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The Powhlng System - In Brief Comeived In late 1957 to replace the Redstone

missile system, the orlglnal system-Pershing I--became the Army's most wccessful weapon systern. Delivered to U.S. Army artillery units in August, 1963. the wper- sonic 400-mile range ballistic missile was deployed wlth battalions stationed in the United States and Europe. A major part of the nuclear deterrent shieidlng western Europe. Persh~ng I was asslgned the mlssion of Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) in support of the North Atlantlc Treaty Organlzatlon (NATO). Pershing's abillty to shoot, move, and communicate In i t s QRA role has been Improved with development of the secondqeneratlon

systewpershing 1-A. Fast erecting launchers and solid state electronics contribute to a more rapid rate of fire and even greater rellability. The biggest change in out- ward appearance is the shift from tracked to wheeled equipment carriers. internal advances Include an automatic countdown facility, computer devices, and 2 capability for automatic self-test and malfunction iso- lation. i n addltlon, the secondqeneratlon system with t S improved ground support equipment and new Battery Control Central provide increased reliability and fiexibility, additional ease of maintenance, lower mission cost, and enhanced operational time.

Radlo Terminal Set

The Radio Terminal Set (RTS) furnishes line-of- sight or tropospheric-scatter voice and teletype linkage with higher headquarters. The van housing the equip- ment i s topped with an inflatable parabolic antenna which folds into a recess in the roof during travel. In additlon to the RTS, a new slngle sideband voice system permits increaurd communications between higher head- quarters and PI-A operatiomi elements.

The trailer-housed System Components Test Station (SCTS) provides a close rear-area maintenance capability as well as the stimuli and measurement capability for all test items. Comblnlng the P1 Components Test Station

and System Test Statlon, the SCTS offers a mobile facil- ity for electronlc chassis and missile section repair work in the field. Work space is also available inside the test station for two guidance and control sections.

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Equipment

Battory Control Contral The Battery Control Central (BCC) provides facilities

for command and control over all operations at the firing site. Power for the laterally expandable van and Its communlcatlons equipment i s supplied by a towed generator. When a missile 1s ready for launch.theflre but- tons can be pressed from inside the BCC or, It necessary, the fire box can be removed and operated from a remote location. The BCC, coupled wlth the RTS and slngle sideband system, assures the capacity for slmultamus headquarters mmmunicatlon with all firing batteries.

Emctor Launchor The Erector-Launcher (EL) is used as a

comblnatlon launching platform and trans. portnr for the missile. At the launch slte, the warhead sectlon is jolned to the mlssile body with the ald of a hydraulic davlt assembly mounted on the front of the launchar. he EL can ralse thr missilr to thr vertlcal posi- tion f p m I t s horizontal traveling position through the use of hydraulic pneumatk llfts in a matter of seconds.

Designed for reliablllty, the Programmer-Test Statlon (PTS) has been completely computerked. Provlding the means for rapld missile check-out and countdown, the PTS Is also capable olautomaticrlf-test and malfunctlon Isolation. Eledronk packaging, featuring replaceable plug-in mkromodules, allows the operator to perform fault iwlatlon at the firing site. A turblnedrlven Power Station, mounted behind the PTS, furnishes electrical power to the missile and othergmund support equipment.

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WHERE ARE WE?

Schwaebisch Gmuend For those just assigned either to the 56th Field

Artillery Brigade Headauarters or the 1st Battalion. 41st ~ i e i d ~ r i i l l e r ~ . ~chwaebisch Gmuend is now new home. You'll find that the area has a lot to offer.

Schwaebisch Gmuend, whose population today Is close to 55,000. has experienced rapid growth recently.

After 1160, the town, which was growing even at this time, got a shot in the arm when, through battles with the surrounding powers, it won I t s freedom and became a "Freie Reichsstadt". This made it completely indepen- dent and thus able t o collect taxes, make i t s own money.

and control i t s own destiny. This period of growth and prosperity continued until about 1500, during which time buildings such as the Muenster (cathedral), Johanneskirche (St. John's Church) and various monas- terles were built.

During the middle Ages trades such as tanners. blacksmiths, and gold and silver smiths became impor- tant. Jewelry trade galned eminence a little later, as did glass and crystal factories. Today. Schwaebisch Gmuend is still a center for gold and silver work, fine crystal, and is. In fact, the glass center for Baden-Wuerttemberg.

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Thlr lnformatlon booklet war prepared by the 56th Flsld Artlllsry Brleads Publlc Affalrr Offlee and the staff of the Brlgads newspaper.

Actlng Public Affalrs Offloer . . SFC Llnwood W. Moore Edltor ....................... SP5 A. C. Jacobson Arrlstant Editor .................. sP5 Phll ~ s m w y Photwrapher ..................... SP4 Blll Wasllca

All articles are appmrlng through the c o u r t w of "rhs Glant", the 56th BrYlads newspaper. All photos are U.S. Army Photos appearing through the courtesy of the Martln Marlstta Corporation, unless otherwlss credited. V l w s and OPlnlonr expressed are not necarrarlly thou, of the commander or the Department of the Army. Edltarlal offlce is located In Bulldlng 504. Blrmarck Karerne, APO NOW York, 09281.

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St. Salvador, the Station of the Cross, sits on a hill overlooking Schwaebisch Gmuend and the Swabian Aib in the distance. The chapel, which is built into the face of a cllff, was built in the 18th century, and the rectory next to it was built in 1770.

Downtown on the Marktplatz, which s t i l l has open air markets on Wednesdays and Saturdays, is the Rathaus (Townhall), which was built in 1763 as a townhouse and purchased by the city in 1783.

In the area surrounding Schwaebisch Gmuend there is also much to see. Ruined castles can be seen at both Hohenrechberg, about ten kilometers away, and a t Rosenstein, perched high above Heubach, about 14 km from Schwaebisch Gmuend. Also nearby is Hornberg mountain, a famous area for gliders.

l / 8 1 - N E U ULM Neu Ulm, Germany. home of the 1st Battalion,

81rt Field Artillery, and Its neighbor across the Danube River, Ulm, offer many exciting. interestlng, and edu- cational places to m and a varlaty of things to do.

Wlth a population of about 100.OW. Ulm Is an area of both old and new, from a malatlc cathedral to modern hops and restaurants.

Ulrn has long beon an Important commerclal center, wnh merchants and travelers converplng on the city slnce the Mlddle Ages The city can trace I ts history back war 1,100 years when. In 854 AD.. the word "Ulm" w s f lnt used In a document signed by the emparor "Ludwig the German." Later on, the Hohenstaufm duks bullt a mlghty fortress to protect the Danube River crossing.

The area when the castle stood Is In the old part of the clty, and here you'll find the Schwoerhaus (The House of Oath) and the "Weinhoff." The Schwoerhaus, whkh was bullt in 1613, was destroy& and rebuilt a number of times during the years, the latest coming in 1954. It was here that the Buergermeirter and the varlous guild leaders swore alleglence to the constltu- tlon. The Weinhoff i s In the oldest part of the clty. I t oncr was the site of a royal residence and later the slte of an Imperial Palace.

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The most famous of Ulm's buildings is its cathdnl. The cathedral's const~ctlon began In 1377, although the maln splm, whlch is 528 feet hlgh (the hlghat church spin In the world) was not completed untll 1890. From the top of the rplr-768 staps if you un to dlmb t h m y o u u n sn the Alps on a c lur day 100 m l l a to the south. Inside the church, which attracts marly o m mlillon vlrlters u c h year, are many mrdiwal works of arl such JS h.nbun@d cholr stall51 stained sku windows, and the vautt@d cellinu.

N u r the cathadrel Is the townhall, or "Rathaus", whkh has r varied hlstoty of constructbn Wlnnlng In 1370. Botweon the town hall and the Danuba River Is me old tlsherman'r quarter, where narrow houus stlll Ik huddled toWhar. H m the Blau River m u b the Danube a$ It has tor cmturla and time h m has mun l~ ly stood still.

Them am many other places to m In the Ulrn a m such as the "Luninp Towu of Ulm" and the Schlefu Hws (or Crwked House). In bet- slphtswlng, the vhta te Ulrn wlll m doubt wish to auench his thlrst at the many wlne cellrs and rat lunnts that abound In the ama. A t nbht thare Is a new theater to attmd. as well as mus*rms, -1lbraria. and a unlvwrlly which prov1d.r othw amas of mntuwt

Whether this Is your first tour In the Ulm.Neu Ulrn a m or your thlrd, them Is always mmethlng to m durlm your offduty t lmr If y w mqulm any further lntormation-such as folders, books, or maps-corr crrnim the Ulm am. be sum to visit the 'Yerluhr+ buero." or lnformatlon Office, whlch Is convmiently louted n u r the cathedral in the "Muenstmlht" Thw will bn p l d to a n w u any questions you m$ht ham

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'Ihe vineyards of the Neeku R i m vdev

The Hellbronn of today is a modern industrial city, but its roots go far into the past. This area was con- quered by the Romans in 98 A.D. and traces 01 that era can still be sen in nearby Weinsberg and Bad Wlm~fen.

The Rathaus, or townhall. Isa reminder of the Buerger- meisters and town counsellors who ~overned thefreecltv I lor 700 years. I t s pride is the astronimical clock, a non;l I

timepiece. and a table of the phases 01 Me moon. At the stroke 01 noon, the clockworkangel blows its trumpet, thm two rams butt each other. a cock crows hrii lv. and the hour is struck. Downstalrs is a picturesque old mstaurant.

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m e Rathua and utronankal cloak.

Across the marketplace from the Rathaus is the house of "Kaetchen von Heilbronn", the girl who inspired a famous play by Kieist, and also the name of a local brand 01 beer.

1 Nearby is the historical museum, an arcaded 16th century structure whose basement houses a collection of early Heilbronn artifacts. Upstairs is a rich 16th and 17th century musical collection.

Concerts are performed in the Harmonie Hall doww town. A favorite spot for views of the city is the Wartburg tower. This structure is one of the original towers which lortilied Heilbronn, as is the Goetz tower in the center 01 town. In days gone by, a large basket was hoisted on the Wartburg tower to warn the city of Impending danper.

Heiibronn is in the midst of exceptionally beautiful countryside. Nearly every vlilage has a castle, church and a few half-timbered houses as reminders of i t s medieval past. The most romantically Dicturesaue of the nearbv villages is Bad Wimpfen, with a tam&s old monaster; church and old houses perched on the hillside. Weinsberg Is known lor the legend of the "Weibertreu," tho faithlui wives. When the city was besieged and defeated in 1140, the victor permitted the women of the city to escape with whatever of their most precious possessions they could carry. The city pates opened, and out came a file of women . . . each carrying her husband on her back. The conqueror kept his word.

In Neckarwim ihere is a bicycle museum which has a restaurant connected to it. The pottery factory in Ehrbach and the candle factory l n Waiidorf are favorite spots for Americans to visit.

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n e Lud+rg CIstts (left and below) m Cermany'8 largeat hmque c u k The gwnd. and buil-8 are open yeu around.

Ludwigsburg, home of the 2nd Battalion, 4th lc- fantry, has a history that can be traced back to thrw monastery farms One of them, the Erlachhof, was sltuated at the slte of today's dlstrict hospital (Kranken- haus) and sewed as a hunting lodge for the Dukes of Wuerttemberg. The young Duke Eberhard Ludwig, who was a passionate huntsman, developed a fondness for the area and decided to bulld a castle in the countryslde there. He lald the foundatlon for the castle In 1704 and the town derived its name from It (Castle of Ludwlg).

The castle was completed in 1733 and under the reign of Karl Eugene became the most resplendent court in Europe. Large banquets wlth flreworks otten took place. Personalities such as Mozart. Schiller and Casanova stayed at the palace, whlle many artlsts and philosophers ilved In the town, helplng to establish its reputation that stretched across the continent

Napoleon I stayed at the castle In October, 1805, prior to his conquest of the European continent. Friedrich, Elector of Wuerttemberg, was at that time allied with Napoleon. Wbarttemberg became a kingdom

In January. 1806. as a reward from Napoleon. Present-day Ludwigsburg has changed a lot slnce

Napoleon's tlmk However, Germany's largest baroque castle wlth Its 450 rooms still rmalns. and Is open dally to the publlc. Events at the castle include yearly music festivals whlch are attended by many people from all over Europe. The gmunds o t the &la you'll find a "falrytale" garden for old and young allka

Ludwigrburg now has a population of 80,000 and is still growing. A china rnanufacturlng plant has been there for centurlm It st l l l continues production and has a sales.exhlbltlon room In the castla Large shopping centers have recently 1M.n built In the city.

Entertalnmant facilities ere by no meanr lacking in Ludwigsburg. Soecer fields, swlmmlng pools (Indoor and outdoor) and bewtlful, spaclous parks abound. Sports clubs, gasthoures and discotheques welcome Garmans and Amrkans alike. I f spacious countrysides are more to your liking, a drive in varlour directions from Ludwlpsburq can take you through vineyards and pasture lands or through the picturesque Nackar Valley.

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'he equipmmt in loaded in Frankfurt (.hove) urd r e - d l e d in Florid. (bdow).

The culmination of training for Pershing units in fpr Operational Test Firing (0T)-take place each year R selected to return to the US where they actually fire tML equipment improvements, taka place at Blandiw and& For these tests, the crews, missiles, and related support* to Patrick Air Force Base and the Air Force EasternTestR

It'l not dl work .nd no pky M tbu m

iring !e-the Artillery Ordnance Firings (Arty Ord) and the he United States. In these tests, units in Europe are arshing missile. The Arty Ord firings, conducted to test BII River, Utah. The OT flrings are somewhat different. lpment are taken from the field site, transported intact we in Florida, and fired, lust asthey would be in Europe.

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W e the blockhoum (Mow) tsaioo. -6 n a pud, (above) watch- thsaew- mm pmpuiq for the bunch (top ca~tar).

1944-World War Il--8eklum: Hoadauarters Battew. 56th Field Artlllery Brlgadi was there dolng I t s part io brlnn to an end one of the most bltter ~wlods In histow.

For its actlon In that strupgle, HHB rscslved two Belgian F o u r r q m for action at Antwerp and was clted for the defense of Antwerp Harbor. The unlt Is antltled to per- manently dlsplay the Belglan Fourregere from the spwrhud of i ts guidon.

Originally constltuted as the 56th Coast 1 Artlllery Brigade on September 14, 1942, the unit was actlvated at Camp Stewart. Georgia. on Aprll 10. 1943. Eighteen days later It was redesignated the 56th Ant& alrcraft Artlllery Brigada

Havlng been organked to ald in World War II and havlng fulfilled Its mlsslon, HHB was lnactlvated at Camp Shanks, N.Y., In December, 1945.

In 1951, the unit was allotted to the Regular Army and redctlvated at Camp Shanks. Seven years latmr It was

reorganfrod and mdeslpnated the 56th Arttllery Group (Air Defems) and worked In that fleld untll 1964 when it was again inactivated.

By 1970 the Army again had a need for the command, reactivated it, and r b designated It the 56th Artlllery Bripade. I t was armed wlth the Army's most powerful weapon - the Penhlng mlnlle- and sent to Germany to wpport NATO in defense of the f rw world.

Many changes have taken place for the 56th Artillery Brigade in recent years. The Department of the Army's lnstltute of Heraldry has authorlrd a new patch and tab for w a r by soldlers of the Brlgade and also a

new crest for members of HHB. The word "Fidd" has been added to the tltle. And. the latest addltlon to the 56th was the arrlval of the new Brfgade Colon. The banner Is half red and half yellow. At Its center is the Brigade patch.

The Units Are... Organlred October 1. 1918. at Ft. Monroe, Vlrglnfa. The 1st Fleld Artillery Battery Is the third unit from

the 41st Field Artillery was the flrst deployable PIrshinp whkh the battalion traces I t s history. The unlt was first unit to replace the old Redstone rnlsslle system. activated In Hawali In April. 1944. and disbanded In

Hlstorlcally, battallon llneage Is traced from three September of the same year. The unlt was reactlvated in unlts, the4lst Raghent,CoastArtllleryCorps, 41st Fleld June, 1952, and assigned to the 4th Artlllery, then on to Artlllery Regiment and the 1 s t Field Artillery Battery. Ft. SI11. In November. 1954, the unlt was asslpned to

. v Corps In the U.S. Army Europe. I t was deactivated In July, 1957,

At the end of Septambr, 1972, the unlt traded the battallon colors and name as they were redesignated the 1st battallon. 41rt Field Artillery. Following the Hardt Kaserne nremonles, the unk organbatlon day actlvltks were held.

action in North Afrlca, and In ~ u r o p e d u r i i world war 11. It was in EuroDe that thebattallon won thm Fourragam

of the Crolx de ~ u e r n wlth Palm for their part ln-the battle of Colmar Pocket In 1945.

It was deactivated In December. 1946. The unlt was then reactlvated for the second tlme Jurt prlor to the Korean War when It served as school troops at the Infantry Center, Fort Bennlng. Ga.

Bi.nuck K.aane, home of HAB.

The coast artillery unlt was actlvated near the end of World War I for nlne months. In January 1921, It was reactivated In Hawall, The unlt was expandd and re. named the 41st Field Reglmef Coast Artlllery COTS In June. 1924. The Unlt was disbanded In 1944.

The second unlt the battallon traces I ts llneage from. the 41st Fleld Artillew Rmlment. was constituted In Julv. 1918, in Mlchlgan a id dirbanddd seven months later b; World War I ended. Reactivated In 1933. the unlt saw

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The 1st Battalion. 81st Field Artillery got i ts start in 1 Q l l ---. .

The battallon was created durlng the enlargement of the Army a t the outbreak of World War I. It was orig- inally organired in June, 1917, as the 23rd Cavalry, one of two traditional "hone and saber" unlts that were made up from the l l t h Cavalry. The l l t h had Just returned from Mexico where It had been under the COInmend of the man for whom the misslle s js tan would later be named. General John J. Penhlng.

It became apparent, however, that cavalry forces would not be effective against the entrenched troops fighting In Europe. Accordingly, in November, 1917. Troops A and B of the 23rd were redesipnated Battery A. 81st Fleld Artillery. The unlt was quipped a t that polnt wlth 75mm howdrawn guns.

By the time the unit hal built up i t s manpower. trained on the new equipment. and debarked for France, It was November, 1918. The 81st arrived In Europe on November 9. 1918, but saw no combat as the armlstlco ending the war was signed only two days later. Most of the men In the unit were transferred to other units tor occupation duty. The battalion itself was shipped back to the states In January, 1919, and eventually inactivated on February 1. 1922

In June, 1940. Battery A. 1st Battallon, 81st Artil-

lery, was organized a t Ft. Lewis, Wash. By December of that same year Batteries B and C had alW bwn organized and the 81st Fleld Artillery Battalion was sent to Alaska to guard harbors and airfields in that territory.

In December, 1943, however, the battalion was sent back to the States and trained as a 155mm howitzer battalion. After completing i t s training, tHe battallon crossed the Atlantic to arrive in England on Ssptem- ber 3. 1944. It was rapidly deployed onto the European mainland, and December 16 found the 81d defending the city of Luxembourg. It was at that time and in that spot that the German forces launched thelr last der perate attempt to drive the Allles back to the Englirh Channel in what became known as the Battle of the Bulge. For twelve days the battalion tired hundreds of rounds into memy tank and infantry formations d* stroylng brldger and harassing enemy crosslms, all whlle under intense enemy counter-fire.

The m a n attack was beaten back and the Blst jolned other Allied units as thy toupht thelr way across Europe. On February 4, 1945, the Battallon entmd Germany and began an attack on the Siegfrlrd Llne. On March 6 the line was broken and tho 81st began ad- vancing again. crossing the Rhine only 23 days later.

The 81st was In Stann, Germany when flghtlng in Europe was ended. The DattallOn was then ordered to Manellle for debarkatlon to the Paclflc Theater, but V J Day came before it Wt. On February 7. 1946, the bat- tallon was Inactivated at Camp Kllmer, N.J.

After a series of deactlvatlons, during which It was assigned as a training unlt, then assigned to the Honest John misslle, and then to the Corporal missile, the unlt was redesignated the 1st Battalion, 81st Artillery, and was reactivated at Ft. 5111, Okla., on April 15, 1963. It was then that the battalion joined the Pershlng missile system.

The 84th Field Artillery was partially organized at Camp Sheridan. Ala., on October3, 1918, but never saw combat in World War 1. I t was demobilized on DIEemhr 19, 1918, as a Natlonal Army Unit.

Undu the provlslons of tM National Defense Act, the battalloo was reconstituted as a Regular Army unlt on March 11, 1930. I t was made an element of the 3rd Cavalry Division, ( F t Bilu. Tex.), and was armed with the horr-drawn 75mm gun.

On OctoDer 1, 1939, at Ft. Brago, N.C.. the 84th Fleld Artlllrry was activated and was redsslgnated Battery C, 84th Field Artllery Wtatlon.

After fbhting in Sklly. the battallon landed In Franm in supportof thb 9th infantry Dlvlslon.

Following the crosslng of the Rhlnr, the drive to the heart ot Germany spmded up. The battallon pnurd ust to Bessau whom It changed course mwlng tothe south. through Nuernberg and Dachau to Linpmau, wh0M Its command post was located on May 9.1945, when the war ended. With the war o w , the battallon mwedtothearea of Wawrburg, remaining thue until NovemberZO, 1946,

when it was Inactivated at McAvoy Barracks. Darmstadt, Germany.

The84th remained lnactlve untll July 21. 1948. when at Ft. Dlx. N.J.. it was onceagainactiva-ted. The battalion smnt the next ninevurs trainina and mamuvering in both the United States bnd 0erma6. Then, on ~ecomber 1, 1957, the battallon was qaln inactivated at F t Carron. COlO.

On Jum 1. 1958. Battery C. 84th FAB inactive was

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( ndesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery. ! 3rd Gun Battalion (280mm), 84th Artillery. A short : time later. on June 25. 1958, it was again activated, this ; time in Europe, and assigned to the U.S. Seventh Army.

The assignment lasted for two years, until June 18. - 1960. when the unit was again inactivated. Following redesignation on December 23, 1963, as

: the 3rd Battalion. 84th Artillery, the unit was again ac- ,; tivated. this time at Ft. 5111, Okla. on February 1, 1964.

The battalion celebrated itsorganization day on July 4, : 1964. Personnel went through many months of organl-

ration and training at Ft. Sill in preparation for itsfuture mission in Europe where once agaln it would be assigned to theU.S.Seventh Army.

In November. 1964, the battalion wccessfuily fired four Pershlng mlssiles at White Sands Missile Range, N.M.

In April, 1965, advanced elements of the battalionde- ; parted for Europe. The maln body arrived in May and the

mar detachment in June. The 3rd Battallon, 84th Artii- iery, was asslgned to the 56th Artillery Group, and took up quartersat the Artillery Kaserne, Wkarwim. Germany.

The summer of 1965 was spent adlusting to the new rurroundlngs and training wlth the equipment. That fall the battalion convoyed to the large Seventh Army

Trainlng Center at Grafenwoehr where it ~ ~ ~ e s s f u l l y completed the only Army Trainlng Test (ATT) wer given to a Pershing battalion.

In March, 1967, Battery B returned to the firing range near Blandlng, Utah, to set another first for the battalion with the simultaneous launching of twoPenhlngmlssil~.

Since that time, batteries have returned to the United States I'egularly to perform Firlng Verification Annual Sewice Practices. These trips are interesting and eventful in that they are tha culmination of many months of training and maintenance on the part ol the firing battery concerned.

October 1. 1969, wasan wenttul day fortho battalion. It marked the effective date for implementation of the Pershlng 1A System giving the battalion an increased equipment and man-power capability.

A flrst in the history of USAREUR and the 56th Field Artillery Brigade was scored during the month of January, 1971, by the Pershingmen of the 84th. Moving in the dead of winter from their garrison, the battalion convoyed to the cold convines of the Seventh Army Training Center located at Grafenwoehr for 21 days of field duty. The 84th proved that Penhlng could perform for an extended period of time under field conditions.

The Ink was barely dry on the federal constitution Marne. St. Mlhiel. and Meus-Amonne. The entire when the 4th infant& ~ & m m t came lnto belng. it was ~eg lmin t was honond with the " ~ r i l x deGuerre" for its 9ptamber 4. 1972; the unltwas called the4thSublwlon. galiantw.

The Regiment had its flrst taste of battle in 1811. Called to the then Northwest Tewitory to fight the Indians. the 4th defeated a consolidated tribe at Tippecanoe and made the Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio Tenltorles safe for settlers.

The dust had hardly been cleaned off i t s equipment when the 4th was once again called lnto battle. In the War of 1812, the Regimentfought hard against theBrltlsh at Magauge, La Cole, Canada, and Plattsburg.

For thenext twenty years, war wasalmost adaily affair for the 4th. The Regiment fought the Creeks in Georgia and the Seminoles in Fiorlda. opening the Southeast for expansion. Bugles called from Mexico and the 4th was there. In September, 1844, under the leadership of General Zachsry Taylor, the Regiment distinguished itself at Palo Alto, Resaca de La Paima, and Monterrey.

After sewing at various posts in the Paclfic North- west, the Regiment was called lnto action in the War Between The States. it left its mark at Bull Run, Antietarn, Fredericksburg. Chancellorsvllle, Gettysburg. and at Appomattox. I t was honored by General Ulysses 5. Grant, who named the 4th guard, at his headquarters.

in 1896, with the declaration of war against Spain, the Regiment landed in Cuba and occupied Santiapo. Thrw years later, it was another Island in a different

: ocean. The 4th crowd the Pacific and helped put down the Phlllpplm Insurrection.

The unit was in the thick of things in World War I, fighting in Franm at Alme, Chateau-Thierry, Champagne

The 4th spent the years between thetwoworld wars at various posts in the United States and Alaska. At theout- break of World War II, it became the nucleus of the Alaskan Defense Command. During this time, the Regiment took on and crushed a Japanese ExpedC tlonary Force on the Aleutian island of Attu. In the closing months of the war, the 4th was sent to

2nd BN. I 4 th INF.

Ft. Benning. Ga., where its men sewed as oernonstra- tion troops for the lnfantry School.

Attar numerous activations and inactivations, durlnp which the 4th found itself in Japan, Germany, Massachusetts, and Georgia, the unit was reorganized and redesignated the 2nd Battallon, 4th Infantry at Ft. Campbell, Ky.. In 1969.

The 2nd Battallon, 4th Infantry is distlngulshed from other unlts in the Army in that It is authorized to wear as its distinctive insbnla cloth tabs. The tabs are red wlth a green stripe in the middle.

The battallon's nlckname is the "Warriors!' As can be seen from this brief history, it's one that is well dSSSwed.

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Infantry

Engineer

Not every soldier assigned to the 56th Field Artillery Brigade has a 15E MOS. In fact, the brigade is one of the few units In the Army to employ as many as 74 different enlisted MOS's, from clerks and medlcs to topqraphk instrument repairmen and helicopter technlcianr The brlgade is really a comblned arms team, drawing man- power from not only the Artillery, but also from the Infantry, Slgnal, Engineer, and Ordnance.

Teamwork plays an important role in most complex jobs, and the Pershlng %'stem is no exception. This team- work extends to all t h o r within the brlgads: wlthout coordlnatlon with tho Infantry, crewmen wouldn't have tlme to perform thelr mlsslon; wlthout auMance from the various support personnel, the equipment wouldn't operate for wry long. The brlgade Is proud of the tact that each member of the brlgade, no matter what his partlcular sklil, contributes to the overall mlrrlon of the brlgade In such a way that "Penhlng In Europe" stands for teamwork a t I ts best.

Signal

Ordnance

I~Il!lll~!l~llR The q ~ ~ ~ n t h A r ~ y Prninlng CanlW at Oratshkoenr; Germany, plays an imDortant role In the llves of those assigned. t o t k 56th Pieid ~ : l ? l I i p r ~ ~rlgllclk Each year. members of the brigade trawl to "Graf" f ~ t a "tactical Evaluation" (TAC EVAL), whlth c~nskh of a graded exercise to determtne a urclt's abll'ity to perform its

ng abwt a month, es the man of the Ivenrr ar members