8/17/2019 The Pershing Cable (May 1983)

1/3

l ershina able

Vol 2 No 5

56th Field Artlllery Brigade May 1983

8/17/2019 The Pershing Cable (May 1983)

2/3

Climbing high Into the

l rNs tor

a slightly different view

of

a Pershing missilee r -

sett

i

ng up In

the

field, Regis Bossu shot photographs for a N e w _ k story

on

Pershing In Europe.

Pel ahlng C1ble

News media

v

ershing at w

during field

e

by Jim Cnmblc1

During

the

recent

field

problem, the 3rd Bn., 84th

FA

a variety of

news

media people through.out its Area o

tion.

Coordination for the visits was arranged through ,

lion Operations Center (BOC), with Maj. Frank H.

son, lll, making sure that

all

commanders

knew

wh

would be visited .

2nd Platoon, Delta Battery

was

the f;rst one 10 com

the eye of ARD's comera. ARD is the German

I

st p

Leading the assault

wos

ARD's Robert Hctkiimpcr,

renowned rcponer. Even

though

there ._here

no

interv

c amera crtw

didn t mis.s anything.

Maj. Lawrence R. Sweat, the Ocha Btry. comma

coned theT.V.

crew

through

hi

s area. They

had

theop

to witness and

film

a chemical attack, defense measure

down,

move

-out and convoy procedures.

After having observed soldiers in full MOPP for m

four hours, Hetkiimper commented, • [ didn't realize w

have to go through to train. It mu>t be very ho, and

them " After having watched the

so

ldiers prepare to m

he said, "I'm impressed, I really am.•

By

the

time that the 2nd

Ph

. reached the 266th C

Decontamination site, it was too dark to film but

from ARO was

given

a walking tour with a

full

expla

how decontamination of personnel and equipment is

plished.

Ragis Bossu from

Sygma

(a

large

photo organiution

assignment for Newsweek.

1st

Pit., Charl

ie

Battery

Sgt. Michael K. Pett

ibone, the

NBC NCO for

Btry

Bn., 84th FA teat, the 1ir for chemlc1i agents un

w8tchful

of the

vllltlng ARD camer, tee

8/17/2019 The Pershing Cable (May 1983)

3/3

s

MlHIie crewmanwith 1at platoon, Btry.

C, 3184th

FA

huatle the

unlo•dlng

of

equipment under the v of photog-

rapher

Ragls

BOIIU.

chance to film Pershing in the field.

Bossu climbed trees

10

get different

angles for

his photos,

soldiers humping cabl

es to

ca pture the expre

ss

ion

on

thtir fam and 1pen1 a day jockeying

for

the best position

fo

r

ust

tht

right

1h01

.

80,su

,aid.

I'm

,·ery happy.

I

did not 1hink tha,

I

.,ould

·

cr

be ,llo..,td 10 do ,his. l am very plcucd. • Ht shot

1cvcr1l

rolls of film. urnin g

wi1h

,he convoy on 1hc Autobahn

10

,hem

pulling into position ,nd setting up.

SFC Ann,ionrne Lohon had a

Video

Crew and Pho10-

accompany her down from USAREUR Audio

Vi1ual

10 shoo,

>1

otk looug• and pic,ur