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I was just going on nightshift duty at the chow hall at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany when it happened. (Germany's six hours ahead of Eastern time.) One of the guys who just got off dayshift ran into the kitchen and told us the news, and we immediately tuned our radio to Armed Forces Network, while the German civilian KPs listened in on RTL (Radio-TV Luxembourg) German programming.
I got the early out (working an eight-hour instead of a 12-hour shift) that evening; most everyone was still up at 0200 hours watching the news rerunning video of the disaster.
Hard to believe it's been 20 years... on Sunday, it'll be 39 years since the Apollo 1 tragedy, and on February 3, it'll be 3 years since Columbia's last flight.
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Causa latet vis est notissima - the cause is hidden, the results are well known.
Alpha Alpha (University of Oklahoma) Chapter, #814, 1984
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