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Morbius

(1,144 posts) Mon May 25, 2026, 09:52 PM Monday

The place that I come from. [View all]

Assuming my parents weren't lying about this, I was born in 1962 at Bunker Hill Air Force Base near Peru Indiana, which was active from 1954 to 1968. In 1968 it was renamed Grissom Air Base, after Gus Grissom, who died in the explosion of Apollo 7 the year previously. In 1991, Grissom was downsized and became Grissom Air Reserve Base, which it remains to this day. The 434th Air Refueling Wing is based there and operates two KC-135 Stratotanker air refueling squadrons. And they train people there as well, I am given to understand.

So, technically, the place that I come from isn't there anymore. This does not cause me angst but it is unsettling.

From whence do you hail? Is there a story there?

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The place that I come from. [View all] Morbius Monday OP

I was born in Dover, Delaware 1949. A lot of my classmates were Air Force brats Walleye Monday #1

Maybe our ancestors were neighbors. blm Monday #3

Our colonial ancestor was colonel Edmond, Scarborough, a real bastard Walleye Tuesday #16

Xenia Ohio underpants Monday #2

My husband and I moved to Ohio about 2 years after the Xenia tornado. wnylib Monday #4

I remember when the tornado hit Xenia. House of Roberts Monday #10

I remember those tornados vividly that hit all over the Midwest in those couple days Bayard Monday #13

Born in a Columbus, Ohio hospital, but parents lived on a farm about 25 miles away. sinkingfeeling Monday #5

A galaxy far, far away. I am here as an observer. niyad Monday #6

You Too? bobalew Tuesday #17

Even as an ostensible child, with my human guardians, this tiny blue niyad Tuesday #18

This message was self-deleted by its author dweller Monday #7

It was Apollo 1 that the fire killed the three astronauts. House of Roberts Monday #8

I'm sorry. I was relying upon my memory. Morbius Monday #11

I'm from Erie, PA. It is still there, but like other wnylib Monday #9

Back when I was in school we were required to research our family's "Roots." Morbius Monday #12

I had a similar assignment in 10th grade, but wnylib Tuesday #14

This was almost 50 years ago. Morbius Tuesday #15

I hail from about the most rural area on the eastern seaboard. OldBaldy1701E Tuesday #19