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From: "Wendall A. Dodge"
Subject: New email address
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 08:56:35 +0100
Could you please change my email address in the Roll Call pages? It's now:
wdodge@t-online.de
Thanks
Wendall A. Dodge
Senior Network Analyst
Verizon Federal Networks, LLC
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From: "Pulley, Kerry" KPulley@mtemc.com
Subject: Add my name to list
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 16:14:16 -0600
I was stationed in Sinop from April 1967 to April 1968. Stumbled across your website and I am in process of e-mailing some old buddies. I was an O5K20. I went on a trip to the Goremere Valley with SSGT John Thurston and several others in a couple of 2 1/2 ton trucks. Also was there for the Savings Bond revolt. And the landslide that kept us from water for several days. Keep up the good work on your site.
Kerry W. Pulley
Service Engineer
(615)453-3076
Email: kpulley@mtemc.com
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Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 11:14:00 -0500
From: Harry Lance hipockets40@msn.com
Subject: Leslie Payne Delaney
Bill, Would like you to post this on the mailbag page.
Does anyone in the 1959 thru 1960 era have a picture of Leslie Payne Delaney?
Harry Lance hipockets40@msn.com
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From: "Tom & Kelly Wetzel" tpwetzel@comcast.net
Subject: Roll Call 79-80 and 81-82
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 08:05:24 -0500
Tom Wetzel here...
I was assigned to Hippy (98J) from March 1979 to March 1980. I loved it. I was promoted to SGT (E5) by the end of my tour. I left to instruct at Devens, re-upped for Ft Huachuca and hated every minute of USAEPG so I volunteered to go back to Sinop.
I arrived back on the hill 11 months after I had left the first time. They were still forwarding my mail off the hill. My second tour was Jan 1981 to Jan 1982.
Regards,
Tom
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Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2003 02:14:11 -0600
From: Alan Wayland alanfran@academicplanet.com
Subject: Plane Crash
FYI
In 1969 and 1970 there were two other plane crashes. My memory does not remember whether anyone was killed or not. I believe that one crash involved the deputy commander of USASA.
Both destroyed a lot of mail and smushed some cookies that I got a month
late - yep, they were on the plane.
Boy this site sure has brought back some memories - some I like, some not. The not are because I cannot remember peoples names. Names I thought I would never forget.
I was there from October 1968 - October 1969.
Thank You all for your pictures and for sharing your memories.
May the Blessings Be
Alan Wayland
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From: OpoppieO@aol.com
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 12:18:34 EST
Subject: sinop
Bill I just got your site and it looks great. If you can add me to the list of guys,
my mos was 059 and i was there from 59 to 60. thanks joe
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Hi Bill, sorry about not giving last name, The time I was there no stripes came down when it was time to be promoted and even though as a pfc I was in charge of my section until we got a spc. 5 in our mos o59. I left a pfc and all the guys who came without the mos who I trained all got promoted a month after I left and came to Vint Hill farms as spec 4. There was so many stripes that came down almost everyone got promoted. I was transferred from 319th u.s.a.security battalion , germany to sinop on june 3 1959 with maxwell e. hunt (joseph ochmann). I left the hill on may 7, 1960. to vint hill farms virginia. (also I sent you an email when I learnedabout your site from harry Lance. Also I think you wanted Tony Vitales email address, it is tjvitale 26@sbcglobal.net.. He is about 30 miles from my snowbird address in florida. We get together and golf and you know he was good in all sports, he whips my butt golfing. However, he is almost deff, has a implant behind ear to hear and most of the time he has to read your lips and watches tv close captioned. I told him it is probably due to the headsets he wore listening to all those dits and dahs. However he is like me, fat and old but still get around. Also did you have the dog named chu chub??? or was it the white one named fluff??? Anything else you need, please let me know.
thanks again
joe ochmann
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From: johncarlson@comcast.net
Subject: change of e-mail address
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 22:45:34 +0000
Hi Bill , hope you are well . I'm still enjoying your Sinop site. I never thought that I would enjoy reminiscing about my year at Tuslog Det 4 but I find that 40 + years have mellowed me .
I have a change of e-mail address: Old e-mail was jmkcarlson@earthlink.net and the new e-mail is johncarlson@comcast.net . Thanks and bye for now.
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Hey Joe,
Your ISP tells me that your mailbox is too full to accept my new messages so I'll post my email below and hope you get to see it eventually.
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To: jhoward@bluenet.net
From: Bill Simons billsimons@tuslogdet4.com
Subject: Ankara pictures have been posted
Hi Joe,
I've posted the Ankara pictures (at long last) on your personal page.
Included was a "Scan102.jpg" which appears to be an aerial shot of Det4 so I added it to the pictures of the Base at the top of the page.
Somewhere along the line I "lost" your Ankara "Scan146.jpg".
If convenient and not too hard to locate, please send it along to complete the series. On the Ankara picture page, it is listed as View # 16.
Regards,
Bill
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From: "John Newcome" jnewcome@peoplepc.com
Subject: Roll Call Update
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 18:19:02 -0500
What an outstanding piece of work you have done on this site. Thanks for all your effort.
I was in my local main street hardware store (find one of those) and was speaking with a part-time clerk that I have known for five or more years. We had never gotten around to our ancient histories but today, Veterans Day, he had USAF flight crew wings on a COBRA BALL (put it in Google) tee shirt. I asked him a couple of pointed questions about his military service and then we had a great thirty minutes swapping Spook stories. Two years ago, in that same hardware store, I engaged a guy in conversation who turned out to be a former officer in the Soviet ballistic missile research forces. He had begun his career in the Soviet military about the same time I was in basic at Ft Jackson. I did not let on about my sources of information, but I was able to drop some place names and events connected with his time and place. He at first took me for an interested scholar but then I dropped in a reference to Sinop and he went ashen. "You knew nothing! You were wasting your time there!" He spun on his heel and went out the door. He lives in my little town at the head of Old Tampa Bay, so I get to wave to him on occasion. I wish he would just, maybe, smile.
Please update my email to jnewcome@peoplepc.com .
Thanks again for your tour of duty on this site.
John Newcome
Safety Harbor, FL
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From: "Don Helton" donhelton@earthlink.net
Subject: request for assistance
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 10:46:48 -0500
Would you please share this with others. Thank you.
Don Helton, 113 Dogwood Lane, Pewee Valley, KY 40056, 502-241-6172.ASA, All the Way!
After spending over 4 years as a 72B, I had an MOS change. I had noticed a change in my hearing and, while at my new duty station (AHS), I reported the problem. I did not hear as well when there was background noise. I was told that the test did not show a problem.
The problem gradually worsened and I again complained at my ETS physical after I had been in the Army less than ten years. Another test, again, "no problem". Since getting out in 1976, my hearing has worsened and I developed tentenitus about seven years ago.
I applied for a claim, was tested, and was told by the VA tester that my problem was there, but it was probably because of aging. I am planning to fight this.
If there are any other 72Bs or comm center personnel who have had a problem with their hearing and you think that the problem started while working in the comm center, would you please contact me at donhelton@earthlink.net
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From: "Jim and Ellen Scarborough" daisy28@starpower.net
Subject: my 2 kurush worth
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 22:39:35 -0500
Mera-howdy, offensive,
As we corrupted the Turkish language.
I am Jim "Scars" Scarborough, 2 tours at lovely, sexless Sinop-by-the-Sea, 73-74 and 76-77, or, thereabouts.
First tour 98J on Trick One @ Hippy, Second during the Embargo where I picked up SMOS of CommCen Op and Finance Clerk. Actually, I defaulted to NCOIC of Finance, taking all my pointers from PFC Abe Cortinas, a true school-trained finance weenie. As a side job, I also got to burn the tapes left over at Hippy and Main Ops after the 'shutdown'.
Sinop was a unique place, a very challenging duty assignment and also cultural opportunity. As a History major, the Chapel tours were extremely interesting, and I thoroughly enjoyed the two I went on.
We had the first 3 (4?) 98J WACS during my first tour, I think only one stayed at Hippy her entire tour.
Returning for my second tour, it was a riot getting off the bus from Samsun at the APO, there was a small crowd waiting to greet and haze the "Yenis". This came to an abrupt halt when they spotted the Sinop Sportsman's Club and Starship Hippodrome patches on my jacket. I already had more time in the fart-sack than they had on the Hill. It was funny.
After getting out, I worked for E-Systems, Greenville Division, where I was a Field Rep for Cobra Ball. E-Sys is where Bankhead III was born, and ran for her first year before delivery. Now I'm with Lockheed-Martin, first in Sunnyvale, CA, now in "Northern VA".
These are a few names I remember off the top of my head:
SP5 Drew Appling, Sp6 Gil Bouffard, SFC "Mac" McDanel, SFC Jim Coates, SFC Harry Hampton, SSG Tony Battista, SP5 Mike Whitehouse, SP5 Don Combs, SSG Charlie Urban, SSG "Taco" Joe Martinez, SP4s Mike Mangan, Mike "Mr OZ" Mroz, HG "Butch" Williams, John Kores, Bart "Wolfman" Bowling, Troy Priest, Mike Bednarck, "Gen." Patton, Gary Lara, and Vern "Top" Cooke and the "Wombat".
I have a photo of MSG Mark the Dog's last "wife", Crypto, the Wonderbitch. I'll scan and send.
Yikes! After all this yapping, I'd be surprised if anyone was awake.
Alas Marladik (??)
Jim "Scars" Scarborough SSG 98J30
obiwanjim@msn.com or;
daisy28@starpower.net
Fairfax, VA
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From: "Richard J. Arena" rjaims@earthlink.net
Subject: Det 4, 62-63
Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2003 08:37:17 -0500
Please add me to the roll call.
Arena, Richard J. RA15638677, MOS 059.18, SP/5
DET 27 JAN – AUG ’62, DET 4 AUG ’62 – MAR 63
Richard & Maxine Arena
830 Jones Road
Roswell, Georgia
770 992-3263
rjaims@earthlink.net
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From: "Thomas, Howard" HThomas@walshcollege.edu
Subject: Roll Call
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 08:19:04 -0500
Can you please add my name:
Howard Thomas
1970-72
Thanks
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From: barnett46184@earthlink.net
Subject: Roll Call
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 17:46:01 -0500
It's been a while since I checked the data base...my email address has changed.
Barnett, Charles "Chuck", SP5, Sinop ('74-'75), barnett46184@earthlink.net
Thanks, Chuck
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From: MDCotton2000@aol.com
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 02:05:46 EDT
Subject: Sinop
Hi, there. I was stationed in Sinop in 1981 - when it was formerly Tuslog Det 4, and maybe USAFS Sinop by then? I had a great time, and many photos around town and around the post. I remember they wouldn't let us have a toga party at the Lounge without shirts on under our Togas! Oh, brother.
Let me know how I can contribute to the sight? Thank you!
Best Regards,
Matt Cotton
Plainfield, NJ
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From: MDCotton2000@aol.com
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 02:20:56 EDT
Subject: Roll Call
I found this page, too. Can you add me, please: I was there from 1981 - 1982.
I was SGT Matt Cotton, and I worked in Maintenance at Hippodrome, for SSG Carlos Bazon and SSG Maximo Ortiz Roman (how did I ever remember that?) I can barely remember some of my friends... there was Pete, Brian C. Peterson, who was my roommate, Anton (Larry) Kiefer, downstairs, someone named Slinky worked at the Lounge (or the Sportsmans bar, I can't remember which) and DJ'd sometimes. Then there was another friend, we just called him Dumb Bitch, but I don't remember his real name!!! Oh, and Fred (Patrick Scott) MacMurray, who was also a lifeguard down at the beach, where I learned how to water-ski. I have lot's of photos, too!
Best Regards,
Matt Cotton
Plainfield, NJ
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From: Debbie Brown DebbieB@mersinc.org
Sent: Thu 10/10/2003 5:50 AM
Subject: Re: Det 4 /Det 4-4 Personnel
Hello, I was at Sinop Det 4 from 74-75 and was also in Det 4-4 from 71 - 73
Deborah Brown (nee Eder) SP5 71L/75C
Left Sinop went to San Antonio, TX, then to a recruiting assignment in Corpus Christi, followed by a return to Ft Meade NSA. Married a Navy man in 1979, left active duty for the reserves. Retired from the reserves in 1993 as a 410A. Worked for the federal government as a civilian in Maryland, Hawaii, and finally at PERSCOM, Alexandria VA. Now work for a civilian company.
I just happened to stumble on this website when someone else was showing a
website about Shemya to someone in my office.
Thanks nice to see some familiar names again.
Thank you for working with MERS - www.mersinc.org
Debbie Brown
MERS
Admin Asst
1595 Spring Hill Road
Suite 310
Vienna, VA 22182
Email: debbieb@mersinc.org
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From: "Capozzi, Joseph" <joe1675@aol.com>
Subject: Sinop - I was there
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 07:59:40 -0700
I was stationed in Sinop in 63-64. I was an 058. My friend who I was there
with told me about the site. I have many pics from there, but they are in
storage at my other house, out of state. I will collect them and have them
sent. Won't be for a while, however.
My AOL email address is: joe1675@aol.com
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Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 21:45:53 -0500
From: Steve Walcher stevewalcher@insightbb.com
Subject: roll callUpdate - Steve Walcher Sp5 Sinop (69-70) stevewalcher@insightbb.com
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From: "O'Shea, Daniel M G2" Daniel.Oshea@hood.army.mil
Subject: Rollcall
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 11:32:33 -0500Hi! Great site! Would like to get added to the roll call list.
Dan O'Shea, 83-84, SSG, worked at Main Ops with Grady Ray and Al Slayton and quite a few of those Navy guys.
I'll look and see if I can find any pictures and I'll scan them in.
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From: OldTymFoto@aol.com
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 11:34:35 EDT
Subject: IN search of
I am searching for Joel Cohen who was a language guy on the "Hill" during 1959-1960. Actually, Joel knew about 5 languages. I believe he came from New York. A little stocky with a black moustache. He used to tell me he could go out and get a good pastrami sandwich at 2 in the A.M. Only a guy from New York would talk like that.Please e-mail Ed Harrison (the guy who drew the postcards) @ Oldtymfoto@aol.com . Thank you.
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From: "Ed Harrison" OldTymFoto@aol.com
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 13:37:21 EDT
Subject: Re: postcards of Sinop
When I was in high school, I began developing my hobby of cartooning. I was inspired by "Beetle Bailey" and tried (and I use that really loosely) to emulate that cartoon style. So, when I was on the "Hill" in '59-60, it was only natural for me to enjoy depicting some of the funniest (not so funny then), most natural experiences that were part of all of our everyday lives. Those personal experiences behind the postcard pictures will, I'm sure, be in the minds of the men for the rest of their lives. A close friend who was in the postcard distribution business in Atlantic City, New Jersey, had the pictures converted into postcards. . ( I used to walk around the Boardwalk with him filling postcard racks in drugstores, etc., while I was going to Drexel College in Phila.).
Actually, my thoughts then were not necessarily to profit, but rather to share the memories and laughter with others. When the printed cards finally arrived back on the "Hill", I was just about to leave the post thru the efforts of the Red Cross because of my mother's bout with cancer. I lost track of the cards. Hopefully, a number of men acquired the cards and, as I understand thru you, Bill, even have them today. I still have my set. Please be sure that they remain on the site and available to anyone who would appreciate them and have reminiscent laughs about what we all experienced. Incidentally, after I left the service, I worked for the company (who manufactured the postcards) for about three years traveling around the Eastern part of the country as a sales rep.
I would love to hear from anyone who acquired a set and/or how you enjoyed them.
Ed Harrison Oldtymfoto@aol.com
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From: "Rich Van Baalen" rvanbaa1@tampabay.rr.com
Subject: Add me to the TUSLOG Det 4 listing
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 01:20:18 -0400... actually twice (I didn't get smart enough the first time around <g>)
Rich Van Baalen (MOS 98J)
November 1975 - November 1976 (SP4)
January 1980 - December 1980 (SSG)email address rvanbaa1@tampabay.rr.com
living in Lakeland, FL
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From: OldTymFoto@aol.com
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 12:19:13 EDT
Subject: trying to find
I served on "the Hill" in 59-60 and am now trying to find (among others) Tony (Anthony Vitale) who served with me. He was from the Detroit Michigan area, was a boxer in addition to involved in other athletic areas.
Please let me know: I am Ed Harrison oldtymfoto@aol.com
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From: "Paul Elkins" paul3703@charter.net
Subject: Re: add info Paul W. Elkins
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2003 21:02:56 -0400Rank was SP5 MOS 993. Trick chief
April of 1962 thru May, 1963
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From: "Gerald Switzer" <GSwitzer@msn.com>
Subject:
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2003 23:09:13 -0400
Great Website. I served my time on the hill in Sinop - Det 4.
Switzer, Gerald J., Sp5, 67-68
Thanks,
Jerry
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From: "Patrick Sartain" sartain@c2i2.com
Subject: Looking for Ron Teetz
Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2003 13:10:48 -0700
I am looking for anyone who may have contact with CW2 Ron Teetz.
He was OIC of the main post comm center in the 72-73 time frame.
If anyone out there knows where he is or how to get in touch with him, please let me know at:
sartain@c2i2.com
Thanks
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Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2003 23:54:58 -0700
From: Kathy Rehm krehm1@earthlink.net
Subject: email alert
The last couple of days I have got very strange emails. It was in Turkish (I have a dial up modem) the email had frames it was slow to load. At first I thought it was pictures of Sinop coming from a turkish person who might have worked at the site,this email came to my email address and was not part of a list.
The first email I could not get any photos to come up. The second email had a video frame and when I clicked on it, up came a pornography site"Sweet Teen Panties".
I thought this sort of thing was illigeal in a Moslem country. I could not imagine how
I got this email. The only connection to Turkey I currently have is this site,so could the pornography site operators be randomly searching the web looking for something connected to Turkey in the U.S? Idon't know how I got this email, and even though I am not a linguist and it has been thirty years,I can recocgnize Turkish when I see it.
So folks be on the look out for a very strange email in Turkish. I deleted the emails, and did call the local FBI to report receving pronography on the computer via unsolicited email.
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Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 20:00:42 -0600
From: David Shaw shaw_dave@msn.com
Subject: Update for Dave Shaw on Sinop Page
Hi Bill,
Like you page a lot. A couple of minor corrections to my info:
Dave Shaw "buddy'
83 - 85 mos 98J email: shaw_dave@msn.com
Thanks!
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From: DSavignac@aol.com
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 20:46:24 EDT
Subject: Can-Can ...
I was on the Hill (Amerika Radar Istasionu, as it said at the entrance) in 1962, a 988.1663. Arrived in January and was one of the last to stay in the quonset huts. When I was there, there must have been at least a dozen dogs -- they went in packs and very definitely did not like Turks. I recall one was a puppy and had a strong liking for beer and hung around the old EM club. Another was called Can-Can the Whore.
Russ Fuchs' recollection about the demise of the dogs is correct. The man responsible was a Sergeant Major Star or Starr, who one day came up from Det 23 in Ankara, saw the dogs and didn't like what he saw, and directed that they be killed. It was done in the med center with a shot of strychnine.
Lots of heavy drinking that night at the Club.
Dave Savignac
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From: "Vernon Spencer" vwspencer@earthlink.net
Subject: Master Sergeant Mark (the Dog)
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 02:25:58 -0400
For the "Dogs" section.
http://www.tuslogdet4.com/sinop/dogs/dogs.htm
I spent the entire year of 1975 at Sinop as 33D (Recorder Mech). Mark the dog was kept in the Mech's shop at Hippodrome. He was well cared for but the relentless march of years had taken a toll on old Mark.
He eventually became so arthritic that when he wanted to go out, he could only whimper and howl. We would load him up in a wheelbarrow and take him outside to do his business. Even the kindest of us could see that it would be more merciful to put him down.
The base doctor was called out and he administered the injections that finally gave Mark the permanent relief of the pain he had been suffering for months. He was buried within the fence at Hippy. He was sorely missed and fondly remembered.
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Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 09:29:34 -0700
From: Patrick Sartain sartain@c2i2.com
Subject: Sinop Det4 Assignments
My name is Pat Sartain. I am former 98J who did two tours in beautiful down Sinop by the Sea. My first tour was from Jan to Dec 66 and the second was Mar 72 to Mar 73.
Would love to hear from any who were also there during those times.
Good work, and great friendships.
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From: "Bob Shirley" rbshirley@pcf45.com
Subject: Sinop Bay Vista Photograph
Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2003 10:28:10 -0500
Just "perused" Ernie Wright's spectacular photos of Tuslog Det 4 and the town of Sinop in 1968.
His classic image of the bay looking across to the majestic mountains - a really beautiful view - just reminded me of one of the better stories of Sinop.
It seems that one of the ASA guys sent a similar photo home to his mother. She immediately replied that she could not understand why he complained about being assigned to such a beautiful place.
He had thirty (30) copies made of the photo and put one each day in the mail to his mother for the next month.
Next reply from Mom: "I think I understand now"
Best Regards ... Bob S
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From jclaire@sierratel.com Sat Aug 9 00:55:29 2003
Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2003 21:51:14 -0700
From: jclaire@sierratel.com
Subject: American Military in Turkey website
Ladies and Gentlemen of American Military in Turkey,
I have been lax in getting communications to all of you and I'm hoping that you'll click REPLY and let me know you got this one. It will help me keep our mailing list fresh and operable since people seem to change e-mail addresses with the wind direction these days.
The website www.merhabaturkey.com has become a busy place lately, both behind the scenes and on the web. Three of us web designers have been working every spare moment in re-designing the website, writing new code and adding new interactive features.
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To read the rest of Jan Clair's interesting message go to the Sinop site Bulletin Board or - Click HERE -
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From: "Raines, Christopher A. (1SG)" Christopher.Raines@monterey.army.mil
Subject: Sinop
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 13:18:37 -0700
Raines, Christopher A., SGT, '86, sim, rainesc@redshift.com christopher.raines@monterey.army.mil
I was the only 98C on site from March "86 until I left early, in November, for language school. I'm back at DLI now as a First Sergeant.
1SG Christopher A. Raines
D Co., 229th MI Bn
DLIFLC
Presidio of Monterey, CA 93944
(831) 242-7725 DSN: 768
FAX: 7232
http://dli-www.army.mil/atfl/mib/delta/
"We're paratroopers. We're supposed to be surrounded." -- CPT Dick Winters, Easy Co., 506th PIR, upon entering Bastogne
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Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 19:14:25 -0500
From: Dave Henning dhenning@grandecom.net
Subject: I was there!
To whom it may concern,
My name is Dave Henning, and I was a Sp4 98J who worked at Hippy Ops with the other 98's from Dec84 to Dec85. It was a great time, in retrospect. It was also my first time overseas and my first duty station out of Intel School at Ft. Devens.I look forward to hearing from anyone who may know me.
"The best there is, GIVE A DAMN!"
Dave Henning
Waco,TX
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From: Joseph.M.Tygart@LEE.ARMY.MIL
To: rbshirley@pcf45.com
Cc: billsimons@tuslogdet4.com
Subject: Eshek Airlines
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 14:47:41 -0400
Merhaba Bob, Just reviewed your letter on the TUSLOG site. I was the WO/1 pilot there from 69' to 70" referred to as Baron Von Tygart. Only, I was not old & crusty yet. A baby faced 22 years old. I did, however, enjoy putting my crew chief (SP/5 Renler) in the co-pilots seat and joking around with the passengers. "Otter tracks on the DOOM club" ...... The other pilots were MAJ Kieger, CPT Tastad, CW3 Smith already old & crusty (Wind Sock) and CW3 Reveto. If the fellow was older looking, overweight and had sight problems, it was probably Smith. I don't hear from many Sinop folks anymore except the post surgeon & engineer. I'm about the only one left on active duty. And yes, that place was a real unique experience. Best wishes, Joe
CW5 Joseph M.Tygart
Chief, CTC -Lessons Learned, AVN
Combined Arms Support Command
Fort Lee, Virginia 23801
DSN: 5390214 Com: 804765021
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From: "Coleman, Gary E." <AJgecol@fggm.osis.gov>
Subject: Sinop vet
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 15:03:23 -0400
I came across your website (http://www.pics.com/~bsimons/sinop/sinop.htm) while doing a google search for Sinop. I was stationed there from Jan '85 to Dec '86. I was a Navy PO2 and worked at Main Ops. I really loved the place, and wish I could have retoured there. I like your site and will visit it again.
Thanks,
Gary Coleman
LT Gary E. Coleman, USN
Deputy Operations Officer
Naval Security Group Activity Fort Meade
9800 Savage Rd
Fort Meade, MD 20755
Comm: 301-688-7575
DSN: 644-7575
Cell: 443-994-6630
LDO - Loud, Dumb, Obnoxious
and not just an anagram for OLD.
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From: Jkbmag1@aol.com
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 18:03:10 EDT
Subject: in regards to the roll call.............
here is our info.............
SGT Jeannine (Jan Jackson ) Blum 05K sinop Oct 85 thru Nov86
email jkbmag1@aol.com
SSG Kenneth Blum 98J sinop Oct 85 thru Nov 86
email ken.blum@cecomifs.hua.army.mil
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Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 19:44:34 -0700
From: HARRY L MURRAY whitetiger144@msn.com
Subject: Sinop
Found ur web site and enjoy it. Was stationed there in 1972-73. Was Operations NCOIC for awhile then 1SG of Hqs Company.
Name is Harry Murray, was a 98Z5h at the time. Retired in 79 as CSM. Was a great duty station. Saw the name Prieto-his first name was Federico. When he retired he moved to Fl. and passed away a few years ago. Noah Beckner was there the same time I was as 1SG of A Co. He passed away two years ago.
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From: "Bob Shirley" rbshirley@pcf45.com
Subject: Re: Sinop Civilian 1968-70
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 18:09:50 -0500
Bill Simons wrote:
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If you'd like to expand on your letter or add some additional
recollections, I'd be happy to set up a personal page for you.
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Thanks for the offer Bill. But I am up to my "alligator" in making additions to my own web site about Swift Boats in Vietnam in 1967.
For some "really" neat stuff, check out the "Sa Ky Victory" section on my site for images, descriptions, and the AUDIO from engagements with NVA resupply vessels trying to enter SVN from the sea.: http://www.pcf45.com/
Glad I found your site. The picture of Hippodrome really touched the memory cells and almost brought tears to these old eyes.
Best Regards ... Bob S
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From: "Raymond Vivian" slv@bellatlantic.net
Subject: sp5 Raymond R. Vivian
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 20:56:52 -0400
SP5 Vivian REPORTING IN ! tuslog det 169 1967-1968.Black Sea N.C.O Club Member and all that good stuff.
The hill was out on the edge if you know what I mean.
If you have any info on past Det.169ers pls let me know.
P.S. I worked in Tech Control.
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From: "Detbeard1" detbeard1@earthlink.net
Subject: Fw: Army Security Agency Event
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 15:30:24 -0700
Bill...here is one you might not have seen.
Jackson
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----- Original Message -----
From: <ASAVETS@aol.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 12:30 PM
Subject: Army Security Agency Event
ASA ORGANIZATION DAY EVENT- 2003
PLANNING ADVISORY 01-03
ASA Vets USA and the Veterans Memorial Museum will hold an
"ASA Organization Day" event in Chehalis-Centralia, Washington
on 14-15 September 003.
Highlights:
1. Keynote speaker: Senior Historian, National Security Agency
2. Presentations and displays of ASA photographs and memorabilia.
3. A tour of the Veterans Memorial Museum (and it's permanent ASA
display) is included.
4. A limited number of event packets will be provided to the first 30 attendees. Complimentary ASA lapel pins will be included in the packet.
5. For those interested, ASA ball-caps in various styles will be available for $10 each.
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For additional information go to the Bulletin Board here at the Sinop site.
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From: "Engin" <pilaki@hotmail.com>
Cc: egundogdu@mill-usa.com
Subject: Ismet Gundogdu
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 23:21:13 -0400
Hello,
I am writing this mail to you to add my father's name on the list. He work at the Sinop base between 1963 to 1988 at the laundry department. His supervisor at the time James Daniel Drake. If you have any questions, please contact me at the mail address located on CC section.
Regards,
Engin Gundogdu
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Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 14:58:36 -0700
From: Bill Todd billtodd@bendnet.com
Subject: Sinop
Hi! I run an Otter website dedicated to the 12th Aviation Company stationed at
Fairbanks, Alaska...period Jun 1961 to Oct 1963. We were a dedicated Otter
Company at that time, but the unit later became a general Support (GS) unit
with helicopters and later Beech aircraft
Get me at: http://www.geocities.com/otter12thavnco/index.html
I was a SP4 & SP5 "CE" crewchief/flight engineer. I'd be interested in seeing
if there are any pictures available of early Otter ops with this unit? I knew
there were Otters all over, but not in your location.
I feature Otter serials and construction numbers, plus a wealth of data on Air
Force and Navy Otter operations. I feature separate pages for the 17th & 18th
Avn Co's and lots of pics of assigned Otters. I link to about 100 Otter sites
and organizations.
Otter best,
Bill
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Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 23:30:49 -0700
From: Detbeard1 detbeard1@earthlink.net
Subject: Yo
Just ran accros your site. I was at Sinop in 1967/68. Worked at Bankhead III as a 98J. Old memories......
I went on to the 16th Field Station at Herzo from 68 to 70. I worked a special R&D project there till I got out.
My dad still has all the meerscham pipes I sent him. Got a couple of photos and a lot of nostalgia.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
Jackson Beard
detbeard1@earthlink.net
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From: alevtoker@superonline.com
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 14:02:28 +0300
I'm searching for informationabout my husbands friend NÝCHOLAS BLACKBURN. He was a soldier at Sinop 1960-1965
His last adress (1962)
P.E.C. NÝCHOLAS BLACKBURN
R.A. 19 683 116
TUSLOG DET 4
A.P.O. 133 Box 258
Ney York, New York
Thank You
Av. Alev TOKER
alevtoker@superonline.com
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Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 12:08:49 -0700
From: "Bales, Roger" Roger.Bales@gd-ais.com
Subject: Sinop
Does anyone remember the Sinop Navy? We had the only boat in the US Army in 1968. It was about 90 feet long and took three full days of sailing to get from Instanbul to Sinop. That's the way I got there in August 1968. Best trip of my life.
Roger R. Bales
05H Sinop 1968-1969
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Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 15:11:34 -0700
From: "Bales, Roger" Roger.Bales@gd-ais.com
Subject: Roll Call
I was assigned to DET 4, 1968-1969
MOS 05H
Roger R. Bales
USA (ret)
enjoyed browsing the site, brings back memories.
Roger R. Bales
Lead Security Specialist
General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems
Roger.Bales@GD-AIS.com
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From: "Bob Shirley" rbshirley@pcf45.com
Subject: Sinop Civilian 1968-70
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2003 08:58:52 -0500
Employed by E-Systems, my first "real job" after leaving the Navy was an "enjoyable" 509 {exactly} days at Det Four during 1968-70.
{In those days, for a civilian, if you spent 510 days out of eighteen months outside CONUS, you received a big tax break. The time on the airplane trip counted, so 509, with an extra travel day to make sure, was the minimum time I could spend in the Black Sea's "Paradise Lost" - grin}
Many, many memorable moments. I will try to recall just a few:
a) I think his name was "Ben" (Ashak of Bendigo). He was the donkey cruelly caged in the area between the double fence that surrounded the hill. When I first got there, you always took time at the main gate to rub his nose and give him love, if you forgot to bring a carrot or two. By my 2nd fall, he had turned mean, and I still have a scar on my upper right arm where he tried to take a chunk out of it.
The MP's had me write a report, which they used at his "trial" detailing all his mis-deeds. And which resulted in his paying the ultimate price for being a rebel against maltreatment.
Although it was certainly not in my job description, I was frequently asked to assist the aviation and telephone guys to trouble shoot problems in these two vital areas of morale.
(2) First, the high wing airplane was an Otter, not a Beaver.
And the WO-1 pilot (old and crusty) loved to line up on the very short area of Samsun airport between the terminal and the drop off the cliff into the town with a newly arrived Spec-5 in the co-pilot seat. He would drop his sun glasses onto the cockpit floor, tell the passenger that he was so old that he couldn't see s__t without them, then exclaim "Oh hell, let's go anyway" as he pushed the throttle to maximum, asked the younger guy to tell him when the airspeed dial reached 60 MPH, and then took off. The Spec-5 usually turned green as the plane "descended" toward the Black Sea as it strained for flying speed!!
c) The aviation officer asked me to look into a long term problem experienced with the HF DF beacon for the airport on the other side of town. His pilots needed this navigation aid as they made their low pass "bombing run" over the hill to let the residents know that mail was incoming (Tossed beer cans from the DOOM club not with standing!!}. Anywho, everything seemed OK with the beacon until I started using my long forgotten morse code to listen to the "broadcast." Whoever set the beacon up had put the paper tape in backwards, and the beacon was sending out "AIS" rather than "SIN" ... high tech place that super-spook Det 4 outfit!!
d) Frantic call from the base comm officer indicating that the "tropo transmitter" was down and the base was cut off from all telephone contact with "the world." Since one of the O-club members from Mississippi used this as means to do weekly commodity trading in "chickens" this was a real crisis. Fortunately, I discovered, after reading the frippin' manuals {RTFM-DUMMY}, that all that was needed was to tune the transmitter. DUH.
Do you think we will ever win the cold war in such a battle of technological geniuses?
e) Same comm officer purchased a kewl set of "boxed" Turkish pistols downtown. As a group of us sat in my room in July 1969, intently listening to the VOA {over the Heathkit S/W radio I had assembled to maintain my sanity}, in walks this idiot yelling "Look at my new pistols." In the background you could barely hear Neil Armstong proclaiming "Houston, the Eagle has landed" {As Garrison Keeler sez: With radio, the pictures are much better than those on television}
f) Standing shivering out in the cold winter night waiting for the movie theater to open with "Catch 22." Me and one the NSA guys discussing that next week we would have "Gone With the Wind" in which the only actor still alive was the baby in squadling clothes. Also, that the pilot of the U-8 was OK after surviving a crash of that plane enroute to Ankara. He was promoted to Major the following day. RIGHT!! "Catch 22" ... Major Major!!
Many other vignettes in the memory cells and no space to detail them: duck hunting in the marshes in fall, "fishing" by boat in the bay {more beer than bait}, all the brass that would somehow come out of the woodwork when one of the Russkie cosmonauts went up, the many trips up the towers at Hippodrome in the howling gales of mid winter, the "mass" of foam for an antenna that filled the room when we mixed too much, the comments of the guy in the bucket when the hydraulics failed on the truck lifting arm while extended as far as it could go to the Grainger antenna, Rocky parties downtown thrown by the rug merchant (no women allowed), belly dancers, and finally the Turkish engineer that shared a poignant story over supper about the three phases in the traditional relationship between Turkish father and son.
I would NEVER go back to that isolated place. But like a lot of things in life, I would not want to have missed the experience.Best Regards ... Bob Shirley
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From: "Jan Claire" <jclaire@sti.net>
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 09:58:12 -0700
Subject: American Military in Turkey website is back up and operating
Hi Bill!
American Military in Turkey, the interesting website originated by Chuck Maki has moved, it's been revised, and is back up and operating. It is now http://www.merhabaturkey.com (or .org) and features expanded information about Turkish things as well as the stories of servicepeople who spent time in one of the world's most awesome countries.
I would like to invite friends of yours who were stationed in Turkey - particularly Sinop - to send in their stories and photos so we can continually expand the site. More than a quarter million US troops were stationed in Turkey in the 50's through 70's, so I'm sure there are lots of stories out there. The website is being treated as a "museum" or a "library" of true stories of experiences in Turkey, along with great - and historic - photos, souvenir items and other things.
When Chuck decided to "pack it in" and took down the website after troubles with his web providers, I asked him if he'd mind if I started it up again. He gave me his full cooperation, and, since I am an Internet Provider here in California, I obviously had the server strength to host the site. Chuck spent countless hours sharpening up the information, uploading the huge website to our servers, and then I revised the "look" of the site and now have it up and operating. Chuck did a magnificent job of soliciting stories from those stationed in Turkey, and I don't want that to stop, so I'm hoping you and your great group of troops will feel they have a place to share their stories, along with sharing them with you.
Thanks for the great, continuing service you offer all of the ex-Sinopians, and if there's anything I can do to help you, let me know.
Cheers!
Jan Claire
Karamursel 1959-61
www.merhabaturkey.com
www.janclaire.com
jclaire@sti.net
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Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 12:33:08 -0500
From: "Mr Herbert Santiago" santiahe@cnrf.navy.mil
Subject: Please add me to you mailing list
My name is Herbert Santiago. I was stationed in Sinop and worked at "Hippy" from Jan 83 -Mar 84 as a 98J (ARMY). I would like to get in touch with more of my "tour mates". Send me some mail or pics if you remember me. My nickname was Pichy.
Herbert E. Santiago
Test and Evaluation
SPAWARINFOTECHCEN
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Subject: RE: Sinop and Samsun
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 12:58:31 -0700
From: "Don Barrett" dbarrett@csusm.edu
Bill -- Thanks for writing, it's always exciting to hear from people who've found some connections through my webpages. I'd be more than happy for you to link to them, so go right ahead with that. You can also place me in your roster, though I'd have to dig out my DD214 (?) to get the exact information. I was there from late December 1969 through late December 1970, and left as a Staff Sargeant (Air Force). I don't remember my MOS (I vaguely recall something like 307x1?) but was a Russian linguist.
I'd be more than willing to contribute a reflection page as well, but be forewarned that it would be fairly negative about my experience with the military, though quite affirmative about my experience in Turkey.
don
Don Barrett
Social Sciences / SWRC Director
Associate Professor, Sociology
CSU San Marcos
760-750-4161
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Bill Simons notes: The URL for Don's web site is "http://www.csusm.edu/dbarrett/".
I think that you'll find the whole site interesting but if you wish to go directly to his reflections on his year at Sinop and Don's travels in Turkey, click HERE. ==============================================================
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 21:02:14 -0500
From: Don Moyer dmoyer@comcast.net
Subject: Sinop Radio Site at Airport
I am attaching a picture of 5 of us that were in the Signal Corp. We worked at the Airport transmitter site. We were in Detachment 66-1 until they changed it to Det 169. This picture was taken in 1963.
The five people are Sgt. Fowler, Sp5 Redding, myself (SP/5 Don Moyer), Sgt Bill Humble, Sp/4 Zimmerman.
I would like to see if anyone has any information on any of them.
Thanks, ..........................................Picture
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Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 07:44:28 -0700
From: Kathy Rehm krehm1@earthlink.net
Subject: Old military stuff/Sinop Roll Call
HI Bill, in this Zen exercise of having the garage sale to get rid of forty years of stuff..I have found the breifcase with all my military papers orders, DD214 etc so when I have a chance I will email you the exact information for the Roll Call page. How do I do one of the pages in the section with the name and the dates..I do not have a scanner for photos but let me know how to do that if it can be just narrative..
I do have some interesting "war stories" to tell...about the time I had my mom send me a copy of "Playgirl" and some of the women posted thier main man of the month guy pin up in the commcenter of the main ops building and the broughaha that ensued .....
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Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 18:19:11 -0700
From: Kathy Rehm krehm1@earthlink.net
Subject: Sinop Deja vu Verson 2.
HI Bill
I have tried two times to send a second version of my message out..you would think a bunch of ex signal intercept ops could figure out these computer thingys......and thanks again for a great site.
I am getting ready to have a garage sale and while going through some items I found an album of photos taken in the Gorme and Cappadocia Valleys of Turkey. These pictures were taken while on a "religious retreat tour" sponsored by the Chaplians Office of Det 4. I went on the web entered "Sinop" and found this marvelous site and the memories came flooding back:
Sinop! An ancient town with an "American Village " on the hill above the pennisula. I arrived in the fall of 1973 and asked for a room with a view. I could see the town and the harbour from my barracks room.
Some days the sea was a steely gray and sometimes an icy emerald green but on
most days the Black Sea was a glorious blue..Sipping sherry with the Brits on the top floor of the Yeni Hotel. Walking on the ramparts of the ancient walls of Sinop wondering whether a Roman Legionare or a Page to a Crusader Knight got as homesick as I was. ..the sunsets...the call to prayers echoing through the town...playing darts in the Sportsmans Club..being the first woman to become Soldier of the Quarter for Det 4..the summer of 1974 the Turks bomb the Greeks on Cyprus..excuse me Sir could you show me how these M-14s work and explain to me the part about women being non combants..? ....My name is Kathy Rehm I was stationed at Tuslog Det 4 from 1973 through 1975.
My MOS was either 72E or 72 B commcenter operator aka "paper tape ape" email krehm1@earthlink.net would love to hear from any other crewmembers of starship hippodrome
regards K Rehm
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From: "John McOwen" jmcow@vjmhs.org
Subject: Sinop 60-61
Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 20:07:59 -0400Hi Bill,
I remember you from the Hill and think you do a great job on your web site. I worked in Sinop from 1960 to 1961 and remember you well. Didn't you smoke a pipe? Do you remember Beetle and Bill Burr and the games of hearts we would play?
This is the first time I have ever contacted anyone because of things that happened and my 20 year promise to never talk. Well 20 years led to over 40 years of never talking about the ASA, except to my wife and kids when they grew up. Boy do I have some stories to tell.I started as an 058 at Fort Devin's and then was changed to an 057 before I was sent to Sinop. While working on the Hill I also trained and worked as an 059. When I went to Bad Aibling, Germany I trained to be an 056 because they didn't need any more 057's or 059's. After my time was up, I decided to live in Europe. The army didn't like that idea and made me wait to the last day to discharge me at 4:30 in the afternoon. I went to Ireland to visit for a few months and finally went back to England and showed up at the airport and told them the army owed me a ride home to the USA.
I have worked since 1980 at Villa Joseph Marie High School as the Athletic Director and coach of soccer, basketball and lacrosse. The Villa is a small (300), all girls school located in Holland, Pa. I look forward to hearing from you.
John McOwen (Mac)
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Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 13:29:40 -0500
From: Wade Wellingham wadew@tds.net
Subject: Sinop
One more time I drop a line........Does anyone remember going to the Karahanee in a 2 1/2 on a dusy dirty road while on a fishing trip to catch trout.....What a place
Wade Wellingham 1969-70 (Two of us arrived by 110ft sailboat from
Istanbul)
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Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 12:11:08 -0500
From: Wade Wellingham wadew@tds.net
Subject: wade wellingham Sinop 69-70
Just visited your site, what a condensed piece of work...great job.
Was in Sinop 69-70 with some great folks, now retired in Alabama.
Ret in 1979, MSG.....Ret post office in 2000, good luck to all and invite anyone to contact if they desire to.Thanks Wade
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From: "fpierce" fpierce@pressenter.com
Subject: Re: Got your email/Sinop dogs
Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 06:51:36 -0500
Hi.
Thank you for your response, and for your effort into the website. I've been flooded with old memories since my visit there. It's been bitter-sweet.
Yes, you may post my name. I was a spec5 when I left, but I didn't know it. I was promoted while in-transit to the states, but I was promoted by Det 4.
After I dropped you a note I read a letter from an electronics tech who had recovered some things from hippodromes's computer in 1976. The History of Sinop, The "lock up your daughter" thing, etc were amoung the things that he posted.. The computer's nickname was GIGI. It is interesting how she was named. She had very little memory, 8K, so everything that she did had to count. Instead of typing out a message for a 'time code error' she would simply type a 'G'. Soon the whole teletype page would be filled with Gs, thus GIGI.
I was an AP/DP operator while on the hill and I spent many dimly lit hours with GIGI. I thought you might like to know this bit of trivia.
I have some photos that I will scan in and forward later this summer.Thanks again,
Fred Pierce, Sinop,
!3MAY69-8MAY70.
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Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 14:27:13 -0400
Subject: Mark
From: Brian Alpert balpert1@nyc.rr.com
I was a radio direction finder working at the Point Site from May 64 till April 65. I can't believe that they trucked Mark to Samsun a second time. A short time after they shot the pups they trucked Mark and Mike to Samsun. Mike never came back but Mark did. He was just skin and bones. They let us keep him when we informed the OIC that every man in Ops Company was ready to write their congressmen. They were not very happy but they let Mark stay.
Brian Alpert
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Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 14:51:06 -0500
From: fpie fpierce@pressenter.com
Subject: hill dogs
Hi.
I just wanted to mention one thing about a hill dog. The dogs named Mark and Krut were the same dog. Krut is Turk spelled backwards. I was there when the MPs took him to Samsun and dropped him off. He came back a couple of weeks later. The CO finally decided that he was good for morale (what ever that was) and let us keep him. We got his name on the lunch list so he got a box lunch every day, and that is how he got on the entrance list also.
Mark could sing well, and very loud too. He was a good and a great companion.
Fred Pierce
Hippodrome
69-70
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Date: Sat, 17 May 2003 17:30:33 -0700 (PDT)
From: James Harrison harvestics@sbcglobal.net
Subject: Mike, Mark, & Ufuck
Re: Canines on the Hill.
I was stationed at TUSLOG Det 4 from May 1963 to May 1964. I was a DF operator at the Point Site. We had three dogs in attendance: Mike, Mark and Ufuck. Mike and Mark looked like brothers, both being basically yellow lab types. Ufuck was a small white and brown dog about 12 inches high and 18 inches long. Mike and Mark did nothing but eat, sleep and crap. Ufuck was a bundle of energy, chasing anything and everything....never sat still. All in all they were indeed quite a group of canines and were well loved, fed and befriended by all who worked there.
Jim Harrison
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Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 04:06:08 -0400
From: hodbod@comcast.net
Subject: Please add My Name
LastName :HODGDEN
First Name:Michael "Nickname" "Hodje"
RANK: PFC & SP/4
Year: Sinop 82-83
DATA Source: HOD
Email address: hodbod@comcast.net
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Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 20:08:08 -0400
From: merritt ashmore merritt.ashmore@verizon.net
Subject: Please add to Sinop roll call
I was stationed at TUSLOG DET 4 as a Navy Russian linguist from August, 1972 to July, 1973. My wife Lori was with me there for the whole year. We lived in the Yeni apartments and had a wonderful time. Among my favorite memories were: Alice's Restaurant, New Year's party at the club, travel all over Europe and the Middle East, a good friend Sutka - a businessman in town. Larry Lincoln was there with me as a linguist and we still see each other and talk about the good old days on the hill.
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Date: Sun, 4 May 2003 10:09:24 -0400
From: JEDyerOne jedyerone@attbi.com
Subject:
Dyer, John E........ Spec5 Sinop summer of 69 thru summer of 70 - 98J.
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Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 17:06:26 -0700 (PDT)
From: Kevin Gutzmer kegutzmer@prodigy.net
Subject: Sinop Det 169
Greeting: Kevin Gutzmer now living in Indianapolis, IN.
I was stationed in Sinop TUSLOG Det 169. From 1976-77. I worked in the Comm Center as a SP4* PLL Clerk (76P-76S) Ordered repair parts for radio and telephone system. I do often think about Sinop and what a strange time that was. The Turkish Arms Embargo was in full swing. I have been trying to find out what that Units Mission was? I have forgotten after all these years.
My Father passed away a couple of years ago. But I was given all the letters I wrote my family during that year. There were lots of photos as well. I plan on finding the time, and submitting them to you and other Web sites. Man, I really had to sit back and wonder at what a wild year that was.Thanx, Kevin
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To: bulent genc <bulent977@yahoo.com>
From: Bill Simons <billsimons@tuslogdet4.com>
Subject: Re: Fwd: about sinop base
Merhaba Ahmet,
Thank you for your email message.
Most of my memories of Sinop are in regard to the primitive conditions of the army base in 1960 when I was stationed there. I regret that I did not make a greater effort to get to know more people down in the town.
I'll keep in mind your kind offer of help in case some of our group decides to come back to Sinop on a vacation trip some day.
Regards,
Bill Simons - Manager, US Army/Sinop site.
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Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 08:07:39 -0700 (PDT)
From: bulent genc <bulent977@yahoo.com>
Subject: about sinop base
Merhaba (Hello),
I'd like to introduce myself. My name is Ahmet Bulent Genc, I live in Sinop Turkey. I am 26 years old. Today when I was surfing on internet i wondered the American
Soldiers in Sinop American base. When i was children american peoples (families) was taking our photographs. It made me very happy.
Still i have that photos in my album. I still remember the the big radars like huge balls. I hope you have good memory for Sinop because i have good memory about you. If you visit Sinop I will very happy to serve you.
I hope you lead a happy life.
Look forward to receiving your reply.
Best Regards
Ahmet Bulent Genc
tel: +90 533 617 26 94
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Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2003 01:44:55 -0400
From: Steve Eberly ebercom@attbi.com
Subject: Sinop Roll Call
Steve A. Eberly 76 - 77 ebercom@attbi.com
I was stationed on "The Hill" 76 - 77. I was a 72E, and worked in the ComCen. I also tended bar at the All Ranks Club (Club Manager was Bob Ayers). After viewing this site, I saw postings from several people I know. I found out about the site, when I was contacted about a Sinop reunion this year at Seven Springs, PA. I left Sinop and went on to Medical training at Ft Sam, then Fitzsimmons in Denver. I never made it back to ASA. Anybody that remembers my time in Sinop, feel free to contact me, and maybe I'll see you at the reunion.I have lots of pics of the area, and country, as well as the many trips to Athens with the Esek Airlines Gang. Steve A. Eberly SP5, 72E, HQ Co, HQ Det 76 - 77 ebercom@attbi.com
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From: "Robert Greear" bob_greear@hotmail.com
Subject: New Listing
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 19:42:00 +0000
Howdy.... I just found the web site and am excited as hell! You have me listed as Bob Greer (84-86) which is incorrect and should be listed as 1983 - 1986 with my last name spell Greear.
I was assigned to Hippy as a 98J20 (E5).
Thanks much
Bob Greear
1008 10th Street PMB 354
Sacramento, CA 95814
916-470-7439
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Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 13:07:49 -0700 (PDT)
From: Kevin Gutzmer kegutzmer@prodigy.net
Subject: Det 169?
Greetings: I am unsure if I qualify for a Det 4 mention, as I was stationed in Sinop with TUSLOG Det 169 from September 1976 to December 1977.
..... snip .....
I was a 76P /76S SP4. I was a PLL clerk, and would order repair parts for (I think) AN/FRC 29 AND 39 Radios?
...snip ...
It was during the Turkish Arms embargo. My wife came with my son in tow
during December 76-77. I was a PLL clerk with 5th Signal Command,
Worms Germany. Kevin Gutzmer, Indianapolis.IN.
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Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 18:52:43 EDT
From: WineMan0@aol.com
Subject: Sinop-1955/1956
Hi I'm Al Cantrell
I was the one in the group who didn't have a signal MOS as I was the Mechanic for
the operation. (also the powerman)
At first we lived in rented rooms in houses all over town but before coming back to the good old USA we managed to take over the Sinop Palas Hotel and all moved into one building this made things A bit easier sense we lived on the economy it was a bit easier to comunicate with all the eleven other guyes who were there at that time. When I got there we had one Very small building on the hill it looked more like A henhouse roof pitched all in one direction, this was OPS.
About the middle of my stay there I was able to procure some material and put
up A second building. A two room monstrosity.One room for generators and A shed to get in with A vehicle to work on it.No more repairing them in the open air. LOL
it was after finishing this project that our Ca asked me to scout for a place on the black sea to get a truck near enough to the water to load some barrels of salt water to use in A liquistat we needed to load test generators. anyway to make A long story short while looking for just the while on this mission I got the darn jeep stuck in the black sea. So I have the distinction of being the only one ever to get A vehicle stuck
in the black sea.
Im now retired and live in the Napa Valley Ca
My E-Mail is WineMan0@aol.com
Thank you kindly
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Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2003 22:04:42 -0500
From: Leonard Terry leonardrterry@msn.com
Subject: sinoptimestwo
Len Terry here, was stationed twice in Sinop, an oddity is that I arrived
on 08 Aug72, and left 08 Aug 73, arrived again 08, Aug 85, and left 08 Aug 86.
And that just happens was the change of Command on both tours.
First tour I was a 31J20b3, work at Main ops and Hippy, fixing TTY equipment.. The second I was a 33M4HE2, NCOIC of Hippy Maint.
I had more fun as a Sp4 than as a SFC.
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Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2003 09:42:06 -0400
From: Leonard Terry leonardrterry@msn.com
Subject: sinop 72-73, 85-86
Bill, I had two tours on the hill, 72-73 was a 31J, brought wife(ex) with my two girls. Was a tough tour with that problem. Second tour was after a divorce of the wife, was a 33M NCOIC of Hippy Maint. Now retired. and Back in NY.
Please feel free to contact me.
Len
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From: "Leonard S. Frerichs" Lfrerichs@aol.com
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 09:31:08 EST
Subject: Re: Roll Call 1963
My full name is Leonard S. Frerichs. I come out of Nebraska. I am retired military and retired from civil service. I live in Massachusetts. I was assigned at good old Ft. Devens on two differant occasions, taught at the old F Division- 98Js.
I did several tours in Korea; 226th at Kangwha-do (63-64), 2 ID (73-74)(77-78),and multiple other places. All of my non agency time was spent in SHAPE and other places doing the euphemistic special actvities (56-60).
The list is really to long for a casual email and would be better to do via other communications means. My Agency time was from 1962-1979. Have a great day.
Leonard
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Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 13:01:44 -0500
From: "Albert A. Tinsley" atinsley@dot.state.wv.us
Subject: My time at Sinop
I, Albert A. Tinsley Jr., (SP5 at the time), worked at Tuslog Det 4 from January 1972 to January 1973 at the Computer Man (34D20). Worked it alone most of that time. Would like to be added to this list of persons that went through the same Service as I.
Albert A. Tinsley Jr.
I S Coordinator
District One
W V DoH
W V DoT
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Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 09:33:52 EST
From: Lfrerichs@aol.com
Subject: Roll Call 1963
I was assigned to Tuslog Det 4 1962-1963. I was a PFC 993.10.
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