“Take care of all your memories
For you cannot relive them”
Bob Dylan


The Early Years
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Me at about age 12 with my dog, Teddy. Teddy was a Pomeranian mix

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Mom and Teddy on the porch of our Hamilton Ave apartment

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My brohter Jim and Teddy at home on Chambers Street

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J&R Foods: Our Corner Grocery store was at Chase & Chambers Sts.
We lived in the apartment right above the store.
That could be my Dad in the photo

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KN8ARV: At age 14 I earned my Novice Class FCC license
I operated with a used Hallicrafters SX99 receiver

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KN8ARV: At age 15 I built a Heathkit Continuous Wave transmitter
from a schematic diagram that came with the kit.

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K8ARV: After earning my General Class FCC license I bought a
Johnson Viking Valliant 200 watt voice transmitter

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Ham radio station K8ARV: A Halicrafters SX99 receiver, Heathkit Q Multiplier,
Johnson Viking Valliant transmitter, high-speed telegraph key and microphone

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1957 Chevy Bel Aire:My first car was this sharp, black & white Chevy
which I bought myself

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K8ARV went mobile after I bought a Gonset G76 Transceiver for my '57 Chevy

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I attended St Boniface School for the 7th and 8th Grades

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St Boniface Church on Chase Ave

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St Boniface Church on Chase Ave

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I was an alter boy at St Boniface

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My brother Jim and me. I always was a sharp dresser.
Notice my french cuff shirt, knit tie, pin-stripped pants
and my belt buckled off to the side

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Me at about age 14 with Mom. I was never far from a camera.
Here I'm holding my Kodak Brownie Hawkeye

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Jim and I often enjoyed a few sets of tennis together

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Me. High School Graduation

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My sister Donna. High School Graduation

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My brother Jim. High School Graduation

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Mom bought a black and white Nash Metropolitan convertable.
She hadn't driven since she wrecked Dad's car, "Buttercup," in the late 30's

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After regaining confidence in driving again, Mom bought this shinny new Chevy II

Cincinnati History
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Streetcars: Cincinnati was famous for its streetcars.
It was one of only three cities in North America whose streetcars
used double overhead trolley wire

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Trolly buses: Eventually the streetcars were phased out in favor of
trolley buses, and on April 29, 1951, the last streetcars were retired

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The Mount Adams Incline: Inclines worked like a funicular.
The Mount Adams incline began carrying horsecars in 1877.
It was later strengthened for the much-heavier electric streetcars.

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Mount Adams: I was born here in 1940.
The famous Rookwood Pottery (1880)
still stands at the top of Mt. Adams, left of the incline.

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A streetcar on the Mt. Adams incline

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As a child I was petrified riding the inclines. Acrophobia!

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The Price Hill Incline

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Fountain Square: I remember the RKO Palace movie theater
and the Planters store with a big Mr. Peanut statue on Fountain Square.
This photo is older than me but I couldn't find one from the 40's

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Union Terminal: Opening in 1933, it was one of the last great train stations built.
The building is an iconic symbol of the city.
Today it houses the Cincinnati History Museum,
Museum of Natural History & Science and the Cinergy Children's Museum

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The Roebling Suspension Bridge: It was a prototype for the Brooklyn Bridge.

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About the bridge

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In 1896 the new Island Queen began carrying passengers between
Cincinnati's Public Landing and Coney Island

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Boarding the Island Queen at Cincinnati's Public Landing

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Four Island Queens served Coney Island over the next 50 years

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The entrance to Coney Island from the Ohio River

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Coney's swimming pool was said to be "the worlds largest recirculating pool"

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Going to Coney Island as a kid was a rare treat

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Acrophobia prevented me from partaking rides like this at Coney Island

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Lost River was commonly called the Tunnel of Love.
I managed to take a couple girls on this ride regardless of my acrophobia

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Lake Como at Coney Island

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Going for a moonlight canoe ride on Lake Como after dinner
at Moonlight Gardens was our idea of a romantic night

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Moonlight Gardens, Coney Island, Cincinnati was a great place to
go dancing to the Big Bands or see Frank Sinatra

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Ault Park Pavillion was the place to go dancing on Friday nights.
There was always a live band
Ten dance tickets cost $1.00. Girls didn't pay so you got 5 dances for your buck!
Getting Lucky meant a moonlight kiss on top of the pavillion

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The lighted water fall between the stairs always added an air of romance to Ault Park


U.S. Air Force
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September 1961: My mother took this photo
when I left for Lackland Air Force Base, Texas
My first time on an airplane.

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Basic Training. Look Ma. No stripes!

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Dress blues for basic training graduation. Me - back row, third from the left

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Electronics, Biloxi, Mississippi. Me - back row, third from the left again

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In school I was trained on the ALT-7 ECM Transmitter
The transmitter (right) and its Power Supply looked like this.

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X-band waves traveled through "waveguide" instead of wire

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An ECM S-band and X-band simitar antenna.
Reminds me of the "shark fin" antennas on modern automobiles

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B-47 Bombers on the flight line.
I was stationed at Plattsburgh Air Force Base,
a Stragic Air Command (SAC) base located in Plattsburgh, N.Y.

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B47's were the world's first swept wing bomber and the first with
out-rigger landing gear, which was necessary because of the thin wings.
I was an ECM systems (Electronic CounterMeasures) Specialist
and remember working on this plane #2135

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B47s had only tail guns because at 600 mph
they were the fastest plane built. They could carry one nuclear weapon
or 10,000 pounds of conventional bombs.

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JATO (Jet Assisted TakeOff): When a B47 was fully loaded
with fuel pods (17,000 gal.) and bombs, a rack of small jets
was installed behind the aft wheel. The rack was jetisoned after take off

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A KC-97 refueling tanker

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A KC-97 refueling a B-47

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B-47s had a crew of 3, pilot, co-pilot and navigator/bombadier

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KC-97 Refueling Boom: The operator laid on the ironing board in the pod
and guided the boom into position by manuevering its tiny wings


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