Mark gransden

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A Karamürsel Survivor

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then

now

I was on Dog Flight and my AFSC was 292X1. T/Sgt. M. Contreras and M/Sgt. Billy Hill (Hill or Hall) were assigned to the Flight when I was there. We lived in small Quonset buildings for a brief period, then the barracks.

Upon leaving I went to Bremerhaven Germany as did the above two sergeants. I was E4 at the time with a 5 skill level.

Upon return to the USA, I went to Keelser AFB, and after a year of training, spent the next 3 years in the Air Defense Command in Saratoga Springs, NY taking care of a Digital Data Processing Machine and Gap Filler Radar sites in Vermont and Mass.

I married and left the Air Force in 1966.

In retrospect, it was the most enjoyable time of my life. Every time I find myself on an Air Base, I feel as though I have come home. The people were great and what a job we did in taking care of the good people of the USA. I still am proud of that time of my life and would do it again in a second !!!

Mark