Designed to replace the Redstone missile, this missile named for a U.S. WWI general was first tested in 1960
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Nov 1960 The U.S. Army Artillery and Missile School at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, ... 
Jun 1962 The first battery of 2nd Missile Battalion, 44th Artillery was ... 25 Jun 
1964 The REDSTONE missile, which the PERSHING replaced, was classified 
obsolete.