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A winters view of Cimone and the long trek to get to work. The old crew cab sure took a beating.
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A view from the chair lift which began the 1st trek up to Cimone. This left where I lived in Sestola.

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A view from my apartment window in Sestola. It was tough convincing the wife it was an isolated assignment.
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A pix of the old crew and their work cloths, because it was in a politically"communist" area in Italy we were forced to wear civilan attire. In the background is the old site commander Bill Stansbury

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A view from the cable car on the way to Cimone.
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Another view from the cable car on the way to Cimone.

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A view of the tunnel we had to walk up- -and if you were a smoker- -you sure as hell reconsidered when you got to the top.
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A shot of the younger me before I decided to get old. LOL.

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The little town of Sesola I lived in.
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A stop at the Calvanella restaurant for some liquid refreshment before begining the trek to Cimone.

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The attached is an extract from Airman Magazine 1969, which depicts my old site as well as another.
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Article 1

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Article 3

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