James Chastain

James Chastain was an administrative NCO with HALPRO and 515th Squadron. This is his story:

I was the first administrative NCO under Col. Gardner who was a M/Sgt at the time Halpro arrived at Benghazi. He and I worked together to form the 515th Squadron. I became their first sergeant, and we had rough going until more personnel arrived. I designed the 515th Squadron Insignia. A hometown friend in the Benghazi Salvage Depot helped me get a lot of material to build a nice NCO club, bar, and patio. We got liquor from the Greeks in Alexandria - $500 at a time. I came home late in '43 on the Point System.

376 ARCHIVES

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At the 2017 reunion, the board approved the donation of our archives to the Briscoe Center for American History, located on the University of Texas - Austin campus.

Also, the board approved a $5,000 donation to add to Ed Clendenin's $20,000 donation in the memory of his father. Together, these funds begin an endowment for the preservation of the 376 archives.

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My Trip to San Pancrazio

October 2019