Went to teletype school here Jan 68 to May 68 then off to Nam to carry a PRC 25 Radio a lot of memories so long ago. Drank beer at a place I believe was called Stillwell Hall overlooking the beach. Bill W. Minneapolis MN.
...was here in the mid 70's, called CDEC hill--worked @ pic branch, public affairs office, and Ft. Hunter Liggett. Visited last year 10/10, and actually climbed around inside the bldgs--found our newspaper office. It brought tears to my eyes thinking back on some of the exceptional people I worked with and the great times we had there! Bldgs in the video are in much better shape than what I saw when there--area had become a local garbage dump, power lines downed, etc.
I was here from January to October, 1970, then levied to Vietnam. I worked in the old wooden hospital as a medic. My unit lived in old wooden barracks and walked to the hospital. My unit was the 8th Evac Hosp. I had a car; on off days I would be in Yosemite,Carmel to Big Sur, San Francisco, even drove to LA on a 3 day pass.
I was told these bldgs had been leveled...not so I see. Yeah, our plumbing was unsanitary, our barracks highly unsafe due to crime, but I had a great time in California.
I was in the 7th Division a couple of times, a little over three years all told. People did call this area The Hill, my wife at the time worked at the division chemical school. Come in the 12th street gate, make your 1st left, and it was right there. CDEC Hq was still there but most of the work was at Ft Hunter-Ligget.
The fog could be really dense, one person who worked on the hill was there for two months before she saw that the building overlooked the ocean.
You can almost hear the young men talking and laughing, or standing at attention before a 10-mile hike, some of them never realizing that they might never return from the future that lay ahead of them. Thanks to those veterans who trained in these buildings and served so long ago.
once this life is over...tens of thousands of us visit this place again. look for us in the shadows, hear us on the hill...listen for a faint cadence on a company street ..the sounds of boots in the squad bays and day rooms in thousands of these buildings.
we will be back to visit. I feel it...as strongly as the direct orders issued that once assigned us here and shipped us out.
there will be no choice but to haunt this place...tens of thousands of us
Thank you for recording some of are history and posting it on here. I hope they save a few of them WW2 building so are kids can see what are vets stayed in during World War Two and afterwords.
Went to teletype school here Jan 68 to May 68 then off to Nam to carry a PRC 25 Radio a lot of memories so long ago. Drank beer at a place I believe was called Stillwell Hall overlooking the beach. Bill W. Minneapolis MN.
wwilen1 2 weeks ago
...was here in the mid 70's, called CDEC hill--worked @ pic branch, public affairs office, and Ft. Hunter Liggett. Visited last year 10/10, and actually climbed around inside the bldgs--found our newspaper office. It brought tears to my eyes thinking back on some of the exceptional people I worked with and the great times we had there! Bldgs in the video are in much better shape than what I saw when there--area had become a local garbage dump, power lines downed, etc.
Snowywyte 1 year ago
I was here from January to October, 1970, then levied to Vietnam. I worked in the old wooden hospital as a medic. My unit lived in old wooden barracks and walked to the hospital. My unit was the 8th Evac Hosp. I had a car; on off days I would be in Yosemite,Carmel to Big Sur, San Francisco, even drove to LA on a 3 day pass.
I was told these bldgs had been leveled...not so I see. Yeah, our plumbing was unsanitary, our barracks highly unsafe due to crime, but I had a great time in California.
PDoggdadd 1 year ago
I was in the 7th Division a couple of times, a little over three years all told. People did call this area The Hill, my wife at the time worked at the division chemical school. Come in the 12th street gate, make your 1st left, and it was right there. CDEC Hq was still there but most of the work was at Ft Hunter-Ligget.
The fog could be really dense, one person who worked on the hill was there for two months before she saw that the building overlooked the ocean.
seanfhochail 1 year ago
You can almost hear the young men talking and laughing, or standing at attention before a 10-mile hike, some of them never realizing that they might never return from the future that lay ahead of them. Thanks to those veterans who trained in these buildings and served so long ago.
dwtpa97 1 year ago
once this life is over...tens of thousands of us visit this place again. look for us in the shadows, hear us on the hill...listen for a faint cadence on a company street ..the sounds of boots in the squad bays and day rooms in thousands of these buildings.
we will be back to visit. I feel it...as strongly as the direct orders issued that once assigned us here and shipped us out.
there will be no choice but to haunt this place...tens of thousands of us
s6u6r6f6 2 years ago
Thank you for recording some of are history and posting it on here. I hope they save a few of them WW2 building so are kids can see what are vets stayed in during World War Two and afterwords.
Thanks again
52DODGEM37 2 years ago