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This Remembrance Profile was originally created by CMSgt Don Skinner - Deceased
Best Friends SMSgt Lebaron A/1c David Richards SSgt Don Wonders
Best Moment Staying on maintenance crew and working shift that allowed me to pursue other interests.
Worst Moment Selected as the only maintenance man to man the RBS Express, a train that traveled to remote areas and simulated a RBS site. This was 90 days TDY and invloved maintenance duties for several pieces of equipment, alone. I averaged probably less than 3 hours sleep each 24-hour period for the entire 90 days.
Chain of Command Detachment 9, although moved to a new location, reported in same manner as when located in Winslow, AZ.
Other Memories A small crew headed by myself moved the MSQ-2 system to St. George, set it up, and became operational. We began running missions while the other radar and ECM systems were being brought up from AZ. A limited number of personnel made up the detachment so as we had in AZ, we all took rations and quarters and pretty much lived as civilians except for duty time. Again, the maintenance shift hours allowed time for area travel and sightseeing. In December '63 I was assigned to the RBS Express and spent until March '64 there at Thoreau, NM on a railway siding. After that I returned to the site, and continued my duties until I was informed that I was being transferred to 10th RBS Squadron at Carswell AFB, TX. I departed St. George in October 1964.
