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To: Gaffer
Sometimes referred to as the “Army's Navy.”
Civilian captain.
Staffed by Filipino and Guamanian crew.

The dining crew would walk though the corridors tapping a xylophone,
“First call for breakfast...”

26 posted on 12/18/2021 8:19:32 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

I was stationed at Lajes Field in the Azores right after I got COT’d back from Okinawa via Cheyenne Mt. for 5 months in the early 70s. It was the only place I knew of at the time where the Army ran the ports, and the Navy did the day-to-day flying and AF ran the comms and support services....


27 posted on 12/18/2021 8:26:18 AM PST by Gaffer
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