Long cylinder, painted olive drab, with rocket engine painted silver, on end; with black stenciling around base (See Marks); fairing, on one side, rear end only, for holding internal electrical cables and other connections; part of this fairing secured with olive drab colored masking tape, indicating this section has been removed, probably repeatedly, for tests or inspections prior to the missile being donated to the Smithsonian; front section, not rounded, but multi-sided, each side flat; white stenciling, vertically, on four equidistant sides of front of aft end, "U.S. Army"; handling handle protruding from lower (near motor) side of aft end; oxidizer filling plug, near bottom end of after end, with green circle painted around same and words in red, "Warning Before Removal Check Oxidizer Pressure"; fuel filling plug, in similar location, but towards rear of aft end, and similarly marked, but with red circle around plug; flat end of aft end, painted forest green, with some openings revealing extensive electrical wires and components internally, some wires with transparent plastic insulation, one component with words, reading "Genisco - Sensitive Axis."
Includes, three log books on missile found inside end of steel canister holding this aft end section. (See Bibliography.)