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<body><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td> </td></tr></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td valign="top" width="1%"> </td><td valign="top" width="24"></td><td valign="top"> <h1 align="center"><font SIZE="+4">The 6555th <br></font>Missile and Space Launches Through 1970 </h1><h2 align="center"><img src="images/6555th.gif" border="0" height="256" width="250" align="bottom"> </h2><h3 align="center">by Mark C. Cleary </h3><h4 align="center">45th Space Wing History Office </h4><h2>Table of Contents<a name="TOC"></a> </h2><dl><dd>  <dt><a href="6555pref.htm">Preface</a> <dd>  <dt><b>Chapter I - Foundations of the 6555th: The Post War Legacy</b> <dd>Section 1 - <a href="6555ch1/6555c1-1.htm">Post-War legacy Through 1949</a> <dd>Section 2 - <a href="6555ch1/6555c1-2.htm">Activities at Holloman, Eglin and Patrick AFB, 1950-1951</a> <dd>  <dt><b>Chapter II - MATADOR and the Era of Winged Missiles</b> <dd>Section 1 - <a href="6555ch2/6555C2-1.htm">MATADOR Operations Through 1954</a> <dd>Section 2 - <a href="6555ch2/6555c2-2.htm">MATADOR and MACE Operations 1955-1963</a> <dd>Section 3 - <a href="6555ch2/6555c2-3.htm">LARK, BOMARC and SNARK Operations</a> <dd>Section 4 - <a href="6555ch2/6555c2-4.htm">The NAVAHO Program</a> <dd>  <dt><b>Chapter III - The 6555th's Role in the Development of Ballistic Missiles</b> <dd>Section 1 - <a href="6555ch3/6555c3-1.htm">Ballistic Missile Test Organizations and Commanders</a> <dd>Section 2 - <a href="6555ch3/6555c3-2.htm">The Eastern Test Range in the 1950's</a> <dd>Section 3 - <a href="6555ch3/6555c3-3.htm">Ballistic Missile Test Objectives</a> <dd>Section 4 - <a href="6555ch3/6555c3-4.htm">The THOR Ballistic Missile Program</a> <dd>Section 5 - <a href="6555ch3/6555c3-5.htm">The ATLAS Ballistic Missile Program</a> <dd>Section 6 - <a href="6555ch3/6555c3-6.htm">The TITAN Ballistic Missile Program</a> <dd>Section 7 - <a href="6555ch3/6555c3-7.htm">Organization, Resources and Activities in the 1960's</a> <dd>Section 8 - <a href="6555ch3/6555c3-8.htm">The MINUTEMAN Ballistic Missile Development Program </a> <dd>  <dt><b>Chapter IV - Taking the High Ground: The 6555th's Role in Space Through 1970</b> <dd>Section 1 - <a href="6555ch4/6555c4-1.htm">U. S. Military Space Efforts Through 1960</a> <dd>Section 2 - <a href="6555ch4/6555c4-2.htm">ATLAS, THOR and BLUE SCOUT Space Operations</a> <dd>Section 3 - <a href="6555ch4/6555c4-3.htm">The TITAN II/GEMINI Program</a> <dd>Section 4 - <a href="6555ch4/6555c4-4.htm">The TITAN III Program</a> <dd>Section 5 - <a href="6555ch4/6555c4-5.htm">Organizational Changes 1965-1970</a> </dl><p ALIGN="Center"><hr><a HREF="../heritage.htm">Return to Heritage page</a> <p><i>Editors Note: This document is best viewed with a frame-enabled browser such as those available from Netscape. If you are seeing this message your browser is not supporting frames. The document contains links to endnotes (superscript numbers usually at the end of paragraphs) which specify the sources used and footnotes (link text in paragraph) which provide additional explanatory material. All the endnotes and all the footnotes for a chapter are together in one endnote page and one footnote page for each chapter.</i> <p>This monograph was prepared by the 45th Space Wing Historian, Mr. <a HREF="mailto:45swho@pafb.af.mil">Mark C. Cleary.</a> If you have any questions or comments please direct them to him at 45 SW/HO, 1201 Minuteman St, Patrick AFB, 32925.