Barber earned a direct commission to 2nd Lieutenant teaching the Nike Hercules missile system at the Ordnance Guided Missile School, Huntsville, Alabama 
January 31, 1958.
History of the space program: http://youtu.be/EzMuSle0NYM
Wernher Von Braun: http://youtu.be/w9twrZDdvYw


 Lou Barber flew off-shore in the Gulf of Mexico 1980
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