4th Missile Battalion, 6th Artillery, early 1960s
(Source:
Original photo courtesy of 32nd ADA Bde via CPT William D Vergot)
Spring 1960 Jim Booth, from Georgia, is holding a 3.5 Inch Rocket Launcher; in the foreground is a M2 .50 caliber machine gun. This photo was taken during a 7th Army alert. We had been on duty at the Spangdahlem tactical site and had been ordered to establish a perimeter defense (without ammo only weapons).