Wheelus photos Part 2

Here is the rest of my on-base photos (plus a few fun things). In case you are wondering, I did not remember what is in all the photos that I have captioned. When I had them developed (don't hear that word anymore !!), I wrote a little something on the back before I mailed them home.  Otherwise, like most of us, I would have long forgotten what is on each photo.  If there are any places or things that I was not specific with, let me know.

Taken from the roof of my barracks right after I arrived.  Those are F-4's.

Another view taken the same day.

The Airman's Club (3rd Ave.).

Taken from my barracks.  The tall building to the left is a church & the long building on the right is part of the NCO Club.

Another view from my barracks.

And another...

And another...

Not sure where this is.

From my barracks.

The 'Rock.'  It was maybe a 100' from shore. That's yours truly standing on it.

One of my favorite sunsets.  Yes, that is the 'Rock' to the right.

Beach head somewhere on base.

Same here.

Flight line.

B-47 ?

F-100's.

Remember these Libyan garbage trucks roaming the base ?

The Mirage (snack bar).

Softball field.

All I have on this is the fact that the fountain under the trees had goldfish.

There were 2 Libyans driving this truck.  They had just stopped and asked me if I wanted to sell my camera to them.

The golf course.

3 months after I arrived, I was assigned to participate in setting up a 36 bed Air Transportable Hospital.  This is the site.

After it was set up and ready to go (go - go where ??)

Our very own cracker box.

We got 2 tents.

Some of our gear.

Yours truly.  I was hot stuff - I just got my 2nd stripe !

The Dining Hall.

Didn't know if you remembered what the barrack rooms looked like. My room.  1st class accommodations, I must say ! My mother sent thisphoto back to me and asked if I ever made my bed.  Still being a mother (may she rest in peace) over 3,000 miles away.

I was proud of the tapestry I had just bought off base (I still have it).

Storage space everywhere !!

Paint can art !!  There was a Ward E in the hospital that was never used, but we still had to maintain it. During a lull in the action on my ward, I was lucky enough to be assigned to paint it again.  One of the paint cans had that hard crust on it.  It thought, this would makegood art, so... 

Ah ! Christmas at Wheelus. Four of us decided not to go home for Christmas; we saved our pennies and went to Europe for a month the following April.

Our Christmas tree candle.