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1961 pww

Honest John launcher and Missle

McCully Barracks, Germany

Taken in the motor Pool at McCully Barracks.

To decipher the unit as best as I can remember:
7A Seventh Army George Patton comanding in WWII.
3 Third Battalion. This unit goes back to the Revolutionary war and was the third artilery unit formed.
F21 I am going with 21st Field artilery

FB34 stands for Firing Battery Vehicle 34.

The Honest John missle though never was used in anger for which I thank God, it was very impressive when fired. It broke the speed of sound by the time it left the launcher. It was extremely loud as a solid fuel rocket tends to be.


At night it lit up the entire county side. We had High explosive rounds and Nukes so I was told.

Minox camera

HP HP pst_p04i

other sizes: small medium original auto
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