First Communications Construction Squadron in Newfoundland 1952 to 1956,Michigan Railfan Photos By Scharnweber

FIRST COMMUNICATIONS CONSTRUCTION SQUADRON IN
NEWFOUNDLAND 1952 TO 1956

In August of 1950 I enlisted in the USAF. After completing basic training at Lackland
AFB and Installer Cableman School at Cheyenne, Wyo., I was assigned to a new
squadron, 1st Communications Construction Squadron, at Griffiss AFB, Rome, N.Y. In
the fall of 1952 the squadron was ordered to McAndrew AFB, Argentia, Newfoundland.
We sailed on the General A.W.Greely, a naval transport. We were to replace a army
signal outfit that was maintaining the repeater stations and the telephone cable that ran
across the island along the railroad track. This cable connected McAndrew AFB,
Pepperrell AFB and Harmon AFB on the west end of the island.
The PX was selling Argus C-3 cameras and Kodak Kodachrome slide film that came
with a mailer which was mailed back to the states for processing. It seemed that every
airman had a Argus C-3.
The photographs on this site were taken by Jerome Young, Don McCarron, Joe Louie
and myself.Young and McCarron worked with me at Camp-I and Camp-III.
Merritt B. Scharnweber September 2003.

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