I was USN -- Spent nearly my entire enlistment at Sigonella in Catania,
Sicily.  Wonderful experience!  Saw my first VW microbus while over there.
First thing I did when I got home was buy one.

Dave in KC
85 Westy
http://members.fortunecity.com/davebaker1

----- Original Message -----
From: Pedersen, Michael <MRPEDERS@pacifica-papers.com>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 1:26 PM
Subject: Van/squid connection...

> On 17 May, Holly and Chris Mills wrote "Also spent 3 years in Italy where
> we always had a few unregistered cars on the road. That's life with $14K a
> year Navy pay."
>
>  On 18 May David Beierl wrote "But a couple fellow sailors in Pensacola
back
> in '70 did that and got mugged, and if my foggy memory is correct, the
> muggers went off with their car, leaving them with the broken one.  Of
> course that may have been a sea story to escape the consequences of being
> late for duty; I knew the people but not the circumstances."
>
> I myself did 11 years in the US navy (submarines).  Is there some
connection
> between Westfalias and ex-squids?  Maybe it's wanderlust...or the constant
> maintenance...or maybe just living in a confined area... Any ideas? How
many
> of you are out there?
>
> Happy Friday!  Long weekend in Canada...
> Mike Pedersen
> '88 \X/ Westie GL Automatic