Jerry & Jeanette Aucoin


 USAF Vet - 7373rd Hospital Squadron
 Châteauroux Air Station,
 Châteauroux, France


Photo - Ross Oliver - www.airaffair.com

Jerry and his wife of 41 years, Jeanette, live just east of San Francisco, California in beautiful Contra Costa County.  Their city lies in a valley just below Mount Diablo National Park.

Jerry was stationed at Châteauroux Air Station, Châteauroux, France in 1955-57.  He served in the 7373rd Hospital Squadron at La Martinerie.

 

Jerry & Jeanette are both retired and enjoying the good life.  When they are not travelling, the homestead occupies their time; then there's Golf.
Two or three times a week for Jerry is probably not enough.

 

 

Jerry & Jeanette are scheduled to leave in early September 2004 for a three-week trip to France.  Hopefully, they will be able to visit Châteauroux - again for Jerry and first time for Jeanette.

Jerry is in contact with some of his buddies from Châteauroux:  John Hall, Raedell Bunn, Danny Shea and Joe Mongelluzzo. 

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Photo - Stanford University

Jerry at Denali National Park and Preserve in the middle of the Alaska Range.  Mt. McKinley towers 20,320-feet in the background.

Jeanette & Jerry at Eagle Grave Marker. Tlingit, Totem Bight, Ketchikan, Alaska

September 2004 - Jerry & Jeannette returned to France.  They toured some of the historic chateaux, the City of Paris, and a short stay at Châteauroux.  See photos at bottom of page.

 

   
July 2005 - Jerry travelled around this summer visiting friends and parts of Canada; crowned his travels with a visit with John Hall, his Châteauroux buddy.  Those photos are posted on John & Jerry's vet entries..

Right:  Jerry at Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada

 

 

 

 

The Butchart Gardens, Victoria B.C.

 

 

 

 

 

Japanese Gardens at The Butchart Gardens

 

 

 
Amboise - Loire Valley

 

 

Château d'Amboise

 

 

Leonardo Da Vinci's Burial Place

Arramanches-les-bains
Normandy, France

 

 

Blois - Loire Valley

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Château Blois - located in the Loire Valley

 


This plaque commemorates the blessing of Jeanne d'arc before her crusade to drive the English from France in the late 15th century.

 

 

 

    This is the home of Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin (1805-1871.  A generation after Robert's death, Erich Weiss, the American magician known as Houdini, patterned his stage name after Houdin.
    The house is now known as La Maison de Magic and displays magic shows and each evening, the brass dragons/lizzards become animated and come out of the gabled windows making noises befitting their legend.

Chambord - Loire

 

 

Jerry 'pumping iron" so he says!

Chenonceau

Chenonceau Gardens

 

  
Fountainebleu
Omaha Beach
Normandy
Paris
Versailles