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Family Stories: Heading to Loring AFB and Thailand
These stories and more… are written from the words of my husband, Steve Insalaco, on time spent on the several bases he served on while in the Air Force. Heading to Loring Air Force Base… Limestone, Maine I received my … Continue reading →
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Tagged 19th OMS, 42nd Bombardment Wing of SAC, Air Force, B 52, Boht, Connecticut, Georgia, I 95, Insalaco, Loring AFB Maine, Maine, Snow, Stratford Connecticut, Thailand, U-Tapao AFB, Vietnam
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Family Stories: Chanute Air Force Base… Technical School
These stories and more… are written from the words of my husband, Steve Insalaco, on time spent in the Air Force. Technical School… Chanute Air Force Base Chanute AFB, named for aviation pioneer Octave Chanute, is in Rantoul, Illinois, which … Continue reading →
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Tagged Air Force Ring, B 52, barracks, Boot Camp, Chanute Air Force Base, Chicago Illinois, Connecticut, Lackland AFB, Tech School 67th Chanute AFB, Technical School, Warner Robins Air Force Base, West Haven
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Family Stories: Heading to Boot Camp… and more…
These words Heading to Boot Camp and more… are written from the words of my husband, Steve Insalaco, on his enlistment in the Air Force. My first picture taken in the Air Force in my dress blue uniform in Boot … Continue reading →
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Tagged Air Force, Boot Camp, cadence, Chanute Air Force Base, dog tags, draft, Lackland Air Force Base, Louie Albarella, recruitment, San Antonio Texas, Vietnam War, Warner Robins Georgia, WWII
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Husband’s Family Stories: Saturday Night at the Races
Saturday Night at the Races Steve Insalaco Saturday mornings as a young boy was often spent hanging around with my best friend Ronnie (Kessler)… waiting for the race cars to start rolling by – as they headed down to Savin … Continue reading →
Family Stories: Playing Baseball on the Grounds of the VA Hospital
Playing Baseball on the Grounds of the VA Hospital … as told by my husband Steve The Veterans Hospital in West Haven, Connecticut The Veterans’ Administration Hospital in West Haven first opened in 1918 as a tuberculosis center… later in … Continue reading →
Family Stories: Boy Scout Camping and Memories
Family Stories: Boy Scout Camping and Memories … as told to me by my husband – these are his memories! I was eleven and a half years old (1959) when I first joined the Boy Scouts. My best friend Ralph … Continue reading →
Family Stories: The Family Who Served… listed at the West Haven Veteran’s Museum
Family Stories: The Families Who Served… now listed at the West Haven Veteran’s Museum Giuseppe “Joe” Cambino (1896-1972), Private 1st Class… enlisted in the Army on July 20, 1917. Giuseppe had only been in the United States a few years… … Continue reading →
Family Stories: Visiting Manhattan – What a Town
Family Stories Visiting Manhattan – What a Town! Uncle Mikie DeTulio on the streets of Manhattan! To a young girl growing up in Georgia… Manhattan seemed as far away as Mars to me, but after graduation my spaceship finally landed … Continue reading →
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Tagged bus trip, Ellis Island, Manhattan NYC, Mikie DeTulio, Statue of Liberty
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2020: Z – April A to Z… Family Stories: Zee Things the Grandchildren Say… and more
2020: Z – April A to Z… Family Stories I’m back in 2020 for my fifth year of participating in the yearly April A to Z challenge… and as usual I racked my brain scribbling ideas on paper since the … Continue reading →
2020: X – April A to Z… Family Stories: Xmas Stories
2020: X – April A to Z… Family Stories I’m back in 2020 for my fifth year of participating in the yearly April A to Z challenge… and as usual I’ve racked my brain scribbling ideas on paper since the … Continue reading →
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Tagged 25 Days of Christmas, 7 fishes of Christmas Eve, A to Z April blogging challenge 2020, Cherry Winks, Christmas memories, Fruitcake, holidays, Xmas cards, xmas cookies
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