FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee ~ 29 NOV 2011

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[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Hawaii...((HUGS))...whatever you do, don’t let Plover see the weather predictions. It’s beem COLD for several weeks, and now they say a big, WARM storm is coming thru and we could have 35 degree weather and RAIN, then get COLD again. Please, no rain. the city will be an ice skating rink and the stupid people will cause accidents.

Have you had any sun lately?

[radu]

Hey there Kathy. I figured it would ring a bell before long. :-)

Yes, they do a lot of neat stuff at Arnold. Pretty much if it flies, some aspect of it has been developed and/or tested there. When they test large engines, we can hear the roar out here at the farm......and we’re about 15 miles from the base.

[darkwing104]

Good Eveng Canteen FReepers!

Air Force Bump

[AZamericonnie]

Rest In Peace our Heroes

Il Silenzio

Let Them In St. Peter

[luvie]

Get your rest, dear Sis! (((hugs)))

[luvie]

Hey! Good to see YOU! (((hugs)))

[luvie]

Good evening! Hope you had a good holiday weekend! :)

[WVNan]

Hi Kathy, Tullahoma was near where my grandparents lived when I was a child. There was an Army training base there named Camp Forest. It was also a prison camp for foreign prisoners. I recall vividly riding past the camp for what seemed like miles and seeing all the soldiers, jeeps, tanks, and aircraft. It was a wonder to me.

My brother who spent the summer at our grandparents in 1942 was playing in the woods on my grandfather's farm when he encountered soldiers, who for some reason were training there. He took water to them. He was the big hero with his friends because he had helped our brave soldiers during the big war.

I also remember the base when the war was over. It became a dumping place for all the used up tanks,airplanes, and other war scrap that was left. It was miles of skeletons of equipment and planes. I thought it was sad to throw away all those good planes. Eventually the hundreds of acres that had been the training base was nothing but pasture. Then they built Arnold, but not in the same spot.

Ah memories.....I can still see those scenes so clearly and feel the wonder that the little girl experienced at the awesomeness of it all.

Soldiers at Camp Forest 1942.

[luvie]

Now?

[luvie]

Yes?

[BIGLOOK]

Aloha again Night Owl! ((Hugs))

Haven't seen Lonesome Plover or his little sandpiper buddies in days even though we have sun here. There's been a fierce chilly wind lately that probably has them vacationing on the Kona side.

[radu]

Hey there LUV! Good to see you, too. (((hugz))) backatcha

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, WVNan...so glad you stopped in and shared your memories. Very interesting.

That is so cool about your brother being a hero for sharing water with the soldiers. Times have changed, and not necessarily for the better.

[WVNan]

Thanks for jarring lose some of my childhood memories. Goodnight and God bless.

[Kathy in Alaska]

wh!!

Thanks, unique, for the roadies!

Luv.....#50!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

God Bless you good, Nan, and rest well.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Vacationing in the sun is a good idea. Who wants to be cold!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, dduck...hope retirement is treating you well.

Were you ever at Arnold AFB?

[Kathy in Alaska]

[E.G.C.]

A very pleasant good morning to everyone at the Canteen and to all our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your service to our country.

((HUGS))Good morning, Ladies. Thanks for this morning's thread, Lauren. How's it going?