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8/17/2019 The Pershing Cable (Sep 1981)
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I
1 -
,
j
Miss
America
Tour
visits 6th
byGnaAn.
Bringing with them an abwidanc:e or 1alent, charm
and good cheer, the Min America Tour oerfcrmed for
soldiers and family me mbm o
the
56th t ield Artillery
Bri,adeat the HaidtSpartsplltz, A•auat 16.
Susan Powel~ Mia Amcric:a 1981,
frmi
Enid, Okla-
homa, headlined a IOur rponson,d by the USO and the
O.vla Travel Aaency. Tbe allow included- nd daia
rouwa aloa withcomody lketcbel.
FolJowin
their performance,
the
UWpc WU flowa to
lnnerinpn. wben
they
11111, liped a.qrapba and
ror - with
the .olcllen riaa AlpM
lllttery.
f:tt al~
4ht Fidel Artillery, . _atly cm Combat
A1at
S1atus.
For many or the - -
t
wu their nnt helicopter
nipt and they apent their time in the air ,napping
pictura
o Oermu
c:utles perched oa moun1ainsidea
illoD
the way.
T1ie Yilit to the
bripde ..,..
put o the IIOIIP't four-
- -
aedule
o per- . appeuanc,e1 and
allow
perfor-
rorU.S.Fores~
n
Germany and kleland.
Vershina Cable
Vol.
18,
No.
3
56th
Field Artillery Brigade
Beptember 1981
37
remembered by citizens of Ge·rman town
. ,0 . .11. . .u
· The
i,eoi,le
of ~ltz til1 remember the traslc bell
copter crash
tbat
claimed
the l o 37
youngAmericu
IO dienA1aust I
J,
I971. . · '
They
111ill
remember,
and tend
the
lf'OIIDCII
of
the
monu_ment they
cooatl'v.ctod
at
tbe
c:ruli
aite, with
the
hel~f
S. Armyenginem.
In
1973.
remember, and ·place
flowers at
tbc monument
tbroug
ttbe
leUOIII
o
he
year.
And eacb year In Augllll, tbcy remember by boltln1
memorial aervice1
at
tbe lite in
boaor of
the
3j
IIOld.iers
from
the 2nd
Bat1alion,
4th Infantry, and the roar beli-
copcer crewmen from
the I I tb Aviation Group wbo diod
in
tbuccldcnt.
·
Nearly
SOO
Pegnltz citlzcns turned
out
for tbia
year',
ICl'Yic:a,beld Augua 16, to remember.
· 01tcata
of
bonOf ror
the
acmca wen Mr. and Mrs.
Walter L. Cborry lid retired Army Ms,t. lid Mrs.
W
alta:
J.
Pyzit,
parentao wo of he
yoeq
Oldien wbo
lost
their
liva n the
tragic
accident. · ·
Repreientin1 tbc UnitedS1ate1 Army were Brig. Oen
Sidney O.Yia, commander of the 56tb Ficld Artillery
Bripde. 2/4 Infantry c:cmmandcr Lt. Col.
Jama
R.
Carlaon,
and an
honor auanl
from
HHC, 2/4 Infantry;
a
ad
membm
of
he
76tli
US.
Army Band.
Rep,escntina 1bc Bllndcawebr were Oberst (Col.)
Franz JotefFischer and
an
honor
pare
c:ontinacnt. Fint
Mayor Conrad Loebr
o Peplitz addreaed
tbe gatber
in&, followed ia
tum by
O.via and F'11eber.
ln addition to Ille meuagca or tbe featured 1peakcrs,
the
Cl'Viceaalso
included
• readina o
All:bibald
MacLe-
ish's TIie Youn&
Dead
Soldiers"
by
(Private First
Clua) Joacbim Hoerl,
1
role call
or
the
dead
by 2nd
Lt.
Froderic:ll
R. Merz, and implratlonal mlllic by various
l'OllP8·
Followina a 21-pn
sa
lute and the American andWest
Ocrman aation,,I antbema, the IOlemn
IOU1ld of
°'Tapa
eclloed ICrOU
tbc rollin& bills.
Yes. the peopleof Pegnlu remember, u
if he
you,na
aoldienwhodiod
were their
own.
. • , , . . . :
2nd LL FNlderlct R.
Merz,2/4
Inf
....cr.
the ro
o.11
of he IOldlen who
died In
the 1171
t r .-y
- I l le
Gemllll town ol
PegnltL (U,I. ArmJ pholo
bf
DM
H8Nltt)
/l
.
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September 1981
Senator
tours
site
Warner impressed
with C S troops
Pershing Cable
Sen
. John
W.
Warner (R-VA), toured the 56th Field Annlery Brigade
Aug.
13,
with
special
emphasison the Combat Alen Site (CAS) at lnneringen.
The vis,t
to
Pershing
wu
one
of
more
than a
dozen
stops Wal'ller
1111de
at
Army
ins1allations
in Germany.
The senator
is
a member of he Senate Armed Services Committee.
After lnspccti
n&
the CAS location, Warner viewed a mock
missile
"count,"
where
troopt
from Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 41st Field Artillery demonstrated their ability to
pn,-
pare the Pershingmissile for action.
following the demonstration, Warner talked
to
the
troops,
commcntina
favorably
oa
Ille
superb
professionalism
of
he
soldien.
Page
3
~
'
Prior to his departure from lnneringen, Warner panicipated in a promotion ceremony,
pinning on the stripes of newly promoted Sp4 Lawrence J. Snide, a Pershing missile crew
member
from
Alpha
Battery,
1/41.
We
were all greatly honored by the visit of Senator Warner. We
welcome
theopponuni•
ty to
put the Pershingsoldierondisplay for all our electedrepresentatives.
Senator John w. w.,_ R•VA) plM 8p4 ta on LI i - J Snide, Alpha,
. mlNlle~w
uring
Warner •-•
Nit
to the lnlllflnGn CAS.
U.S.AnnJphotobJGn9 Allen)
New
leadership arrives at 56th
FA
Brigade
Col. R.Q. RounNYllle recently assumed duties as
the Deputy Commanding Officer
of
the 56th Field
Ar1illery Brigade.
He replaces Col.
Billy W.
Fugitt , who was reassigned
to fort Sill, OK.
Rounseville arrived from the Military Science De
partment at the University of Virginia in Charlottsville,
Va.
Rounseville, a 22-year veteran or the Army, is a
native or Groton, N.Y.
Rounseville attained a Bachelor's Degree i.n Forestry
at the State University of New York. College of
Envi
ronmcnta
S
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