Designed to replace the Redstone missile, this missile named for a U.S. WWI general was first tested in 1960
This 
approved replacement was known at ABMA as the Redstone-S (solid) ... named 
the Pershing in honor of General of the Armies of the United States ... Nov 30- 
Pershing Missile 105 the first Pershing flight test missile was delivered on 
schedule.