Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Soviet Military Liaison Vehicles




Our active emailers from the 60s sent these images of Soviet Military Liaison cards. (Or as we called them "Smell 'ems") No one trapped one of these vehicles during my time on the hill; how 'bout you? I still have a version of this card from the 80s that I'll scan and post one of these days. M

Monday, December 8, 2008

Service Battery, AmmoSection, 3/35th FA 1962

A group stationed at Peden in the early 60s continues to send each other (and me) lots of pics. Here's a great one from the year I was born!

Names as he recalls them:

Top Row - from the left:

Paul Meunier, (Boston, Mass.) Pat McMath, (Detroit, Mich) Amador Rodriguez, (Brownsville, Tx)

Bottom Row from the Left:

(lighting cig) Bill Campbell (?), John Dietrich, (Detroit, Mich) Gary Frazier, (Baltimore, MD), Butch Watkins, (New Jersey) Bob Jacobs, (Nebraska)
Chester Center, (Hamilton, Ohio) (peeking behind Chester) Henry Todd, (Kentucky)