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U.S. Passport of
Joseph A. Payne 1969
Little did I know when I applied for and got my first Passport that I
would be working for and trusted to receive these books straight from the GPO, open
and stamp them before anyone ever saw them. Some more items from my
1969 trip to Europe to come.
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September 1969 travel to Europe
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Several visa stamps while traveling
through Luxembourg, Germany, Liechtenstein, Austria, Italy, Switzerland
and Belgium.
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My brother always
made sure we were well informed on all aspects of our travel no matter
what. Jim Sweeney I had known for years. Frank Niland and Gus Peleuses
I would come to know while working in Washington 1972-1974 and 1975.
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I flew on
military standby to Reykjavik Iceland from Kennedy International and
then to Luxembourg.
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The J, or "Rolls
Royce 400 JetProp", differed from the D-4s in that it featured a 4.62m
(15ft 2in) fuselage stretch. It is the only aircraft to be redrawn from
service (after WWII), cut, stretched and put into service again. In
late sixties the CL-44J was the largest passenger aircraft over the
Atlantic ocean with 189 passengers. This was bigger then 707 and DC-8.
Loftleiðir - Icelandic Airlines
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My trip to Newark
Airport was no problem but my sister and I had to hurry to catch the
return flight back. I had fifty dollars to my name and offered it as a
tip to the cab driver at Kennedy if he could get my sister and I to
Newark by the time our plane left. He didn't stop for one red light and
we made our flight.
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This
was a very rough flight. The weather was bad until we got almost to the
European coast. Our landing in Reykjavik Iceland was no visability and
I could not see the runway until we touch down. When I arrived in
Luxembourg my brother had an Embassy Security official waiting for me.
As I stood in the Customs line I heard someone calling my name. He took
me out of line and I was not required to go through Customs. That was a
first and last.
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The flight back
was a Jumbo Jet with upper and lower decks. In 1969 we had a full
lenght movie. Much more pleasant than the flight over.
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Many
of our tours were in the larger cities. Here are tickets from a tour of
Munich and one from Nymphenburg Castle. I think this was where King Ludwig III
crated his famous outdoor park where there were long concrete tables
that had water running underneath the seats. Ludwig would trick his
visotrs into becoming comfortablly seated and then have the water
turned on under pressure under his guests seats. His guests would be
surprised to lean that they were seated on these fountains of water.
Great excitement to the Crazy King Ludwig of Bavaria.
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Customs Phamplet
from U.S. Customs Office 1969
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A
brochure of Berlin and our guided tour. My brother had all out pictures
made into slides and to this day I don't have the rolls and rolls of
film that my sister and I took. We stopped while on our tour of East
Berlin at the Brandenburg Gate. Many pictures of Berlin today can be
seen by clicking HERE
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Just one of many
many times we ate out all over Europe. Although at many of our stops we
stayed in Embassy housing, even the American Ambassador's apartments and
were able to eat at the American dining facility or shop at the U.S.
Commissary.
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Berlin Today
travel brochure.
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1969 October Fest
Ad in brochure
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The Berlin Wall
went up in 1961. This is the map from the Berlin Today Tour Guide Book.
Notice Check Point Charlie location.
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Dachau concentration camp memorial site.
Dachau, 1933 - 1945, will stand for all time as one of history's most
gruesome symbols of inhumanity. There our troops found sights, sounds
and stenches beyond belief, cruelties so enormous as to be
incomprehensible to the normal mind. Dachau and death were synonymous.
William W. Quinn, 7th US Army.
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Again since I
never got
my pictures I have found the best site for viewing history and photos
to be THIS ONE.
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Again my pictures
were
never developed so I am going to refer you to a more recent trip that I
found online. You can access the pictures HERE
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We stayed several
days
in Garmisch and took trips
up to the highest
mountain in the Southern Alps Also close to Garmisch was Oberammergau -
famous for its "Passion Play" and painted houses. Residents swore an
oath in 1633 to perform the Passion Play every 10 years
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Tickets to the
Berlin
Philharmonic Orchestra with Director Frietz Weisse
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Located in
Berlin, the
US-Army assumed control of the Harnack-House and converted it into an
officer's mess. Among the first visitors was President Harry S. Truman
and supreme commander Dwight D. Eisenhower. In the following years the
Harnack-House was adapted to the needs of the American military.
Occasionally the House was opened to the Berliners. The German-American
"Dahlem Music Society" organized concerts of world famous musicians
like Yehudi Menuhin and Walter Gieseking, and the "Harnack-House Club"
included not only Americans but distinguished citizens from the
political, economic and the social life of the city. In order to meet
the new demands placed on it, the House was constantly being renovated
by the Army. In the final years of their stay they rented it out for
weddings, dances, and bazaars - until 1994, when the Harnack-House was
returned to the Max Planck Society.
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Bad Godesberg became a
municipal district of
Bonn in 1969. It is located in the south of North Rhine-Westphalia,
Germany. Bonn was where my brother and family lived. It is located in
the south of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. From 1949 till 1999
(while Bonn was the capital of (West) Germany), the majority of foreign
embassies to Germany were located in Bad Godesberg. Some buildings are
still used as embassy branch offices or consulates.
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The best part of
the
Polo Tournament was the halftime demonstration of Para Sailing and the
Military band of the 1st Battalion The Argyll and Sutherland
Highlanders bagpipe performance.
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Neuschwastein
Castle in
the Southern Alps. The castle can be seen online by going HERE
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During out time
in
Garmisch we stayed ate at a local Cafe Bauer. This was the Bavarian
Band that played there.
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Looking down on
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
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Pictures of Berchtesgaden - Germany coming soon and then on through Liechtenstein.
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The region is bordered by Austria to the north, by Switzerland to the north-west and by the Italian regions of Lombardy and Veneto to the west and south, respectively. It covers 13,619 km� (5,256 mi�). It is extremely mountainous, covering a large part of the Dolomites and the southern Alps. The lowest pass across the Alps, the Brenner Pass, is located at the far north of the region on the border with Austria.Pictures of Canazei, Dolomites, Italy - coming soon and then on through the Brenner Pass, Austria. And from there to visit with some friends at the Attersee Lake.
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