Minuteman Missle
Historic Resource Study
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Section II — Life on the South Dakota Plains: Before, During, and After Minuteman
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Chapter 3:
Minuteman
Missile Sites in South Dakota (1960s-80s) (continued)
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Plate 26. Minuteman comes to South
Dakota ("Site Activation Chronology, Minuteman Project, Ellsworth Air
Force Base, South Dakota, July 1963-October 1963," K243.012-40, in USAF
Collection, AFHRA)
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Plate 27. Groundbreaking ceremony at
Lima-06 in South Dakota, 11 September 1961. Standing from left to right
are: Major General Homer Jensen, Colonel Kenneth Northamer, South Dakota
Governor Archie Gubburd, and Major General Delmar Wilson ("Site
Activation Chronology, Minuteman Project, Ellsworth Air Force Base,
South Dakota, July 1963-October 1963," K243.0121-6, in USAF Collection,
AFHRA)
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Plate 28. Aerial view of Delta-01 during
construction (Courtesy of National Park Service)
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Plate 29. Launch Control Center under
construction in South Dakota (Courtesy of Peter Kiewit and Sons',
Inc.)
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Last Updated: 19-Nov-2003
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