Well that’s really cool! Small world indeed! Did he recognize you too?
I’m not sure! A little, I think...one of those “I know you from somewhere, but I couldn’t remember where” kind of moments.
Being as how Sembach was Ramstein’s red-headed step-child at the time, even though his office was up there, we tended to have a lot of different priests on Sundays — whoever they could send up. So he didn’t get to know us quite as well as might have been, even if he was officially our chaplain. The chaplain right after him made a fuss about that arrangement, so he was there more of the time. But I still remember homilies and such that the priest that was there tonight gave. Surprised me, that’s for sure.
It all brings back a lot of memories of that time!