NPIC PHOTO LAB SUMMER 1960

The back of this photo says: Technical Services Photo Lab, Summer of 1960. There are a lot of familiar faces that I can't put a name to but some See how many you can name. I found myself, Posey, Crishock, Michaels, Imes, Faust, Richardson, Manley, Gault, Dyt. Others I would be guessing at their names. I'm always surprised when I look at this photo that Pluto, Tidler and Tarr are not in the picture. It's hard to remember the time line of when we were all working together. I think that some may have been in other departments. I know Tidler was in the Map department and Pluto was in Copy Camera and Crishock was in the Library and I can't remember where Tarr was assigned.

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Gary Tarr wrote about the NPIC Christmas card

Sarj:

Thanks. I was trying to figure out why I wasn't on the Christmas card, then I remembered I was mess cooking at Anacostia then. As to the info about Norman, OK, I was in

the last class to go through there. I left at the end of April

'59 and it closed in September.

Question: was Dave Posey the

one who showed up wearing red heart boxers under his whites at inspection one time?

Again thanks for stimulating the little gray cells.

Gary Tarr

Gary talking about compartment cleaning reminded me that we all did this in our barracks at the Naval Receiving Station Anacostia. At the top of the posting are photos of us in the barracks messing around.

Top photo: Left to right: Crischock, Pluto, Tarr, Tidler, Bloom and Michaels. The 5 of us on the left all ended up living together in an apartment in Congress Park an area just miles from the Anacostia Receiving Station where we lived and compartment cleaned while waiting for our security clearance. This photo and others to follow were taken in the barracks at Anacostia. This is the barracks at T9 lower south that I wrote the story on about the Fire Drill.

Next photo: I can't think of the guy's name in the foreground but I remember he was a tall big man. Behind him is Tidler (I had to close the barn door on his shorts) and me on the top bunk on left, Tarr standing in the back and Michaels sitting on the bunk.

Next to last photo: Lower bunk is Pluto and me on the top making a face in the back sitting is Tarr and the other two guys I need help remembering.

Last photo: Here I am doing a little tap dance while Tarr looks on pretending to read.

Looking at these pictures makes me think "Why would we ever want to life anywhere else but in these nice cozy barracks" Where the barracks use to stand is now a freeway. I could never find any sign of where the Receiving Station was when I passed by that area.

Naval Photographic Interpretation Center

Here's a Season's Greetings Card from the crew at NPIC Naval Photographic Interpretation Center in Suitland, MD where I was stationed after "A" School.
The front of the card has the names and rank and the inside has the photographs of us "prisoners". I enlarged this more than the outside so you might be able to recognize some of the faces if you don't remember the name.
I don't see a couple of guys that I thought would be in this photo, but I remember that not all PH's were assigned to the Lab.
I remember a couple assigned to the Library and some assigned the Map Dept.
I hope that you can see an old PH buddy here.
I was not yet a PO (petty officer) as you can see, but I was a po (pee on)
Stev please note....ED Atchison is on the card.