Talk:Kotzebue Air Force Station/@comment-96.227.62.44-20161102160021/@comment-74.109.111.30-20181211091111

Hi Glenn,

I have not logged on for some time. Nice to see your message. I can say you are the first person I have communicated from the 748th since I rotated back to the states in February of 1966. The one thing I regret not doing was taking a phone directory to give me some sense of names and job titles. That one year in Kabu was indeed a memorable one but, as you said, neither you nor I would do it again. Unfortunately, I can not recall any names you noted although Sgt. Springer rings a bell. One name I recall was Sgt. Lackey who ran the medical department. My roommates were Roger Pruitt and Ed Lopez; both were from Texas. I worked with Maj. Gurdock in the orderly room. Over the years I sometimes have dreams of being there again and wake-up in a sweat.

FYI...one night twenty some years ago I couldn't sleep, got up at 3am and turned on the TV. A movie stated on the old Bravo Network. I watched it and saw a scene taken from inside a plane and remarked, that land looks like Alaska. Then it flew over what looked like the 748th. Then a scene where Alaska Natives were being searched prior to entering a building. In disbelief it was the outside of the bowling alley. Anyway, the movies was the last film ever done by actor Chuck Norris of Riflemen fame. The movie stars KD Lang as a character named Kotzebue. I even saw the outside of my old room...The movies is called Salmonberries. It's a little strange but you can see the village and site before they razed it. If you want a taste of nostalgia I am sure you can rent it or buy the DVD. John Murray Newtown Square, PA