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  • 5554th Signal Air warning Battalion

    • Posted Oct 30, 2006 10:11 PM

      Your the 1st person i've heard of/from this outfit. I was in the army air corp as a cadet.My ashmawashed me out & the gave me the options of flight crewmen & I chose radio. Trained at Souix Falls & Scott Field Air fiels schools. Sent to Panama & attached me to 554th. I was at different outposts: One overlooking what is now the main airport of Panama City. Also Rio Hato & the Santa Maria (near Agua Dulce) and finally Punta Barrica (between Panama & Costa Rica not too far from David). I was there from 1945 until my discharge in1946. I was always isolated. Either by myself or with 2 or thre others but the only technitian that understood radar or radio. Got malaria traeting a native for it in a grass shack. Had the only medical supplies in a 30 mile radius with no roads. Good to hear from another. I live in Miami Beach & am 80 yrs. old. Would like to hear from you.

      David
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