Photos from Dick Laible,
Paul Leopold, & Darrell Brown
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Offices of the PIO and Spearhead Newspaper
See photo captions at bottom of page.

Photos from top:

(1) Sgt. Dick Merchant, Spearhead Newspaper Editor in 1964-65, is at left. Pfc Joe Scheringer is at right foreground, and Pfc Dick Laible is at right background. PIO had moved to this 1st-floor location in the Headquarters Building in 1964 after having been located on the 4th floor since 1956. (Photo from Dick Laible)

(2) Standing behind recently arrived reporter Pfc George Cant in 1965 is Sp5 Jim Ridell. In the far background is Sp4 Dick Laible (left) and Sp4 Gerd Johs (right). (Photo from Paul Leopold)

(3) Sp4 Barry Mendelson works the phones in 1967, probably working a deal back in the States. (Photo from Darrell Brown)

(4) 1Lt Walter Shannon, assistant Division Public Affairs Officer at the time, eyeballs the PIO troops in 1966, and would soon be promoted to Captain. (Photo from Paul Leopold)


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