The U.S. Army Second (2nd) Missile Battalion (BN) 71st Artillery (Nike Hercules) was deployed to Taipei Taiwan in September 1958. This site is the official site for the association of living members of the battalion. It documents our experience and asso
Documenting the contribution of Charlie Battery, 3rd Missile Battalion, 71st Artillery, and the men who won the Cold War with peace, through honor, strength, vigilance, and resolve.
Nike Missles, Hercules, BOMARC, Genie and Falcon weapons are discussed in Continental Defense in the Eisenhower Era: Nuclear Antiaircraft Arms and the Cold War and this site.