Bruce Harten
Ssgt Bruce Harten 557 Red Horse Eglin AFB Florida
Pitching softball at Holloman AFB New Mexico 1966....My Pitching instructor MSGT James K. Edwards said lets go up to the " Tunnel lounge " at Cloud Croft n see my Good Freinds Fred n Stella Beerup the owners.....aaand it became a Habit.. ! FWD to 1968 .....Ive transfered to Eglin AFB Field No 2 Niceville Florida as an instuctor with 557 Red Horse training cadre. A communication comes in to Col Rose that The " Villa Tasso Lounge " nearbye has reopened and Ssgt Bruce Harten is invited to bring friends by for complimentary drinks, oysters and boiled crab ! Which we did ! And every chance we had we went to see Fred n Stella for food n entertainment.....I loved them both dearly ! Msgt Edwards, ( " Snake " the best softball pitcher in the Air Force ) joined me in civilian life in 1971 when he retired and came up to Minneapolis to pitch with me on my 4004 Club Zephyrs in Parade Stadium league ! God bless Stella, Fred and " The Snake ! ".....Memories refreshed !
