In June or July 1955 about 40 new 27330`s were shipped from Keesler to Charleston. We were the first bunch of operators, to open up the 792nd. We went by train, from Biloxi clear up to Spartenburg, SC, before turning South to Charleston. It took about 28 hours on the train, and we were fed ham, for dinner, breakfast, lunch and dinner. When we got to Charleston the First Sergeant was there to meet us with a bus. We drove to the site and the 1st Sgt showed us our bunks - old WW11 wooden barracks, and told us to dump our bags and follow him to the mess hall. There a guy in an Hawaiian shirt was cooking eggs and bacon for us. We were then told to sack out and the 1st Sgt would wake us in the morning. The next day, after breakfast, we were taken to the Orderly Room to process in, and there behind a desk was the guy in the Hawaiian shirt, Major Edgar Armagost, the CO. The Ops building was not yet finished, so we were on detail to clean up the debris around the site for half days, and OJT classes the rest of the day. In the article on the 792nd, the man on the right of the first picture in Maj Armagost.
In the second picture the A1C on the right is the squadron draftsman. I would guess that the picture shows them discussing the layout of the plotting board. Besides Maj Armagost, I remember the Ops Officer was Capt Greenlaw Collins. He became the Exec when Maj Steve Ligino came in as Ops Officer. The NCOIC of Ops was MSgt Leroy Turk. I was there until July 1957, when I went to Germany.