When I first published this story in the After Action Report, I got a call from that guy.
His name is Jim Boyce.  He lived somewhere in the Carolina’s and had heard 
that the story was out. We talked for over an hour and I got his address and sent
him a copy of the piece. Never heard back. So don’t know what happened. He had
published a memoir covering his entire life, including Sinop. The book supposedly 
had some pictures of The Hill in 1957. The book was called, “Look Homeward.”
I tried to get a copy but it was out of print.

We also established a low-power radio station that year that broadcast a few
hours each evening. There were several aspiring disc jockeys among the
troops, so there was no shortage of help for that project. Mostly it was a matter of 
playing records, reading the album notes to introduce them, and reading news on
the hour. News items were gleaned from news service copy that we picked up at
operations.

The PX was stocked mostly with just the basic necessities; i.e. soap, shaving
supplies, some snacks (those were considered premium items by the troops, 
so they went very quickly), some pocketbooks (there was no library on post at
that time), and tobacco items. During my stay there, the PX expanded quite a 
bit, stocking some clothing items, aluminum porch furniture, etc. Most of what
they had was unusable on The Hill, so didn't move very well. You could special 
order audio items (tape players, record players, etc.) but that was prior to 
transistors, and those things were large, bulky, and heavy.

Therefore, there was little space in the huts to keep them. I bought a reel-to-reel
tape recorder/player from someone that was leaving. It was about 18 inches 
square and ten inches deep. I didn’t keep it, though. When I was leaving, one 
of the Turks who worked on post bought it from me for the same price I paid for it.
I vividly recall one item stocked at the PX: remember, we had one field-grade
officer on post, the base commander, who was a major. Well, the PX stocked
six field-grade officers billed caps (with the scrambled eggs), all size 7 1/8!! 
Needless to say, those were still there when I left. There was no Class VI on 
post, but one could buy beer and an occasional bottle from the club. Of course, 
without refrigeration, beer in the huts got warm rather quickly.

The year I was on The Hill was definitely a watershed concerning the post. 
There was a constant round of construction of barracks, additions to the
ELINT and COMINT facilities, upgrades to the power, etc. Power was 
supplied by diesel generators that were increased in size practically monthly. 
Because of the mission, it was critical to have an uninterrupted source of 
power. Commercial power from Sinop was nowhere near satisfactory, so 
we generated our own.  All of the construction meant a large force of Turkish 
workers who were mostly locals hired by the company that had the contract 
for all of the renovation and new construction. One of the foremen, if not the
main boss, of these workers was a blond-haired Eastern European. Because
his physical appearance was so much different than the Turks, he certainly 
stood out. I learned much later, back in the States, that he was a Hungarian
Intelligence agent who was assigned to learn about the mission at Sinop.

Another person assigned as a facilities engineer was an SFC whose 
background was in the airborne infantry. Sinop was his first assignment with 
ASA and, following his clearance coming through, he was brought to 
operations and thoroughly briefed on our mission.  The rationale was that
knowledge of the mission would impress upon him the importance of
uninterrupted power.