"I arrived in Berlin in August 1948, assigned to the 7826th
Service Company at McNair Barracks in Lichterfelde. They were building an air strip at Tegel in the French sector. I was sent there on Temporary Duty as company clerk. When they needed a longer strip to land Globemaster, I worked as a heavy equipment operator. I was a Private First Class, and
later Corporal."
GRANT D. EVERLY
Photo Courtesy Grant D. Everly
Photo Courtesy Of The Stars and Stripes
Construction on Tegel Airport began on August 5, 1948.
