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Last Address OCALA, FL
Date of Passing Feb 19, 2010
Location of Interment Lakelawn Memorial Park - Reynoldsville, Pennsylvania
SFC Richard Darrell Hinderliter, 72, of Ocala, Florida died on Friday, February 19, 2010 after a long illness. Mr. Hinderliter Retired after 231/2 years with The United States Army. He is survived by his wife, Margaret O.; of Ocala, Mother, Twilla Enterline of PA; sister, Maxine Bish of PA; brother Kenneth Hinderliter of PA; seven children, many Grandchildren and Great Grandchildren. He has gone home to be with his step-dad, Sam, his two daughters and his great granddaughter.
Other Comments:
I am presently retired from the U.S. Army and on Social Security Disability. I cannot do a lot but i enjoy my retirement as much as possible. After my 23 1/2 years in the military, i worked in Plastic Injection molding in Pa, Ohio, and Florida where i now reside. I worked in plastics for another 20 years before the plastic fumes finally got to me and i had to retire.I used to ride motorcycles but can not do that anymore also i like to travel and love animals. I was a big time bowler while in the military and bowled on th ft Gordon bowling team. I also have many bowling patches and trophys for bowling in the PBA in Germany and countries around there in competition.
While in the military, I served in the following states and areas:
100th Inf - Ft Know Ky, 101st Abn Ft Jackson SC before they moved to Campbell,Stu Co 10 Ft Gordon Ga (Crypto School), 7781 Sig Svc Bn Berlin Germany, 7774 Sig Bn Heidelberg Germany, Btry A 776 FA Bn Punxsutawney Pa, Ft Jackson Replacements Depot SC,304th Sig Bn Seoul Korea,14th Sig Det Ft Lee Va,595th Signal Co Ft Monmouth NJ, 595th Signal Co Ft Devens Mass, All over VietNam with the 1st Inf DiAn, 11ACR Xuan Loc, 196th Inf Tay Ninh, 25th Inf at CuChi, and attached to other units. Then to the Pentagon TCC USASTRACOM, Ft Bragg NC Special Warefare School and Laotian Language, Vientaine Laos SECRET Assignment,, The Pentagon USASTRACOM again,267th Sig Co, 73rd Sig Bn Pirmasens Ger,Signal School for Tactical Communications Ft Gordon where i retired in 1977.
Description The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the Caribbean Crisis or the Missile Scare, was a 13-day (October 16–28, 1962) confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning American ballistic missile deployment in Italy and Turkey with consequent Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba. The confrontation, elements of which were televised, was the closest the Cold War came to escalating into a full-scale nuclear war.
In response to the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion of 1961, and the presence of American Jupiter ballistic missiles in Italy and Turkey, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev decided to agree to Cuba's request to place nuclear missiles in Cuba to deter future harassment of Cuba. An agreement was reached during a secret meeting between Khrushchev and Fidel Castro in July 1962 and construction of a number of missile launch facilities started later that summer.
The 1962 midterm elections were under way in the United States and the White House had denied charges that it was ignoring dangerous Soviet missiles 90 miles from Florida. These missile preparations were confirmed when an Air Force U-2 spy plane produced clear photographic evidence of medium-range (SS-4) and intermediate-range (R-14) ballistic missile facilities. The United States established a military blockade to prevent further missiles from entering Cuba. It announced that they would not permit offensive weapons to be delivered to Cuba and demanded that the weapons already in Cuba be dismantled and returned to the USSR.
After a long period of tense negotiations, an agreement was reached between President John F. Kennedy and Khrushchev. Publicly, the Soviets would dismantle their offensive weapons in Cuba and return them to the Soviet Union, subject to United Nations verification, in exchange for a U.S. public declaration and agreement never to invade Cuba again without direct provocation. Secretly, the United States also agreed that it would dismantle all U.S.-built Jupiter MRBMs, which were deployed in Turkey and Italy against the Soviet Union but were not known to the public.
When all offensive missiles and Ilyushin Il-28 light bombers had been withdrawn from Cuba, the blockade was formally ended on November 20, 1962. The negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union pointed out the necessity of a quick, clear, and direct communication line between Washington and Moscow. As a result, the Moscow–Washington hotline was established. A series of agreements sharply reduced U.S.–Soviet tensions during the following years.
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year
October / 1962
To Month/Year
October / 1962
Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020
Personal Memories
Memories I was with the 595th Signal Co (STRAC) and was setting all packed and loaded ready to head to Cuba if given the word. We waited for several days until the missals were removed then we got the standdown and got to go back home.