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******************************************************* This web site supports our ARMED FORCES and the COMMANDER IN CHIEF, PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
******************************************************* WELCOME TO MY WEB SITE My name is T/sgt J.A.(Jim) Hollingsworth, U.S. Air Force(Ret). This site is dedicated to the people who fought the Cold War. All wars are not fought within the sound of big guns, bombs and screaming engines of overhead aircraft. The cold war was a dire threat that lasted from the end of W.W.II until the Soviet Union collapsed.(Indeed! even now.) Some men and women were defending freedom when most people didn't know their freedom was at risk Some served in rugged outposts, others were fortunate to serve in some of the most beautiful and friendly places on earth. I was privileged to have served with some of the best people, at one of the best of duty stations of that era. That duty station was: R.A.F. STATION SHEPHERDS GROVE, EAST ANGLIA, SUFFOLK COUNTY, ENGLAND. Here I will try to Honor, Locate and Document where those troops. who served there from 1950 until the "GROVE" closed, are today. ***************************************************************** |
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| Site Updates ******************************************************* 07 Feb 2005 Vetreans added on the directory. 17 June 2004 Photos added 4 June 2004 New photos on photo page 2 28 Jan 2005 New photo on photo page 3 16 June 2005 New info on Memories Page 20 Dec 2004 The 2005 Grovers reunion will be in Branson. Mo.again . 7-12 Nov. *******************************************************
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SHEPHERDS GROVE DIRECTORY ***************************************************************** The Directory is a tool to be used to locate Veterans and get them back together again. Please read the "about" page first. Information on how the directory works can be found there. ***************************************************************** |
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HIGH FLIGHT ***************************************************************** Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth And danced the skys on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth Of sun-split clouds---and done a hundred things You have not dreamed of---wheeled and soared and swung High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there, I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung My eager craft through footless halls of air. Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue I've topped the windswept heights with easy grace Where never lark, or even eagle flew. And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod The high untrespassed sanctity of space, Put out my hand, and touched the face of God. JOHN GILLESPIE MAGEE ***************************************************************** |
******************************************************* The photo's on this page are of the two combat aircraft stationed at the Grove during the 1950's. Top: F84F Thunderstreak, built by Republic Aviation Bottom: F86A Sabra, built by North American Aviation Corp. ******************************************************* |
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