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To: Ax
Another ditty-bop! '66 - '70 in Okinawa and Karamursel, Turkey. That makes three of us on FR that I'm aware of; although I believe the other one was Army. At the time Karamursel was home to a new fangled development in antennas, affectionately referred to as the elephant cage. You likely remember them.

I honestly don't know how you were able to last as long as you did in the field unless you spent most of your latter years in supervisory positions. I lost about 25% of my hearing after roughly three years of chasing dittys, but I also rode a one-of-a-kind position for about half that time.

91 posted on 11/10/2011 10:13:42 PM PST by ForGod'sSake (You have only two choices: SUBMIT or RESIST with everything you've got!!!)
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To: ForGod'sSake
We had one of those "new fangled" antennas at San Vito, Italy. I had a lot of buddies who served on Okinawa and at Karamursel. Just went to a civilian reunion two weeks ago near Cape Coral, FL. A couple of the guys were Karamursel vets. In earlier reunions, we told a lot of war stories, but nowadays we mostly compare surgical scars, what meds we're on and talk about grandchildren.

I'm almost 70 now and really don't have any hearing issues yet, surprisingly.

99 posted on 11/11/2011 5:15:17 AM PST by Ax
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