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November 14, 2010
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12th Air Postal Sqdn
Châteauroux - Déols Air Station
Post Office & Old Water Tower (since demolished)
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The 12th Air Postal Sqdn - Detachment 3 - was responsible for the processing of incoming and outgoing mail for APO 10 for over 8,000 (at one time or another) USAF, civilian and dependent persons who received mail. Those letters, cards and packages from home were eagerly awaited by all who were far from home. Thank you, postal workers, for your hard work.
HENDERSON, Kenneth L. 
@ Chas: April 1962 - Nov 1965 12th Air Postal Fort Lauderdale, FL 1-4-06 [jpnote: I emailed Gerald Perry with a copy to Kenneth to see if Kenneth was the A/1C Henderson that Gerald was trying to locate. Haven't heard if he was or not.] [jpnote: 3-14-07 - Kenneth signed in the guestbook.]
[jpnote: 6-21-08 No word
about
JONES, Thaaron G. @ Chas: 1954 to 57 Det 3 12th Air Postal Sikston, MO
6-21-08 Did a search again for Lee E. Pickering - too many listed. If I knew his age or where he might have come from, could help to locate.
PALMORE, Teddy B., Lt. Col. (Ret.)
Chas Postmaster, APO 10 @ Chas: 1961-1964 Denton, TX
2-2-04: Thanks for the Web
page.
1-20-05
[jpnote: Friends with
Dell Toedt; Chad
Students Carl Peters and Sheila Witherington remember Col Palmore from
church.]
2-11-07
SARDINHA, Carlos -
Email Invalid
5-26-04 Hey! anyone still around?
We're getting old in the tooth.
SHAFFER, Charles "Chuck" @ Chas: 1957-1960 12th Air Postal  1-24-06 - I received a message from
you [Jenelle] at classmates. I was at Châteauroux from 1957 to 1960. I was in Detachment
3, 12th Air Postal Sqdn. We ran the base post office and also pulled duty
at Déols Airfield loading and unloading aircraft. Enjoyed those 3 years but
was glad to get home.
Served 3 years there and currently retired from Navistar International after 38 years building trucks. Married with 2 sons, 4 stepkids and 10 grandchildren.
6-21-08 [jpnote: Chuck wrote hello, new email address and news of dramatic weight loss - 90 lbs! Congratulations! ]
I arrived in Châteauroux in November of 1957 at the ripe old age of 17. I remember at the train station in Paris before leaving for Chad, I had to use the restroom. The Army Sgt. directed me to the restroom and while I was using it, a woman came in. That freaked me out! I was told later that that was common in France where men and women used the same restroom. Hmmmmmmm!
We pulled mail guard for one month at a time. We were issued a 45 and 3 bullets and told not to shoot anyone since it might cause an international incident. Never figured that one out. We were guarding registered mail which included the base payroll which we brought from Paris and also secret material. One of the guys pulling guard duty accidentally fired the pistol while the train was headed back to Châteauroux. He said that bullet ricocheted all around that mail car. If I remember right he got an Article 15 for that one. [Posted 2-19-06]
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Gerald Perry.]
1/25/2002 I was
Commander of APO 10, Déols Air Postal Terminal
and APO at Aviano, Italy.
Sometimes
we would have to take registered mail to a plane sitting on the "hot spot".
That's where they would rev up their engines before take-off. Our French truck
drivers wouldn't get very close so I would carry the mail to the side door
(staying away from those propellers ) and get the required signature before
turning the mail over to the
WELLS,
James E. T/Sgt - See
