Kagnew Station - Images of Kagnew and Eritrea/Ethiopia


	Images of Kagnew Station and Eritrea/Ethiopia

I was looking for an Ethiopian dollar bill (which I didn't find) and ran across these labels. The ticket was to the 1956 African Gran Prix that was usually run between Massawa and Asmara but we were told that it was dangerous and that GIs had won the last one or two so they banned GIs and held it in Asmara. As I remember, there was a duel between an old Alpha race car and a newer Ferrari. The Ferrari finally lapped the Alpha and he dropped out. The race was sponsored by Shell.
Jerry Grover

(5/06/08)

The dining room at the Oasis Club, sent in by Howard Vanderpool. This is the only picture I've ever seen of it. If you have any others, please let me know. (11/08/07)

Google Earth images of Kagnew and Asmara.

Some extremely rare photos from Christmas decorations 1964. Roxie Howard photographed slides provided by Dick Perry and sent them in. The manger display was made in the wood shop at Kagnew Station and the display was outside SRU-9. Thanks to Roxie and Dick for these gems: [1] | [2] | [3] | [4](7/18/07)

Kagnewite Photos - Then and Now.(Updated 1/18/08)

The only picture I've seen (a great one) of the sign at the U.S. Army Red Sea Rest Center in Massawa, courtesy of Linda Caudell-Feagan.(5/24/07)

Roxie Lynn Howard sent in a couple of recent pictures of the Keren R&R Center.
[Public Library] | [Bar and Grill](5/24/07)

A page of quick links to most of the buildings on Kagnew, courtesy of Terry Hicks.(5/24/07)

Here are two PowerPoint slide shows of Radio Marina (1965KB) and Kagnew (2764KB), also courtesy of Terry Hicks.(5/24/07) ** You will need PowerPoint or a PowerPoint viewer to see these. Don't waste your time downloading them if you don't have the software, sorry.

A great aerial view of Kagnew (Tract E), courtesy of Linda Caudell-Feagan.(2/22/07)

Angie Thompson found this post card in her father's (Henry Hughes) belongings. Henry served with the British Forces in Eritrea, which she said would have been after the war as he was born in 1932. It's a postcard of the famous road to Massawa. (Back of card)(2/20/07)

I contacted my friend Francesco DeLeonardis in Italy and he translated the Italian on the card.
ERITREA - The highest point of the Massaua/Asmara road (2415 meters [above sea level])
Thanks Frank....Rick

Kagnew Station Patches (Updated 12/21/07)

Kagnew veterans license plates. (Updated 9/07/07)

I came across some videos taken in Eritrea and they're now available for viewing. They are in the .mov format and should be able to be played in most video playback software. The filesizes are 1-2 megs so it would be best if you downloaded them to your hard drive and viewed them from there. I also zipped them into a 10 meg file if you want to download all of them at once. Sorry there is no sound.

Airport Road
Driving to Massawa [1] [2] [3] [4]
The port of Massawa [1] [2]
Very short clip of a church.
Dahlak Hotel, or as we knew it, Massawa R&R Hotel.
Hamasien Hotel in Asmara.
Zipped file of all videos. Warning: Filesize 10 megs.

Four old postcards in Italian, featuring Asmara and Adi Ugri. (7/28/2004)

A great new "color" shot of the main gate of Radio Marina sent in by Ed Larson. (7/24/2004)

Aerial view of Kagnew and Asmara from outside the back gate. The quality is not that good but you'll get the idea. Sent in by Dave Handlin. (7/01/2004)

Coca-Cola bottle cap sent in by Dwight Gibson. (2/14/2004)

Ethiopian and Eritrean currency page. Updated (7/28/2004)

A very early Oasis Club lighter sent in by Jerry Pry.

Oasis Club Menu (happens to be from my birthday!)
Compliments of Russ Miyake, Stonehouse 67-68