October 6, 2012
I met Mr. Roberts at the Williston Peanut Festival. He had been with the Seabees (the builders of lots of bridges, etc.). He had been in the service 1952-1955. He was mostly stateside during the Korean "Police Action." I got the idea, that in addition to being the builders, they are kind of the Radar O'Reilly of the Navy. Barter seems to be their middle name. They are adept at getting almost anything, any time, any where (ice cream in the desert, maybe). Their bartering services extended to all branches of service. My guess that Uncle Sam might never find some of its property, because of the trading amongst and between.
Mr. Roberts, a Daytona native, said that he had been stationed at Davisville, Quonset Point. I knew exactly where that is as part of our trip this summer brought us through Davisville, RI. My friends Lynne and John, now married almost forty years met at Quonset Point. Mr. Roberts wanted to know about the area now. He would never recognize it. He remembered it as having lots of Quonset huts (thus, the name). Did not see a Quonset hut anywhere. A large part of the base is a shopping center. Quonset Point has been decommissioned as a Naval base some time ago, but the local Air National Guard still uses the airstrip.
It is kind of fun to talk to someone who knows a place that you also know, but it is too remote for others to figure out.
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