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Show Friday, May 28,1965 - Wind & Sand: Persh ing ion from Germany rom Gilson A Pershing missile unit stationed in Germany has returned to the United States for annual firing practice at Gilson Butte, Utah. A Ft. Sill, Okla., Pershing-unit also had a graduation firing bf the Army's longest range ''or James M. Ivy Is New +/ QIC At Green River, Utah, WSMR's Off-Range Test Site «/«/ C_x ---- j Air Force's Athena test mis- The White Sands Missile i sile. Range test complex at Green' No stranger to missile test-River, Utah, has a new officer-in-charge. Major James M. Ivy, IV, has taken the reins of the test complex from Major Richard H. Schmidt, who will soon be transferred to an overseas assignment. As officer-ln-cnarge of the remote test site, Major Ivy will supervise services provided by White Sands to the U. S, Army in conducting off-range firings of the Pershing Ballistic missile from a launch site at Gil-son Butte, Utah, to impact more than 400 miles away on White Sands Missile Range. He will, also supervise the launch site j ! services for ballistic tests of the I MAJOR ing, the major had two positions at the national range before his Green River assignment. His first duty was as Chief of the Honest John, .Little John and Lance missile test branch, followed by assignment as Administrative Officer of the Systems Test Division of the Army Mis-j sile Test and Evaluation Direc-1 torate at the range. | He has also served as chief of j the Projects of fee at Redstonc A.rsenal, Ala. A graduate of Texas A and M College, Major Ivy began his Army career in 1952 serving with field artillery battalions at Fort Sill, Okla., In Korea, and at Fort Lewis, Wash., until 1956. Prior to his assignment' to WSMR he had duty as chief j erf the Budgets and programs Branch, Ordnance Division . in Orleans, France, His military schooling includes the Basic • Artillery. Course. Advanced Ordnance Coarse, and the Surface to Air : Missile Course. • •-. ' missile from Gilson Butte. The overseas unit was ached uled to fire one, while the Ft Sill unit was scheduled to fii two pershings. Battery D, 4th Missile Bat talion, 41st Artillery, is th, unit from Germany. Part of th, battery arrived at Hill At Force Base, Utah, by air las Thursday, The remainder of the troop arrived the next day. Unit Returns The battery is commanded bi Captain James Fairchild, Clare mont, Calif. Following the sche duled firing, the unit will re turn about June 6 to its horn station in Germany. The firing will be the firs' of a series at the White Sand Missile Range launch site a Gilson Butte by Pershing Units The 35-foot missile has bee-fired onto the range for severa years from sites in New Mest* ico and Utah. The 2nd Battalion, 44th Artillery arrived at Gilson Butt^ from Ft. Sill by truck convoy May 13. - . , Lieutenant Colonel Thom*( E. Marriott of Augusta, G*vi commands the 44th. ••;•> Commander of the firing bat teries are Lieutenant Larry B Stunkard, Rockford, Til., "C , Battery. The battalion suppor j W. Irving, Tillamook. Ore.. "Of j Battery. The battalion support' -imit__is_; cojumandeC by Captaii; William T. king of Macon, Gsf As on previous firings, th flights of the missiles will, b> carefully monitored by Whit Sands Missile Range safety am data-gathering personnel. Th, firing practice is conducted il the United States because ti range is available in Europ with sufficient area. |