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| January 1, 2008 | Added 1 additional photo of Redstone-Mercury to the Slide Show Redstone Miscellaneous Folder Page 2 that was sent to me by Art LeBrun. |
| January 9, 2008 | Added 5 photos to the Slide Show Des Gouttes Kaserne and Kuhberg Folder Page 2, showing the remnants of areas on Kuhberg Hill that were used by 40th Artillery Group for equipment storage and trainer missile operations. The photos were taken on 4 January 2008 and were sent to me by Rodrigo Gebhard of Bad Kreuznach, Germany. |
| January 10, 2008 | Added 1 additional photo of Redstone-Mercury, the MR-4 flight, to the Slide Show Redstone Miscellaneous Folder Page 2 that was sent to me by Art LeBrun. |
| January 14, 2008 | Added 1 additional photo of Redstone Explorer 1 to the Slide Show Redstone Miscellaneous Folder Page 2 that was sent to me by Art LeBrun. |
| January 21, 2008 | Added 2 additional photos of Redstone-Mercury, MR-1A in December 1960 and MR-4 in July 1961, to the Slide Show Redstone Miscellaneous Folder Page 2 that were sent to me by Art LeBrun. |
| January 22, 2008 | Added 1 photo of Redstone Explorer 5 to the Slide Show Redstone Miscellaneous Folder Page 3 that was sent to me by Art LeBrun. |
| January 27, 2008 | Added 12 additional photos of Redstone and derivatives to the Slide Show Redstone Miscellaneous Folder Page 2 and Page 3 that were sent to me by Art LeBrun. |
| January 29, 2008 | Added 2 additional photos of Redstone and derivatives to the Slide Show Redstone Miscellaneous Folder Page 2 and Page 3 that were sent to me by Art LeBrun. |
| January 30, 2008 | Added an excellent color photo of Redstone RS-27 Explorer 1 to the Slide Show Redstone Miscellaneous Folder Page 2 that was sent to me by Joel Powell. |
| January 31, 2008 | Added 3 additional photos of Redstone-Mercury, MR-2 and MR-BD, to the Slide Show Redstone Miscellaneous Folder Page 3 that was sent to me by Art LeBrun. |
| February 1, 2008 | Added 1 photo of Mercury-Redstone MR-1A to the Slide Show Redstone Miscellaneous Folder Page 3 that was sent to me by Art LeBrun. |
| February 3, 2008 | Related Links Page: Added a link to the City of Bad Kreuznach, Germany web site. Added a link to the Bridgemeister web site, which contains photos of a unique pedestrian suspension bridge in Bad Kreuznach. Added 2 photos of Mercury-Redstone MR-4 to the Slide Show Redstone Miscellaneous Folder Page 3 that were sent to me by Art LeBrun. |
| February 4, 2008 | Added 2 photos of Mercury-Redstone MR-3 to the Slide Show Redstone Miscellaneous Folder Page 3 that were sent to me by Art LeBrun. |
| April 15, 2008 | We have been out of commission for the past several months, but we are now resuming web site updates. Added an article commemorating the 50th anniversary of Explorer 1 to Page 14 Redstone Missile Articles, that was sent to me by Desmond Bonnington. |
| June 26, 2008 | Added 1 photo showing the PX and Snack Bar at McCully Barracks, Wackernheim, Germany in 1962 to the Slide Show 40th Artillery Group Folder. The photo was provided by John Rhodes. John seved in HQ Battery and B Battery of 40th Artillery Group (Redstone) from early 1961 to late 1963, as a radio teletype operator. |
| June 27, 2008 | Added a postcard with its photo of the interior of Gasthaus zur Lammerbrucke in 1959 to the Page 9 text under the section Orders for Home. The postcard was provided by Desmond N. Bonnington. |
| July 1, 2008 | Added 1 photo provided by John Rhodes showing John with his HQ Battery Communications Van at McCully Barracks, Wackernheim, Germany in 1962 to the Slide Show 40th Artillery Group Folder. |
| July 3, 2008 | Added 1 photo provided by John Rhodes showing John with his VW Beetle outside his apartment in Ingelheim, Germany in 1963 to the Slide Show 40th Artillery Group Folder. |
| July 4, 2008 | Added 4 photos that were scanned from slides by Desmond N. Bonnington, showing Battery A, 40th Artillery Group conducting a Redstone Missile Training Exercise in August 1959 inside Des Gouttes Kaserne, Bad Kreuznach, Germany, to the Slide Show Missile Operations Folder. |
| July 5, 2008 | Added 1 additional photo of Redstone-Mercury MR-2 to the Slide Show Redstone Miscellaneous Folder Page 3 that was sent to me by Art LeBrun. |
| July 24, 2008 | Added 1 photo that was scanned from a slide by Desmond N. Bonnington, showing 580th Engineer Company as part of the 40th Artillery Group Road March from the port at St. Nazarie, France to Bad Kreuznach, Germany in July 1958, to the Slide Show 40th Artillery Group Folder. The convoy is seen at a rest stop just after crossing into Germany from the Saar on 7 July 1958. |
| August 2, 2008 | Added 1 photo provided by Ted Bonnington showing Ted "on duty" inside Des Gouttes Kaserne, Bad Kreuznach, Germany in November 1959 to the Slide Show 40th Artillery Group Folder. |
| August 13, 2008 | Added 2 photos of Mercury-Redstone, one of MR-1 and one of MR-3, that were sent to me by Art LeBrun to the Slide Show Redstone Miscellaneous Folder Page. |
| August 17, 2008 | Installed a YouTube player on Page 5 under the section entited White Sands Missile Range. The video contained therein depicts the missile operations and launch conducted by Battery A of 40th Artillery Group at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico in March 1960. |
| August 20, 2008 | Added Page 16 Appendix D: Redstone Videos. There are currently two YouTube players containing Redstone missile video clips. Appendix D will now be the repository for Redstone videos. I will be adding additional Redstone videos to this page. |
| August 24, 2008 | Added 2 additional photos of the Bad Kreuznach area taken on February 8, 2008 by Rodrigo Gebhard to the Slide Show Bad Kreuznach Folder Page 4. |
| August 28, 2008 | Added a third YouTube player to Page 16 Appendix D: Redstone Videos. This player contains a two-part video showing a Redstone trainer operation conducted by Battery A, 217th FA MSL BN, 40th Artilley Group on March 10, 1959 in Germany. |
| September 7, 2008 | Modified the third YouTube player on Page 16 Appendix D: Redstone Videos. This player now contains a four-part video, with voice narration, showing the Redstone missile trainer operation conducted by Battery A, 217th FA MSL BN, 40th Artilley Group on March 10, 1959 in Germany. Each individual video section is of approximately 5 minutes duration, for a total run time of approximately 20 minutes. |
| September 12, 2008 | Added 4 interesting photos to the Slide Show 40th Artillery Group Folder that were scanned from slides taken by Desmond N. Bonnington, showing 580th Engineer Company, 40th Artillery Group convoy heading for the field during the May 1959 alert. |
| September 13, 2008 | Added the comments of Desmond N. Bonnington of 580th Engineer Company to the bottom of Page 6 under the section Missile Operations in the Field, about Redstone missile nuclear weapons in the field during the May 1959 alert deployment for the Berlin crisis. Modified the second YouTube player on Page 16 Appendix D: Redstone Videos. Edited the video and added audio commentary to the video that depicts the missile operations and launch conducted by Battery A of 40th Artillery Group at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico in March 1960. |
| September 18, 2008 | Added 1 photo provided by John Rhodes showing his HQ Battery Communications Van at McCully Barracks, Wackernheim, Germany in 1962 to the Slide Show 40th Artillery Group Folder. |
| September 22, 2008 | Added a fourth YouTube player to Page 16 Appendix D: Redstone Videos. This player contains a two-part video showing the Redstone trainer demonstration conducted on December 17, 1959 by the Redstone Division, Department of Materiel, United States Army Artillery and Missile School, Fort Sill, Oklahoma. |
| September 27, 2008 | Added 1 photo provided by Rodrigo Gebhard showing the Loreley Rock (Loreley Felsen) on the Rhine River at St. Goar, Germany in September 2008 to the Slide Show Rhine River Folder. |
| October 8, 2008 | Added 1 photo of the missile trainer operation conducted at Kuhberg Hill on 10 March 1959 to the Slide Show Missile Operations Folder Page 2. Updated comments on the accompanying 17 photos of this operation. |
| October 9, 2008 | Added 7 photos provided by Rodrigo Gebhard taken in September 2008 at Bingen and Rudesheim, Germany showing the Rhine River and the staue of Germania to the Slide Show Rhine River Folder. |
| October 16, 2008 | Added 4 photos provided by Rodrigo Gebhard taken on October 12, 2008 showing the former MP Barracks on Bosenheimer Strasse in Bad Kreuznach, Germany to Page 4 of the Slide Show Bad Kreuznach Folder. |
| October 24, 2008 | Added some roster information from the early days of 40th Artillery Group entitled 40th Artillery Group Early Assignments to Page 11 Addendum that was provided by Ron Williams. Ron served in Battery A, 217th FA MSL BN, 40th Artillery Group. |
| November 22, 2008 | Added a composite photo to the Slide Show 40th Artillery Group Folder of Desmond Bonnington's 40th Artillery Group Bier Krug, issued shortly after the Group arrived in Germany in 1958. |
| November 30, 2008 | Added 5 color photos to the Slide Show 40th Artillery Group Folder of Battery B operating with missile CC-1004 at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico in June 1958. |
| December 2, 2008 | Added 3 more color photos to the Slide Show 40th Artillery Group Folder of Battery B operating with missile CC-1004 at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico in June 1958. |
| December 9, 2008 | Added 5 more color photos to the Slide Show 40th Artillery Group Folder of Battery B operating with missile CC-1004 at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico in June 1958. |
| December 13, 2008 | Added the 40th Artillery Group Headquarters & Headquarters Battery 1959 Christmas Menu, depicting staffing, to Page 11 Addendum. |
| December 16, 2008 | Added the comments of Colonel (Retired) Charles "Chuck" Thompson, former 40th Artillery Group S1/Adjutant, about the Headquarters & Headquarters Battery 1959 Christmas Menu staffing to Page 11 Addendum. |
| December 22, 2008 | Page 11: Epilogue, "Where Are They Now?" - Added a recent 2008 photo of Gene and Earnestine Chronister to the write-up about Gene as a former member of Battery A, 40th Artillery Group (Redstone). |
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