| NAB 1950-51 and Bremerhaven to Zurich, Switzerland Bicycle Trip |
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"I reported to USNAB Bremerhaven as an RM2 on 4/28/1950 after transportation from my previous duty station, USS Mt. Olympus (AGC-8) via Chesapeake Bay liner to Baltimore, train to Brooklyn and USNS Marurice Rose to Bremerhaven. We operated radio station NGB from a building in the dock area of Columbus Quay. During the period I was there we were transferred to a number of different entities..ie. MSTS Port Office Bremerhaven Germany, USNAB Bremerhaven, Communications unit eight etc. Left Bremerhaven on 2/61951 to go to what was to be only a temporary assignment at MSTS Office Heidelberg, Germany to replace." - Ed DeLong |
 During this period also, a shipmate Donald Harris, who was a teleman, and I rode bicycles from Bremerhaven to Zurich Switzerland and were coverd by Stars and Stripes. Lived in German Youth hostels and the German economy. Start of the trip. Both bike signs read "Zurich or Bust". Don named his bike "Der Blaue Kafer". (Blue Beetle). Mine was "Herr Siegfried, USN". |
 Captain Quimby congratulates us on our sucessful trip. The sign on the bikes read "Nicht Kaput" (We Didn't Bust) |
 Talking with German Kids along the way. |
 Wine Break |
 All those eagles on he buildings with the swastikas under them. We all participated in chiseling them off. . Marineschule minus the swastika. |
 Church in Bremerhaven 1950 |
 Keep of the Grass! |
| Radio Shack Columbus Quay Bremerhaven 1950 |
 Kessler |
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