billgdyoung Loc: Big Bear City, CA

Very cool stuff... I went to Ft. Gordon's 31M school in 1965, then after tours in Korea, VN, Germany, I went back to be an instructor there. Have a look at my ham radio website for a few pix that will bring back memories. http://www.qrz.com/db/W6BBL

billgdyoung Loc: Big Bear City, CA

not sure if my earlier reply got posted.. I too was there in 1965 as a student 31M... then came back as instructor after VN and Korea. Have a look at the pix in my ham radio link... will bring back a few more memories. http://www.qrz.com/db/W6BBL.

Old Sarge Loc: Moore, OK

I was there in 1955, it was Camp Gordon then, came out a cryptographer headed for the Alaska Communications System, but got shanghaied In Seattle and ended up on a Nike Base in Redmond WA. That was the end of Signal Corp duty.

krl48 Loc: NY, PA now SC

Ft. Dix for Basic and radio school (05B), August thru Nov. 1968, then on to Ft. Gordon for radio-teletype (05C) til late February. Home for some leave and on to Vietnam in March 1969. 2nd Bn, 16th Inf, Big Red One til March 1970.

It was long ago and far away.

"Welcome Home" to all my brother Vietnam vets on UHH.

Hunter Lou 1947 Loc: Minnesota

Say, here's another Ft. Monmouth graduate. MicroWave Radio Repair in 66 & 67. Shipped to Korea to do communications site operations. Was made a site chief. Good duty on an isolated site up in the mountains along with an Airforce Radar Site and then I went to Camp Howz to be a site chief with operations along side the 2nd Infantry Division telephone exchange. Ft. Monmouth class was a 12 month class and they pushed us through in 6 months. Was tough.

imagemeister Loc: mid east Florida

I remember Ft. Jackson S.C. in January - forget wooden barracks - TENTS with wood burning heat ! Then onto Ft. Monmouth for 32 G Crypto repair and eventually Frankfurt Germany.

kibbles304 Loc: Indiana

Went to MP school at Ft Gordon in 1969 in August. I remember the red clay and what we called the Georgia Air Force (gnats!). Ended up after Vietnam at Ft Hood TX. Has to be the windiest place I have ever been.

lacsar Loc: Columbia SC and Newland NC

I was there for basic training in November, December and January of 1966. Yep I shoveled coal in the furnaces and water heaters while there. Not only was it cold, but it was dirty. You would get coal dust and ash all over you.

norvik1943 Loc: Jenks, OK and Domazan, France

I thot it was AN/GRC-27, our backup radio when TRC-24 was down. Perhaps the GRC-26 was earlier model. We used GRC-27's with encryptors while I was in 'Nam to keep Charlie from figuring our where we were directing the B52's and TAC fighters on bombing missions.


Ah, the memories, I was Air Force though, 304X0A shred meaning fixed ground microwave sites, not mobile. 304X0B's were the guys trained on the AN/TRC-24 etc which could be thrown out of airplanes, then put together and worked like a charm.

I encountered the TRC-24, mounted in a van, in March 1964 in France. Was sitting outside our main door on a small radio relay site north of Fontainbleu waiting for install crew to remove our old Phillips CLR-6 radio transmitters and replace them with Siemens-Halske FM120-7000's.

I got curious one day, opened the van doors and found a wonderland of toys to learn to play with. I found the crate with the T.O's (instruction manuals) and had them tuned and ready to go when the team arrived to replace the old stuff. Here is a photo of the team unpacking some of the crates involved with the changeout. Photo with Voightlander Vitomatic IIa through glass, not posed as I was just recording history.

I couldn't seem to get away from AN/TRC-24 setups either as my AF career progressed. I managed a 3-island link while in the Azores from '66-'68. It replaced an AN/TRC-1 link while I was there. I had to keep it going as well. Weird setup, but was WWII portable equipment. AN/TRC-24 was Korean War era.

I again encountered the TRC-24 in England for four years. Had the full setup there down to the TA-182's and TA-312's along with a very primitive tech control patch bay that provided communications access to the military world outside for the nucleur tipped F-111's based there at the time. Ssh! Don't tell the local populace about the nukes. It was 74-78 though. Those F-111's are the ones who later bombed Gaddafi when he got rowdy.

bersharbp Loc: Texas

An/grc-26, a duece and a half mounted AM radio capable of about 500 miles, reliably. The an/trc-24 was an FM, line-of-sight carrier. Most of it, post Berlin blockaide era

BigJake Loc: Anaconda, MT

I remember TSESS very well, dug many holes to clean out the grease traps in the old mess halls. Still remember the Generals riding around the camp with a bus behind them to pick up soldiers who didn't salute them.

ceallachain Loc: Cape May, NJ

Therewas also a TRK/26. The building in the photo looks like the Transmitter site I worked at while stationed at Ft Knox. 74th Signal Co.

Bruce with a Canon Loc: Islip

WOW! talk about memories!

B Co 33d Sig Fort Richardson Alaska, 31M
Later 31L HHC 33d Sig. 39 months of bliss

We used AN/MRC 69's Remember tuning those old TRC/24's. Field training exercises from Soldotna to Fairbanks,, Talkeetna to Eklutna. Gorgeous summer days to -50 degrees.
Thanks for letting me revel in yesteryear.

Enjoyed your website!

Bruce with a Canon Loc: Islip

Georgia Red, the longer you walk, the taller you get.
I remember fondly the Pecan EVERYTHING you get down Augusta!

Bruce with a Canon Loc: Islip

more damn Signal Corps brothers than I expected.
Well done Soldiers!

31M 31L 1971-1978