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BARRACKS AREA

NORM SMITH, BARRACKS SW CORNER, WITH 1966 INSET AT SAME SPOT

BILL COMEAU, BARRACKS SW CORNER, WITH 1966 INSET AT SAME SPOT

COMPANY STREET WHERE WE FORMED EVERY MORNING,*NOTE THE RAISED SEWER ENTRANCE WHICH SGT SPRINGER  USED AS A STAGE ADDRESSING THE COMPANY

SGT HOYT, BILL CAMERON, GARY BASQUETTE, PORTER HARVEY, HENRY OSOWIECKI, GENE BARTON, BRIAN NEAL, NORM SMITH, DENNIS FOERSTER, BILL COMEAU, REAR, KEN EISING, GENE PAVLICK, IN DISORGANIZED FORMATION

SOUTHWEST CORNER, *NOTE WINDOWS FOR INDIVIDUAL ROOMS COMPARED TO INSET SHOWING STRING OF WINDOWS FOR 1ST AND 3RD PLATOON OPEN BAYS

WALKING NORTH ON COMPANY STREET, OLD CAFETERIA IN THE DISTANCE

  A/2/12 BARRACKS SOUTH END, 1ST AND 3RD PLATOON AREA

FROM THE TOP OF THE NW ENTRANCE LOOKING DUE WEST TO OLD PARADE FIELD

LOOKING NNW OF BARRACKS FROM SAME LOCATION

PANNING FURTHER YOU CAN SEE WHAT WAS THE CAFETERIA AREA. 1966 PICTURE SHOWS 4TH PLATOON MEN IN SAME LOCATION

HENRY OSOWIECKI STANDING AS HE WAS IN 1966 IN THE SAME SPOT PREPARING TO BOARD BUSSES TO PORT OF TACOMA PIER FOR VOYAGE TO VIETNAM

 WALKING AROUND THE CORNER TO VIEW WALKWAY BETWEEN OUR BARRACKS AND BARRACKS TO OUR NORTH

LOOKING SOUTH DOWN OUR COMPANY STREET (ASSEMBLY AREA)

WHAT WAS THE CAFETERIA AREA, LOOKING SOUTH

  THIS IS WHERE BOTH I AND OZZY RECALL THE PIG FARMERS WHO WOULD HAUL OUR GARBAGE OUT EACH DAY FROM THIS DOOR TO FEED THEIR STOCK

THIS IS A VIEW OF OUR BARRACKS FACING SW, TAKEN AT THE NE CORNER

THIS IS A VIEW OF THE CORNER NEAR OUR OLD CAFETERIA, ADDITIONS AND MODIFICATIONS MADE THIS DIFFICULT TO RELATE TO

 THIS IS THE VIEW LOOKING SOUTH SHOWING THE FRONT OF OUR BARRACKS. NEW SEWER PIPES WERE BEING INSTALLED IN PREPARATION FOR NEW BUILDINGS

SHOT JUST SOUTH OF PREVIOUS PHOTO

NORTHEAST ENTRANCE INTO THE BARRACKS

SOUTHEAST ENTRANCE INTO THE BARRRACKS

THIS IS ME MIMICKING FIRST SGT SPRINGER ADDRESSING US IN 1966. HE CONSTANTLY ROCKED ON HIS HEELS AS HE DIRECTED THE TROOPS EACH DAY

NORM SMITH AND DENNIS FOERSTER IN THE SAME LOCATION WHERE THE INSET PICTURE WAS TAKEN IN 1966. NOTE THE STAIRS, WINDOW ARE THE SAME, AND THE ORIGINAL FALLOUT SHELTER SIGN IS STILL IN PLACE

 

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