Collecting Fragments of Memories...

And these from Fred's Place:

On 01/12/97 Mike Rems (msmer@concentric.net) said:
NMF was my first assignment out of Radio School for 2 months of Medical Light Duty (following a car accident). My first watch supervisor was Walt Doucette who later spent many years at WCC, pipe firmly placed in mouth, copying in silence. A man of few words but of greatability and charm. Another name from that brief tour that comes to mind is Ray Quinn (xx) who was the best code copier I ever saw. 73s to all who come by.

On 02/19/04 Mike Rems (http://www2.blogger.com/) said:
I was back for a visit in Sep 02. Saw Victor and Antonio. Town is more beautiful now with the new one-way street and bridge. We spent a month in Galicia and had a blast.

On 11/27/99 Mike Rems (http://www2.blogger.com/) said:
At Estaca in 1961, I met and married my wife of 36 years in Vivero. Actually, I wangled a 'swap' to Naples and we were married there. Robert'Foxy' Reynard was to CO. It was a great tour of duty, in a great part of Spain. I have been back several times. Last time, the base was abandaned a rusty, crumbling group of buildings, with a fence around it to keep people out. Very sad if you remember it with the generators humming, and the loran transmitters idling, ten lonely guys trying to 'make it real'. I was the radioman, assigned to communicate with France by morse code. A unique assignment you will agree. I welcome http://www2.blogger.com/ who was there.

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