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Show THE WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGER Friday, November 8, I1 Missiles fired from Utah By Jim Lovelady Operating under tactical conditions, troops of the UJS. Seventh Army in Europe successfully fired two Pershing missiles from Gilson Butte, Utah, to White Sands Missile Range early Tuesday. The two weapons impacted in a predetermined area at the range. They were the first two of three Pershings to be launched during the current firing session, slated to end next week. The firings were both a test' of the missiles' performance when handled by troops in the field and annual service practice firing for the units involved. According to Army officials, troops of the Federal Republic of Germany Air Force will launch the third Pershing next week. The program is expected to be renewed during the spring of 1969. White Sands Missile Range provided technical support for the two launches, while the 2nd Battalion, 44th Artillery, from Ft. Sill, Okla., provided general support. Operations from blast off to impact were closely monitored by WSMR safety personnel to insure complete safety during the weapons' 400-mile flight from Utah to this southern New Mexico range. FIRST-STAGE FIN - First Lieutenant Harvey J. Glowa-ski, right, commander of the firing battery from the 56th Artillery Group, Seventh U.S. Army, Europe, shows a first-stage fin to Sergeant Jim W. Robinson, section chief. LT Glowaski is from Wyoming, Minn., and SGT Robinson is from Columbus, Ohio. The first Pershing launched in the annual practice firing exercise was fired by the battery at 9:11 a.m. on Charlie Point at Gilson Butte. (UJS. ARMY PHOTO BY WARREN WEAVER") |