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The E-Mail Newsletter for SIS, ASA and INSCOM Veterans who served in Germany or Austria
Army Security Agency/Signal Intelligence Service
Forces in Germany and Austria
Volume 4 - Number 2
March 1, 2008
Ralph R. Thadeus - Editor
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REUNION XVII – ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI – OCTOBER 2-4, 2008
In coming issues we will try to feature various places in and around St. Louis that may be of interest to reunion attendees.
In this issue we will feature the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial which includes the Gateway Arch and the Old Courthouse, site of the Dred Scott trial. Eero Saarinen’s masterpiece of modern design, the Gateway Arch, reflects St. Louis’ role in the Westward Expansion of the United States during the nineteenth century. The Old Courthouse was the site of the first two trials of the pivotal Dred Scott case and was also where Virginia Minor’s case for a woman’s right to vote came to trial in the 1870’s. For more information about the Arch and Courthouse visit the National Park Service’s web site at http://www.nps.gov/jeff/ or the Arch web site at http://www.gatewayarch.com.
ASMN
Attention all you Cold War Spooks: I got an e-mail, via Carl Beduhn (Baumholder 56-58), from a Lee McCaslin requesting unclassified Cold War accounts of the ASA in Germany and especially Berlin. Lee is a retired DAC/GS-14 and is writing a book about the G2 activities in Europe during the Cold War with a section of the book on “collectors” and “blockers.”
Some of the information Lee is looking for would be: what was a typical duty day, of what value were your collection efforts, who were your targets, any amusing stories and anything else interesting. Contact Lee at lmccaslin1@charter.net.
Jack Henzie (Bamberg, et al 53-56), commenting on Fred Camphausen’s (Straubing/Bamberg 53-54) Warner Kaserne picture, said that in the winter of 1954 he was quartered behind another Kaserne in Bamberg while “planning the opening of an austere DF-intercept site in Bahrdorf, up in the British zone.” He recalled that this “basically entailed proving that troops could live outdoors, in tents, in the snow, and still operate DF and intercept trucks, while managing their slit trenches in a sanitary fashion.”
I got an unsolicited e-mail from a group called The Asbestos and Mesothelioma Center regarding veterans and their possible exposure to asbestos. They have created a veteran specific web site for any veteran that may have been exposed to asbestos during their service. It covers possible exposure points, symptoms of asbestos-related diseases, and programs designed to assist veterans in preventing, diagnosing, and treating these ailments. You can check out this information at http://www.asbestos.com/veterans.
I have not checked this out myself but Howard Whitman (Frankfurt 49) warns us that there is a new virus going around that can devastate your computer if you open it. This e-mail includes an attachment titled “postcard” or “invitation.” Which brings up a good point, I do not open up any e-mail that does not contain something in the subject line recognizable as ASA or Alpiners relevant. Further, we send our e-newsletters to you via bcc which (hopefully) hides you e-mail address.
NEW CONTACTS
David J. Williams (Scheyern 55-57)
Thomas A. Egan (Mt Meissner 55-57)