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Post by Mark O on Feb 9, 2013 8:29:01 GMT 9
This topic comes up now and then, so I thought I'd start a specific thread for it. To start off I found a VERY interesting photo on -- you guessed it -- eBay. Obviously Photoshop was in the distant future, but this is a terrible editing job even for 1963. I didn't crop this at all. It's just how I copied it from eBay. 59-0145 which was assigned to the 498th FIS at the time. Also an interesting newpaper clipping on the back of the photo. Interesting. We'd all love to read any White Shoes stories from anyone who was there.
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Post by MOW on Feb 9, 2013 9:30:21 GMT 9
NICE! That's going on the website!
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Post by tmbak on Feb 22, 2013 12:15:06 GMT 9
I was on the first White Shoes deployment. We left McChord on C-124's and shook our way to Elmendorf with only one fuel stop on the way. I spent most of the deployment in King Salmon which was a most interesting place at that time. we were housed in an old condemned building which consisted of two buildings connected by the latrine at one end. There were 12 beds per building with very little room between the beds. You could lay in your bed and slap the guy next to you in the head. Each guy had a foot locker at the end of the bed to keep your stuff in.There was one shower, two sinks and two commodes for 24 people and the Air Force was kind enough to put in a 10 gallon hot water heater. When it was your turn to shower there were two to three guys standing there to make sure you did not use much hot water. The water was so cold that one sink was designated as a beer cooler.
There were a lot of perks being at King Salmon. There was one cook assigned to the base and you could go the the chow hall any time and he would let you make your own egg sandwiches or any thing els you might like. In the morning some of the guys would get up early and go fishing and bring the fish back to the chow hall and the cook would fix them for breakfast.
The only medic on the base was a Tech Sgt. and he did every thing including surgery. Whenever he had a major problem he would get on the phone with a doctor in Elmendorf and the doc would talk him through the procedure.
Had a great time. There are a lot of funny stories that happened while there.
Tom
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