Old 07-31-2012, 17:04   #16
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Old 08-07-2012, 15:08   #17
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Old 03-03-2013, 23:34   #18
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Looks like quarters to me. Hard to believe that they would let it got to hell like this, but everyone there at the time said that this is what would happen.
I've got older pictures of the place when I went back in '96 to do research for my second novel. Sherman was the only active post on the Atlantic side as I remember. Both Davis and Gulick were closed and turned over to the Panamanians.

I have a forty-two foot sailboat that I keep in Florida and spend some time on the sailing forums ... one of which provided info that the area where the barracks used to be for JOTC (near the theater) is now a marina. It's the only place where cruisers feel safe while making arrangements for a canal crossing. I went into Colon in '96 and it was pretty ugly then, from the 'cruiser' traffic it's gotten a lot worse.
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Old 03-03-2013, 23:40   #19
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Noticed in Quantum of Solace that the boat scene was filmed in the lagoon at Ft. Sherman. You can see the theater (?) in the background.

Ft Sherman clip starts around the 2:15 mark on this video; only lasts about 5 seconds.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X3_3...feature=relmfu
I didn't see the Washington hotel ....
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Old 03-04-2013, 22:09   #20
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The jungle reclaims everything in a very short time. Who knows what archaeological ruins are in the jungles down there. Probably a few left in Southeast Asia, also...
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The jungle reclaims everything in a very short time. Who knows what archaeological ruins are in the jungles down there. Probably a few left in Southeast Asia, also...
We cut the jungle back on the old Gatun Water Works building and made a shoot house on Davis. Also on Davis we found an abandoned ASP not on any maps that had old wine bottles scattered about. Talked to a WW2 guy who said the pulled guard duty there 30 days at a pop and was given wine as daily rations -- imagine that today, drunk troops guarding the ammo.
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Old 06-19-2013, 05:53   #22
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The second house on the left was my old home, 618A I think. All those places were renovated between 1997 and 1999. Turning that place over exemplifies the stupidity of our foreign policies....thanks Jimmie.
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Great memories of that place. Remember coming out of the aircraft in Sep '79 and looking down. On first glimpse, Gatun looked like a mowed field in the middle of the jungle. Lol...moments later you can't see your buddy 10m away on the ground. Some knucklet lost his weapon in that grass. Had helicopters hovering for hours trying to find it.

One of the best obstacle courses there at Sherman, too.
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I heard the economy in Panama has been booming . New roads, high rise buildings, tons of construction. You can cross over on the new highway in 30 minutes.
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I heard the economy in Panama has been booming . New roads, high rise buildings, tons of construction. You can cross over on the new highway in 30 minutes.
It's a facade (much like Dubai). Get away from the main drags of 1/2 empty buildings into the slums...
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Too bad all the way round...much like Tolz was for the 10th Gp guys...that great place away from the flagpole.
I went thru the jungle expert school sometime in '73 (of course after my tour in RVN, that made sense) and got the worst sunburn of my life prior to day one on one of the beaches, can't remember the name but lots of beer etc....
Humping my ruck with those blisters was a great "stupid is as stupid does" few days.
To bad we've given up our Colonies.....
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