Site PH-99, circa 1960
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The following photos were received in
June 2006 from Oscar G. Scoville:
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"CHARLIE" BATTERY PHOTO |
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Exhibit in downtown Philadelphia. Lt. Scoville is seen at right with a civilian. If you recognize the SP4 at left center, please e-mail Jim Buffington. |
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MESS HALL, BATTERY B |
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CWO Hill (left, looking at camera), CWO Hilliard (back to camera), both of the IFC area, and CWO Hope (right) of the launcher area. |
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MOTOR POOL |
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The person seen walking down the road is believed to be SFC Naylor, the Motor Sergeant. Notice the driver wearing dress greens in front of a sedan or station wagon. Could be the driver for Capt. Estes or LTC Roy. |
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LCG AT BATTERY B |
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Lt. Scoville (leaning over desk) and Platoon Sgt. Hartz (seated, wearing "Mickey Mouse" hat). Notice the 60th Arty crest pinned on the upturned bill of Hartz's hat. Photo was made by Platoon Sgt. Jimmy Brown, using Lt. Scoville's camera. |
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LAUNCHER AREA AT BATTERY B |
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Structure in the background appears to be the generator building. |
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ARRIVING AT EL PASO |
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Flying over Ft. Bliss and Biggs Air Force Base. The plane, believed to be a DC-4, carried the package training crew. |
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RADAR PARK |
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Flying directly over the radar park at Ft. Bliss. |
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WARRANT OFFICERS |
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CWO Bartolini (left) and CWO Mills are photographed in the BOQ at Ft. Bliss during package training. |
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Snapshot of Set 1 launchers, taken in late 1956 from the
access road looking at set 1 launchers. Set 2 can be seen in the distance.
(Photo courtesy of Tony Sudney) |
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Click on small thumbnail images below to see full size photos
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Angelo Gina - photo courtesy of Gerald Eimers
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John LeMarico, Angelo Gina, Tom Oliver (from left) Photo courtesy of Gerald Eimers |
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Gerald Eimers (left) and William (Doc) Ellis. Photo courtesy of Gerald Eimers. |
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Launcher Area Barracks (sometime between 1957 and 1959). Photo courtesy of Gerald Eimers. |
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IFC Area, showing supply and orderly rooms, 1990. Photo courtesy of Gerald Eimers. |
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Launcher Area Barracks, 1990. Photo courtesy of Gerald Eimers. |
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William (Doc) Ellis. Photo courtesy of Gerald Eimers. |
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Doc Ellis (left) and Gerald Eimers. Photo courtesy of Gerald Eimers. |
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SP4 Louis Polizzi at the console. |
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This sign was originally mounted adjacent to the gate in either the IFC or LCA area. It has been located in Jesse Hurd's (PARNG and RA) barn in Doylestown, PA since 1971. The weathered appearance probably indicates that the sign hung on the fence for quite some time after the site was deactivated
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Promotion |
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CWO Al Reed of B-3-60 Reed (center) became a W2 in this ceremony in which LTC James E. Roy (left) pinned the insigna as Capt. Harold E. Estes, battery commander, looks on. |
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| | | |  | |  | |  | | | | Brigadier General John A. Seitz (standing) congratulates SP5 Robert E. Kramer, a radar operator, for the CMMI Award that he helped earn as a member of Btry B, 2d Bn, 166th Arty (Site 99). The unit achieved the best average CMMI score during the fiscal year 1966 for PARNG Nike-Hercules batteries in the 1st Region, ARADCOM. | | CWO Al Reed of B-3-60 Reed (center) became a W2 in this ceremony in which LTC James E. Roy (left) pinned the insigna as Capt. Harold E. Estes, battery commander, looks on. | | The above photo of the
Site 99 IFC area is one of
several that are now on
this page, courtesy of Bill
Gibbs. See the row below
and the bottom row. | | | |
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This official U. S. Army aerial photograph of the IFC area, made c. 1960, laid on a window ledge in the B-3-60 orderly room for several months before SP4 Jim Buffington, battery clerk, asked 1SG William A. Leonard, III if he could have it. Leonard agreed and, fortunately, the photo was put in a safe place and protected for some forty years.
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Dave Swann pulling guard duty at the entrance to IFC area (early 1960s)
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Reunion 2000 - (from left) Dave Swann, Al Reed (seated with paper in hand), Bob Cupp (orange shirt behind Reed), Gary Hilling (with hand on paper) and Pat Keefe
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Reunion 2000 - (from left) Frank DaRin, Bill West and Roger Doolittle
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Late 1950s - Bob Cupp (left) and Joe Meadows
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Reunion 2000 - Pat Keefe (left) and Al Reed
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Reunion 2000 - (from left) Gary Hilling, Bob Cupp, Bill West, Frank DaRin
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Reunion 2000 - Registration table for Regular Army vets
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Reunion 2000 - Jake Rinier (left) and Pat Keefe
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Reunion 2000 - memorabilia display at 10 a.m. Friday; by Saturday evening, much, much more had been added
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Reunion 2000 - Registration table for PARNG vets
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Reunion 2000 - The Site 99 marker, situated adjacent to the parking lot. The marker is situated in the area that formerly was between the battery administration building and battalion headquarters building.
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Reunion 2000 - closeup of marker
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Reunion 2000 - posing for one final picture before departing Site 99
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Reunion 2000 - a few of the vets and family members linger following the marker dedication program
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(from left) Unknown, Mike Sheridan, Stave Pickett
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Capt. Roderick Vitty (left), CO of HHB,2d Bn, 166th Arty, receives Outstanding Unit Award from Col. John Oswald, State Air Defense Officer for PARNG
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One acquisition radar and two tracking radar
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99-1 Crew at McGregor Range, 1960 - Standing (from left) CWO-2 Pat Keefe, SP5 Bill Bailey, SP5 Junior Herring, PFC Bill West, Sgt. Joe Guleke, SP4 Bob Cupp; (kneeling from left) SP5 Archie Greene, SP5 Jacob Yoder, SP4 Nathan Grant, MSG Merle Harris, SP5 George Jacobs
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Igoe-Porter-Wellings Memorial Field sign, located in former IFC area
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Lower Nike Park sign, located at entrance to former launcher area
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Launcher Area
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IFC Area - battery administration building (right foreground). Mess Hall is adjacent building
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IFC Area baseball field in foreground. Launcher area can be seen in distant background
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Entrance to enlisted mens' barracks, IFC area
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Cape May, NJ, late 1950s - (from left) Gannon, Hilling, Burge, Cupp
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Harold Estes, former commanding officer of B-3-60, is seen in front of the marker
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Reunion 2000 - Time out for a Philly Cheese Steak Sandwich. (from left) Bob Cupp, Gary Hilling (behind Cupp), Dave Swann, Bill West, Roger Doolittle, Frank DaRin
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Reunion 2000 - (from left) Preston (Chief) Tonepahhote, Dave Swan, Merle Harris, Roger Doolittle, Gary Hilling, Bill West, Frank DaRin, Bob Cupp
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Reunion 2000 - (from left) Joe Desiderio, Dave Swann, Gary Hilling, Frank DaRin, Bob Cupp
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Late 1950s in front of mess hall (from left) Mike Sheridan, Steve Pickett, Gary Hilling (no shirt), Joe Meadows, Frank DaRin (seated on car) George Dyer (in fatigues) and Knowles?
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Nike-Hercules missiles in launcher area at Site 99
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Nike-Hercules missiles in launcher area at Site 99
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Nike-Hercules missiles in launcher area at Site 99
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Nike-Hercules missiles in launcher area at Site 99
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Nike-Hercules missile being fired by Site 99 crew at McGregor Range
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Enlisted Mens Barracks in IFC area
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Juarez, Mexico, probably 1960 (from left) Bob Cupp, Kirk Breneman, Speaker Boop, Bill West
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El Paso - (from left) Kirk Breneman, Bill West, Dave Swann
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2001 Reunion - (top row, from left)
Bill West, Gary Hilling, Bob Cupp, Dave Swann; (middle row) Joe Desiderio, Merle Harris, Jim Buffington, Al Reed; (bottom row) Bob Campagna, Fred Grubbs, Junior Herring
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2001 Reunion - Jim Buffington (left) and Bob Cupp
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1966 Aerial View of IFC area shows the improved Nike Hercules fire control systems with HIPAR and the two new TRR antennas.
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99-1 acquisition radar, winter of 1956-1957, shown next to old barn or shed (courtesy of Tony Sudney) | 
99-1 TTR antenna is seen in the foreground, MTR antenna behind the RC van attached to the then brand-new corridor building. Winter of 1956-57 (courtesy of Tony Sudney) | 
Cubicle in IFC area EM barracks, probably autumn 1956 (is that a base fiddle behind the open locker door? (courtesy of Tony Sudney) | _small.jpg)
Red Canyon Range Camp, November 1957 (courtesy of Tony Sudney) | _small.jpg)
Red Canyon Range Camp, November 1957 (courtesy of Tony Sudney) | 
Red Canyon Range Camp, November 1957 (courtesy of Tony Sudney) |
Battery Christmas party, Dec. 25, 1956 (in IFC area dayroom). Sgt. Dolan is Santa Claus; Capt. Harold E. Estes, battery commanding officer, is standing behind Dolan's right shoulder.
(courtesy of Tony Sudney)*
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Battery Christmas party, Dec. 25, 1956 (in IFC area dayroom). Musicians (from left) are Tony Sudney, Unknown, Warren Knowles. (courtesy of Tony Sudney)*
| * Site 99 veteran Bob Staffin points out that the Christmas parties were started by 1st Sgt. Edward C. Shuster, predecessor to 1st Sgt. William A. Leonard, III. Said Staffin, "in addition to battery children, we entertained a large group of children from an orphanage in the Germantown section of Philadelphia. Sgt. Shuster himself had grown up in that orphanage." | 
Tony Sudney at Red Canyon Range Camp, November 1957 (courtesy of Tony Sudney)
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Indian Uprising? Gary Hilling (SP4, Retired) (right), is "threatened" by an "irate" Chief Tonepahhote at the 2000 reunion. (courtesy of Gary Hilling) | 
Tony Sudney at Red Canyon Range Camp, November 1957 (courtesy of Tony Sudney)
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Bottom row of photos by Bill Gibbs
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