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Thomas Guinee
Thomas Guinee
wrote, "There are so many things I recall about the Pic Center,
one of which is seeing Todd Armstrong in the chow line
with tissue paper stuffed around the collar of his beautifully pressed
khaki shirt and pancake makeup all over his face. I believe he was a PFC
at the time. I Googled his name recently, only to learn he died in
California at age 55.
Looking through the roster of APC people, I
remember so many of the civilian employees. Animation was such a small
department. There were Lt. Thomas Steger, Sgt Yukio Tashiro,
myself and a Sp5 John Castalucci. (Ray
Nesbitt remembered Tashiro as well.)
I was glad to see that my message finally
reached it's destination,and hopefully I will be listed with the APC
people.
I ended my Army career as a Sgt E-5 with the
269th Signal Co in Orleans, France where I met my wife Francoise.
(Posted April 6, 2012)
In April 1962 I was
sent to APC from photo school at Fort Monmouth with the MOS of 841.10.
The colonel during the orientation interview saw that I had some art
training and skill. He assigned me to Animation where worked with a
tremendous talent Sgt. Yukio Tashiro. My primary duties
were cleaning Hot Press letters and polishing cells. Later on I was
doing some inking and airbrushing of backgrounds. The biggest project I
remember was a CITY UNDER THE ICE, a production about a
base in Greenland.
Two days before I was supposed to go to La
Rochelle France as a Pfc I was promoted to Spec4. This made my
assignment in France to change; when I arrived in Paris my orders had to
be changed. They were looking for a Pfc in La Rochelle and I was a
Spec4. I ended up with the 269th Signal Co. in Orleans. I would very
much appreciate hearing from anyone from APC or 269 who recalls this
period. My email is
fguinee@hotmail.com
(Submitted February 4, 2012)
(Updated September 8, 2020.)
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