Ron Feilen
remembers temporary duty at Army Pictorial Center in 1955:
I spent two weeks at APC in late May/early June 1955. I was
one of 24 or so Air Force Tactical Instructors from Sampson Air
Force Base, New York, who flew from Sampson to Mitchell Air
Force Base in Hempstead and bussed to APC to do an Air Force
basic training film. A familiar TV actor of the era,
George Smith had a major part.
The bar - a dime for a scotch? Yep. We had a ball. For most
of us, it was the first time in the big city. For me, it was
home. I lived in Franklin Square, Long Island, and my dad gave
me his car to go back and forth to Long Island City. While
all the rest slept in their racks on the second floor of an open
bay in LIC, I slept in my own bed.
Actually, I am writing to see if anyone can help me track
down that 50 year old film. A bad first marriage left me without
any pictures of myself prior to the mid 70s. Thanks to all. Ron
Feilen, bf824@earthlink.net.
(Posted April 18, 2005,
updated September 8, 2020.)
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