Comments for http://aradcomsite37.com/blog Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:14:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on Welcome by Don Wellman http://aradcomsite37.com/blog/?cpage=1#comment-818 Don Wellman Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:14:25 +0000 http://aradcomsite37.com/blog/?page_id=2#comment-818 Hi, Jack. Thank you for writing. The Herminie personnel housing was located between the Herminie Nike Site and Rillton, just off Mars Hill Rd.(Rillton-Sutersville Rd. The street the housing was on was Marley Ct. Yes, the housing remains, probably as some sort of government housing. If you have Google Earth, you should be able to find it along with the old Nike Launcher and IFC sites. Herminie Nike veterans--if you can add anything to this please feel free. Best to you Jack and thanks for your dad's service to our Country. Don Hi, Jack.
Thank you for writing.
The Herminie personnel housing was located between the Herminie Nike Site and Rillton, just off Mars Hill Rd.(Rillton-Sutersville Rd. The street the housing was on was Marley Ct.
Yes, the housing remains, probably as some sort of government housing.
If you have Google Earth, you should be able to find it along with the old Nike Launcher and IFC sites.
Herminie Nike veterans–if you can add anything to this please feel free.
Best to you Jack and thanks for your dad’s service to our Country.
Don

]]> Comment on Welcome by Jack S. Mulich http://aradcomsite37.com/blog/?cpage=1#comment-811 Jack S. Mulich Sun, 08 Aug 2010 05:49:15 +0000 http://aradcomsite37.com/blog/?page_id=2#comment-811 Hi Don, My Dad was stationed at PI-37, Herminie, PA. From 1966-1968. Could you tell me what the name of the road that the military housing was situated on? I have a lot of good memories from this area. I would like to find it on a local map.Do you know if the houses are still standing? Thanks,Jack- Army Brat. I live in Madison, WI.now. Hi Don,
My Dad was stationed at PI-37, Herminie, PA. From 1966-1968.
Could you tell me what the name of the road that the military
housing was situated on? I have a lot of good memories from
this area. I would like to find it on a local map.Do you know
if the houses are still standing? Thanks,Jack- Army Brat.
I live in Madison, WI.now.

]]> Comment on Veterans by Don Wellman http://aradcomsite37.com/blog/?page_id=81&cpage=1#comment-782 Don Wellman Mon, 02 Aug 2010 19:51:34 +0000 http://aradcomsite37.com/blog/?page_id=81#comment-782 Hi, Sarah. Thank you so much for writing. I'm sure Sergeant Bibler is remembered by the veterans who served with him there at Herminie. I am sorry to hear of his passing. We will put that information by his name on our veterans list. I wish the best for you. Don Hi, Sarah.
Thank you so much for writing. I’m sure Sergeant Bibler is remembered by the veterans who served with him there at Herminie.
I am sorry to hear of his passing. We will put that information by his name on our veterans list.
I wish the best for you.
Don

]]> Comment on Veterans by Sarah Bibler http://aradcomsite37.com/blog/?page_id=81&cpage=1#comment-775 Sarah Bibler Sun, 01 Aug 2010 17:01:08 +0000 http://aradcomsite37.com/blog/?page_id=81#comment-775 Hi Don....My name is Sara Bibler....my husbandDewey Max Bibler ,was part of your company uring the mid 60's and retired from there on Oct.31, 1965....He was previously ststioned at the site locatted outside of Irwin and Manor ,Pa.....He passed away in the faa of '77.....looking thru the list to see if I can remember any of the other men.....What a nice idea your site is......Good luck to all.... Hi Don….My name is Sara Bibler….my husbandDewey Max Bibler ,was part of your company uring the mid 60′s and retired from there on Oct.31, 1965….He was previously ststioned at the site locatted outside of Irwin and Manor ,Pa…..He passed away in the faa of ’77…..looking thru the list to see if I can remember any of the other men…..What a nice idea your site is……Good luck to all….

]]> Comment on Welcome by Don Wellman http://aradcomsite37.com/blog/?cpage=1#comment-585 Don Wellman Thu, 20 May 2010 00:46:04 +0000 http://aradcomsite37.com/blog/?page_id=2#comment-585 I enjoyed talking with you tonight, Donnie. I can tell that you have an appreciation for the Nike Air Defense of that era. From your letter, I suspect that your father, Donald L. Jones, Sr. was part of the 18th AAAA Group, later to be 18th Artillery Group(Air Defense) or even later still, the 31st Artillery Brigade. All: If anyone reading this knew Donnie's father or has information about him, please let Donnie know. I enjoyed talking with you tonight, Donnie. I can tell that you have an appreciation for the Nike Air Defense of that era.

From your letter, I suspect that your father, Donald L. Jones, Sr. was part of the 18th AAAA Group, later to be 18th Artillery Group(Air Defense) or even later still, the 31st Artillery Brigade.

All: If anyone reading this knew Donnie’s father or has information about him, please let Donnie know.

]]> Comment on Contact Us by Graham Robert (BOB) Sheely http://aradcomsite37.com/blog/?page_id=159&cpage=1#comment-539 Graham Robert (BOB) Sheely Thu, 13 May 2010 00:05:20 +0000 http://aradcomsite37.com/blog/?page_id=159#comment-539 I especially remember the deer at the base. I spent a good deal of time working in the mess for Sgt Gross. I was a FIPSY operator but mostly tended the generators because of my mechanic abilities from the construction trades. My wife, Gracie, from Irwin and I have some pictures from 59 and 60 that are in our retirement home in Confluence, PA. Will send when we get back up there later this summer. I especially remember the deer at the base. I spent a good deal of time working in the mess for Sgt Gross. I was a FIPSY operator but mostly tended the generators because of my mechanic abilities from the construction trades. My wife, Gracie, from Irwin and I have some pictures from 59 and 60 that are in our retirement home in Confluence, PA. Will send when we get back up there later this summer.

]]> Comment on Welcome by DONALD L. JONES JR. http://aradcomsite37.com/blog/?cpage=1#comment-523 DONALD L. JONES JR. Sat, 08 May 2010 19:12:18 +0000 http://aradcomsite37.com/blog/?page_id=2#comment-523 MR WELLMAN, MY FATHER WAS LT. COL. DONALD L. JONES SR.. WE CAME TO PGH IN 1957 AND MY POP WAS PART OF THE NIKE MISSLE PROGRAM.ALL I CAN REMEMBER WAS THAT HE WOULD TAKE ME TO BASE WITH HIM AT IRWIN(PI 36)AND PI 70 (OAKDALE). I DO KNOW I WAS YOUNG ENOUGH THAT I COULD GO WHERE I WANTED TO AT IFC IN IRWIN INCLUDING WHEN HE WOULD TAKE ME TO LAUNCH CONTROL PI36.(I ALMOST LOST MY LIFE ONE DAY WHEN THIS BIG ASS GERMAN SHEPHERD ALMOST HAD ME AS A SNACK:)) I RECENTLY WENT AND FOUND PI 36 ICF AND LAUNCH ALMOST BY MENTAL REMEMBRANCE.SO MUCH FOR 10 YEAR OLDS NOT KNOWING ANYTHING HUH!! PI 36 IS SO INTACT IT MAD ME CRY. MY POPS DIED IN 2000... THE LAUNCH PADS AND MISSLE STORAGE ARE SO PERFECT I SWEAR I HEARD MY POP CALLING ME!!! I AM WONDERING IF YOU OR ANYONE COULD GIVE ME INFO ON WHAT MY POPS JOB WAS??? I AM HAVING A HARD TIME FINDING OUT. I KNOW IN 1968 HE WENT TO COLO SPRINGS. BUT WHILE IN PGH AT IRWIN AND OAKDALE I WAS NOT ALLOWED TO GO WITH HIM TO MEETINGS AND ONE TIME I GOT TAKEN TO NUCLEAR BOMB SHELTER @ OAKDALE. MY EMAIL IS : MTMKDADDY@HOTMAIL.COM. I HAVE PICS FROM PI36 WITH GOOD PIC SOMEONE WITH INITIALS: RAZ DREW OF OOZLEFINTCH IN 1963..IN AJAX UNDERGROUND STORAGE THANKS SIR I LOVE THE SITE IT HELPS ME TEACH MY BOYS WHO MISS GRANDPOP TOO. DONNIE JONES JR. 412 427 0893 MR WELLMAN,
MY FATHER WAS LT. COL. DONALD L. JONES SR.. WE CAME TO PGH IN 1957 AND MY POP WAS PART OF THE NIKE MISSLE PROGRAM.ALL I CAN REMEMBER WAS THAT HE WOULD TAKE ME TO BASE WITH HIM AT IRWIN(PI 36)AND PI 70 (OAKDALE).
I DO KNOW I WAS YOUNG ENOUGH THAT I COULD GO WHERE I WANTED TO AT IFC IN IRWIN INCLUDING WHEN HE WOULD TAKE ME TO LAUNCH CONTROL PI36.(I ALMOST LOST MY LIFE ONE DAY WHEN THIS BIG ASS GERMAN SHEPHERD ALMOST HAD ME AS A SNACK:))
I RECENTLY WENT AND FOUND PI 36 ICF AND LAUNCH ALMOST BY MENTAL REMEMBRANCE.SO MUCH FOR 10 YEAR OLDS NOT KNOWING ANYTHING HUH!!
PI 36 IS SO INTACT IT MAD ME CRY. MY POPS DIED IN 2000… THE LAUNCH PADS AND MISSLE STORAGE ARE SO PERFECT I SWEAR I HEARD MY POP CALLING ME!!!
I AM WONDERING IF YOU OR ANYONE COULD GIVE ME INFO ON WHAT MY POPS JOB WAS??? I AM HAVING A HARD TIME FINDING OUT. I KNOW IN 1968 HE WENT TO COLO SPRINGS. BUT WHILE IN PGH AT IRWIN AND OAKDALE I WAS NOT ALLOWED TO GO WITH HIM TO MEETINGS AND ONE TIME I GOT TAKEN TO NUCLEAR BOMB SHELTER @ OAKDALE.
MY EMAIL IS : MTMKDADDY@HOTMAIL.COM. I HAVE PICS FROM PI36 WITH GOOD PIC SOMEONE WITH INITIALS: RAZ DREW OF OOZLEFINTCH IN 1963..IN AJAX UNDERGROUND STORAGE
THANKS SIR I LOVE THE SITE IT HELPS ME TEACH MY BOYS WHO MISS GRANDPOP TOO.
DONNIE JONES JR. 412 427 0893

]]> Comment on Welcome by Don Wellman http://aradcomsite37.com/blog/?cpage=1#comment-465 Don Wellman Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:58:52 +0000 http://aradcomsite37.com/blog/?page_id=2#comment-465 Thanks for writing, John! I have belonged to the Gun Range on Pleasant Valley since the early 1980s. Thanks for your efforts toward gun safety!!! I'd be glad to meet you at the Range sometime. All the credit for the work on the website is done by Craig Ostrander. I just feed him the info!!!!! Are you guys gonna do a Reunion for your Unit again someday? Don Thanks for writing, John!
I have belonged to the Gun Range on Pleasant Valley since the early 1980s. Thanks for your efforts toward gun safety!!! I’d be glad to meet you at the Range sometime.
All the credit for the work on the website is done by Craig Ostrander. I just feed him the info!!!!!
Are you guys gonna do a Reunion for your Unit again someday?
Don

]]> Comment on Welcome by John Judah http://aradcomsite37.com/blog/?cpage=1#comment-458 John Judah Sun, 18 Apr 2010 09:34:16 +0000 http://aradcomsite37.com/blog/?page_id=2#comment-458 Don: Great website. Would like to start something like this for 4th Msl Bn 132 Arty. By the way, one of the inputs above talked about Garland shooting range. Where in Garland do you go, Pleasant Valley, if it is, I have been a member of that range since spring 1972? One thing I like to do is teach folks how to safely handle and shoot handguns. Maybe we can meet there sometime. TTYL. Don: Great website. Would like to start something like this for 4th Msl Bn 132 Arty. By the way, one of the inputs above talked about Garland shooting range. Where in Garland do you go, Pleasant Valley, if it is, I have been a member of that range since spring 1972? One thing I like to do is teach folks how to safely handle and shoot handguns. Maybe we can meet there sometime. TTYL.

]]> Comment on Gallery by Don Wellman http://aradcomsite37.com/blog/?page_id=101&cpage=1#comment-151 Don Wellman Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:55:51 +0000 http://aradcomsite37.com/blog/?page_id=101#comment-151 Hi, Brandon. My suggestion for possibly finding pictures of the Elrama site, would be to go to Ed Thelen's website. There, if you are a veteran of Elrama, you can add your name and request. Ed has instructions on his site for doing that. Good Luck! Don Copy and paste the link below into your browser to go to Ed's Elrama thread. http://www.ed-thelen.org/ppl-p.html#PI-43 Hi, Brandon.
My suggestion for possibly finding pictures of the Elrama site, would be to go to Ed Thelen’s website. There, if you are a veteran of Elrama, you can add your name and request. Ed has instructions on his site for doing that. Good Luck!
Don

Copy and paste the link below into your browser to go to Ed’s Elrama thread.

http://www.ed-thelen.org/ppl-p.html#PI-43

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