From: dangerous@telus.net   
      
   I understand .....i was just wondering if we crossed paths or our dads did   
      
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   Dora   
   Dangerous with Attitude   
      
   I do it cause I can   
   "Duncan Craig"  wrote in message   
   news:xGwxf.3858$1Z.650@read1.cgocable.net...   
   >I was just a little guy then, so I don't remember much about it.  I know my   
   >father got out of the Air Force after the war and we lived in Vancouver at   
   >that time, but I don't know how long he was out before he re-upped.  So, if   
   >he was military at all during that brief period, I do not know where he was   
   >based.  I have to assume he got out in 1945 and re-upped in '46, so   
   >probably all of our short time was his brief fling with civilian life.   
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   > "Dangerous"  wrote in message   
   > news:bE9xf.70548$m05.61673@clgrps12...   
   >> Duncan,   
   >> Hi and welcome to the group.  The base in Vancouver was it Jericho Beach   
   >> or   
   >> were you staioned on Sea Island?   
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   >> I was stationed on both.   
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   >> Dora   
   >> Dangerous with Attitude   
   >>   
   >> I do it cause I can   
   >> "Duncan Craig"  wrote in message   
   >> news:j7Zwf.793$LF.433@read2.cgocable.net...   
   >>>I was a military (Air Force) brat from 1942 through 1965.   
   >>>   
   >>> Over the years since I got married, I have made it a point to visit   
   >>> places we ysed to live during my father's Air Force career.  Up until   
   >>> recently, I had located our homes in Clinton (1949-52), Trenton   
   >>> (1952-54), Winnipeg (1954-55), Ottawa (1959-63) and Prince George (RCAF   
   >>> Station Baldy hughes!! 1963)   
   >>>   
   >>> Last year, I finally got back to Fontainebleau, France, where my Dad was   
   >>> stationed from 1955-59.  It was incredible... even after all that time,   
   >>> I was able to find my way easily around town, and out to some of the   
   >>> nearby villages where servicemen with families were billeted in rented   
   >>> houses. I located all three of the houses we lived in (one in   
   >>> Bois-le-Roi and two in Fontainebleau), as well as the International   
   >>> School.  I felt like I had come back home!   
   >>>   
   >>> Now, all that's left to find is our homes in Guelph, Winnipeg (the 1st   
   >>> time), Vancouver, Canyon Creek AB (Vanished off the face of the earth   
   >>> long ago!), and Saskatoon.  But I was an infant for the first few and   
   >>> the only ones I remember at all were Canyon Creek, which no longer   
   >>> exisits, as far as I know, and Saskatoon.  I don't know if I'll ever get   
   >>> to those though; my wife refuses to travel in the Prairies!   
   >>>   
   >>> I hope the rest of you who have fond memories of some of the bases and   
   >>> postings are doing the same thing.   
   >>>   
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