C W Carroll

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CLARENCE WILLIE CARROLL Born on March 17, 1940 In Anderson, South Carolina. Born on St Patrick's day & Palm Sunday only the second time it has happened.Will not happen again for 100 years 2040. very special day for the Irish .PS I am Irish.

MY TIME IN THE SERVICE OF MY COUNTRY 1958-1961 I spent abt. 12 months in the Summit NJ site.it was my 1st assignment,really enjoyed it the most.My duty at South Plainfield was the best because I had more rank ,I was there around 22 months,of course I spent a couple of months at Fort Jackson which was pretty rough .they introduced me to the Army way (Back in the day). They also cut off all my curls. Summit NJ When the Army first announced its intentions to construct a Nike missile site within the unspoiled woods of Union County's Watchung Reservation, both county officials and local residents protested strongly. In spite of this initial opposition, the missile base was eventually completed. However, concerns about the potential impacts of the site delayed its completion until 1958. Ironically, deactivation of the site was begun less than four years later. During the autumn of 1962, the underground cables connecting the control and launcher areas were severed only days before the Cuban "missile crisis" brought the superpowers dangerously close to a nuclear confrontation.

Location Launcher Area: Watchung Reservation, Summit (Union County), NJ Control Area: Summit (Union County), NJ Dates of Operation 1957-1963

Weapons Systems & Missile Load Nike Ajax / 30 Nike Hercules / 0

Missile Magazines 3 Magazines. 1 type "B" and 2 type "C".

Radar Types ACQR Unit Information U S Army - A/483rd (1957-1958) A/2/65th (1958-1959 )**( my unit)**

National Guard - HHB/1/254th (1959-1963) B/1/254th (1959-1963)

Present Status The new Watchung Stables were constructed atop the former launcher area on Summit Lane. Hardly a trace of this site is evident today.

Only a few foundation remnants and portions of the original barbed wire-topped fences remain at the control area, adjacent to Governor Livingston Regional High School in Berkeley Heights. The Army's original access road leading up to this site from Glenside Avenue (closed to vehicular traffic) is now used by local

South Plainfield N J Nike Battery NY-65 was constructed adjacent to Hadley Airport (originally, Hadley Field), site of the nation's first air mail service. This two magazine Nike missile battery was first manned by Regular Army units and later by the New Jersey Army National Guard. Nike Hercules missiles first arrived at this base during 1961 and the site remained an active air defense installation for another ten years.

Both the Nike missile site and historic Hadley Field were subsequently obliterated. Their remains now lie beneath portions of Route 287, an office complex and a shopping center.

Location Launcher Area: South Plainfield, (Middlesex County), NJ Control Area: South Plainfield, (Middlesex County), NJ Dates of Operation 1955-1971

Weapons Systems & Missile Load Nike Ajax / 20 Nike Hercules / 12

Missile Magazines 2 Magazines. 2 type "B".

Radar Types ACQR, ABAR. Unit Information U S Army - B/483rd (1955-1958) B/2/65th (1958-1960)** ( My Unit) ** B/4/71st (1960-1963)

National Guard - C/7/12th (1963-1971)

Present Status Both the Nike launcher area on Stelton Road and the control area on Durham Avenue were totally obliterated. Historic Hadley Field met a similar fate. The area once occupied by Hadley Field and the Nike facilities is now covered by a nearly contiguous mass of nondescript office buildings, a shopping center, a network of busy streets and a major highway. Nike Battery NY-73 Summit, NJ