More Photos From Samsun (Page 4)
Sam Eleanor, Able trick, then Midnight Raiders, 62-64, sent a photo of Charlie trick from that period, with another photo showing names of folks in the photo. I'm going to simply post both photos, rather than try to list the names as text.
I heard from Tony Cote, who has some additions to the names on the list. In
the top row, Dick Kramer should be Dick Kraver.
In the Second row, #5 is Tony Cote, and #6 is Bob Couchman. In the 3rd row, #3
is Bob Sapp, and in the front row,
#4 is Elliot Wolowitz.
I heard from Roger Henry, who was at Tuslog Det. 63-2. This was some sort of
communications site. He says that they
lived on base at Tuslog Det. 3-2, and took a bus to the remote site. He was
stationed there from 1969-70, until the
facility was taken over by a civilian contractor, then went to Ismir to finish
his tour. Here are a couple of photos from
TUSLOG Det. 63-2. You can Email
Roger.
Richard Cummings sent us a photo of the 1969 Softball Championship team. He's
the guy on the far right, in
front, with the bat. Anyone with additional names, please get in touch with me,
and I'll add them.
Ron Kuczynski sent along the three collages below today. They're great
snapshots of Samsun and other Locations.
Thanks, Ron. I know everyone will enjoy these!
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Ron Kuczynski also sent me some other photos this evening. I certainly remember these scenes from the NCO club, and I'll bet you all do too. The rule was "Look, but don't touch" as I remember it. What a treat! Thanks, Ron!
I just heard today from Ronald (Ron) Kuczynski. He was there 63-64, and worked at the Tropo site. Most of us never saw this place, which wasn't at the same location. Frankly, I don't know where it was. The job of this site was to send communications from our base back to the states, securely and safely, using what I believe was tropospheric scatter technology. I'm sure the site was classified, and probably still is. Learn about tropospheric scatter. Ron was nice enough to send some photos, so those of us who were never at the Tropo site will know what it looked like.
Here's a long shot of the site, with its ring of antennas.
And a closeup of one of them.
Operations buildings at the Tropo Site.
Down in Samsun, we saw a little snow, once in a while. At the Tropo site, they saw a lot more.
Looks like a taxi, but I'm not sure.
Tropo Guys on a fishing trip. Any of you guys who see this, check in with the site, please, and send me (George C.) an email.
Jerry Kinsey (65) has a story and some photos to share:
I arrived in Samsun the last of Sept 1965. Assigned to the GLR-1 maintenance group. When the FLR-12 equipment was to be installed I was one of a group of maintenance people that was selected to do the installation. We also worked after hours and got paid extra by ITT. We were really on a tight schedule but we completed the installation on time. ITT-FL had the contract to do the installation and the training of the Air Force personnel but made a deal with the Air Force that would allow Air Force maintenance people do the installation. These people would then gain on-the-job training on the FLR-12 equipment and ITT-FL would cancel the training contract. I believe the antenna people had the same deal. I personally performed the Category II acceptance testing for the Air Force.
I haven’t seen any mention of Mr. Ed, our horny donkey that we had corralled up at the antenna field. Every now and then he would get out and go after any female donkeys that happened to be out on the road. He was quite a trip. (Anyone have photos?)
These pictures are of the activity calendars that I did for the NCO club. Maybe they will bring back some memories for somebody.
A great night shot of the hill. Notice the Hot and Cold signs. Wonderful! Thanks, Jerry!
Terry Harris (60-61) offers a story and a photo:
I was stationed at Samsun in 1960-61. I had the first dependent there (illegally) and my son was born in the Samsun hospital. The Turkish interpreter Sabri found us an apartment in the Elli Alte Evler. When the commander discovered my indiscretion I was restricted to base. The askari and shuttle drivers smuggled me on and off base for 3 months before the new commander arrived. When Col Erickson (USAFSS commander) made a tour to Samsun he visited our house downtown.
Bob Cathers (57-58) Sent some photos from his days in Samsun, and I'm posting three of them here.
Here's a likely-looking group, dating back to the 57-58 days. Buzz Costner, Travis
Lovelace, and Bob Cathers,
clubbing in Ankara. In those days, everyone lived off-base and on the local
economy.
Here's the local version of the UPS delivery guy, down by the waterfront in Samsun. I wonder
if they're still
using these methods 50+ years later.
Taksi Square in Samsun, circa 57-58. Cool old cars, and even a horsedrawn
carriage or two.
Thanks, Bob, for these irreplaceable photos!
Allen Barrett, Able Trick 1967-68, has some photos scanned from slides he took back in the day. He remembers some drunken parties from those days that rotated with the shifts. One group would be designated as the buyer. I didn't participate in such shenanigans, of course...or if I did I don't remember!
An unusual view of what is so familiar to all of us.
I'm not sure where these were taken, but we all could see some of these cave houses across the valley.
Turhan Uzman, wrote from Turkey, regarding these photos:
"Let me introduce myself first briefly. I am a Turk and lived in Trabzon where the Det.3.1 was located from 1948 to 1962 and from time to time i do visit web pages about Tuslog Detachments located around the area in order to find out some distant but lovely traces belonging to my childhood. Thanks to you Tuslog guys, Ii am able to find out many priceless photos taken by you guys which help me to remember those distant, hazy, but happy days of my lifetime. In those days I did not own a camera to take any such and similar shots as to buy a camera was really a big deal for such a kid like me. The reason why I am sending this e-mail to you is only to make a comment about the two photos placed on page 4. The second and the third photos were probably taken in Amasya ,a town located about 200-250 kms south of Samsun,Det.3.2, and they were not houses but graves of princes and/or kings and queens who ruled in the area . They are supposed to be belonging to some uncertain years BC. In those years Amasya was believed to be a very important town. I had also spent a year in Amasya from 1962 to 1963, and used to use these graves as hideaways."
Thanks, Turhan!
Another scenic view. Maybe Allen will fill in the details for us.
Man! Were we young back then. I don't know the names here. Allen?
Ellis Headen, who worked in maintenance in 1969-70, send some photos of the maintenance crew from that period. He's promised to send some names to go with them, and I'll post them when they arrive.
Here's the whole maintenance crew.
And here's the FLR-12/GLR-1 maintenance crew.