European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 12, 1966, Darmstadt, Hesse Daily Magazine by Sam Slaff writer Only Hon Here a hide Mare i than six said Seaman Eric of buttons but in ready to really Henion stopped to tight his tie was standing watch in the timer room of the Coal guard 1ornn station an the libyan Coart Between Benghazi and hundreds of Miles of Brush and Rock on each the manned Fay ii is part of a worldwide network of coast guard stations which furnish precise navigational signals to ships and air Craft it int really bad continued the food is quarters Nice and the work fairly but you get awfully tired of All that although the Stalna is Only few Baa dred from be meddler Nauvai the scenery to brawn and drug the Ike dry desert wind which a the Tomt ipad life be Raj impenetrable Mark owl Bleu Oal on the one Seea glint placidly floating on what appear to be the the ships Are far from the shallow tied to Oil pipe taps and drinking in barrels of crude but the tricks of the desert Pul them High and dry to the the Eseo and Oasis Oil companies both have pumping Camps near the and visitors from the installations provide a Welcome break to the our Job is simply to put out a i Iran c said Peter of new the station from hat and planes can fix their position ii merely leading of numbers from dials and transferring Ibe numbers to special Range that the to do the Job mirth counts on 23 other ranging from to Jack of executive officer and electronics to fireman Don said et3 Richard of who until recently snorted a curly Black it had to go before formal we have visitors from the Mac in bang Huncl fairly said and embassy personnel drop in on i heir Hack and Forth Between Ben Ghazi and the nightly film is a crucial entertainment Factor to the men at inc Ela Muth featuring the latest in ism prints from the 8th Fleet film Center in the i show ing draws just about everyone at the regardless of whether its a thriller or teenage also on hand Are inc usual amuse ments Model swim Ming at the station Beach during the warm along with water skiing and motor Beach part leu and but by air three times a a prime morale and our said Muth As he walked to to engineering weve got a Bunch of Plain old except for a weve got one with a broken Back he was run Over by a truck when he was a and right now weve got a Bunch of he said pausing la stoop Over a wooden Insil Iacre five while and one a determined a Brown Box Well keep the Brown but the rest Are All spoken said inside the engineering Hull Long Mulh hello in Enz on Rutih of in ass Mannl to i rail of Engi Neer and is an expert on does cos and on a Normal Dutrh he his Eye in the 500 Kellii Watt Anil As shul inc arc making Fri no in mfr n Ihrer Nirmul gallon3day Hight now its fairly Nice in said Johnson above he Roii of the dips ships Bell with Camel Skull on Bui top ii a then line any Wetter and desert coast guard outpost in engineering Helper from the station is on the air m hours a and two men stand watch at All one to the nerve Center timer where signals Are and the other in the Engi Neering when electricity is All water Purl led and repairs the Normal tour of duty Here is a explained Muth in his Bungalow no families and no once a mount we Send two Man up to Chechis air Bate for various but they dont have much time to look Iff a drive each Way and one Heck of a grind in a the truck b the main Highway the Bonier Between Lull Aid u flared by beat whose pay la to Galka of water each delivered by Ibe a Lew Fence turn Jodi the station with the Highway out front we the Mediterranean la the the Sloop Iran Milter Tower is the tallest thing in the and Oil com Pany planes Home to on the station coast guard its Maratin dirt front Curt aus and station personnel can figure on visitors regularly during the travelling sometimes Evon hitchhiking Curli drop la to say and you should see the Luck haircuts and haves March 1964 but in the summer we have to keep the temperature at 90 or Ana it gets a bit and when theres a Sand storm we have about three times us much work to do on a All air used by the Power Tant is first filtered through a revolving Oil Johnson parts Wear Oul faster and air cleaners have to be changed regularly its interesting work and it keeps you he Johnson a career Coas guards Man and has served with another Branch of the i like the coast Luard he you get More personal and with Only people in the guard All Over the you almost always know or know of someone Al your new even out Here Ive got no com he who it a uti graduate of the coast guard is another Ca reer there just int any time to get bored he and each Day it a whole new set of 01 course were separated from our farm but then so Are Many its Tough on the younger int any feminine companion we limit ourselves to four cans of Beer a weve always got to be ready to do our probably our by Gresl problem be the Ibe had when its blowing you cant a out Side you can see from us Bungalow to the mess Hall Only u the storms last two Kree oot at then coining Back la the the clowns lower a our pilots Lell most of the men who must go out Side Wear goggles and scarves Over their Mouths and but Yon cant keep the stuff out its like not Mulh paused to wipe a thin film of powder Oil a window you just cant keep ii creates a hell of a maintenance Evon with the Ull Bath filters and double win Dows and worst time of year is Spring and fall Summers and Winters Are Uku All and fog is n real Ione Man who keeps pretty Busy Sand alarm at nut is hmm Paul of Dorp inevitably Nick named a trained he is responsible or the health of the men at the station and tries to help Oul the families of the Arab guards and anyone also seriously theres nothing special Nhom the medic us problems Here same old thing of Smull so he explained in his neat sick As he surgically removed Green Woods Beard in anticipation of Ralph wests format West la commander of the Mediterranean Sec the stars and strikes Tor of the coast guard with Headquarters in we have a big problem with flies in August and of said we ban to Spray the whole station Down and you have to keep an Eye out for poisonous makes and and the Sun new men just wont believe that you can get a bad Burn to minutes Down and to usually takes about bad one to con Vince right now in going Over to tee of our Arab House workers who Hast been to work to a couple of said the drive to the workers teat was off the main Road and along almost invisible track throw go the scattered Ock and the bedouins move their Tenti regu As soon As the urea and Pearson Bat to look for the barrel from the tall of to Flod the re Flat the guards get 50 Gallons of water a he delivered to their tents or one of our he Laid gesturing toward n 53gallon Oil drum on the Lent was a two room a thick curtain Dawn the tin Sand was covered with matting and and boxes were jammed along the tent Pearson on Page at 11
