The 810th Site Today
I had a number of folks contact me when I first posted this site, including Wayne Ashworth, who lived in the Winston Salem area. Wayne's brother John lived near the site of the old 810th, and was kind enough to go out and take a few photos of the site as it was in the Fall of 2006.
I was amazed at how much of the place was still intact at that time. I was especially amazed that at least two of the old tin barracks were still there though they have since been demolished. They tore one of the four down just before I left, to make room for a modern new barracks. I never got to see that since I had already been discharged and moved from North Carolina to New Mexico before construction started. You can see this "new" building in the background in one of these photos. However, my old barracks was still standing in 2006 and I could clearly see the window of my old room! These tin buildings were never great beauties, but they sure looked sad in 2006.
It looks as if the mess hall is still serving its original function. In fact it seems little changed from when I last saw it in 1969.
The concrete island visible in the two Entrance photos housed a small building - the guard shack - that was manned 24 hours a day. All cars had to stop before entering.
The base flag pole is still in the same spot. The building to the right of it was the motor pool and the Civil Engineering shop where I worked.
