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The following photos are of unknown origin. They were found on the second-floor hallway in Company "A" after someone ETS'd. The images were in a pile of rubble outside of a room that the house-boys were cleaning up. I claimed them as my own, and I own the hard prints.
Below are Asmara City Shots - all circa late 1968 or 1969 - All images are of my own pictures and negatives
The main drag down town Haile Selassie Blvd sometime in 1969.
Coming in for a landing at Asmara - from December 18, 1968.
WWII British War Cemetery - east edge of Asmara - from early 1969.
"JC Point" on the east end of Asmara, gateway to the Massawa Road - Early 1969
Image Leaving Asmara for ETS at Fort Hamilton, NY, via Beirut - Late May, 1970. Reminds me of leaving Phoenix, AZ or something.
Kagnew Stuff - all Circa 1969
I had to go to the Pentagon top get my Passport to Ethiopia when I was stationed at Vint Hill Farm Station (Warrenton, VA.) the summer of 1968.
My orders to Asmara, cut at Vint Hill Farms Station - November, 1968
Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 707 awaiting me at Athens, for trip to Asmara - December 1968.
Map of Tract "E" Kagnew Station - original map courtesy of Judy Spencer
Kagnew's HQ gate - December 1968
Kagnew's PX. See the Christmas star decoration on top of the clock tower, Class-6 "boose" store, & clothing sales - Late December, 1968
Evening shot of the blacktop going out to Tract-C - Early, 1970
From on top of "Crap Hill" which was immediately out of the Kagnew back gate and off to the right about 3/4 mile or so. An every morning ritual for the Eritreans. Kagnew's back gate is out of site, off to the left.
Modern shot of a pair of headsets liberated from Tract-C, 05K-NMSDOH area sometime in early 1970.
A couple of my Company "B" friends, Dave Mckee on the left, and Ed Turley (MA at the Oasis Club) - May 1970 at the airport when I left for ETS. Are those Melotti's I see there on the table?
Page 1 of the Rifle Qualification in October, 1969. Recognize anyone?
Page 2 of the Rifle Qualification in October, 1969. Recognize anyone here?
I didn't get seperate Housing Allowance, seperate Ration Allowance, or Hazardous Duty pay. Only Overseas pay.
Freedom Orders "getting out of Dodge!"- April, 1970.
Modern photo of my "Short-Timer's" jacket made downtown - from early, 1970.
Had to pay a Revenue Stamp fee when I bought my first car in Asmara- February, 1969.
Recent image of my old 1966 - '70 kaki blouse.
Keren (Cheren) and Surrounding Area Shots - all Circa early to late 1969
Typical scene along the road to Keren (Cheren) - from early, 1969. We called this land-mark "Donkey Dick."
In-yard wildlife at the Keren (Cheren) R&R Center - from early 1969.
Terry Hicks (Company "A") and a "helper" at the Keren (Cheren) Silver Market sometime in early, 1969. We are sitting on my 1955 Fiat called "The Leezaard." (This vehicle was purchased from SP5 Steve Wiegel (SP?) at his ETS in 1968. He stayed in the Army and retired as an E-9 Sergents Major!)
Dik diks (SP?) grazing at the Keren (Cheren) R&R Center - from early, 1969.
Dave McKee of Company "B" with his 1929 Fiat car "Tijuana Taxi" in front of the Keren (Cheren) R&R center, early, 1969.
Another scene along the road to Agordat - by Sudanese border - from early 1969. - Possible scene of assembly point for the battle of Keren (Cheren) (March, 1941) - as seen in mid '69. (This was part of the British vs.Italian liberation battle in early, WWII.)
British War Cemetery - Outskirts of Keren (Cheren) - from early, 1969.
A dead camel on a bridge blown-up near Sudanese border - from early, 1969.
Another view of a dead camel on a bridge blown-up near Sudanese border - from early, 1969. Dave McKee and Ronnie Baggett (of Company "B") leaning on the left railing.
"Happy Valley" - scene of the assembly point for the
battle of Keren (Cheren) (March, 1941) - as seen in mid '69. (This was part of the British vs. Italian liberation battle in WWII.) I believe the mountian way out in the distance was a landmark called the "Pimple" by the British forces.
Asmara Exposition Shots - Taken in January or February, 1969
Terry Hicks (Company "A") in front and just inside the Gateway to the Asmara Exposition Center - from early, 1969.
AND again at the Melotti Beer bar at the Asmara Exposition Center - from early, 1969.
Native hut example and soft-drink bar display at the Asmara Exposition Center - from early, 1969.
TTU & Masssawa Shots - all Circa 1969, early 1970
Looking down on the Railroad Bridge about seven "clicks" out of Asmara, from the scenic overlook on the Massawa Road - early, 1969
Looking down on a stream near the Railroad Bridge (Python Valley) about seven "clicks" out of Asmara, from the scenic overlook on the Massawa Road - early, 1969
The town of Nefasit, as viewed from up on top of one of the many Massawa Road's switchbacks, on the way to Massawa - Mid 1969. Note the cacti are blooming. Must have been around June, 1969 or so.
Famous late 1920s Italian-made Dogoli Bridge on "the flats" leading to Massawa - early, 1969
Eritrean Doha rower from TTU to Green Island - mid-late, 1969
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