What follows are excerpts from the "603rd Logroll Newsletter". This newsletter was conceived, written and produced by George Nichols. George took on this project out of a personal love for this organization and a sincere desire to provide historical squadron word pictures and an interesting history of reunion activities. The dozen or so letters that he has written to date provide an overview of the 603rd A. C. and W. Squadron activities and personnel - reinvented, almost 40 years after most members originally arrived in Germany in 1950/51.

Volume I, Letter I ( January, 1990 ) - MEMORIES OF ROARING RIVER - I hope that the memories created by our September 1989 reunion at Roaring River still glow warmly. Many of us on that last night found it mighty hard to sever the ties of comradeship which the renewal of shared past experiences brought forth. Even after the lodge turned out the ballroom lights, a group of diehards adjourned to the lighted picnic area and happily regaled each other with stories of a Germany from those bygone years. The stories were as bright, funny and meaningful in 1989 as when they were first experienced years ago. No one can ever take away or alter the memories that were forged in the crucible of our shared past. These recollections are the hoops that join old comrades together into a military brotherhood that civilians can never understand or appreciate. We will forever be, to each other, the guys in blue of a Giebelstadt always time focused in 1950-54.

THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF OUR TRACERS OF LOST PERSONS, THE FOLLOWING HAVE BEEN LOCATED: Howard L. Crews, Bryon J. Andrews, Glenn Oswell, Willie E. Roney, Thomas D. Scults, Jimmy Sanford, Dr. John C. Kieffer, Zack W. Terner and Robert J. Rhine, Robert J. Wells, John Sedlar, Jr., Wm. Lawson, Charles E. Coad, Robt. H. Dinkel, James Reach, Joseph Shubick, Francis Krintz and Harry J. Reckas. DECEASED COMRADES The following former 603rd personnel, circa 1950-54 with a Giebelstadt assignment, are now deceased. As long as our memories of them remain viable, they will never be forgotten:

THOSE LOGROLL MEMORIES ( Excerpts )
Honey wagons emitting earthy smells
Those three am calls to inspection of short arms
Carouso's canine arias, nought could quell
The noon siren, no cause for alarm
Saturday inspections...stand straight in line
Those Wurzburg schotzies, so very fine
Cigarettes and coffee ( black market commodities )
Creamed chipped beef, surely one of life's oddities
Oompah music, dance and drink
Monthy three day passes and trips to old castles
Guarding the motor pool against commie guns
Maneuvers in Belgium, field latrines and tents ( what fun )
Bratwurst ( that didn't fit the bun ) with mustard - and kraut

Volume I, Letter 2 ( July, 1990 ) - COLORADO SPRINGS REUNION: Reunion fever is rising among Logrollers. Feel free to call one of the following for reunion information: Roger Myhre, Ken Moats and Neal Richardson

TRACERS OF LOST LOGROLLERS: Thanks go to Pat Myers has located 94, Rober Myhre 77 and Don Bevirt 31.

DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN: ( Excerpts )

"Mox Nix" was a suitable reply to almost any question
A beer cost 50 pfennings - and you could get eight for a dollar
Dinner at the Goldener Gans restaurant ( at the old Main Bridge ) cost one mark
Every German you met just loved Americans
We all dreamed about returning to the land of round doorknobs
Knowing Spring arrived by the invasion of those colossal May bugs

Volume II, Letter 3 ( January, 1991 ) - SQUADRON PARTY AT SELMA, ALABAMA: At the Colorado Springs Reunion, ( 150 people in attendance ) the group voted to continue reunions only every other year; so the next Reunion will be in the fall of 1992 in San Antonio, Texas. However, Joe Ethier volunteered to host a 603rd "informal" Squadron Party at Selma, AL on September 12-15, 1991.

COLORADO SPRINGS REUNION NOTES: Norman Wine showed his logistical expertise in getting those free Air Forces buses that took us to the banquet from our motel. Ken Phillips and his wife deserve thanks for making the name tags and handling all the monetary collections. Did you see the emotional impact in Joe Either's eyes when he met Emory Coffee after 37 years. Emory was on duty at the 603rd dispensary when Joe's son's developed convulsions. Emory is credited with having Joe's son taken to Catholic hospital where his life was probably save. George Nichols points out that the good Lord and the United States Air Force are not making any more Logrollers. We are all there is...there ain't no more!

Volume III, Letter 5 ( January, 1992 ) - SAN ANTONI0, 1950: Remember your first rude awakening to the Air Force? Still in civilian clothes you were off-loaded from buses and trains and yelled at...yes, yelled at! You were provided with an upper cot in a wooden barracks ( if you were unlucky, a tent ) and that first night, in the company of 50 other guys - you wondered if you made the wrong decision by enlisting. Now, you became familiar with early morning wake up calls, calisthenics, eating strange things ( grits and SOS ) off metal trays, receiving your first GI haircut, getting shots from both sides at once, then with sore arms, you were outfitted with military clothes which you stuffed into a duffel bag and later neatly lined up in your foot locker ( after identifying each item with the last four digits of your serial number ). Next, you polished your brown shoes black, learned left from right, the proper angle of your arm in a salute and the rudiments of Air Force history and traditions. Along the way learned to be nonchalant using the toilet facilities, including showers, with ten other naked guys. Hospital corners, "toothbrush-clean .areas" , field stripping cigarettes and "yes sir" come backs to your assigned drill instructor, were terms that one became familiar with very quickly.

The preceding are simply highlights from past newsletters. Beginning in January, 1990 through January, 1996, George Nichols, operating out of his home - designated as Logroll Central in Austin, Texas, has produced newsletters beginning with: Volume I, Letter 1 through Volume X, Letter 19. Writing these meaningful newsletters is but a small part of the total contribution that this highly motivated 603rd "Buddy" contributes to our 603rd Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron reunion organization.