Where is 1964, 1965, and 1966

I arrived at Karamursel Air Station December 1964 and departed June 1966. I have scoured the internet looking for anything I can find from that place, and time. I have found almost nothing on the net. Could it be most of the people of that time are so old they are now deceased, or is it these old folks are not on the internet like me? Or and this is a big Or. Did they erase my memory of that time? (kind of joking on that last sentence) :-)

It has been a frustrating search for information. Believe it or not I cannot find anything about our Base Commander. I found my section Commander, but that is it - Zilch on anything else. He even told me he could not remember the name of the base commander, and that is real strange. One thing that makes it difficult to find the commander is the last name. The base commanders name was Brown, and if I remember correctly was a graduate of West Point.

This is why I can kick myself for not maintaining a journal. In those days remembering names wasn't important to me. I will add a short video of me and some people I was with a lot, but if you offered me big bucks to tell the names I would need to pass, because I cannot remember. They could have been using fake names anyway. I cannot remember the name of the Turkish girl in the 8mm film. I only remember her working in the PX. She lived in the village of Karamursel, and I visited her home once, and met her sister. Two other guys that worked at the Armed Forces Radio Station were with me. I think they thought we were super stars because we were radio announcers. In those days radio announcers were a big deal. I can remember one of the guys last name was Thompson, and the other guy was Polish, and had a last name I will not attempt in this post. Both of them were assigned to the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service USAFE. I worked part time with them and was under the USAFSS command.

I was friends with the base commander, and his wife. I stayed at their base residence when he and his wife were out of the country or doing some kind of base function. I know this sounds strange to anyone who has been in the military, but it's a long story. He attempted to get me to reenlist before I transferred out for discharge in June 1966. If I can ever locate any history of he and his family I will share it. Don't hold your breath. LOL

Some additional information about the girl in the 8mm film. She wanted to come to the USA very much. She spoke perfect English, and was a a friend of mine (not a romantic friend). I don't know if she eventually married the guy you see her with in this 8mm film. I had no contact with any of these folks after leaving Turkey in 1966. Things would have been much different back then if we were in the digital age like now. Much more information and video to help us remember. When you read this stuff you must remember this was during the Cold War, and who knows if these folks were who they said they were. I trusted absolutely no one during those days. Was a strange time and  an exciting time for me.