Designed to replace the Redstone missile, this missile named for a U.S. WWI general was first tested in 1960
The United States joined World War I in 1917 on the side of 
Britain, France, ... During the 1960s the Department of Defense continued to 
scrutinize the... [DOC] [TLE] Pershing Missile System Timeline - Miamisburg Ohio [PAR] a production contract until a missile had been fabricated and tested in-house.