David Genereaux

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National Geographic map showing the 64th Engineering Battalion's Projects (partial view of Iran)

Battalion Headquarters Sign

Typical Libyan guard

Typical American guard

Standing next to Sgt. Robert L. Asselin (my boss) to celebrate my promotion to SP/4

Battalion Compound - barracks where we slept are to the rear

Battalion Compound - The Beer Garden (to the rear). Volleyball Court (to the left),  [to] the East Gate (on the right).

Battalion Compound - Orderly Room (on the left). Barracks (on the right). My workshop was in the right­most building

The Mediterranean Sea

Private Genereaux doing his own laundry.  (My Instrument Repair Shop was in the unused barracks behind me).

Personnel relaxing in front of the Beer Garden

Digging a new pond at the Beer Garden

Digging a new pond at the Beer Garden

After  digging a new pond at the Beer Garden

Inside of my Instrument Repair Shop.  Located on the left half of the unused barracks to the right of our sleeping barracks

"George" the cat. The Company mascot but taken care of by me (official rat catcher in my shop).

Rode bicycle to visit Ollie the BN's Libyan truck driver at his home in the Oasis about 3 miles east of the East Gate. Ollie and his daughter with one of their sheep.

Ollie's kitchen (cooking fire).

"Lawrence of Libya" riding Ollie's Dromedary (single hump) camel being fattened for eventual slaughter at the Meat Market outside the East Gate

Libyan harvesting dates (one bunch is just beginning to fall to the ground!

Date palm full of dates

Libyan hauling off the harvested dates and trimmed branches

Battalion Christmas decorations - Attaching a lighted Star to the top of a pole

The lighted Star for all to see

Battalion Christmas decorations - Affixing stuffed camel decorations to the headquarters roof.

Enjoying a Christmas drink inside the Beer Garden

Leaving Wheelus and traveling West on the 4-lane Meilaha Highway about 7 miles to Tripoli

Along the Sharia Adrian Pelt (Shore Drive) just east of the city

Along the Sharia Adrian Pelt (Shore Drive) just east of the city

Looking East along the Sharia Adrian Pelt (Shore Drive) east of the city (from whence we had come)

King Idris palace

Arch of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius

"Carrie" (horse carriage) stand just outside of the "Old City"

An Upscale neighborhood

Libyan lady_ carrying her purchases in a basket

Libyan driving a horse-drawn cart

Horse-drawn cart carrying a load of 55 gallon oil drums

The "Tuesday General Market" where camels were sold for transportation, beast of burden or food

Dromedary (single hump) camel.

Alleyway in an upscale neighborhood

Street in an upscale neighborhood

Shanty town outside Tripoli

Begger

Citizens walking on the street of an upscale neighborhood

Lady (carrying basket on her head) walking on the street of a rural neighborhood

Villa and Trains on the outskirts of Tripoli.

"Driving" a WWII train to nowhere

Agricultural Fairgrounds

Agricultural Fairgrounds

Directional road sign

Directional road sign

Typical dirt road with high walls

Coke-a-Cola sign in Arabic

Paved road with palm trees

Paved road on the outskirts of Tripoli with "speed limit" sign in KM

Beginning of the desert. A Libyan well in the distance.

Open desert with wild camels.

Commercial slide. Camel Drivers in the desert.

Commercial slide. Sunset in the oasis.

Roman ruins on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea about 70 km East of Tripoli.  Main street 20 ft below grade.

Roman ruins on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea about 70 km East of Tripoli. Along Main Street - arch in the distance.

Restoring an arch

Restored arch.

Restoring a temple building.

Stones laid out in the 'new forum'..

Stage of the ampitheater with Mediterranean Sea in the background.

Ampitheater with the Mediterranean Sea in the background.

Statute in the ampitheater.

Columns in the Forum

Partially restored temple

Mosaic tile

Bathroom

Ampitheater

with the Mediterranean Sea in the background

Tile mosaic on the wall of the museum

"Restored" statute in the ampitheater.

Departing Idris Airport for Zurich then train to Heerbrugg, Switzerland to attend T-3 Theodolite and N-3 Level training at Wild Heerbruga factory.