[R-390] 15th Radio Squad.

[Cecil Acuff]

Greetings group,

        I hope this somewhat off topic post will not be an annoyance to the
group.  I have been meaning to ask this question for some time and have just
not gotten around to it.

Is there anyone out there that served in the 15th Radio Sq. Mobile of the
USAF Security Service during the Korean War.  My Dad was a cook for that
group in the early 50's and has told me stories about the radio equipment
and the "Elephants Cage" antenna farm at the base there in Japan.  He was no
more than 17 or 18 at the time.  He joined the Air Force at 17 and Japan was
his first deployment after Basic Training.  He has seen my SP-600's and
R-390A's and says they look like what he remembered from back then.

What has prompted me to ask about this at this point is his Passing
yesterday evening after a nearly 10 month battle with brain cancer. He was
extremely healthy until age 69 when he was diagnosed with a terminal brain
tumor.  He died at age 70 at home with all his children and grandchildren
gathered around him....

God has indeed blessed us!

He had attended several reunions in the last several years and this year was
to help sponsor the 2003 reunion on the Gulf Coast where he lived for the
last 33 years or so.  He did help arrange the location but got sick and
couldn't finish with the arrangements nor attend when it came to town.

If you served with this group during this time and may have known Bobbie
Acuff...please drop me a note off list!

Thanks...and sorry for the OT post!

Cecil Acuff