To this day, I will alway remember how important these nuclear artillery shells were in our effort to prevent the Russians from invading West Germany.
To me, this will never be forgotten.
If you were involved in the incident involving one of 56 FA Command Pershing missile sites around Heilbronn, Germany, you might remember an E-5 Sergeant [first name *Dave*] who was decorated for his actions in that incident. At the time 3rd Infantry Division maintained an infantry reaction unit as a response force for the Pershing sites, said to have meen the last motorized infantry unit [mounted in trucks instead of tracked vehicles/*mechanized*] organized as per the old WWII infantry OOB/TO&E, better suited for the number of infantrymen who could fit in the back of a duece-and-a-half, though current M35A2 trucks were used instead of WWII-era Studebaker *Eager Beavers....* I believe that M60 machinegun-mounted M151 gun jeeps were also used in those pre-HUMVEE days, as well- nice and breezy during a German winter....
If you were involved in an action other than the one near Heilbronn, then there were multiple incidents, probasbly coordinated. The warheads in the Heilbronn *Empty Quiver* attempt were B61-11 warheads for the 4/9 Field Artillery's Pershing 1A missiles, intended for counterresponse at hardened military and political sites inside the Soviet Union- headquarters command centers and governmental *crisis relocation* sites.
*Important in our effort to prevent the Russians from invading West Germany?* Oh yeah, just a little bit....