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Events of August 20 – 23, 1968

D. E. Larsen, DVM August 20th was an unusually warm day for Northern West Germany. Our operations building and the attached maintenance shop had our small air conditioners running full blast. They were only needed on rare occasions here. Still, some of the equipment was temperature-sensitive, and on these rare hot days we needed someContinue reading “Events of August 20 – 23, 1968”

KP, Basic Training, Fall 1965

D. E. Larsen, DVM I was up and through the showers and lacing my boots when the Fire Guard came into the bay to wake up the KP crew. We had to be in the kitchen by 5:00 AM. I was in the kitchen waiting for the cooks and the rest of the KP crewContinue reading “KP, Basic Training, Fall 1965”

Choose Your Surgeon with Care

D. E. Larsen, DVM Marilyn carefully placed Dorie on the exam table. Dorie, a pretty, tabby and white female kitten, stood, unmoving, on the exam table. Her stance was rigid, not what I would expect to see in an 8-week old kitten. “She was fine yesterday when I brought her home,” Marilyn said. “I noticedContinue reading “Choose Your Surgeon with Care”