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"thanks for the headsup!"
"THANKS GORGE. I ALSO JUST DISCOVERED A SITE FOR THE "OLD ANTARCTIC EXPLRERS ASSOCIATION" AND THEY SEEM TO HAVE AN AWFUL LOT OF MEMBERS/CHAPTERS SO THEY MAY BE ABLE TO HELP YOU LOCATE YOUR FRIEND.9www.oaea.net)I AM GOING TO SUBSCRIBE TO THEIR…"
"HEY GEORGE, HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE HOLIDAYS. I WAS JUST BARELY TRANSFERRED TO PATRON 7 AT NAS ALAMEDA 9OAKLAND, CA) FROM FEDERAL OFFICE BLDG, SAN FRANCISCO WHICH WAS MY FIRAT BILLET AFTER COMPLETING BOOT AND RADIO SCHOOL IN SAN DIEGO,. WENT TO COLD…"
"You are undoubtably right on tha tsk force thing. I do recall that when were in cold weather training in E greewich, RI tha wre were referred to as Task Force something but everything that I have reads US NAVVAL SUPPORT UNITS ANARCTICA,DEEP FREEZE…"
"SORRY IT HAS TAKEN SO LONG TO REPLY. DONT REMEMBER A BILLY BAKER, I THINK I WUD REMEBER A RADIOMANS NAME BUT PERHAPS NOT. BUT THEN 1957-58 IS A LONG TIME AGO AND ONCE YOU ARE 3/4 OF A CENTURY OLD YOU TEND TO FORGET A LITTLE."
"did boot and radio school in 1955. i can't remember my Co# but I still remember the song we sang as we marched past the Yeoman's barracks. We caught hell for that each time!"
"IT WAS CERTAINLY A GREAT PLACE. EVEN BACK I '58. GLAD TO HEAR OTHERS HAVE ENJOYED IT AS WELL AS WE DID. STILL IN CONTACT WITH A BUDDY WHO SERVED THERE SAME TIME AS I DID. WE REALLY LIKED CORDOBA, MALAGA AND OF COURSE SEVILLA AND JEREZ DE LA…"
"WELCOME ABOARD GENE. ROTA WAS GREAT, EVEN THO WE HAD TO CLEAR THE DONKEYS OFF THE RUNWAY SO THE B52'S COULD LAND. THE STONE PIER IN ROTA WAS BUILT ON ORDERS FROM JULIUS CESAR WHILE HE WAS PROCONSUL OF SPAIN. UNTIL WE CAME I THINK THAT was the only…"
"does anyone else remember the term "GEDUNK"??? IT WAS WIDELY USED IN MY TIME. NTC 1955 CO.0459 AND THEN RADIO SCHOOL."
"Am glad to see te term is still remembered if not used.I kinda figured you would remeber jOhnny but glad to see Thomas does too. how about hanging your wash on the mast lines and hauling them without having hem drag on the "deck". That was a two ,an…"
"ahoy mates, just happened onthis command site. I was stationed in Rota as a cryptographer after wintering over at McMurdo Sound, Antarctica inIGY 1957-58. duty there from 1958 to 1961 (befor all of you were born probably)
Great duty! Great Country…"
Great duty! Great Country…"
"I CAN CERTAINLY RELATE TO HAVING 'SENIOR MOMENTS'. I WAS RM1 AND STATIONED AT ROTA FROM 1958 TO 1961. WINTERED OVER IN MCMURDO SOUND BASE AND WENT DIRECT TO ROTA. I AM SRPRISED NO ONE MENTIONED CADIZ OR SEVILLA. HAD SOME GREAT TIMES IN BOTH CITIES.…"
"ORIGINALLY WERE WERE DESIGNATED AS TASK FORCE 43. AS SOON AS WERE ARRIVED AT MCMURDO WE
WERE PART OF NAVAL AUXILIARY STATION MCMURDO. THEN SOMEONE UP THE LINE DECIDED TO MAKE IT NAVAL AIR AUXIALRY STATION MCMURDO. i CAME DONW ON THE (THEN) USS…"
WERE PART OF NAVAL AUXILIARY STATION MCMURDO. THEN SOMEONE UP THE LINE DECIDED TO MAKE IT NAVAL AIR AUXIALRY STATION MCMURDO. i CAME DONW ON THE (THEN) USS…"
"WINTERED OVER DURING OPAERATION DEEP FREEZE III TURNED 21 WHILE ON THE ICE. I THINK I WAS THE YOUNGEST ON THAT TIME. HAVENT BEEN ABLE TO LOCATE ANYONE FROM DF II OR III. I HAD ONE FRIEND WHO WINTERED OVER DP II. WNAME WAS WELEY GLANZ. MET UP…"
"ABSOLUTELY AGREE THAT SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE!! HOW QUICKLY WE FORGET THOSE WHO SO BRAVELY DEFENDED OUR COUNTRY. i DONT LIVE IN fLA. BUT IF i FIND OUT THE NAME OF THE CHAIN I WILL NEVER BUY FROM THEM AGAIN!! THANKS FOR THE HEADSUP. BILL FISHER"
HAVENT SEEN ANY INFO ON THIS. BILL FISHER DEEP FREEZE III
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Hello Bill....I see you were in Rota Spain and wondered how the duty was there. I was stationed in NRRF Kami Seya, Japan '61-63 and had I reenlisted I wanted to put in for
Rota. Couldn't come to terms with the OIC at Kami so I got out and have often had second thought about that. I really enjoyed my time in the Navy.
sorry bill i came down there on an ice breaker the USS BURTON ISLAND AGB-3 in63 we were task group 43 senior command aflote left in 64 and your right when you get old you start to lost memory
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