Sunset Elmendorf AFB

Home on Elmendorf AFB Effective 26 June 1958, six weeks after arriving in Alaska we were assigned to base housing. Our new home was Quarters 21-264A. The street address was 1264 Quince Street Apt. A. Mom and Dad did not take a picture of our quarters but being the military they all looked the same.

If you are really interested in the goings-on of the time you should check out a book called The Puzzle Palace: Inside the NSA by James Bamford. It was published in 1982. I read it when it first came out and then sent a copy to my Dad. His response was. "This guy is not in jail?" Later he told...

Operations Center The building is located in a remote part of the base north of the runways on Fairchild Ave. Today the building houses the 381st Intelligence Squadron.

Favorable Communication

Elmendorf AFB the view from Fairchild Ave. & Airlifter Drive

Headquarters Alaska Air Command

Iconic Totem Pole

The Move to Alaska

The family's orders to Alaska.

USAFSS The Silent Warriors

This is a second version of this pages with a darker background.

Easter Sunday

Miki, have you heard of the War Letters Project at Chapman University? They are collecting letters from men and women who served in the armed forces.

Since these letters are going in a book. I wanted some way to connect each separate letter within the larger context. My thought was that I could visually link the pages of the letters if I kept the same basic page design for the entire letter.

I found the floor plan on the website for the neighborhood. I had to modify it some to match what it was like when we lived there. The remodeled version of the now called Townshouse's has a patio out back, a dishwasher, and a pantry in the kitchen, They also took down the short wall by the back...

Moms First Letter from Virginia pages 7 & 8

Moms first letter from Virginia pages 5 & 6

Mom's First Letter from Virginia pages 3 & 4

1st Letter from Virginia pages 1 & 2