Comment: New Mexico '99

I knew Dr Strughold at Brooks Air Force Base, Texas. By the time I became acquainted with Dr Strughold, he'd retired but still spent his days at the base. I thihk the censorship by the Anti-Defamation League is reprehensible. Since when do we allow any organization to censor our programs? As far as I know, no PROOF has been found of Dr Strughold's guilt; thus, it's censorship by hearsay! Since when do we go on a witch hunt and convict people based on hearsay? Like others. I think he's been found guilty by association. Dr Stughold did not, as far as I know, belong to the Nazi party. He was invited to join but refused, according to his story!

Mary G. Caves

Dear Sir,

I worked as an administrative assistant for Dr. Strughold at Brooks AFB School of Aerospace Medicine from 1980-81. Dr. Strughold was elderly and walked with the aid of a cane, but he still had his wonderful sense of humor and playfulness. He was a kind and generous man and I remember him with great affection.

Sincerly,

Jennifer Pastrick

I came across your site in a search involving Dr. Hubertus Hoffman. I believe he's associated with the World Security Network. Due to his unusual name, I noticed that there are 2 men who were "ex-Nazi war criminals" brought to the US after WW2; Friedrich Hoffman and Hubertus Strughold. Not that I believe in conspiracies, but you might find a story somewhere in this. Probably just a coincidence......

Regarding H. Strughold.

It is easy to undrestand, that one of "paper clip" operation results, was saving nazi. This was a kind of trade - their lifes for knowledge.

H. Strughold research in Dachau was concentred on estimating human response at high altitude flight conditions. All experiments were conducted on Dachau camp prisoners. Stages of experiments were as follow:
1) elevation of prisoner at certain height (is special vaccum chamber mounted on the track)
2) killing of prisoner
3) post mortem obduction

As human reaction were really Strughold's main point of interest, he continued his research in Ksiaz Castle, estimating influence of wibrations on human body.

All information about his activity can be easily obtained (his publications, post war interviews).

Sincerely,

Andre

i came across your quotes about the record of dr. strughold relating to the new mexico space museum. As one of his pupils in flight surgeon's school in 1958 i feel compelled to say that he was the best professor we had, a quiet thoughtful man. i still remember the day he wrote on the chalkboard the remaining 6 or 8 problems to be solved before man could go into space.

obviously the anti-defamation league has done a lot of research on him, but i wonder how much was guilt by "just being there."

I have a lot of respect for your intellect. I think I came across your name regarding freecell. (and read your cv)

William W. Johnson, M.D., retired

Enjoyed your story. I'd never heard about "jumbo" before.

My father worked on the proximity fuse during WWII. I'm trying to get ahold of Christman to talk to him.

It's power was in bringing down the kamikazes, since "close counted" when you had a blast radius of more than 500'. You no longer had to score a direct hit.

An airburst, with its sphere of shrapnel is 1000% more effective against ground troops than a bomb which must hit the ground before going off in an upward cone of shrapnel. Any 3' deep foxhole will protect you from that; an airburst requires you build a serious roof on your foxhole.

Patton apparently used them against 700 Germans trying to cross a river. My father said he was shown nauseating pictures of North Koreans & Chinese soldiers cut to hamburger by proximity-fuse equipped mortar and cannon shells.

A gunnery officer from the Helena I talked to said they would march proximity-fuse-equipped 5" shells across Japanese occupied islands and when they were done, not a palm tree was left standing, so effective were the 20-50' airbursts.

W

I NOTICED A CHANGE IN MEXICO'S ECONOMY DURING MY LAST VISIT TO EL PASO IN MAY 2002. I DIDN'T SEE ANY AMERICANS IN THE HOTELS AND NIGHT CLUBS. ALL THE FUN THINGS THAT I ONCE ENJOYED LIKE THE DOG RACES AND THE PRESIDENT'S HOTEL ARE CLOSED. WE WERE THE ONLY AMERICAN'S AT THE MARKET PLACE. THE TAXI TO THE MARKET PLACE WAS $ 14.00 FOR WHAT USED TO BE 50 CENTS. THE MERCHANTS AT THE MARKET PLACE WON'T JEW, WON'T JEW, WON'T JEW.

I WENT TO A FAVORITE OLD RESTAURANT AND PAYED 54 AMERICAN DOLLARS FOR A MEAL THAT RAN 14 DOLLARS LAST TIME WITH ABOUT 2 HOURS OF DRINKING. THE HOTEL WAS 74 DOLLARS A NIGHT AND RUM AND COKE AT THE BAR WAS FIVE BUCKS A DRINK.

HELL, I CAN'T AFFORD OLD MEXICO ANYMORE. THE REALLY BAD THING WAS THAT I COULDN'T FIND ANY DRUGS OR WHORES.

GUESS WE WILL HAVE TO START GOING TO L.A.

nowlintexas

I enjoyed reading your adventure to Mexico. Why did you not mention the drugs and whores?

nowlintexas

apropos of not much

You visited Juarez. When we lived in the Marin house you listened to Tori Amos. Every now and then I kick myself for missing the concert you invited me to. But that's a sidetrack issue.

Her most recent album has a song called Juarez, which piqued my interest enough to google around (not that that takes very much these days). It's apparently an infamous place. A lot of murders took place there (take place there?).

This is all hard to tell from the song. The song is spooky but also very abstract.

P

PS re: travelogue Among the Yanks part 0 and my comment (of Kelly) "No, there's just the one." It actually turns out there are so many of them in my college chum peer group that they are numbered.

The Kelly I was meeting is Kelly #3. #1 is Bret's now-wife. #2 is an ex-girlfriend of Bret's. I forget who #4 is.

PPS Have you been to Vik's yet? It's just down the street from you guys, on Allston. Allston and 6th street. Drag some of your lazy car-driving coworkers out there one day and give me a call beforehand. It's closed mondays. They have good samosas which are entirely too big to be finished by one person. They have odd things called puri which aren't puri like you get at pasand. They're like big, flat rice crispies. They sell a beverage called "cold coffee".

Yum. I think I'll go tomorrow.

Oddly, I don't know you.
I'm the sort of person who signs petitions proffered outside of supermarkets, though. I wonder if you ever lived across from me and never introduced yourself.

I was surfing the net when I came across your page, NM99 Part H. Imagine my surprise to find my daughter, Rhonda Forletta, mentioned in your narrative. You mentioned that you decided against asking her if she knew her name was a "forletta" word. That gave me cause to smile because people usually ask how to pronounce the name and we always say Forletta, like a four letter word. But at least you didn't sing "Help Me Rhonda" when you met her. That would have really made her day! (VBG). Anyway, I'm saving your page to show her next time she comes to visit Mom. Thanks for the smile.

Querquemom Forletta

You know, we have those [tumbleweed] here. They pile up on the medians near Livermore, and then blow all over the highway, wreaking havoc when big storms finally untangle them.

Damn you Larry! Don't you realize I have presentations to write, schedules to decipher, work to do?! ...I'll get you for this.