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Soldiers outside a Quonset hut with radar equipment, 1950s.
During the Cold War, the U.S. Army defended cities from air attack. At Fort Hancock and across the nation, this was accomplished first with anti-aircraft guns and then with Nike Missiles. These Surface-to-Air (SAM) missiles protected New York City from 1954-1974. Click on a link below for the stories of the soldiers of the Cold War and their families who lived at Fort Hancock.
Mark Allshouse, 43rd Air Defense Artillery, pdf
Gerald Bork, Headquarters Battery, 526th AAA, pdf
Richard Busch, Nike IFC 1965-69, pdf
Dennis and Jeanne Drews, Nike soldier and spouse, pdf
Carl Cochran, Nike Missiles, pdf
Penny Corley, Officer's Wife, pdf
Roger Coté, Nike Missiles, pdf
Carl DeFilippis, pdf
Joe and Peg Donegan, Military Police and spouse, pdf
Phil Duffy, N.J. National Guard, pdf
M. Susan Clapsaddle Faley, general's daughter, pdf
Ronald Holmes, Nike missiles soldier, pdf
Daniel Huebner, son of post chanplain, pdf
Ronald Hyers, pdf
Bill Jackson, Nike soldier and civilian employee, pdf
