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Army Security Agency/Signal Intelligence Service
Forces in Germany and Austria

Volume 1 - Number 1
April 1, 2005
Ralph R. Thadeus - Editor

REUNION UPDATE

 May's e-mail edition of The ASA Interceptor will include (or as a separate mailing) the Advance Planning profile for the Charleston Reunion.  The Planning Profile is your best guess and not an actual commitment to attend.  Jim Natividad will use the Planning Profile to make sure that his plans for attendance, room sizes and fair distribution of costs is attained.  We beg and plead with you, if you think you will be going to the reunion, complete the Profile and send it back to Jim

ASMN

Opening Page Music: Some time back one of you sent me an e-mail asking what they name of the music was that came up with the opening page of our web site.  I passed along the requested information at that time.  Unfortunately our Webmaster has lost the music and I can't find it myself.  So if you were the person that got the music site, and you still know where it is, please let me know so we can get the Webmaster to reproduce it again. 

 
E-Mail: With the volume of e-mail that comes into the Alpiners, the vast majority of it is SPAM. I am very unforgiving if I don't know the sender or there is a suspicious subject so, if you are sending mail, make sure you have a subject that is identifiable to the Alpiners.  Suspicious mail is dumped into my SPAM folder without opening.
 
Pat Ulmen** (Scheyern 52-55) and his Granite Statesmen Chorus celebrated their 50 Year Anniversary this past February 26th.  Pat reports that it was a memorable party that provided two hours of wonderful entertainment including historic video clips highlighting the chorus' history and portions of their most important performances.
 
Charles Wetherbee (Rothwesten 57-59) updated his e-mail address and sent along a couple pictures of himself in his Revolutionary War re-enactment and PA National Guard (Veteran Guard) uniforms.  Jeez Chuck, they are almost as gaudy as my St. Louis Schuetzenverein uniform.
 
Gus Gruneisen reports that seven couples representing the 353rd Comm. Recon. Co. are holding a mini-reunion in Peoria, IL, on April 28, 2005.  They will be staying at the Pere Marquette Hotel there.
 
Frank Deubel (Herzo) sent us a change of address.  Nothing noteworthy about that?  Well it seems that Frank's move was through the unexpected and unwanted courtesy of Hurricane Charlie when it hit Punta Gorda, Florida, his old home.  Now Frank calls North Port Florida his home.
 
Dawn Orlosky, daughter of Chuck Jenks (Scheyern) reminds us of the time in 1955 when, celebrating her birth in Munich, we got Chuck plastered and then a bunch of the Charlie Trickers went into Munich to visit Elaine.  Since Chuck was "out of it", can't remember who it was that claimed to be Elaine's husband so we could get into the hospital.  Boy, you would have thought that we would have buried some of our past escapades deep in our memories but darned if somehow those memories carry on.
 
Nottau ASAers now have a Yahoo group site at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Nottau

 

TAPS 

Edward (Ed) W. Bromble (Berlin) passed away on December 25, 2004, as reported in Bob Zikowitz's 2nd Signal Service Battalion newsletter.  Ed was an ASA lifer and retired as a Major after 23 years of service.  He then worked for the National Security Agency until 1974.  We knew Ed way back in 1948-49 when we were both stationed in Helemano, Hawaii, with the 5th Detachment, 2nd Signal Service Bn.  He is survived by his wife, Mary, two children and one grandson.   

Paul Gasper (Unit and dates not available) passed away on July 15, 2004, as reported by his wife Lucy.  At the time of his passing Paul was a resident of Olyphant, PA. 

George Degenhardt (Unit and dates not available.)  George's latest newsletter, mailed to Topeka,
KS, was returned simply marked "deceased". 

Steve Bronec (116th SRIC - WWII) passed away in January 2004 as reported by his son Steven F.Bronec.  Steven reports that his dad always talked about coming to one of the reunions but it just didn't seem to work out.  He also reports that Steve enjoyed a lot of years on the farm and being around his grandchildren.  He is still greatly missed and is also survived by his wife and grandchildren.       

 

RETURNED MAIL 

Supporting Members: Robert J. Crane, Everett, WA; Charles T. (Chuck) Couture, Eau Claire,
WI;  Joseph E. Raisch; Hugh J. Smith, Philadelphia, PA; Raymond J. Winters. Mercer Island,
WA:  137th SRIC Veterans: Richard J. Devine, West Harwich, MA; 
116th SRIC Veterans: Floyd Delbello, Lake City, MI;