European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 9, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday june 9, 1988 from Pershing i to inf pact army expert has seen it All it was High Fech stuff even Back in 1970, a Treffy big toy the stars and stripes Page 3 by Joseph own soul quart Bureau Schwabish pm and West Germany Given inc inter mediate Range nuclear weapons treaty that went Inlo effect june 1, chief warrant officer Wayne l. Shields could t have timed his exit More fittingly. Shields who Cut his Teeth on inc peril Ling i missile and then helped in the transition to Pershing i As in the Laic 1960s, also was involved in a very phase of the Pershing ii program from drafting Board to scrapyard. And with he treaty Ink barely dry he did last week what the missiles will do by 1991 he left West Ger Many having wrapped up his fifth assignment with per things in Europe this Lime with the 56th Field arty come at Schwabish Amund Shields headed for work at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville Ala to become a member of a perching ii missile elimination team. Every unit i be Ever been in has always called itself the best., and they believe it right Down to most of the troops Shields said in an interview last week. These troops believe in our system. I think inc rus sians believe in our system too and that s Why they name to the  while Pershing us Ore More sophisticated than heir predecessors. Shields said that even earlier versions of the missile fascinated him because of their advanced technology and clarity of purpose. It was High tech stuff even Back in 1970, a pretty big toy. The morale of the people who worked with missiles when i came in the service was much higher for example than the Guys in commo communications or  he said. The Guys on the missile Crews stuck together All the time. They Wen every where together after a year with Bury a 1st in 81st Field arty in Neu Ulm. Shields trained at fort Sill okla., to be come a Pershing Programmer test station operator. He stayed As on instructor until 1972, to lion returned for three years to inc ecu Ulm Battery. I got my old room Back As a matter of fact he said. Shields assumed duties at while Sands missile Range in new Mexico in 1975 As the noncommissioned officer in charge of a team testing Pershing a technical improvements. He signed on with the 84th Field arty missile maintenance Section in Heilbronn in 1977, then became a warrant officer just before leaving in 1978 to work As a missile technician for the 1st fun 4hl Field arty in Schwil Bisch Amund. He found himself Back at Fon Sill in i960, in charge of the firing positions procedures Annex of the Field arty school s Pershing Branch. Shields left inc army in 1931, but not the Pershing going on to develop a Pershing ii training package for the Martin Marietta corp. In Orlando Fla. Pershing a had been a big improvement when fielded in 1969, he said but the Range and accuracy of the Pershing 11 made other missiles seem like museum pieces. The concept was just unbelievably futuristic com pared to what we were dealing with he said. After the cumbersome Pershing 1-to-la transition. Shields had vowed never to get involved in another missile Swap. Bui the army made him an irresistible offer in 1982, and he put on a uniform again to head a Pershing ii testing team at White Sands. In late 1983 he participated in the first deployment of the new missiles to West Germany. When he re turned to inc United Stales the army gave him seven Days notice of a new assignment the one he completed last week in Schwub Isch pm find. S&3 Phola by a Omati Onn chief warrant officer Wayne l. Shields Shields said stateside civilians often Don t believe him when he reveals what he docs for work. Given thai and the fact that his collages Only talk shop when discussing missiles moral implications of work ing with missiles Don t arise in conversation he said. But Shields said the Pershing 11 served a Good purpose. Maybe i m totally brainwashed he said but even when i was in Pia. I wus totally convinced that the other Guy was t going to do anything because we be got it Over Here. And we be always said we weren t going to use it  is say goodbye during Nike Hercules phase out Sis photo by j