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Message 53963 - Posted: 14 Dec 2004, 17:45:18 UTC

I'm curious how many have been to as many places as I have.

Places I have visited outside of the US mainland, compliments ot the US Air Force as a flight engineer on the C141A cargo jet transport.

Addis Abba and Asmara, Ethiopia
Terhan, Iran
Incirlik, Turkey
Negev desert, Jordan
Beruit, Lebenon
Athens and Thessoniki, Greese
Pisa, Italy
Frankfort, Neurnberg, Bonn and Ramstien, Germany
Madrid, Rota and Zaragosa, Spain
Greenham Common AB Newbury, England
Oslo, Norway
The Azores
Reyflavik, Iceland
Thule, Greenland
Goose Bay, Labrador
Porta Rico
Guamtomino, Cuba
Fairbanks and Ankorage, Alaska
Honolula, Hawaii
Wake Island
Guam
Clark AB and Cubi Bay, Philippines
Yokata AB, Japan
Kadena AB, Okinawa
Tageau AB, Korea

Viet Nam, Saigon, Bein Thui, Camroon Bay and
many forgotten places

Thailand, Bangtok, NKP, many forgotten
places

First hitch was in the Army during Korean war.
It ended before I went to Korea, but I did go
to Japan. We sailed from New Orleans through
the Panama Canal to the northern island of
Hokkaido. There I was at Inewa, Chitose and Sapporo.
Went over on the troop ship Gaffey and returned
on the Morton to Seattle. We departed Japan in
the tail end of a typhoon because the ship captain
wanted to see a baseball game in Seattle. Everybody
got seasick. I was ok until I was made to go below
decks that night. Puke all over the place, including the
water fountains. I was sick for three days. The mess
cook gave me a dry biscuit and a sour pickle to cure the
seasickness. !!It worked!!




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Message 53967 - Posted: 14 Dec 2004, 18:02:10 UTC

Flew from andrews to thule to orly to reinmain on a dc3 took a long time!
Came back from bremerhaven to brooklyn on a sister ship of gaffy.luckliy I must have been one of few not sick. Would try to watch movies below decks, and one would lose it then domino effect.
Got stoned atop Eiffel tower beautiful view.
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Message 54013 - Posted: 15 Dec 2004, 0:41:22 UTC

Moscow, Kiev, Prague, Amsterdam, New York, Chicago; then a few years later, San Francisco, Honolulu, Guam, Manila, Thailand, Diego Garcia, Iran and Nairobi. That, longitudinally, is once around the world. I can't remember all the other places in between or since, 'cause I'm getting old.
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Message 54021 - Posted: 15 Dec 2004, 1:05:11 UTC

I have been to every coastal countries, many times. I don't have any merrit
though, I just go where the ship takes me...I have made a quick calculation
the other day and I must have made the equivalent of 10 times arround the
world at the equator. I have also Been to both Arctic and Antartic many times.
My three last passports are FULL of stamps from all over the world. I keep'em
as souvenir.

Regards

That's me 2 Years ago in Antarctic



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