Here’s another wild tale from my time in Keflavik! Ok… the top picture is our 6th grade class in 1965. I am standing right next to Mr Rail in the Quonset hut. The pic below is just an outside photo of what Quonset hut classrooms looked like back in 1965 for grades K-6. Now for my story… We would go home for lunch every day. I think the kids from off base went to the base galley for lunch… not sure. Anyway my buddies David Hedges and Willard Watson and I were walking back to school after lunch. (more…)
Sullivan, John: Iceland Elementary: 1965-1966
My sister Maura’s 5th grade class picture. It was taken in her Quonset hut classroom on the base in Keflavik Iceland 1965-66 school year. Maura…3rd in from the left wanted to make sure that everyone saw her broken foot cast so she stuck it out front! Grades 1-6 were in Quonset huts on the base…Each Quonset hut was divided into two sections…The front was the classroom… and the back was a student activity area where you did exercises…play music… hang out…You needed the activity area because Iceland was chilly in winter! (more…)
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