John Hallahan
'67-'69 STRATCOM

Here's John back in his Kagnew days. "John the Hippie" now with his two beautiful daughters! STRATCOM WINNERS 1968 Slow-pitch softball. Front: Fat Frank Bezner, ??? Back: Gary Johnson, Steve Shupe, John Hallahan, Dave Chambers, Steve ?, Sugar Bear, David Black. More celebrating of our victory. Steve ?, ???, Steve Shupe, Sugar Bear. Trans Control Room Mac ?, Frank Weider, ???, Al Forster (front), John Hallahan far right. Short Timers Party, March 1969, Oasis Club. Shots from Tract "D" transmitter site: [1] | [2] | [3] | [4] | [5] These guys look like the Eritrean rebels from the mountains beyond the transmitter site where I worked. One looks like Afwerki the President. Here's Joe Dreifuss, one of our NCOICs at STRATCOM. And Joe in tribal uniform. He was a village elder of the three villages that the transmitter site was on. Johns shows off his loyalty to STRATCOM via tatoos; impressive! [1] | [2] Softball: Mike Sizer (Sugarbear), on pitchers mound, me on the left walking back to home plate.. STRATCOM had just won the slow-pitch championship from Navy. Fat Frank Bezner looking for Texas. My send-off crew: Fat Frank Bezner, ???, David Black, Sugarbear, ???. Antenna field at the transmitter site. Send off crew again: Sugarbear, ???, Bill Coleman, Gary Johnson. Same-same. The Asmara Salute by Al Forster and Mac. Same salute in reverse. Added November 19, 2006 My reunion with Steve Shupe and meeting his family.