I was with the Radio Platoon. At times I was operating from a 3/4 ton truck on Gaisberg to make two radio checks daily. Tracy was our platoon sgt. Stan Ulinski was the tech sgt. When I left I was a staff sgt. in the radio platoon. We also had a tech sgt. named Zeppenfelt.

I was the manager of the 516th softball team and catcher. Lot of the guys new me as “Ruskie”

I knew all the persons Stan Kolman mentioned in his posting (below). I was wondering how many of us are still around.

I was surprised to see someone mention Gaisburg Mt. I spent a lot of time up there, and I am sure I had run across Stan, although I do not remember him.

Camp Roeder did not exist at that time, but I believe it must have been under construction because we had several delays in 1952 until our barracks were finished.

By the time we moved to Roeder I made Staff Sgt., but spent most of my time at Gaisberg. We had a mobile AN/TRC station next to the billets to provide secure communications from McCauley to Salzburg. The station at the Salzburg end was located at the Zistelalm Gasthaus up on Gaisberg. We took turns manning each location. I have pictures of both operations which I can either email to you or send you a disk. They are all in .jpg format.

Section Chief at the time I arrived at McCauley was Sgt. Herb Lang (now diseased). The officer in charge of Radio Relay Section at that time was Lt. Verblyi. One never forgets one of the nicest officers I've known. He was later replaced by a Lt. Fox. I wasn't too familiar with the other elements of USFA other than those which were at McCauley. The 516th only had elements at McCauley, Gaisberg and Col. Holmgren's office. General Fry was commanding general of USFA at that time. Another prince of a fellow.

Radio Relay Section, at that time, consisted of six teams. Each consisted of a Sgt., two Corporals and a PFC. The Sgt. was the "radio man", the Corporals were "Carrier Technicians" and the PFC. took care of the power supply units and the truck. He also did the driving.