US Army Nike AA Missile Base
Bristol, Rhode Island
 

This is a list of the Battery Commanders and other information obtained so far about the changes in Unit Designation of Bristol from 1956 to 1974.

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Oct 1963 to 12 Sep 1972 - "C" Battery, 3rd Battalion (Hercules), 5th Air Defense Artillery

.           1963 to Jul 1964  -  CPT Robert Corey  CO
.    Jul 1964 to Aug 1965 -  David B. Harrington, LTC, USA, Ret.  CO
 Late1964 or early 1965 -  1LT Al Crannis XO and IFC Platoon Leader
                                1965 -  2LT Jim Rivard  IFC Platoon Leader then in Aug 1965  CO
                  1964 to 1965 -  1LT John Anderson  LA Platoon Leader

.               1965 to 1966? - Andrea Sarzanini, COL, USA, Ret.  CO

 Actual dates unknown
.          but prior to 1970 - 1LT Bill Carpenter  CO

. Jan 1970 to Jun 1970 -  Edward V. S. Moore, LTC, USA, Ret.   CO
.                                         LT Charles Thensted XO

.                            1971 -  CPT Paul A. Ogle Jr. CO

.Jul 1972 to Aug 1973 -  Glenn J. Meigel, LTC, USA, Ret.   CO
.                                        LT Richard Seaman  XO and IFC Platoon Leader
.                                        LT Raymond Miller  LA Platoon Leader

 .           12 Sept 1972 -  "C" Battery, 3rd BN. (NIKE HERCULES) 5th Air  Defense
                                           Artillery redesignated to "C" Battery,
                                           1st BN. (NIKE HERCULES) 5th Air Defense Artillery

Aug 1973 to Jul 1974 -  Closing of the Nike Site
.                                     Donald F. Wantuck, LTC, USA, Ret.  CO

Feb 1974 -   DOD announces the reduction of all Continental US NIKE
Ajax/Hercules batteries due to the signing of the SALT II Treaty.

15 July 1974 - The Bristol Nike Site was inactivated
and the keys turned over to civilians.

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