6937th Comm Group / Peshawar Air Station Guestbook
Welcome to the Guestbook of the 6937th Communication Group / Peshawar Air Station, Peshawar, Pakistan. Please sign in and check back often. There are currently 406 messages. Message Number: 406 - Thursday, November 19, 2009 22:00:06 EDT [IP = 68.95.149.50] -United States 
Stationed in Darmstadt, Germany, 6910th Security, from April, 1967 to January, 1969. Volunteered to go to PAS with the "understanding" that it would be a six months tour to help man during the close-out. Dave Hunt, Kentucky, Steve McConnell, Colorado, Richie Leet, NY or MA, etc. True to their word. Short when we got there. Hats off to the guys that spent the full 15-month tour. Didn't know there was a radio station until the all-star softball game between Operations and Support. Operations won. Good game. Did not recognize anything from the photos. Khyber Theater? Hell, I guess I had a bit too much to consume. The NCO club was off-limits so a bar was set up in one of the barracks. Jack, I was there when the bees came swarming over the wall while we were having a beer, cookout at the pool. That was a trip. Lots of guys got stung but I must admit, that was the fastest that I have ever run in my life. New world's record, plenty of incentive. Thanks for the memories. Hell, 40 years later it is all a blur. Peshawar, Pakistan. Thanks for the web site and caring about those that served there. Remember the poppy flowers growing in all of the flower beds that the SOBS grew and harvested! I bet they grew there opium crops on base from 1958 until the flowers were identified in 1969. Remember the SOBS sitting under the tree smoking from the six lead water pipe? $2.00 a month to have our rooms cleaned, shoes shined, what a bargain. Operations across the road. That was carefully planned. The guys giving us the signs that looked like they were asking for a cigarette but we found out later that they were waving with two fingers instead of one. Snakes, bears, monkeys. Hell, every day we crossed the road was a mini circus. I'll stop rambling but it sure was fun. Mike Peace Message Number: 405 - Thursday, November 19, 2009 15:43:18 EDT [IP = 68.93.203.30] -United States
I Hope the URL below gets through to the guestbook. Bruce Whitman and Jack Jacobs, retired Colonel in the United States Army and a Medal of Honor recipient, were interviewed Monday evening (November 9) during the Chuck Scarborough show on NBC New York. They discussed the Congressional Amendment in the National Defense Authorization Act that allows members of the United States Armed Forces and Veterans to salute the flag even if they are not in uniform. Follow the link below to view the interview. http://simweb/Pages/SaluteLaw.aspx Message Number: 404 - Tuesday, November 17, 2009 14:52:01 EDT [IP = 67.54.234.124] -United States
Hello Ron Chatham. I was assigned to 6950th SW at RAF Chicksands as an X1 from Jan. 66 thru Dec. 67. Worked Charlie trick and roomed with Hank Harrison of Ky. and Mike Martin from Va. Went 2T to 6937th Comm. Gp. in Peshawar Pak arriving in Feb. 68 and left in early May 69. Worked on Dawg shift. Wasn't quite as bad a I was told before getting there. It certainly would be a difficult assignment today. Retired 2 yrs. ago from Union Pacific RR. GO HOGS!!!!! Message Number: 403 - Monday, November 16, 2009 22:31:06 EDT [IP = 24.192.130.130] -United States
Nice web site Gary. Enjoyed meeting you & your wife. USAF, 8/1964 - 8/1972, E5 ADC: 87th FIS, Lockbourne AFB, Ohio, 1964-67 75th FIS, Wurtzsmith AFB, Michigan, 67-69 MAC: 54th Weather/Recon, Anderson AFB, Guam, 69-71 SAC: 509th Bomb Wing, Pease AFB, NH, 71-72 Message Number: 402 - Sunday, November 15, 2009 22:33:49 EDT [IP = 71.91.14.156] -United States
I am looking for USAF that was station in Chickasaw AFB near Bedford, England in 1966 1967 & part of 1968 and also at Peshawar in 68 & 69. Message Number: 401 - Wednesday, November 11, 2009 12:05:43 EDT [IP = 68.33.210.247] -United States
Wishing Happy Vet's Day to all who served. Will try to make the 2010 reunion if it happens. Message Number: 400 - Tuesday, November 10, 2009 13:18:33 EDT [IP = 71.205.91.79] -United States
Visiting and reminiscing how different yesterday seems. Message Number: 399 - Thursday, October 29, 2009 19:37:58 EDT [IP = 66.41.128.183] -United States
I just found this site today. I wish I had known about it when it first started. It would be great to make contact with anyone who was there in 1965. The big thing I remember from that year was the blackout we had during Pakistan's war with India. Some people were fined $100 for smoking outside after dark during the blackout. My tour was only 10 months and 25 days instead of the usual 15 months because they would have had to give me an early out if they had kept me there for the full duration. Spent the last year of my enlistment at NSA with a few of the guys that were in Pakistan when I was. Message Number: 398 - Saturday, October 24, 2009 03:24:01 EDT [IP = 67.231.49.178] - 
Checking in, New address, New email Message Number: 397 - Friday, October 9, 2009 13:38:49 EDT [IP = 216.135.13.32] -United States
Was at PAS for only a few months, due to medical problems. Can't say I was sorry to leave, but do wish I could remember more names of the guys whom I served with. I went 2T from 6981st Elmendorf, Alaska. There were some friends from 6981st, already in Pak., whom I ran into pretty fast. Gary Rutledge, webmaster of this site, was a good friend of mine then, and still is. Also Richard (Dick) Gubala. Gary was on Able and I believe Dick was on Charlie. We still keep in touch and have yearly reunions, along with some of our 6981st buddies from Alaska. The reason I am signing the guestbook is to keep up with the news of the next reunion in Lexington, Ky. I am only a couple of hours from there and might be interested in going next year. The problem I have is that I don't remember many of the guys I was there with, except Gary and Dick. Anyone that remembers me, I would be happy to respond to. Looking forward to possibly meeting someone whom I might remember. I had two roomates, both were 2T Staff's I think. One guy was tall and slim, the other guy, short and stocky. Not much to work on, but stranger things have happened. John M. (Mike or Jonsey) Jones
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