Email addresses are modified to reduce "harvesting" by spammers. E.g. name(at)example.com is really name@example.com
Mike Van Ryn (kmvanryn(at)verizon.net)
Found Clint Southwell (clintonsouthwell(at)yahoo.com) July 26, 2007
Story:
Linn, I've been trying to locate a few old friends from the 81st CRS EWS Pod Shop for sometime, when out of the blue, I get an e-mail from Clint "Smoker" Southwell. It seems he was surfing the Bentwaters site, saw my posting and sent me a message.
That led to several side-aching hours of laughing on the phone talking about the "Good Old Days" in the Pod Shop.
Man, it's been 20 years yet it seems as fresh as last week.
Thanks for stirring the pot of memories.
------------------------------------------
Scott "Suthy" Sutherland (wolfecss(at)bellsouth.net)
Found David Winget (dwinget(at)btinternet.com) June 2007
Story:
Dave "Wingnut" Winget was my 3 man on a weapons load crew at "Crooked Creek" back in the early 80s. I had lost track of everyone I knew at Bentwaters save one person, Jim Crough from Job Control. I've been drowning in nostalgia these days and started poke'n 'round the net for info on the 81st and Bentwaters. Found this site....cruised the names....FOUND MY BRO! I've been in regular e-mail contact since.
UBER THANKS!
------------------------------------------
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Robert (Bob) Jones (rjones37(at)comcast.net)
Found William D Tiley (billtiley(at)aol.com) Late July 07'
Story:
Saw his entry on the buddys page. E-mailed him and got his phone number and we talked for hours. We are planning on getting togather this Nov in Vegas to share old times and photos. We rode Triumph Motorcycles while at Woodbridge and we were Pres. and V Pres. of the Black Knights Motorcycle Club. The only person that I know of that smuggled a motorcycle in a dragchute box and shipped it to Tripoli, to have transportation while there on TDY... boy did we have fun!!!!! IN TIGERTOWN
------------------------------------------
Wednesday, August 22, 2007 3:08 AM
From: Bill Wood
Email
Boater0559(at)aol.com
Thanks so much for this site.
I found a friend I was stationed with back in 1981 and we have been talking ever since.
Bill Wood
Woodbridge 1981-1984
------------------------------------------
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007
Subject: BUDDY FOUND
Tom Lokken (tbones_1952(at)yahoo.com)
Found Jack Gordon (email unknown at this time)
5 Aug 2007
Story:
I didn't find Jack, he found me after 50 years (1950's) through this site.
We were both in AACS at BW.
------------------------------------------
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 8:01 PM
Subject: BUDDY FOUND
Joe Wommack (Enfrwommack(at)aol.com)
Linn,
Have found two ole Bentwaters, 92 TFS flt.line troops.
Got together in May of this year, in Mo.
Had not seen them since 1966 when I left B/W.
On the left of pic is Bill Hester and Barbara Hester, then Betty Wommack, myself Joe Wommack, Judy Leblanc and Larry Leblanc.
Had a good time, of course, talked of times at Bentwaters.
Many thanks for your absolutely fantastic web, I go to it two/three times a week, always finding something I missed before.
Many, many thanks to you for your work
Best regards, Joe
------------------------------------------
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007
Subject: BUDDY FOUND
Diane Keeble (qcsallen(at)supanet.com)
Found Frank McGee (frank.mcgee(at)gulfstream.com )
2003
Story:
Frank PCS'd from Bentwaters around 1990 and we had lost touch after around 1993 when I split up from my husband (Sgt Timothy Allen) and moved house.
I suddenly received an email around 2003 when he had been looking on the website and saw my 2003 entry - we now email at least once a week and I update him on the rebuilding etc.
Would love to find any other 1980s Bentwaters pals whereever in the world
------------------------------------------
Date: Friday 20th of July 2007
Name: Gerald K. Kirkpatrick (KIRK)
Email: akirk432(at)centurytel.net
Twin Bases job: a/2c 81st Base supply & wharehouses 81SUPRON
Twin Bases yrs: 1955-1957
Located now at: 296 Stonebridge Lane Ozark, Alabama 36360
Message:
Changing my e mail address from the one I put on in 2000. Like to hear from anyone stationed with me. Found Ken Endicott, Larry La Forest, Ed Kublic, Jack Stringer. Originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Retired in Alabama. "GREAT SITE"
------------
From: Stella - stellasokolis(at)cox.net
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 3:57 PM
Subject: Found Buddies
Linn
Thanks for your e-mail. Al Johnson may have already contacted you but I thought I’d let you know we have been in e-mail contact, exchanged photographs and had an hour-long conversation on the telephone. It’s so good to be in contact again with someone you enjoyed working with 30+ years ago. “Found Buddies” we definitely are!
Best wishes for now.
Stella Sokolis
------------------------------------------
From: AL & TERI - acjtjj(at)cox.net
Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 5:08 PM
To: 'Linn Barringer'
Subject: FOUND BUDDY
Linn
Many thanks for your help in locating Stella Sokolis. She contacted me by email and we have also talked on the phone. Hopefully, one of these days we will be able to get together.
I visit the Bentwaters site often. I know that it takes a lot of your time, but for those of us who use, it is really appreciated.
Have a good day!
Al Johnson
------------------------------------------
Fred and Deborah (Knight) Buran (skip.buran(at)comcast.net) Found () June 25, 2007
Story:
Haven't found a buddy, but from May 13 to 18 we were in the UK and visited Ipswich and Newbury. Found RAF Bentwaters/Woodbridge sites and RAF Greenham Common. We have a new email address included. Had a wonderful time, it was our 25th anniversaray.
------------------------------------------
Mark Van Savage (bard6(at)verizon.net)
Sunday, June 24, 2007 5:34 PM
Found no-one but in
1980...
Story:
I did not find a buddy. I did, however, find a cigarette lighter in the Brunswick Naval Air Station. The engraving on the back is: AIRMAN'S CLUB ALCONBURY ENGLAND CHRISTMAS 1966. Whoever owns this went to great length to repair it. If you'd like it back, I'd love to give it to you.
------------------------------------------
Eddie McAfee (EDDIEMCAFEE(at)aol.com
Thursday, June 07, 2007 4:43 AM
Subject: Paul Nixon
Anyone remember Paul Nixon from Woodbridge Air Police 61-64.
He just contacted me.
I think he worked on TSgt Soret's flight.
Eddie McAfee
------------------------------------------
Lonnie B. Dunbar (Rap] (Lonnie50Blues(at)aol.com)
Found Leon Brookens (would like to have your e- mail address) June 3 2007
Story:
Lost contact after leaving england in 1972.
------------------------------------------
A1C, "Fast Eddie" Olmstead (aaronolm(at)earthlink.net)
Found "Fast Eddie" Aaron Scott Olmstead (aaronolm(at)earthlink.net)
05-07-2007
Story:
Me! I am the Lost Buddy.
For a long time after getting out of the USAF, and melting back into the Civi life, I lost that person I used to be, totally forgot who I was, where I had been, and the wonderful experiences I had as an Airman in the United States Air Force. Things got kind of bleak there for a while. After finding this site, I started remembering the wonderful people and experiences I had encountered while being stationed in England, and began to recap my most favorable memories of my life. “The time I had spent at Woody's Base, and RAF Bentwaters”. I am glad that I came upon this site. I am Glad that I have found myself again... I Live back in the US Now… and little place outside of Boise Idaho.
I’d Love to get in touch with some of the people that shared RAF Bentwaters, and Woodbridge. Those were Grand Times.
------------------------------------------
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 9:18 PM
To: linn(at)barringer.co.uk
Subject: BUDDY FOUND
Craig & Madeline Smith (msmith(at)crownintl.com)
Found Bob Frost (frosts5362(at)verizon.net) August 21, 2006
Story:
Have not spoken with Bob for over 20-years, but he came upon the TwinBases website and saw that we were looking for friends also stationed at RAF Bentwaters. It has been wonderful catching up with news about our lives and family activities.
------------------------------------------
From: eric kersey [mailto:eric.kersey at ntlworld.com]
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 10:02 PM
Subject: bases
Hi Linn
l do enjoy your web site as l spent many happy years at the bases and also Wattisham when l was with BT, probably from 1955 till l retired in 1993, l also had a few worrying times.
My daughter married a Master Sgt who l did find on one of your web pages, his name is Jon Kwiatkwoski and they now live in California.
Anyhow Linn just letting you know that l still enjoy any info re the bases
Best regards
Eric