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I was sitting in one of my college classes one evening when I was passing papers up to the professor, and saw this guy's name on the page. Figuring there weren'
by ckozlowski 6y ago
I was sitting in one of my college classes one evening when I was passing papers up to the professor, and saw this guy's name on the page. Figuring there weren't many "Albert LaFrance"s around, I chatted him up afterwards and found much to my delight that he indeed was the one.
Nice guy! I asked him how and why he decided to start putting the page together. He told me about how he'd grown up in Northern VA and wondered what the Tyson's Corner tower was for. (http://coldwar-c4i.net/Site_E/index.html http://coldwar-c4i.net/Site_E/index.html ) That took him down a rabbit hole of research into that and other things, and ended up where he is today. At least, that's the story, to the best of my recollection.
- madengr 6y agoI used to live in VA in the early 90’s. Many comms sites on the mountain between 50 and 7, near Mount Weather. Funny, I used to buy clothes at the Bells near the base of that tower at Tyson’s. I have an old AT&T Long Lines microwave transceiver. Similar blast hardened sites used to dot the country, then many towers were torn down. https://www.missilebases.com/communication-bunker https://www.missilebases.com/communication-bunker
- oh_sigh 6y agoCertainly not many young Albert Lafrances...the first page of google results are full of obituaries for at least 4 unique Albert Lafrances.