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The E-Mail Newsletter for SIS, ASA and INSCOM Veterans who served in Germany or Austria
Volume 3 – Number
4
May 1, 2007
Ralph R, Thadeus, Editor
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LAST CHANCE - LOUISVILLE REUNION
If you have not sent in your reunion Dinner Reservation Request, now is the time to do so. Jim has to give the hotel the final count for the dinners pretty soon. If you need a copy of the reservation form you can pick it up from our web site or send me an e-mail by clicking on the “E-mail us” button above and I will zip a form back to you. Hotel reservation information is also on our web site.
John Yurich (Scheyern 47-48) sent me a whole bunch of pictures from his timeframe there, as well as a couple articles about the 116th winning basketball season. The pictures and articles will be at the reunion for anyone to pick and choose. John says that most are duplicates of ones he already has so anyone is welcome to take what they want. Also included are chits from Bar Charlie, script and ration cards. Anything left over will go to Huachuca if they want them.
ASMN
Some thoughts for discussion at our reunion business meeting. Thought one: Should we consider holding our reunions once a year instead of every 18 months or so, alternating between May and October as we do now? Thought two: Since one evening of our reunions is dedicated to a German theme, and many cities hold Oktoberfests, should we not take advantage of this and hold an annual reunion in late September or early October? Thought three: Most of us, if not all, have visited the Hofbrauhaus in Munich. Las Vegas claims to have an original duplicate of the original Hobrauhaus up to and including their beer directly from Munich. It would seem fitting for us to consider Vegas but, because of hotel pricing, it would have to be mid-week rather than over a weekend.
Got a short note from one of our British friends, Jim Jarman, whose British DF unit was attached to the 137th SRIC from February of 1945 to the end of hostilities. Like the 137th, Jim’s unit was being prepared to go to the Pacific Theatre when the “bomb” was dropped. Instead, as tells us, “with Tito wanting Trieste (Jim) was sent with an Intercept Section to Austria on the Yugoslav/Hungarian border in February of 1946. Later, in November of ’46 he took three Corporals and an Intelligence Sergeant to Vienna to log all of the Russian units in and around that area, which they completed in six weeks. Jim says they operated out of the top floor of the British Headquarter building (aerials on the roof) located in the center of Vienna, next to the Russian War Memorial – a tank.
One of our new contacts, Ed Thomas (Herzo 9/68-5/72) mentions that he was one of the last Morse Intercept Ops to leave before the station closed in June. He said they dismantled the radios, consoles, etc. and put them on trucks to Augsburg. He said the hardest part was moving the safes from the second floor of the Herzo operations building and really felt for the guys that moved the safes upstairs originally.
O.K. – here’s a brain-teaser for some of you Operational guys out there. What is the definition of the abbreviation PPOR and in what context are you familiar with it?
One of the more interesting basketball articles sent in by John Yurich (see above) was about the 116th setting a EUCOM scoring record of 138 points while defeating the 533rd Ordnance by a score of 138 to 36.
Our newsletter being published on the Internet keeps getting us unexpected “hits”. We just got word that one of our members has been contacted by a long lost (7 years) family member. Aint Google wonderful?
NEW CONTACTS
Fred (Campy) Camphausen, Straubing/Bamberg 53-56
Harold (Gene) Van Kampen, Rothwesten 57-59
Roy H. Johnson (Bad Aibling 55-58/Nottau 57
Edward F. Thomas (Herzo 68-72)
TAPS
Gerald (Jerry) H. Kingsley (Heilbronn 55-56) passed away on March 26th as reported by Jack Henzie. After serving together in Heilbronn, Jack and Gerald worked together at McDonald Douglas. Jack adds in his note that Jerry’s wife and family want his friends and comrades to raise a toast in his memory.
James (Jim) Wesley Lynn (Herzo 48-50) passed away, at home, on April 10th as reported by Bob DuBos (Herzo 48-50). Prior to his passing Jim had been in the hospital for a month with complications. He had a military burial at the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Killeen, Texas. Jim had 31 years of active and reserve service and spent much of his retirement time visiting with his ASA comrades via the internet. Jim is survived by Joy, his wife of 56+ years, children and grandchildren.