"EXPO Milan 2015"

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Originally Posted by John Sabato

54th Signal Co, 509th Signal Battalion, supporting the 34th USAAD and the Italian 1st Air Brigade, 57th Gruppo at Ceggia. Sadly this base has been deactivated for many years.

John,

We had only a peripheral relationship with the 509th. The Italian Army provided backbone comms but the 509th provided secure sideband comms used for release codes. No satellite links like today.

We got to know a few of the 509th guys and are still in touch with a couple of them who live in Florida.

I knew a few of the 31st and 34th guys. I was Exec, then CO of the 29th, then got promoted and moved on to some special work. In those days, he 28th and the 29th supported the Army and of course, the 31st and the 34th supported the Air Force.

Small world.

John