Topic: My Turn
started by: Wareagle11B
Posted by Wareagle11B on Jul. 24 2009,12:47 am
I find it kind of ironic that in another thread Liberal mentions the Multinational Force & Observers. I find it ironic because in 1988 I was deployed with my Active Army unit on this very peacekeeping mission. It is also ironic that last weekend while visiting my mom in NW Wisconsin I stopped by my "adopted" parents house to pick up some items I was told they had for me. A shoe box with some pictures in it was one of those boxes and in it are the photos from a deployment I originally made over 20 years ago to the Sinai Peninsula.
Posted by Wareagle11B on Jul. 24 2009,12:51 am
HQ Sign
Posted by Wareagle11B on Jul. 24 2009,12:53 am
The water you see is the entrance to the Gulf of Aqaba. The Island is actually property of Saudi Arabia if I remember correctly.
Posted by Wareagle11B on Jul. 24 2009,12:58 am
I took this one just screwing around with my camera. I do not recall the model or anything specific other than it was a 35mm and I had several toys and lenses I could use with it. My apologies folks for this boring thread. I realize that these pics pale in comparison to those posted by Glu and others of the rich history of Albert Lea but the pics I have that date back to those olden days would not bring any memories to you folks since I am not from here originally. I am originally from rural North Central Wisconsin. I hope you do enjoy these pics of a trip that I look back on with some enjoyable memories.
Posted by nosale on Jul. 25 2009,11:14 pm
I find your pictures very fascinating Wareagle11B. I hope that you'll be posting some more.
Posted by Expatriate on Jul. 29 2009,10:36 am
W-eagle, the red white green flag is Italian ( I think )does it signify this multination force was under Italian command?My mistake, it's a Hungarian flag the difference being horizontal stripes to vertical stripes on the Italian....plus the colors are reversed......
Posted by MADDOG on Jul. 29 2009,1:04 pm
I'd say it's an Iraqi flag.
Posted by Botto 82 on Jul. 29 2009,1:49 pm
I like rural north central Wisconsin.
Posted by hymiebravo on Jul. 29 2009,8:57 pm
This area? < http://www.wisconline.com/maps/hiway-northcentral.html >
Posted by Wareagle11B on Aug. 02 2009,5:08 pm
Actually Expatriate that is an Egyptian flag due to the fact that the Sinai is Egyptian territory.Hymie my home turf is actually west and south a bit from your map. I grew up around Barron Wisconsin.
The Multinational Force and Observers is an organization of 11 or 12 (I forget how many) countries assigned to Peacekeeping duties in the Sinai Peninsula. This organization was formed during Carters years as President due to the Peace Accord signed between Israel and Egypt at that time. We always said the reason we were there was to keep Israel from kicking Egypt's azz again which when you think about it was mostly true.
I was assigned to an OP (Obesrvation Post) out in the middle of a "mountain" canyon. (I say "mountain" because these were not the mountains anyone would first think of. They were more like giant rocky hills) OP-36 only existed because that particular canyon was a high speed avenue of attack during the various conflicts between Egypt and Israel. Israeli armor and Mechanized Infantry could roll through that canyon pretty much unhindered and they caused a lot of chaos by doing just that.
Posted by Wareagle11B on Aug. 02 2009,5:18 pm
This is actually the area I grew up in.
Posted by Joe The Plumber on Aug. 10 2009,8:35 pm
Hey ,That's a nice area. My wife has a old school friend in Hayward, Wisconsin. We love to visit them.
Have you ever ate at COOPS PIZZA in hayward? The building looks like a big log house. It's on main st.
We also went to the ESPN loggers contest.
Posted by Wareagle11B on Aug. 17 2009,7:59 pm
Haven't been to Hayward in years. The area I grew up in was closer to Menominee than Hayward. Yes it is a very pretty area and I love going through my home area during the Fall when the leaves change.
Posted by alcitizens on Feb. 08 2015,8:29 am
Bel Aire Motel on 69
Posted by MADDOG on Feb. 09 2015,8:18 am
Ah yes, where they held Alki's Saturday night conception party. 
Posted by alcitizens on Feb. 10 2015,6:10 am
(MADDOG @ Feb. 09 2015,8:18 am)
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Ah yes, where they held Alki's Saturday night conception party.
The Baby Maker Motel..
Is that black car a Cadillac?
Posted by MADDOG on Feb. 10 2015,5:47 pm
(alcitizens @ Feb. 10 2015,6:10 am)
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Is that black car a Cadillac?
Have to ask one of the old men, but looks like a '55 which means yer momma and poppa must have been thinking about yer older brother instead.
Posted by alcitizens on Feb. 10 2015,9:33 pm
(MADDOG @ Feb. 10 2015,5:47 pm)
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(alcitizens @ Feb. 10 2015,6:10 am)
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Is that black car a Cadillac?
Have to ask one of the old men, but looks like a '55 which means yer momma and poppa must have been thinking about yer older brother instead.
My Mom and Dad conceived my older sister on a military base in Cherry Point, North Carolina..
Posted by alcitizens on Feb. 16 2015,2:04 pm
Skyline Supper Club 1960's
Posted by alcitizens on Feb. 16 2015,2:06 pm
Albert Lea Packing Co. 1917
Posted by alcitizens on Feb. 16 2015,2:10 pm
Anyone know anything about the Old Mill River? Picture from 1959..
Posted by alcitizens on Feb. 16 2015,2:17 pm
Map of Albert Lea in 1874..
Posted by MADDOG on Feb. 16 2015,2:27 pm
< Remembering when flour was milled in Albert Lea >This is just part one of two. It says it was written by tribune staff, but it has Ed Shannon's style all over it. Years ago that part of Albert Lea had not been drained yet (obviously)
Posted by alcitizens on Feb. 16 2015,3:03 pm
Dr C W Ballard residence in 1874.. The map above shows his location as top/middle on Fountain Lake.
Posted by alcitizens on Feb. 16 2015,3:31 pm
(MADDOG @ Feb. 16 2015,2:27 pm)
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< Remembering when flour was milled in Albert Lea >
This is just part one of two. It says it was written by tribune staff, but it has Ed Shannon's style all over it. Years ago that part of Albert Lea had not been drained yet (obviously)
This is just part one of two. It says it was written by tribune staff, but it has Ed Shannon's style all over it. Years ago that part of Albert Lea had not been drained yet (obviously)
Part Two
< http://www.albertleatribune.com/2003...ur-mill >
You think Lou Rich is located where a lake or swamp was located or did the Mill move to that location?
I noticed on the map above a Mill located where the current Fountain/Albert Lea Lake dam is located..
Posted by alcitizens on Feb. 16 2015,4:00 pm
George Ruble came to the area in July 1855, to find a mill site. Ruble built a log home near the proposed dam and mill site. When the dam was constructed at the east end of the slough area, a body of water was created. It was later named Fountain Lake. < http://www.cityofalbertlea.org/about-albert-lea/history/ >
"Ruble owned the site and the flowage rights, and Frank Hall bought an interest in the rights and built the mill and operated it. This is the mill that so many people remember as the Ruble mill, but in reality it should be designated as the Hall-Ruble mill. The original Ruble mill was a saw mill, but this new mill was a flour mill.
< http://www.fchm.us/images/legends/Legend23.pdf >
Posted by alcitizens on Feb. 16 2015,8:29 pm
Newer..
Posted by alcitizens on Feb. 16 2015,8:31 pm
Current Dam with bridge on Bridge Ave..
Posted by alcitizens on Feb. 16 2015,9:35 pm
High School 1912
Posted by alcitizens on Feb. 16 2015,9:37 pm
David Bradley Plow Factory Albert Lea 1910's