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Honest John Rocket

Front: Honest John Rocket, Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama.
Back: HONEST JOHN ROCKET, REDSTONE ARSENAL
Capable of carrying both atomic and high explosive warheads, this long-range Army artillery rocket is used tactically to provide close fire support to ground combat operations. The weapon has considerably more battlefield mobility than conventional artillery and one high explosive round can deliver on the target, the demolition effect of hundreds of artillery shells.

Anderson News Company, Florence, Ala.

34.688529,-86.650873

From the postcard collection of George and Peg Heeschen, The Southpaw, Huntsville, Alabama

This collection is digital only.

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