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Perslllng Orientation and Demonstration

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Brigade Slto,.s It all

By A.C. J ~ : , - .
SCHWAEBISCH GMUENO: ,. M\lmbers
or the German govemment here ~ t l y
were Invited to observe a demonstration of
the Pershing missile system and Its
lated support equipment. uiter int11e day;
Lieutenant General George S. Blandlard;
VII Corps commander, paid a brief visit to
the demonstr ation site at Bismarck Ka

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The day beg~n at the Officers Club with

a continental breaklaSt for tile officers of
the 56th Field Anille ry Brigade, !st Battal
ion, 41st Field Anlllery, and the German
officials. Brigadier General Milton E. Key,
:!6th Bde commander, greeted his guests at
the door of the club. The.1'6 German guests
included
OberbuergerTl)eister
(Lord
Mayor) of Schwaeblsch Gmuend Dr. Norben Schoch. Lorch Buergenneister Mr.
Walter Kubeler, Finance Office . Director
for Schwaebisch Gmueri!I. Mr: .Ol!newal,
and State Employment Director fi!r. Hawnar. Following an official greeting by BG
Key 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 Pershing
system. This included: tl\e organization o!
United States Army Europe (USAREUR)
& Seventh Arm y and the brigade; a brief
scrlption of each major component In
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. ,aystem; and how Pershing operates in
~-ield. and at the various field sites.
' - b the conclusion of the presentation. the
assembled officers and guests adjourned
to the parade field to view firsthand the
var!ous exhibits on display there: Battery
C, 1-41 F .A. provided the missile equip-

56th Field Artillery Brigade

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Schwoebiseh
Gmuend
Germonv
Frldoy, October 19, 1973

~ Pershing ml&Sile, along "'1th the eqw.pment used In support

of the Anny's largest weapon system, wu on display durin&

ment: the 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry set

up a display of their small arms; and the
~ Engineer Battalion, woo are as
signed to USAREUR, ' displayed their topographic survey equipment. The Battalion Support Maintenance Platoon (BSMP)
from 1-41 F .A. provided a Systems Component Test Station (SCTS) for display. At
each display, posters, membe.r s of the bri
gade, and members of the 649th Bn were
on hand to explain to the visitors what each
item did and to answer any of their ques
tions. The language barrier was overoome
with the use of prepared Gennan language
presentations by the demonstrators and
the help of those who spoke both English
and Gennan.
When the last -of the small groups had
visited all the displays, they were directed
10 seats in bleach.ers that had been erected
for the occasion. Members of Battery C, l
~l t hen put on a live demonstration of a
simulated firing of a Persliing missile.
With the power station roaring and the
crewmen performing their various functions, Major George S. Cronin, 1-41 S-4, ex,
plained in German to the guests what ex
actly was happening while it happened.
This display culminated when the missile
went 10 a venlc.a l position, the cable mast
ejected, and smoke poured out from the
base of the missile-.

That afternoon, LTG Blanchard arrived

to view the displays and sJmulated firing:
Originally, the Stuttgart chapter of the Association ot the United States Army
(AUSA) was scheduled to meet t,ere, but
due to a USAREUR alen, the meeting was

die recent PersbinC orientalloa Al1AI demonstrallon. (Pboto b~

luergen HeyMr)

cancelled. LTG Blanchard expressed his

thanks for the efforu or the brigade on
behaU of the AUSA and Stated that he was
much Impressed with the demonstration.
He added that he hoped the AUSA would be
able. to reschedule hs meetlng here sometime in the future so thal all the AUSA
members could see the flllC display.
Later in the afternoon, the dependents of
the Schwaebisch Gmuend area were Invited to view the displays. For many of the

sever al hundred spectaton, It was the first

time they h ad a chance to view the work
lngs of the Pershing system. Many ques.'
lions were asked and answered, and for
the third time that day the firing crew
from Battery C, 1-41 ran through a simulated firing. At least one dependent wife
was heard to say: 0 At ~ now I know
10methlng about the whole thing. I !bought
before all they did at Graf was drink beer
and have a good time."

MG Myers
Visits 3/84
KLEINGARTACH - Major General Edward Me yer, Deputy Chief of Staff for Op,
eratlons, United States Anny, Europe
(USAREUR) toured the 3rd Battalion, IJ(th
Field Anillery's field site here recently.
The general received a VIP briefing on
the structure and mission of a Pershlna
missile ba!talion from J.M Commander,
Lieutenant Colonel Samuel J. Ady. Later
he watched a firing platoon from Battery B
go through a practice alen.
Aller the demonstration, MG Meyer
walked through the living and eating areas
and talked with some or the enlisted men
who were occupying the site.

~ lovely Ginny Golden (3'-U.:15) h as beeD r eferred to as " the girl wllll the ~
.d o~ar face," bu1 who notlces? ( Photo Courtesy Sanda ilOltl)
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Friday, October 19, 1973

THE GIANT

VA Benefits
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SCHIIIAEBISCH GMVEND - 1be ~

fits afforded veterans answer many ol the
needs o1 a discharged !lel'Via!nlaD - from
Insurance to a burial flag.
The serviceman leaving ~ mWtary la
entitled to approximately 36 such belleflta
admlnlstered by lhe Anny. vew-ans Mmlnlstrauon (VA), 1111d ocher federal
agmcles. II a serviceman Is dlxbarged
from the Army under Cllllditiclllll olber tl1an
honorable, then about 30 ol lhoae benefits
are denJed him.
The Veterans Administration off9'I the
honorably discharged serviceman many
other IM!nefits besldes funds for education.
Foremo.st amona thele, to any upiring
homeowner, ls VA'sbomeloanprogr,m.
The home loan program is designed to
guaran~e loans for not oaly homes. but
also for farms, mobile homes, and condominiums. And if the serviceman ~
prior to 1anuary 31, 1965, he may be en,
titled to a 1uaranteed business loan.

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The ex-serviceman turned farmer may

desire a loan to purchue farmland. stock,
feed, machinery, -1, or supplies. 1be VA
1'111 guarantee $4,000 or 50 per cent, wblchla leu, or a fu,n reel tllat.eloan 111d
SZ.000 or ,o per c:eat, wbk:tleYer Is lell, !l.a
farm related DOD-real estate loan. Ar
rangemaits for 11J1Y al tbe aboYe loam are
made by Ille veteran lhnJucli IIOl'lllll
pivate lendlog channels. Tbe IDlerelt
c:llarsed by these pmate lg,endel caDDQ(
aceed lirnita establlahed by the VA.
The lenath of tlme aUowed for eKII type
al loan varies. Home loans and farm ral
estate loans do cot read! maturitf for 30
ud 40 yean, respeeclvdy. iwwe-, the

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moinh I atlfflded Ille ~ Y race relatlom seminar that la

...; reqialred for m all. 1bill wu three ~ys well spent and I band It to be beneficial ..._

... from two upects.

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._ First, It pve. me a becte-r feel for the bacllgroutld a~ current llltus of OUT race
relatloas .ituallon IO that I u a pet'IOII cu better UDdentand aDd tntenct 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 relations
ii Jll"Ocr'I~ and canytna out tbe OCher functions of commanifln a non~iscrimlna tory

manner

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woukl after t i - ob9ervatlom on the seminar. Tbe cllscualon was open and

ii franlt and moet altffldees participated. At the end of the 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
time allotted for a non-real estate loan ts jlllt talk to - another things are almost ceruitn to lmpro,,e. Have you ever
only 10 yean. A loan for the purdlase of a
thought about haw many people you Intensely dislike when you really don't know a
mobile borne can lut 12 y,ean 1111d 32 days._
tlllng about them?
However, when the purdlue ol a lot IS
Next I think we learned that there ls no such thing u a man without some
a,mblned with the buying of a mobile -ti prejudices and It Is not likely that we wlll ever completely rid ounelves of a ll these
prejudices. 1be Important thing is that we be honest with ourselves and each other
borne then three years ls ~ on to that
loan's time limit.
ii and mal<e the effort to work around the prejudices, thereby gradually redu.cing If-

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1D certain inlt.ances, VA makes direct

Joana for the purchase or oonstructlon of a

The VA guarantees $12,500 or 60 per

cent, whichever is less, of any loan made
by a p,rivate lender for lhe purpose of
purchulng, repairing, or Improving a
home, fannbouse, or condominium. The
same guarantee Is available for the ref!
nancing of an existing rnorl38ge loan.

home, 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 normally
limlts such a loan to S:11,000.

n purchasing a mobile home or Im& a mobUe home site, the VA guar-.

30 per cent of the loan. After fully
repaying a mobile home loan, the veteran
Is then In the position to use bis $12,500
guarantee entitlement to purchase a conventionally constructed~.

To be eligible tor any loan as described

In the v A loan program, a veteran must
have served on active duty for mon, than
180 days. At this tlme, a 9ervk:eman ltlll
on. active duty or honorably di.sdlarged
apply for the loen to suit bis

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ii them to lnslptlfk:ance. Like so many other areas, racial harmony requires that we
worti hard at it In the beginning so that it eventually becomes the natural thing to

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-ti doWe a lso learned that Improvement in race relations does no< involve assimila, ....

lion of one race by another. Black men do not wani to become white and vice versa.
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Rather .all men. whethe:r of the majority or minority factions of our aoclety, want ..._
.,. IO be recognired as individ11.1ls for what they are and afforded equal dignity and ...ii qpportunity'
We in the Anny can be proud of being the forerunMrs of equal opportunity and
-ti racial harmony In our BOClety, but there ls m11eh yet to be accomplished and we
must not become complant.
I say again that we must worlt hard at solving the problem and I ask all of you to it.. Jolnmeinthiseffort.
MILTONE.KEY
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Good News from lhe Lahor Dept

Job Market In The U.S. Is Very 'Bright'

The Department of Labor's program during each new six ITIOllth, period. To
SCHWAEBISCH GMUEND "lbe
labor market In the States ls great. lt'slhe comlsts of provldJns extno ceall PIYll*lts start, this assistance amounts to as much
. to an lndiVJdual undertaking slcflled labor as $180. $179, and $196 per month for single
. best we've ever seen."
ls was the basis of a twl>hour dis, training. This Is In addition to what an em- penonnel, penons with one <lependeot and
ion at Rodman Theater here l"flCffltly plltyer la a !ready payin& - uaually 50 to lili thoee with two or more dependents respecented by Jim Lee, a reiir-tatlve of percent of the basic wa,e - while the IDcll- tively.

the U.S. Department of Labor. Lee, and vldual Is undergoing tralnlQg or apprenOver valuation of his worth to the labor
ticeship.
od1et' representatives of the 1abof departmarket, aordlng to Lee, is one ol the
- ment, bave been discussing CWTell labor
The paymenta received by the trainee discharged serviceman's biggest probBlltlstlcs with le2'Vlcemen at poets from the Vetel'IIII Admlnutratloa are leml. "He'1 heard from his buddies ID the
under
the VA Apprenticeolllp or On-The- barracita about the
throughout Europe. TWo additional visits,
$30.000, and
each with cu.r rent labor information from Job Tralrtln& Programs. Paymems are more jobs, then can't understand why he
U.S. clues of 50,000 or more in eadl section based on six month periods of lrainlng, can't land a position payl111 even $10,00IO a
or the States, are planned before the end ol with a decrease In llnandaJ aalltance year. His Income will depend upon his Job,
the program next 1uly.
Discussing the current labor situation in
the States - Lee indicates his data was for
,S qiteml>er or this year - the smaU audience attending the discussion was informed of the present need ror blue collar
workers. "Four hundred thousand jobs are
By A..C. lacobsoo
Individual a chance to "do his (or her)
available across the Slates," reporU Lee.
No matter how far away a serviceman thing,"
"Eight p,ercent of jobs represent blue may be stationed from his family ilnd
Comp,etltlve programs olfer a variety of
collar openings."
friends, there is an organization oearby' to dngs to do, trom games of charades 10
The blue collar openings ment.ionea, par, olfer him a home away from ho111e - the sports contests and table pml!S, Need a
ticularly within the CXIISINCtlon field, Service Club. Localed throughout the
place to play some cards with friends? .The
speaks primarily of sl<llled worilers. Lee world. the Service Oub was founded to Service Club Is the place to go, where easy
remarked that within- the c:onstructi1X1 In- provide a balanced, wholesome recreation chairs and score cards are provided to
dustry. a need for ca,penten exists. How program for enlisted men and women and make your pinQChle game more enjoyable.
ever, without quallrled carpenten - two their famllies a ndl to creatf an atmosphere
All three of the a,bcwe categories add up
must be on the same Job before an ~ ol relaxation after a hard day's work.
tice can be hired - no additional appreo, The Service Club provides lour basic to the fourth, that of a social organization_
tices can be trained to become fully quail proeram, for the lt!rVlcsnan: In- It's almost impossible to go to the Se"'ice
Oub without meeting new people and makfied carpenten. But, within the blue collar tellectual, creaUve, compeUtJve, and
ing
friends. You're bou!ld to find
fields, the s killed worker and appl'fflllce IOCial. Although many ot tMSe programs
someone with Interests like your.;, no matprovide a greater opponunlty ror a d v - are organized by the Service Club director,
ter what you like to do.
ment. On the other hand, with general the Individual can plan his own activities.
labor - of which there Is also a great need, using the facilities that the Service Club
In addition to prowling these programs,'
but with lower wagee - Uttle advancement provides.
the Serv Ice. Club provides .services to the
ls possible.
The intellectual. programs include tour soldier in many other ways. It keeps a
Lee remartied, however, that few set naments of knowledge, quiz games, dis current events board, with things of lncervicemen are fully qualirlI to enter a cusslons and det>ates, classes In various est that are planned in the future as well as
skilled labor field without some lrainlng subjects, exhibits of an and other objects,
ln the present and sees to it that these
or . apprenticeship. In this area, both the plays, and tours to places of interest.
events are publicized. DW'!ing the Christ
Department ol Labor and the Veterans
Self-expression is the goal of the creative mas s.e ason the Service C)ub will even help
Adlninlstratlon have proerams to assist program. Musical Instruments, workshops . ~~u ~rap your packages.
the servlceman.
in drama, and a place to meet. all give the
"Tfiroughout the year, the Service Club

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eocperience and seciim ol the country

where he ants to wort." Lee states. He
went on to repon that $7,000 Is the average
- usumlng there Is such a thing as an
avenge - for a dlacharged aervlceman
mterlng the civilian labor market.
"ln 1972, 800,000 servicemen left the mil
ltary. Theae p,eople took a JS percent cut in
Income rtaht off. However, these same
people saw their salary increase u npldly
u 10 p,ercent during the flnt year u they
realigned their military leamed skills usumlng thete same skills, electronics for
example, could be ullld in civilian ritnlS."

Pay. A Visit To Your Local Service Club

star! m embers are always thinking up
things to d,;, and malting sure that every
soldier always feels at home wben he visits
the Club. Visit your Service Club and find
out what they can offe-r you.

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