10-02-08  Jocelynn Brillaud (Baby Jo)I knew this person in 1953. Think she went to Kansas City.;Robert Wise from Manhatten Beach Calif.  Larry Silva or Bob (Rat) Hiedeman from El Dorado, KS

HALL, Kenneth Odell Chas Memoriam 
3130th Transportation Sq
@ Chas 63-67 

7-29-08  Daughter Kathleen Hall signed the guestbook on behalf of her dad, Kenneth Odell Hall.  She is searching:  Airman James Phillip Paulin 62-66; Smokey & Donna Davis (daughter, Marsha) 63-67 & Charles & Nancy Ways 63-67

We lived in Touvent and then in "Quontown" I am also trying to locate a French woman from Touvent who was a housekeeper for several families in Touvent during this time. I only
have her first name...Paulette....
My father, Staff Sgt. Kenneth Odell Hall
worked in the motor pool, I also believe he was a Drill Sergeant. He was a championship golfer and played golf with many officers, as I recall. Daddy passed away 18 years ago.

I look forward to hearing from anyone who may know any of these folks.

NELSON, David L. S/Sgt  -
3130th Transportation Sq 
@ Chas 58-61 
 Ocean Springs, MS

5-21-02  I worked in Traffic Management Office with Msgt Doyle Wade and Ssgt Ron Clapper. I last seen Sgt Clapper while TDY at Danang AB in Vietnam in March 65.  Retired from USAF Dec 68.

PACHECO - CARRERAS, Antonio 
@ Chas:  Jan. 1953 to Nov. 1953
75th Transport Sq
Tampa, FL

4-19-04   I was stationed at Chad for almost a year, in muddy Tent City, our chow hall was a hangar, we had a hard time staying clean, we made sidewalks out of wooden pallets in order to walk from tent to tent without getting our boots dirty, winter was so cold, we had to sleep with our fatigues on, in the morning we washed and shaved right outside our tents with water from our canteens, the showers were too far to walk to. In the year 2000 I visited Châteauroux, did not visit La Martinerie, rather visited the flight line at Déols which was part of the base, they were celebrating the 50th anniversary of the base, there were planes from different countries including the USA, the pilots were kind of young so I was telling them that I had been stationed there back in 1953, the base and surroundings has changed quite a bit , new highways, the town has also new buildings mixed with the old ones, I went to the train station where back then on weekends our GI's used to meet. It brought back so many memories, we had a rough time but yet I remember the good times we spent in the summer, I had many good buddies there and often think about them, great bunch of guys, God bless them wherever they may be.

1-27-07  I would like to get e-mail from former members of my old squadron, 75th Air Transport Sqdn.

Searching:  Any members of my old squadron at CHAS 1953

WADE, Doyle  M/Sgt
NCOIC Rail Transportation Division
@ Chas  Jan 1957-Nov 1960

10-29-07  I was a TSgt at the time [later a M/Sgt].  I was assigned to Cargo Movements, Bldg 351.  Shortly after arriving I was appointed NCOIC of Cargo Mvts Division.  There were 40 military personnel and 100 French Nat'l assigned.  We moved an amazing amount of cargo throughout Europe and the Middle East.  Sometimes as many as 100 rail cars a day, enumberable trucks, not to mention air cargo.  It was a great time for me.  Maj John Griffin was my boss, (See entry above).   Col Smith (don't remember a first name) was the Sqd CO.

I left Chad in Nov 1960.  Would love to hear from any of the old hands from that period.

jpnotice: 7-24-08

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