pershlnami ssile ba talion from J.M Commander,Lieutenant Colonel Samuel J. Ady. Laterhe watched a firin g pla toon from Battery Bgo through a practice a len.

Aller the demonstration, MG Meyerwalked through the living and eating areasand talked with some or the enlisted me nwho we r e occupying the site.

cancelled . LTG Blanchard expressed h isthanks for the efforu or the brigade onbehaU of the AUSA and Stated that he wasmuch Impressed wi th the demonstration .He added that he hoped the AUSA would beable. to reschedule hs meetlng here some-time in the future so thal all the AUSAmembers could see he flllCdisplay.

La ter in th e afternoon, the dependents ofthe Schwaebisch Gmuend area were Invited to view the displays . For many of the

seve r al hundred spectaton, t was the firstti m e they h a d a chance to view the work ·lngs of the Pershing system. Many ques.'lions we r e asked and answered, and forthe third time that day the firing crewfrom Battery C, 1-41 ran through a simulated firing. At least one dependent wifewas heard to sa y : 0 At now I know10me thlng abou t the whole thing . I boughtbefore all they did at Graf was drink beerand have a good time."

. . .lovely Ginny Golden (3'-U.:15 ) h as bee D r eferred to as " th e girl wllll the

.do~ar face," bu1 who notlces? ( Photo Cour t esy Sanda lOltl) ; ; :

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CDR s Desk:CHIIIAEBISCH GMVEND- 1befits afforded veterans answer many ol theneeds o a discharged lel'Via nlaD - fromInsurance to a buri al flag.

The serviceman leaving mWtary laentitled to approximately 36 such bellefltaadmlnlstered by lhe Anny. vew-ans -mlnlstrauon (VA), 1111d ocher federalagmcles. II a serviceman Is dlxbargedfrom the Army under Cllllditiclllllolber tl1anhonorable, then about 30 ol lhoae benefitsare denJed him.

The Veterans Administration off9 I thehonorably discharged serviceman manyother IM nefits besldes funds for education .Foremo.st amona thele , to any upiringhomeowner, ls VA'sbomeloanprogr,m .

The home loan program is designed toguaran~e loans for not oaly homes. butalso for farms, mobile homes, and condominiums. And if the servicemanprior to 1anuary 31, 1965, he may be en,titled to a 1uaranteed business loan.

The VA guaran tees $12,500 or 60 percent, whichever is less, of any loan madeby a p,rivate lender for lhe purpose ofpurchulng, repairing, or Improving ahome, fannbouse, or condominium. Thesame guarantee Is available for the ref ·nancing of an existing rnorl38geloan.

E n purchasing a mobile home or Im& a mobUe home site, the VA guar-.30 per cent of the loan. After fullyrepaying a mobile home loan, ·the veteranIs then In the position to use bis $12,500guarantee entitlement to purchase a conventionally c o n s t r u c t e d ~ . ·

The ex-serviceman turned farmer maydesire a loan to purchue farmland. stock,feed, machinery, -1 or supplies. 1be VA1'111 guarantee $4,000or 50 per cent, wblch- la leu, or a fu,n reel tllat.e ·loan 111dSZ.000or o per c:eat, wbk:tleYerIs lell, l.afarm related DOD-real estate loan. Ar·rangemaits for 11J1Y al tbe aboYe loam aremade by Ille veteran lhnJucli IIOl'lllllp iva t e lendlog channels. Tbe IDlereltc:llarsedby these pmate lg,endel caDDQ(aceed irnita establlahed by he VA.

The lenath of tlme aUowedfor eKII typeal loan varies. Home loans and farm r a lestate loans do cot read maturitf for 30u d 40 ye a n respeeclvdy. iwwe- , thetime allotted for a non-real estate loan tsonly 10 yean . A loan for the purdlase of amobile borne can l u t 12 y ean 1111d 32 days._However when the purdlue ol a lot ISa,mblned with the buying o a mobileborne then three years ls on to thatloan's t ime limit.

1D certain inlt.ances, VA makes directJoana for the purchase or oonstructlon of ahome, for the purchase of a farm wltb residence, for the constnlCtion of a farm residence on the boff'Oftf' s land, ·ror the Improvements of a residence, or for the refinancing of an elcisting Joan. VA normallylimlts such a loan to S:11,000.

To be eligible tor any loan as describedIn the vA loan program, a veteran musthave se rved on active duty for mon, than180 days. At this tlme, a 9ervk:eman ltlll ·on active duty o r honorably di.sdlarged: i. pply for the loen to suit bis

Good News from lh hor ept

*i · ~ i e r dili moinh I atlfflded Ille ~ Y ace relatlom seminar that la *...;reqialred for m all. 1bill w u three ~ y s well spent and I band It to be beneficial ..._... from two upects . . . . . .,..._ First, It p v e . me a becte-r feel for the bacllgroutld a ~ current l l l t u s of OUTrace *

relatloas .ituallon IO that I u a pet'IOII cu ·better UDdentand aDd tnten ct with

-ti people of all racet. Second,it

provided u a commander with tlioughts and *Ideas *11idt wilt allow me to do a better .tot,·al supervislr1g . OW' race relationsi i Jll Ocr'I~ and canytna out tbe OCher functions of commanifln a non~iscrimlna ory *manner . .-fl 1 woukl after t i - ob9ervatlom on the seminar. Tbe cllscualon was open and *ii ranlt and moet altffldees participated. At the end of he three days I believe we all *

·knew the other seminar members better and had an appreciation of their views-« whether bi' not we agrem with those views. This leads me to believe that If we will '*

· · l l l t talk to - · another things are almost ceruitn ·to lmpro,,e . Have you ever• thought about haw many people you Intensely dislike when you really don't know a *iC tlllng about hem? *

• Next I think we learned that there ls no su c h thing u a man w ithou t some-ti prejudices and It Is not likely that we wlll ever co mpl etely rid ounelves of a ll these *

prejudices. 1be Important thing is that we be honest with ourselves and each otheri i and mal