Aviano & Ravenna Italy DF Site, Detachment A, 75th & 600th ASA Company
One of the pictures from Willy (# 16) was our good friend Ralph who passed away shortly after he came back from Ravenna. His name is Ralph Edens and he was from Cleveland Ohio. Ralph was loved by both the Italians and the Americans. He never left the apartments with out a case of Amstel beer. An Italian once dared Ralph to drink a beer with a goldfish in the glass and then eat the fish, He did. Ralph came back and worked for a time with Jo Daffner. I believe he has only one sister. Ralph was not an operator he work on the equipment and kept things running.
He also mentioned Pete Peters who also kept things going at the site untill 1968. He was from Cincinnati Ohio and I met him again in Cincinnati around Christmas in 1970 and that was the last time I ever saw him.