Updated:  August 25, 2010

Shirley Hampton Ethel Jamerson Dick and Joyce Dixon, Virginia and Ronnie Rollins, Loma and Cornelius Lewis, Helen Couch

William A. Rose, Harry Snyder,

Neil (Neal) Campolingo,

 TSgt Thomas Tedder

5-1-09  france a great country married a girl from chateaurouc in 1958 will be married 51 years may 19 this year.

8-4-09  we all transfer into chad about the same time from different bases in europe. any help would be appricated.   Searching:  charles heller, john johnson, halario hector garcia.

10-8-09  Entry from Gary:  My dad, Captain Stanley S. Bolesta and wife, Joy, were stationed there for 2 years.  The 5 kids:  Steve, Ron, Rick, Gary and Beverly went to various schools there.  We saw a lot of Europe on vacations.  Dad made several trips to Italy and Turkey for Air Force business. Had great memories of movie theatre at base, Christmas and Easter parties.  Life was much simpler for us kids.

BRACKENRIDGE, David

10-21-02 friend of Robert Roeber

Col Burley - 1959 - Photo from Clarence Farber - Chaplain's Office - entry on this page.

[jpnote:  Col. Burley is Trish, Sandi & Rick's  dad.]

Col Burley - March 23, 2007

Col Burley & JP - March 23, 2007 Lunch

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Col Burley - March 23, 2007

CAMPOLUNGO,  Neil  
@ Chas:  1960-64
3130th ABG - AMFEA - Chaplain's Office
Marvin, NC

3-8-10 Tracked down by Clarence Farber, couldn't believe it. Great site!  [Neil was the Catholic Chaplain's Assistant]

Neil & wife, Mara

2-8-09  Would be very happy to hear about the chaplains, airmen and everyone I have been working or in contact with during these years.

2-28-05 Searching Horace B. Harmon Hedronsec, 3130th AB Gp Châteauroux Sgt Harmon ran the rifle range at La Martinerie 58/61

FLETCHER, Charles     See Chas Memoriam
@ Chas:  1953-54
3130th ABG - HQ
Naugatuck, CT

FOGELMAN, Hugh   
@ Chas:  1953-54
3130th ABG - HQ
Yucca Valley, CA

 5-14-06 Left no comment

HIME,  James L.   Major USAF, Retired   
@ Chas 1-57 thru 10-59
San Antonio, TX

3-31-07    Email entry from daughter, Sissy Hime:  Just found your page online  My dad was stationed at Châteauroux but we lived right outside of Niherne, in the Château de Surins.   My dad, my brother, James ( who was Born at Chas and myself went over there on a trip 30th May 2006.  My dad showed us the building where he worked those 49 something years ago.  He worked with the IBM (the first time the french ever saw an air conditioned room) computer at the Supply Depot.  You can still see the dugouts in the ground where they sat this huge computer in the floor.   

I  have a picture of the château we lived in.  Now the place is a Catholic boarding school for boys and the château is the admin offices where the priests and nuns live.   I was 6 yrs old when we left in 1959 back to the States.  Bummer, I loved the placed and the people. .....Sissy Hime 

8-11-07  Email from Major Hime, himself:  Searching for anyone who worked in Trois Cent Cinqant Six (356). I returned on TDY Nov 62-Mar 63 with five programmers from AFLC on an IBM 1401 project.

I returned May 2006 with my daughter Frances and my son, Jim Jr., who was born in the La Martinerie hospital in May 57.  He took pictures of 356 which is hollowed out and now used for grain storage. The false floor for the IBM 650 (one of the first in the USAF) is still there.

See Photo Album

 HOUGH, Col. Luther Walker "Bud"  - See Chas Memoriam
3130th Air Base Group - Silk Purse
 

MORGAN, Bert
????
San Angelo, TX

  [jp found this couple on the net.  Bert and his wife, Sybil Thompson, celebrated their 70th Wedding Anniversary August  10, 2009.  The article I read mentioned he was retired U.S. Army Air Force and had served in Chateauroux, but did not mention the year or squadron.

  11-23-09  I spoke with Bert who is 91.  He doesn't remember much about Chateauroux except he was gone TDY most of the time to Germany.  He and his wife lived in an apartment west of town when he was stationed there.  He said he and Sybil are living a happy life.

MURDOCK, Tracy "Charles"
3131st Maint. Sqdn. and 3130th ABG
@ Chas 11/56-59
Waco, TX

2-26-09 After 3 yrs. I was glad to get the hell out. Enjoyed traveling to a lots of countries and exploring Paris.

 ;(

NEESE, Melvin "Mel" 
7322nd ABG
@ Chas 1964-66
Lakeway, TX

1-26-10  Guestbook:  Was in athletics. Remember all the great tournaments we hosted. Especially the over 35 softball tournaments. Had great base teams until evacuation began.   Searching:  Anyone who was a member of our athletic teams and Walden from CE.  [jpnote:  Buddies with John Doyle & Roger Olson]

[jpnote:  Wonder if the Giles are the parents of Donna (Chad Student '61)

Searching:  Anyone who attended the Church of Christ that was on a narrow street in Chateauroux. There was a antique shop next door and when we were stationed in Wiesbaden, Germany we went back and it was still there and the owners remembered us. 

[jpnote:  Wrote to Sheila regarding the church and people who attended]

Jenelle, Stephan, Veneta & Eric's dad.

RODZANKAS, Lt Col John F. 
3130th Air Base Group

Chas Memoriam

SCHIRO, Charles B. 
3130th Air Base Group   - Military Personnel
@ Chas:  1956-57
Rotanda West, FL 

10-12-09  I worked in base military personell with Col. Hill, Mr. Woessner, Mr. Marstellar, Mike Amber. Frequented the Amstramgram Bar - Searching:  Any one at that time.

RUSSELL, Donald M. 
3130th Air Base Group  
@ Chas:  1961-1963
Dallas, TX 

SWAFFORD, Edward 
 3130th Air Base Group   - HQ AMFEA Data Processing
@ Chas:  Nov 59 to March 60
Desert Springs, CA

Ed & grandson   

04/08/2003  Worked at computer center across the base. Went a lot to the Red Cross center, Jimmy's Bar, still have my card from there, Belle Isle, have quite a few menus from there. Went to Evreux and left there in May of 63.  

4-17-07  Went to Evreux unti May 63. Went to Jimmy's a lot and went with Yolonda until I left. Went back in 98. Had a lot of fun there. Spent most of the time at the Blue Train, and Hotel La Fontaine in Pigalle and La Boheme.

Searching:  Robert O Murphy, Ed Zeckly

TAYLOR, Clair 
 3130th Air Base Group  - Personnel
@ Chas:  1958-60
North Canton, OH

3-12-07  Searching for Football team members. Hq 3130th ABG personnel.  I played halfback on the 58, 59 football teams

TEDDER, Sgt. Thomas  - Not Located
3130th Air Base Group

NCOIC - Wing Chaplain's Office

This photo from Clarence Farber

TERRILL, Ron 
3130th Air Base Group
@ Chas:  1958-61
New Jersey 

3-12-06  Great site! I was stationed there from `58 to `61. A/1C Ron Terrill   Hdq. AMFEA doing charts and graphs for Gen. Hefley. I read the   posting by Donna Sage `57 to `59 from the  Chad HS site.  I   worked under her father M/sgt Sage along with T/sgt Bill Cameron and   T/sgt Don DeGasperi and others that I would need a few days to  remember their names. I have a lot of interesting old photos that I  will send shortly.  I`d love to hear about these influences of my early  life if anyone  who knows would e-mail me.

[jpnote:  Ron has shared many of his personal photos which are throughout the website.  Thanks, Ron.]

THAYER, Rich 
 3130th Air Base Group
@ Chas:  Apr '65 to Dec '66
Covington (Seattle suburb), WA

4-16-03  I worked in the base Data Automation office at the far end of the base Finance building. While working part time at the base theater, I met a '66 graduate of Châteauroux HS, Janet Kuhn, and married her in '67. [Listed on Chas Marriages ] My wife had signed on classmates and Jenelle Peterson '61 informed my wife of this site yesterday, and we have been poring over this site since then reliving some VERY fond memories. I remember wandering around town and the countryside on my French made bicycle and later a used Allstate scooter. We just loved the climate and area, which is one of the reasons we are living in Washington state now as this area's weather is very similar to Châteauroux's. When we PCS'd out of Torrejon AFB in '68, we took our car to port in Antwerp, and spent a day and night in Châteauroux seeing what had become of the base and housing areas. We were saddened to see what had been done to the American built buildings by the US forces as they left. If we ever get back to Europe, Châteauroux is the one place we MUST visit.

 9-6-09  Jan, myself and my cousin Daryle Ann Lent.  The
summer of 1965 she came over to study for 6 weeks in Italy. She ended
up spending 10 days in Chateauroux split into 2 pieces, before and
after Italy. The second visit she dated some of the Airman from
Finance she met the first time round.  The guys went crazy.  An
American woman their age and single!  She indicated later that those
days in Chateauroux were the best part of her summer.
 

VENDRICK, Howard D. 
@ Chas:   Dec. 1957 thru. Dec. 1960
3130th Air Base Group
Chickamauga, GA

8-10-09  Searching:  Sgt D. Paulson and Wife Marleen or (Babe) Paulson

 Vowell - Leslie  ( Dependent Son)
@ Chas:  Feb 62 - May 66
3130th Air Base Group ( Instrument Shop)
Sunset, Utah

8-16-09  Spent over four years at Chas. I was just a little tyke but have many good memories. My mother (Alice Vowell) sang in the church choir and did shows on base. My youngest brother went to the french kindergarden and we lived in the housing called Touvent and I went to the Elem school there.

WEIDNER, James E. 
 3130th Air Base Group
 @ Chas:  1957-1959
 Pottstown, PA 

12/16/2002  I arrived at Châteauroux in January of 1957, married my long time sweetheart, Joan,  on June 6 (D-day) of that year, (Chas Marriages) our first child, Debbie, was  born in the base hospital on January 18, 1959, and we returned home in October of that year. We were married twice on the same day. First by the Mayor of Châteauroux in a French civil ceremony and again that afternoon on base by the Chaplain.  We had the opportunity to return to Châteauroux in October 2000. We found the residents very friendly and helpful. The town had changed quite a bit but we managed to find the apartment where our married life began. 10 Place Du Palan in the Prefecture.

See James' Page

 

 

 

 

 

WILLIAMS, Thomas
3130th Air Base Group
11th Communication Maintenance Sqdn
11th COMMAINTRON
@ Chas:  Aug 56-Nov 59
 Memphis, TN 

6-19-06 - Entry from Tom's son, Joselito:  "My father's fondest memories of his 11 year [military] career was in France.  He became fluent in french in 8-9 months.  He tells me that he spent every weekend in Paris.  Every day after work his first choice was to see a movie and if there was nothing good playing, he and his friends would either go the airmen's club or their favorite downtown hangout - La Faison.  After two years at Chas, his Squadron was either being disbanded or being shipped out.  He was given the option of going to either Germany or Spain.  He asked his commander if he could stay at Chas.  His commander was able to fulfill his request and, according to my father, his third and final year at Chas, he became a gopher (courier).  Whenever there was equipment to be moved to another base, he and another airman would have TDY orders cut to fulfill the requirement.  On behalf of my father, thank you.

[jpnote:  Tom & Nicole were married in Châteauroux and Tom's eldest son, Miguel, was Born at Chas

Tom & wife, Nicole at the Airman's Club

ZOLLINGER, Eugene Willard  
3130th Air Base Group
@ Chas:  Aug 56-Nov 59
 

6-28-09  I am interested in hearing ANY stories about my father. His name was Willard Eugene Zollinger(his wife is Reba). We had a large family of 8 kids when we moved from France. Three of us were born in Chateauroux. Any pictures w/him included would be great. Thank you

 

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