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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.

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3

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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

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