Subject: DAYS OF OUR LIVES #64
Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2002 11:05 PM
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Newly found VET's
ARMANN, Gary, E5-E6, 05K, Det 27, 66-68, (Shirley),
138 Saw Palmento Dr., Westlaco, TX 78596, 956-969-4277,
siesta338@aol.com. Gary retired in 1981 as a CW3.
ARMSTRONG, Frank, 056, Det 27, AU62-64, 11 Seaview Ave., Hampton,
NH, 603-929-9960, no e-mail yet, but will be on line shortly. Has
been contacted by Mike Comroe
BARBOSA, Steve (Porta Goose), SP4, Det 27, FE64-65, (Susan), 29
Sandpiper Loop, Crossville, TN 38555, 931-484-0994, york2929@citlink.net
BASKERVILL, Bill, SP6, Signal Analyst, Det 4-2, FE66-SE68, 8500
Burroughs Ct., Richmond, VA 23235, 804-272-1617, bbask@erols.com.
Bill wrote: "Hi. - Anyone from Tuslog Det 4-2 expected [at
the reunion]? It seems we are always left off the invitation
lists. My reply: Bill - Our reunion group was organized in
February 2001 and was originally for only Det 27 and 4-4 vet's,
but soon we expanded it to Det 17, 53, 120 and 66. In April 2002
I sent the below email to the Det 4 vet's that I found on the
ASALIVES website, but, to date, have had limited response. We,
do, in fact, have a member of Det 4-2 already in the group. His
name is Dean Cannon who is the Arkansas ASA rep. His email is:
rasmatas@highstream.net.U are welcome to join our group. I will
need your name, rank in Turkey, MOS, Detachment # and dates
there, the name of your spouse, your mailing address and phone #
and your email address. The master roster has over 1500 names and
is growing. If U are interested in attending the 13-15 Sept 2002
reunion at Hershey, PA - please send me the above info and your
intentions to attend. I will do my darndest to get to Hershey in
September. I am excited about meeting some fellow ASA vets.
Believe or not, I've not met ONE since I got out.
BISCOMB, Wm M., 02-03 PMO Det 27, NO63-65, (Liza), 9629 NE
Timberlane Pl., Bainbridge Island, WA 98110, 206-842-6905,
biscombpi@hotmail.com Col, AUS(Ret)
CHRISTMAN, Charley, SFC, 71L, NCO Clug Mgr., Det 27, 59-60,
(Elizabeth), 1000 W. Mulberry St., Coal Township, PA 17866,
570-648-6944, no e-mail. Charlie is 72, retired as an E8 in 1968,
then worked 15 years for the PX system at Ft Meade, Travis AFB,
Priscido, Ft Gordon and Ft Dix. Lives not far from Hershey and
plans to drop by the Holiday Inn for a visit.
CORDEIRO, Tina, widow of CT1 (USN) Louis, Det 115, 66-68, 403
Lafayette St., Somerset, MA 02726, 508-676-0364, no e-mail. Her
daughter, Louise, is married to Preston L. White. Lou was the one
who hired the Belly-Dancers, etc., for the shows at the Det 27
NCO Club. He served 23 years in the USN Security Group and
retired as a E7. In civilian life he was the MA rep for VA
benefits.
ISLER, Rod, SP4, 05H, Det 4-4, 15OC68-69, (Kyuhee), 1703 Mansion
Ridge Rd., Annapolis, MD 21401, 410-849-3482, goaisler@aol.com. I
called retired Major General Isler on 12 Apr. He was very
responsive to my call and he mentioned several friends that he
still remembered from Karamursel. He retired in early 2002 and is
enjoying life as a civilian. He had the 2001 Ft Devens reunion on
his schedule, but the events of 9/11 altered those plans. He
graciously accepted my invitation to be the guest speaker at the
13-15 Sept Hershey Reunion. Rod is 57 and married to Kyuhee, a
native of South Korea. Hope to hear from the General soon ref his
BIO.
Preston, SGT, MP, Det 27, 66-68, (Louise), 20 Heritage Dr.,
Cheshire, CT 06410, 203-271-1479, plwhite570@aol.com
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TAPS
ANDRESS, ?, Det 4-4 - Death reported by MG Isler
BRAUD, Weston M., LtCol, Det 27, JL64-66, DOB: 12JL1916, DOD:
FE1986. His widow RoseMary lives at 46 Lurline Dr., Covington, LA
70433, 985-892-3296. Someone wrote about Col Braud being famous
for mis-using bagel knives. Can anyone add to this?
ATTACHMENTS - check 'em out!
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E-mail changes
CARRIGER, Gary, 05K, Det 27, NO64-JN66, (Gloria), 11535 Sagewood
Ln., Parker, CO 80138, 303-840-2445, gcarriger@earthlink.net
GALLANT, Ed, SP5, Illustrator, Det 27, JA67-MY68, (Gayle), 22
Lobster Cove Rd., P.O. Box 13, Spruce Head, ME 04859,
207-596-7427,
<mailto:egallant@prexar.com>egallant@prexar.com
GIANNATTASIO, Joe, Paymaster, Det 27, 65-66, (Chris), 231 Beach
Rd., Wolcott, CT 06716, 203-879-2869, jchrisgi@aol.com
MONROIG-GALARZA, Augustin (Gus), SSG, Personnel NCOIC, Det 4-4,
OC67-JN70, (Frances), 7003 Marquis Pl., Fayetteville, NC 28303,
910-868-5711, cocolo29@juno.com
MORRISSETTE, Ed, SP4, 05H, Det 4-4, (Sandra), 173 Bent St.,
Franklin, MA 02038, 508-533-2773, eamorris@attbi.com
POTTER, Ellie, 05H, Det 27, 62-64, (Candy), RD2, Box 5790,
Garland Rd., Windslow, ME 04901, 207-873-5391, mdiguys@adelphia.net
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DOES ANYONE REMEMBER THE FOLLOWING AT DET 27 IN THE 60-61
TIMEFRAME:
1. The GI that got into trouble at Sinop and was secretly moved
to Det 27 and later secretly moved to the CONUS. His nickname was
MOOSE. Somehow the TURKS at Sinop thought that he was involved at
a Det 4 gate incident involving drunk GI's who beat up a Turk.
Apparently MOOSE was only a by- stander, but the Turks thought
otherwise. Remember, we Americans were NEW to Turkey at that time
and YANKEE GO HOME was a common remark amongst the radicals.
3. What was the name of the BIG black GI who was a good football
player?
4. Joe Chesser was a roommate of William Eugene Cox in 60-61 and
Joe does not remember Cox getting into any trouble while he knew
him, other than getting drunk once in a while. He does not
remember Cox wearing a white jacket and black gloves as reported
by Roy DesRuisseaux and Gene Hamrick FM: Bill Hartranft I seem to
think I recall Cox from being a trick one guy. Jim Harber, Walt
Dubicki, can you help here? THERE WAS A RON COX AT DET 27 ABOUT
THE SAME TIME. COX, William Eugene, MOS: ?, Det 27 circa 61-62,
DOD: 1981 (Hung himself in Lake Co., California jail) Brian
Hennessey was a SP5 05H at Manzarali from 19 May 1962 until Oct
1963. Brian has been a faithful follower of my missives from the
beginning. Brian and his wife, June, live in Lakeport, CA. and
he's been a court reporter in Lake County, CA since 1967. On the
20th I received the following [edited] email from Brian regarding
the very interesting accounts of one GI from Det 27 who
apparently slipped thru the cracks and became 10 percenter, or so
lotsa ex-ASA'ers think. I'm referring to WILLIAM EUGENE COX who
my good friend Roy DesRuisseaux made us all aware of on his
website and emails to me. According to Roy, both got 7.5 years in
a Turkish prison and would have been released around 1971. Now,
thanks to Brian Hennessey, we now know the rest of the despicable
story of what happened to COX after he was booted out of the
army. gH: Thought the Manzarali vets would be interested in this
timely followup to the Cox/Brisenden episode mentioned in DAYS OF
OUR LIVES #54. This appeared in our local paper (Lake County, CA)
on January 24, 2002. Feel free to edit it as you see fit.
I’ve worked as a court reporter for the past 35 years and
reported the preliminary hearing in this case. Always felt it an
eerie coincidence that Cox and I were at Manzarali at the same
time in ’62 (didn’t know him, but vividly remember the
incident) and in the same courtroom in a very small town halfway
around the world in ’81. The D.A. who prosecuted the case
got Cox’s records from the army, and it’s the same Cox
that Col Cornelius released from the Det 27 holding cell when he
became the base commander in 1962.
PAROLE DENIED FOR DEPUTY’s MURDERER. (Corona) A Swedish
woman serving a possible double-life sentence for the murder of a
Lake County sheriff’s deputy was denied parole Tuesday by
the California Board of Prison Terms. Annika Maria Deasy, 47, was
returned to the California Institution for Women in Corona,
according to Lake County Chief Deputy District Attorney Jon
Hopkins, who attended the parole hearing to speak against
Deasy’s possible release. Deasy, a one-time San Francisco
flower child, will next be eligible for parole in 2005. Facing
execution, she pleaded guilty in 1983 to two first-degree murder
charges in connection with the shooting deaths of a retired
Stockton restaurateur, Joe Torre, and Lake County sheriff’s
deputy Sgt. Richard Hellbush – the last local law
enforcement official to be killed in the line of duty. Deasy and
her boyfriend William Eugene Cox met Hellbush shortly after
midnight on May 2, 1981, when the car they were in –
purchased days earlier with a bad check – broke down on the
side of Highway 29 near Manning Flat. Parking in front of them,
Hellbush asked the couple for identification. Deasy did not have
a driver’s license, but she nonetheless followed her
boyfriend’s instructions to look for one in the purse
she’d left on the passenger seat. "As Sgt.
Hellbush’s attention was focused on her, COX shot him once
in the back of the head and three times in the back," said
Hopkins. "Then she (Deasy) told COX to drag the body into
the ditch so it wouldn’t be visible (from the road), and
after he did that and was starting to come back to the car, she
told him to get his wallet, too." Deasy and Cox also took
Hellbush’s service revolver. They then fled toward
Middletown in his patrol car. COX lost control of the vehicle on
Highway 175 after being chased at high speeds by a sheriff’s
deputy who had come to investigate Hellbush’s radio silence.
A shootout between COX and three law enforcement officials –
the sheriff’s deputy, a reserve, and a highway patrolman
– followed, during which time Deasy helped Cox reload his
weapons, according to Hopkins. When Cox came out of
Hellbush’s patrol car shooting, "the reserve deputy
dropped him with one shot to the shoulder," Hopkins said.
Deasy then disobeyed orders and went to her boyfriend, who’d
fallen in a field of grass, and began feeling around for his gun.
"She said they’d made a suicide pact and that they
weren’t going to be taken alive," said Hopkins.
"We were going for broke, we weren’t going back to
jail," she said in an interview with detectives. Because Cox
had dropped his weapon near the patrol car, the couple was taken
into custody without further incident. COX hanged himself in the
Lake County jail while awaiting trial. Deasy, who had been
convicted of involuntary manslaughter in San Francisco in 1974,
said she was a heroin addict at the time of the murders and that
she had been supporting her habit by prostituting herself and
passing bad checks.(The story continues about Deasy, no more
about COX.)
From: genehamrick@webwizzards.com
............ I will tell you later of my trip to the Turkish
prison to pay Pvts COX and BRISEDEN [sp?]who were awaiting trial
for stabbing a Turkish prostitute. All bad guys should visit a
Turkish prison. The warden told me that if your family doesn't
feel like feeding you, you simply fade away. So I am very much
enjoying the Days of Our Lives and glad I got in touch.........
THE UGLE AMERICANS by Roy DesRuisseaux relates to Gene Hamrick's
remembrance: "Not every incident I remember is a pleasant
one. In the summer of 1962 we got a new post commander. As an
attempt to start off with a clean slate he released a prisoner we
had been holding for a month or so. The prisoner's name was
"COX," and he fancied himself as a professional
criminal, a regular John Dillinger or Baby-Face Nelson. He was
fond of wearing a white jacket with the collar turned up and
black gloves. "COX" was picked up one evening trying to
break into the post office wearing his jacket and gloves. He was
pretty easy to spot. I believe he was court-martialed and ended
up in our jail. He used to tell some of the MPs that he wished
they had sent him to the Air Force prison in western Turkey so he
could learn from the mistakes of other prisoners. Such was the
mentality of this punk. So the new post commander released this
guy and he hooked up with a newly arrived GI named Brizentine or
Brisideen or Briseden. It is my understanding that
"BRISEDEN" was married and his wife in the States was
having a difficult pregnancy, so BRISEDEN had a request in for
hardship leave. One evening while I was at the main gate a taxi
pulled up and the driver got out holding his head and carrying a
loaf of "Wonderbread" or some other American-made
bread. He was speaking to me in Turkish and I really needed to
get an interpreter down to the gate. Our new interpreter, Ali,
came down and talked with the driver, who explained that he was
bringing two GIs back to the post when one of them said he was
feeling ill. The driver pulled over and helped the sick GI lie
down on the ground and was giving him some smelling salts when
the other GI hit him over the head with a billy club. He said he
dropped to his knees but was able to see the two guys running
off. When Ali asked him if he could describe either of them, the
driver said one of them was wearing a white jacket and black
gloves. "Cox," I told Ali, and we got the information
to O'Leary. Shortly thereafter word came down to the main gate
that there had been an incident in Ankara where a Turkish lady of
the night had been cut up by some GIs. I was told to start
sending all buses and cars to the PMO as the brass wanted to
question everyone about this incident. I don't know at what point
I started thinking that the two incidents might be related, but
it was pretty soon after I got the info. I know at midnight chow
most of the MPs who were working the swing shift thought this was
probably true. We were all pretty wide awake at this time, as
this was the biggest thing that had happened at Det. 27 during
our time there, so we all headed over to the newly installed
bowling alley. At about 2 or 2:30 a.m. we went back to the PMO to
see if anything new had happened. It was during this time that
one of the officers wanted to look at the log from the swing
shift. After going over the log he wondered if maybe the two
incidents might be related. It seemed he had finally reached the
same conclusion most of the MPs had several hours earlier. It was
decided that in the morning our squad would split up into several
teams along with several MPs from the day shift. We would go out
and search several of the nearby villages to see if we could
locate COX and BRISEDEN or find someone who may have seen them.
Ed Larkin, Pat Baker and I went together and went to a couple of
villages without any success. At about noon we went back to post
to eat and to map out where we would go in the afternoon. We
decided to check out a quarry where they made pottery or bricks,
I've forgotten which. It was located near the road that came from
Det. 27 into the main road to Ankara. After looking around we
decided we better get back as we would need to get ready to work
the swing shift. As we were about to leave the quarry entrance we
saw a couple of Jeeps and an Army staff car coming from Det. 27
heading out onto the highway to Ankara. "They must have
caught them," we all said. "Let's head back. "When
we got back to post O'Leary told us that COX and BRISIDEN were
picked up a mile or so behind the ops building. They had on
backpacks and were planning on walking to Lebanon. [Apparently
they GOT back on post un-noticed and were able to get the
backpacks before heading off to Lebanon] They were turned over to
the Turkish authorities. I believe they were sentenced to 7 1/2
years. I wonder if they survived? I heard that BRISIDEN's
hardship leave was approved a few days later."......... You
may want to look up Dr. Derby who was the Post Dr when I was
there. He interned at Walter Reed an became one of the best
Orthopods on the East Coast working out of Groton, Conn. Chaplain
Devany (deceased) was one of the finest men I have ever known and
the one man everyone looked up to. He was an enlisted man who
made the parachute jump into Holland on D-Day and went to Brown
and Yale after being dicharged for wounds and came back as a
Chaplain. My best to all who served in Turkey. It wasn't a soft
assignment. Nathan G. Hamrick, Deltona, FL., Maj, SigC Ret.
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Bill Baskervill wrote: "Hi. - Anyone from Tuslog Det 4-2
expected? It seems we are always left off the invitation lists.
LOL. Bill Baskervill." Bill - Our reunion group was
organized in February 2001 and was originally for only Det 27
and4-4 vet's, but soon we expanded it to Det 17, 53, 120 and 66.
In April 2002 I sent the below emailto the Det 4 vet's that I
found on the ASALIVES website, but, to date, have had limited
response. We, do, in fact, have a member of Det 4-2 already in
the group. His name is Dean Cannon who is the Arkansas ASA rep.
His email is: rasmatas@highstream.net.U are welcome to join our
group. I will need your name, rank in Turkey, MOS, Detachment #
and dates there, the name of your spouse, your mailing address
and phone # and your email address. The master roster has over
1500 names and is growing. If U are interested in attending the
13-15 Sept 2002 reunion at Hershey, PA - please send me the above
info and your intentions to attend. Elder RC GreenSent: Tuesday,
April 02, 2002 11:50 AM
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From: Gary (The Kid) Jorgensen, SP5, 05H, Det 27 and 4-4,
MY66-SE68, 211 W House St., Duluth, MN 55808, 218-626-3676,
g_jorgensen@hotmail.com color=#000000>gh, I haven't been able
to connect again with [John] Randall, it keeps kicking back
mailbox full. I'm just going to call him again. Have you heard
from Rich Pietrowiak (Baltimore, Md) or Dick Jones(Virginia
Beach, Va)? Tro's email acc is gone and Jones acct at work, I
don't get an answer. I mailed them copies of your memory book
along with the Hershey dates but nil hrd anything. I hate to be
pushy in case they just don't want any contact but it's not too
far from where they live to Hershey. "THIS AIN'T NO DRESS
REHEARSAL" and it's too late if you say I wish I woulda
Ideas ; 1. did you guys have some sort of display at Devens with
pictures and names taken during Turkey days to help recall? 2. I
don't think there is much need for many organized things because
I think most guys will want to just B.S. about the "good old
days", however it might be ok for the wives to have things
to go off and see or shop or whatever 3. I have a few boxes of
slides I will bring, That's about all I have, for some reason my
uniforms don't fit anymore. 4. I will try and think of some more
ideas and fire them your way,
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From: Steve DeLeo, SP4, 98C, Det 27, JA64-AU65, (Agnes), 203
Cheney Pl., Castle Rock, CO 80104, 303-688-1520,
casrokcomm@aol.com, Retired Col, USAR Thanks for the update, I
remember the Calvin Pope stories and knew of him. The rumor was
he was the king of blackmarket toliet paper. Interested in
hearing from anyone who served from Jan 64 to late 65 [at
Manzarali]. I was on trick and later in the T/A day shop. When I
left I was sent to Taiwan and later Nam with the DSU supporting
the 101st Abn Div. Thanks alot and Gulay.....Gulay.....
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From: Art Landskov, SP5, 05H, Det 27, MR-61-DE62, (Julie), 4607
36th Ave., NE., Tacoma, WA 98422, 253-952-9420,
Jalandskov@aol.com Hi - Sorry it has been so long since I talked
to you and promised some names of the guys that were over there
with me. I was over there from March '61 to Dec '62.
1961- Lt Col. Dimpster E. Epperson was commanding officer.
Capt Lyman C. Fansler was the head of food services.
1962- Lt. Col. Vernon Y. Cornelius was the commanding officer.
Here are some of the guys on our trick, some I can only remember
last names:
XX- Denotes new names to the Master Roster
Frank Keenan- New Jersey
Jon Hansmann-Washington
XXTom McWade
XXSonny Savoy- Louisana
?Ron? Erickson-Iowa
XX?Staley
XX-Robert(Bob) Speegle-California
XX-?Mezo
XX-?Holland
XX-Bill Roney- Penn.
Larry Van Vekoven-[E5, 05H, Det 27, JA61-OC62, (Diana-div), 918
S. Lee Ave., Lodi, CA 95240, 209-368-4520, van918@netzero.net]
XX-Bernie Courtemanche-N.H.
XX-Robert O'Hara
XX-? Egan-Penn
[Bill) Brittenham
Joe Kelly-Boston, Mass
XX-W.C. McClelland-Calif
XX-?Quinn-Wis
These are guys I had some pictures of with names. I
guess it has just been too long ago to jog my memory. If and when
I get together with Roy Springmeyer maybe we will be able to help
each other recall some names. XX-DENOTES New names
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From: Roger Glubka, E1-E3-E1, 72B, Det 27, FE64-JL65, (CW3
Michele), PSC 303, Box 25, APO AP 96204-0025 (Korea),
glubkar@kornet.net> Subj: touching base [fm Korea] Elder, - I
see #57 and #60 so what happen to 58 and 59??????? I sent Ray
Bernstein out that eel skin wallet this week. I hope it's what he
wanted. I don't know if the Koreans were making them the same way
50 years ago. Still working on the patches. Take Care! [ROGER -
See if the Det 4-4 patch can be made and what the cost will be
for 25-50. I've had no response on the proposed 4-4 and 66
patches. Thanks and Ray Bernstein has not responded ref the
wallet]
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From: <mailto:midtaune1@llnl.gov>Ted Midtaune, SP4, 05H,
Det 27, 24OC62-64, (Merry), 3859 Santa Clara Way, Livermore, CA
94550, 925-443-325., midtaune1@llnl.gov The last Days of Our
Lives that I saved was number 55, but that does not mean that it
was the last one, because this is a work computer and I can not
save them all - although I do read them all, more than once. So,
maybe I have received up to 60, but cannot swear to it. Sorry
about the system not working properly, although it must be
"tired" by now with all the work you have tasked it
with!! The reunion is not entirely out of the question - times
and circumstances change. But with the wife and I retiring Jan of
next year (both 64), the vacation time is extra money in the
pocket, and the vacation time itself is a little short this year.
But who knows? As I said several friends are going and I know
that I would enjoy myself, and meeting all the contributors to
these "Days". See you.
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From: Gene Cram
<mailto:superchief3@msn.com>superchief3@msn.com Great job
--I'm now current thru d o o l [DAYS OF OUR LIVES] #63 tnx GENE
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From: <mailto:rtilney@austin.rr.com>Ralph Tilney, SP5, 98C,
Det 27 and 4-4, 67-69, (Shirley), 1304 Doonesbury Dr., Austin, TX
78758, 512-833-5906, rtilney@austin.rr.com Subject: The weed
checks in Hey Green Hornet, - color=navy size=3>Great to hear
from you this evening. As promised I am enclosing pic of Shirley
and I, taken on a cruise a couple of years ago. After we hung up,
I looked through some really old slides – probably
haven’t seen the light of day since LBJ left the White
House. Several of you and your family. I had forgotten how
beautiful Patty is – she was a reminder to us single guys
that great things awaited us back in the world! One of Deese that
we could probably use to blackmail him. One of War Puppy and his
bride, one of Walrus Carter.
I tried to scan them, but my el cheapo scanner is not up the
task. I’ll snail mail them to you. If you can scan them,
please distribute to your Turkey list, as you see fit. Warm
regards, Ralph Tilney - The Eternal Weed [I will include the foto
of U and Shirley in #65- Tks- - -gH]
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From: Jim Herring <jamesfherring@hotmail.com> Hi Elder, I
Appreciate the great job you are doing with "Days of our
Lives". I look forward to reading them . Recd # 60. Thanks,
.
P. S. Have you seen this site? IAmTheFlag.url
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From: Charles Mcclevish cmcclev@earthlink.net To: Steve Barbosa,
york2929@citlink.net Cc: Elder RC Green Sent: Thursday, April 11,
2002 8:12 PM Subj: TURKEYSteve: Did your brother tell you that I
called you a few months ago? He said that you had just left for
work. I left my phone number and email address. I'll repeat it,
since Elder was kind enough to give me your email address.
Charles McClevish Jr., 1908 Harrison Road Baltimore, Md 21222, PH: 410-285-1416
It's really great what Elder is doing for us by gathering data and sending it to us. I will probably attend the reunion this year in Hershey (weekend of 14 Sept). It is only about 2 hours from here in Baltimore, so I may not stay there, just visit for a while. Do you think you might attend? Remember Phil Kelly? I worked with him in the S2 shop. I think he is planning to attend. I plan to call Phil Rivaldo and Russ Sciandra in Rochester/Buffalo to see if they are. I've talked to both Phils over the past few months. Calls are fairly inexpensive with a calling card. Here's a little history. After Turkey, I was stationed at Vint Hill Farms Station in Warrenton, Virginia, and got discharged in Oct 65. I had applied for a job with NSA at Ft Meade. I collected unemployment for a couple of months and was hired in Dec 65. I retired from NSA in Oct 99, and worked for a contractor at NSA for a year. I worked in security, management and logistics for the duration. I married in 69, and we had a daughter in 76. She went to Salisbury Univ on the Eastern Shore and is now an electronics engineer working with communications equipment for a private company. Would enjoy visiting with you. Write or call, please. Chuck McClevish
ps: Did Elder send you the picture of yours and Rich Shaffers birthday party? If not, let me know and I'll find it and send it. It has a lot of the guys in it, including me.
pps: I called and left a message with Pat Santo. I
have corresponded with Bob Wrona and Norm Dove.
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From: <mailto:okie2k@earthlink.net>James Dodd Subj: Re: ASA
TUSLOG REUNION INFO
Merihaba abi.. Name: Jim Dodd SN: RA 18546810 Rank:
Arrived at Tuslog Det 4 a SP4 and left Sgt E5 Dates: Jul 61 to
Jul 62 MOS: 724.6 When I arrived at Sunny Sinop By The Sea we
were billeted in the Jamesway huts and wooden barracks, then
after about 6 months the "new" concrete barracks were
finished and we moved into them. Also the messhall was finished
about that time and we started "messing" there. Both
the enlisted mens club and NCO clubs were in older wooden
building throughout my tour. The Ops building also was an old
wooden building and that too was finished and we moved into the
new concrete building during my tour. Most of my off duty time
was spend on the hill but I did visit Sinop where I had purchased
a very nicely built sailboat and enjoyed sailing on the Kara
Denis (Black Sea). Once being towed back to town because of lack
of wind by the Black Sea steamer. I look back on my tour as a
great experience that I would never want to repeat. I have
forwarded your email to a buddy, Deane Bavis, who graduated
Crypto school with me and also was assigned to Det 4 with me,
hopefully he will send you info on himself.. I spent the
remainder of my enlistment at Ft. Wolters, Texas and then at 9th
USASAFS, Clark AFB, P.I. and ASA HQ Pacific, Helemano, Hawaii. I
then went to work for NSA for 3 years and then for NASA for 25
years, retired now and living in Skiatook, Oklahoma..Thanks for
the newsletter.... SFC(ex) Jim Dodd
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From: Doug Brown, 05K, Det 4, 68-69,
href="mailto:brown33@earthlink.net">brown33@earthlink.net
3 dits, 4 dits, 2 dits, dah...and the rest, as they say, is
history. Key 'trigger words' to utter include CON4, splinter
village, Escape and Evasion training (in the snow), promises from
the enlistment personnel that we would be living in college dorms
(instead of World War I era two-story fire traps), Fire Watch @ 2
A.M. in the middle of winter, ditty-city, and meeting the
intellectual giants at the parade ground next to CON4 who
expected us all to volunteer for duty in Vietnam! God, what a
zoo! Your [Det 4] message was very interesting, in that there are
a few of us who survived our respective tours of duty in the
world of TL, THY, tea in glasses, etc. Well, I for one, was stuck
up on the hill at TUSLOG 4, so I don't know that much about the
other survivors (or their bases), but we all had a year of
fun-and-games (for lack of a better descriptor). I did spend one
afternoon at Samsun at the Air Force Base, and was very surprised
as to how well-off they were living. Compared to them, we were
the poor cousins from the back 40. Of course, I would like to see
a reunion of those who still recall listening to Radio Moscow,
the BBC, and Voice of America (of the 3, Radio Moscow had the
best music, and the BBC had the only news we could trust).
I was not aware there had been a reunion of the Det 4 types at Devens, but it must have been a hoot, as that place should have been closed 30 years before they got around to actually doing it. The guys across the road from the PX (not in the new barracks of Company C up the hill) as I recall had to heat their area with coal stoves, which must have been a real treat in the middle of a MA winter.
Well, I've said enough for now. Keep your patch cords
handy and let's hope the mid's have a good movie to see after
their 8 hours (or was it 12?) of shift work. The following is the
email that I sent to the Det 4 vet's that listed their names on
the ASALives website:
Subj: TURKEY REUNION Merhaba ex-ASA'ers and Turkiye to boot Y'all
are probably wondering what-the-heck-is-this-email all about! One
think it is not - - is some far fetched scheme common to the
internet. Okay....it's okay...keep reading...it's too important
to trash. To me... It is obvious that all of you are proud
ex-ASA'ers because you entered your names on the ASALIVES
website. My name is Elder RC Green, an ex-ASA lifer who retired
from the ASA and the Army in 1975 - then graduated from PENN
STATE Mining Engrng and worked 20 plus years in the Coal Mines of
Western Pennsylvania. The reason is to inform you SINOPER's of
our reunion group that represents ex-ASA'ers whose TOUR OF DUTY
was at Det 27, 4-4, 17, 53, 66 and 120. The majority in this
group is from Det 27 which was AKA "The 15th USASAFS, Site
23 and Manzarali Station" and Det 4-4 at Karamursel Air
Station where the operational mission of Det 27 was moved to when
Det 27 was phased out and given to the Turkish government in late
1967. Within our group there are over 1500 names, but, of course,
not all have been found. Of these there are 303 who are receiving
my ongoing weekly newsletter (DAYS OF OUR LIVES) which includes
open-minded and endless items of interest from the Turkey world
that ex-ASA'ers recall and send to me for inclusion in the
missives. I've been encouraged by an assortment of friends the
daunting task of possibly pairing up all the TUSLOG ASA'ers under
one umbrella.....while others feel that the addition of Det 4
might overwhelm our group. This group was formed in February 2001
by Elder RC Green and Ronnie L. Deese and the first reunion
(getaway) was held at Fort Devens, MA., 14-16 September 2001
and,of course, there is no need to mention the tragedy of 9/11,
but 34 ex-ASA'ers showed up and it was a success. There is no
membership fees or other add ons. The 2002 reunion will be held
at Hershey, PA with the headquarters being at the Holiday Inn
just off I-81.Okay....then, you ask, "What the heck am I
supposed to do about it......? If interested, here's all you need
to do...send me your name, mailing ADR, email ADR, phone number,
your rank and dates at Det 4, MOS, your date of birth, the name
of your spouse and finally the names of others who served at Det
4 from Unit Orders or otherwise.My hunch is that a few will
answer and perhaps someone from you will step forward and
coordinate the Det 4 option within our group and everything will
fall nicely into place. Anyone want to volunteer. If so, let me
know ASAP and we'll get the ball a rolling! In 2001 I made a 85
page CD-R Memory Book with photo's that members sent me and I
printed and the 5 disk's are presently within the postal system
to those who requested a free copy. The 2002 Memory Book is
presently over 250 pages and increasing daily. Perhaps one for
the Det 4 ASA'ers can be made in time for the September reunion
if those interested would send me a short auto-biography along
with photo's etc to get it started.Thanks for reading it all. I
recognize some on the list from other duty stations and would
like to hear from you - Elder RC Green
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