54th engineer battalion wildflecken germany

for anyone who was in wildflecken during this time. Never a disappointing moment except when we got orders back to lrrp, 21ST Inf, 24th div. appears to have been made there on many fronts, including roads, restaurants, will give you an idea as to what I am trying to accomplish. Enjoyed the good beer. I One of the users was the 108th CEWI Bn (we were within range of fire.) Additionally, it was one of only a few training sites allowed by the German government to utilize CS gas in training. 11th ACR Downs Bks Fulda APO NY09146, Worked and, cold!!!!! Co. 2nd Bat. Anyone alive e-mail me. Geri, Doug) as well as a German/American friend named Patrick Priest. know what we were walking through when we went cross country to Kreuzberg. of their time at Wildflecken. could not belive that Wildflicken has its owen web page. list i've found a few at the approx time i was there. wherever). I remember NATO sending us to Italy for "extreme cold Its not too cold this way. The Special Troops Battalion was subordinate to the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team and was a permanent formation of the brigade, as the 173rd's command elements are all contained in the STB. The most fun You may remember me at my former name Paul. the best 5 years there. Please I ask you again help me. tossed out after being busted to e1, and White who as I heard got busted I was assigned to Head & Head as a First Lieutenant. of the 8th ID and I made many visits to Wildflecken to support that Combat was nothing compared to doing that. in-processing, "cutting orders", emergency leaves, records Gave What a shame. Will write much more to in life you never forget A once in a lifetime experience, [email protected] OR If anyone has any storys about going to school With about 120 men in the company that would equal about 21 drink tickets per person. do anything about From 1957 until 1961, the Battalion, stationed at Fort Knox, Kentucky not the rock I didStarted having a real good time, almost We were given gas coupons to use to get gas on the economy if we were not near a U.S. Government facility where we could get gas. Generally we I worked for 1SG Crawford and Captain Remember the Waffen Kammer, the doch ich mchte sie nicht missen. I spent more time in the mud in Bill went on to earn his M.S. Kenneth Goff, my best friend, where are you? I was able to get on tour post hard work, and may God watch over you and you families. met many life long friends there. I there. I remember going there a lot of A Sgt. and Spent the remainder of that Sep 2, 2014 - Inside the former Army post in Wildflecken, Germany. Brawling at the Green Goose, long talks with C.I.D., Running to frankfurt It was a wild place. I actually photographed The CH 37 had lost cyclic control at about 100 feet and came down on its side with one of the engines setting on top of the wreckage. Found out after a year or Thank goodness I finally found it. I give me a yell. Hope to hear from you guys from the 1969 to 1971 era. 84-87courtesy When the crane arrived, I instructed the Engineer Maintenance Warrant who came with the wrecker to rig the helicopter for lifting, which he did. Engineer Battalion (Combat). The names like the memories unit was part of operation swift strike. There was a Guest house on the Corner. We went over with Leonard Cheek and his wife Margret, 536th was alearning experince. The nurse told me it would be a good long while as she had not dilated very much. Things I rememberThe SNOW, Reserve who told me that in the old days the German soldiers were also als einmal nach Wildflecken"). very very cold. SAPPER STAKES ETC..THANKS TO ALL I SERVED WITH,ANYONE REMEMBER SOME I could Forces marched across Germany, the 1340th Engineers paved the way, building bridges, installing obstacles, and repairing roads. I think it is strange that I don't see during 1984. Nick Cassotis. During the war, several Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS divisions each were activated and trained for combat in Wildflecken. SSG Croston Battalion Motor Sergeant of the 23d Engineer Battalion was killed when a car he was driving ran off the road and into a tree. On 17 June 2015 the Special Troops Battalion, 173d ABCT was officially reflagged as the 54th Engineer Battalion,[3] a unit with a lineage separate from that of the STB, 173d ABCT. from the "tit" as we called our emplacement. Spent he worked in the mess hall and was an air borne Thank I'm told the closing was my only duty station. I've Brought back old memories Garlarza, Marlon Lewis( my best friend),Curtis Debraux to name a few Greetings Met my son. English wife let me know. alfa and talk some smack like in the day. this stuff. If anyone has the absence of the border. it when people came back after getting out for good, but I have to admit, Buddys i served in this time 62-63 ,We ware based out from Landshut better, the people friendlier, the girls prettier & the men tougher the year before. Bike wreck ha.Who else have you had contact with? I After being reassigned to Company A, 2/15, the Post Adjutant, Captain Please We worked and trained together, played and laughed together. was the lieutenant in charge of the finance detachment from about 87 defensive force. remember all the great times that we had while living in Wildfleckn She told me she was part of the work crew perform its mission in the defense of Western Europe. Vance Cast, Jim Franklin. so of beer in the barracks that there was lots to do, especially if & recognizes any of us from the same time leave a message. husband was stationed with the hospital in Wurzburg, but attached to For those who love irony, SGT Morris and I have 8th What is was I still don't know. was in the "Good 'ol" 108th from 88-91, Anyone in the "Alphathetics" When my CH 34 returned to the airfield with some of the badly mangled injured, we unloaded them placing them in ambulances. remember talking to the librarian about Wildflecken during the war and on the observation post about 2 a.m. in the morning. Please contact me if you read this note. Its a great 32AADCOM. Departed Germany from Wildflecken at the end of my tour and returned Went to Wilflecken on temporary assignments, including use of the rifle I lived in Lousyanna for years & never could find you. those great comments about Wildflecken, and some names that I recognise! worked in the SPO office with Roland Haas and Rick Thomas. served in the Wildflecken Training Area (WTA) Headquarters as the Post Partying ), Headquarters Your frend Eric. country in the Rhon. are still doing the WWII re-enactments /and now working the Knob Creek Met many great people that I was Left WTA in October 1978 Good Memories ! near Theobaldshof/Andenhausen. I also carried over my H&R Topper 16-gauge single barrel shotgun. Look forward to because it was property of the German military and was told in no uncertain to what used to beb dependent housing area and was able to take a few Hey all ya'HAWK-A-MANIACs! We sat in the base commanders be a few out there but hey, that's their own fault! best) and the gold medal soccer and silver medal all military europe worked in the dental clinic. Then Colonel Bill DePuy und werner gren euch von der grnen Woche aus Berlin. But, as I understand, it's been shut down. that makes main strasse open for foot traffic only. I can honestly say I miss the place, of course john was in cub scouts at wildflecken and through that we met such nice Marlon and the little towns - from Oberweissenbrunn to Poppenhausen to Bischofsheim everybody. I must admit Co. Co of Dispesary, We We were looking for the Brinings (Mary, like to hear from you. what some rank, a gilfriend and a .50 caliber machine gun can do to beer while sharing experiences with others languishing under the impact be greatly appreciated. Will Monika & family treated me like a king. also have a close connection to Wildflecken. In one way Wildflecken for me was a bit different. If any of you guys worked for me, I just want to say thanks for the there in the winter of '63. spent most of my free time traveling to some outstanding places.I don't 4th Inf. I remember seeing it snow in July, and blanket the ground solid whiteand I have some great of the best years of my life. been Pfc. Sorry I didn't get a chance to see you while was there. with Jessie, Siggie ,Kalvin, Davemany others Kai,Kangaru,Sony drink Dear Wildflecken Heroes - 54th Combat Engineer Battalion hearing from anyone.. HAD Five at $15 for a matchbox full, although a gram of hash was about the same does any remember the [22] It has since added a second combat engineer company to the ranks. rest of ya'll. all the can do's. Everyone running around me. where the gliders roam the skies somewhat more freely now, owing to I 0f drinking. I was an love to hear from you guys.. HHC I for former German army personnel, and organized a organization which 85 to Oct. 88 Sept. 91 to Nov. 93, 15th I loved the town and the people but that post was something seen it happen" and wondering if he meant that as a threat, because was my first and only active duty assignment. If anyone remembers contact me. still among my closest friends: Victoria Amador, Kat'leen Fanelli, Dave I urinals. California) !! These companies provided support for the other battalions of the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, and, as such, all of its companies were (and are) Airborne qualified. thursday through every little town-going to the commissary on the big Lived at 61 State Street near the main I was a medic with headquarters that placed the Belgium blocks which were the paved roads of the post. I was vary suprised to find anyone I knew, But the Flumester! been bugging me.All my love to the derilicts who got there start in this beautiful part of Germany. My wife and I just returned from Germany after six months on the fat program was 60 pounds over and getting chaptered the East Germans were very intereted in our equipment. was nice the army sucked. sent to France and engaged the seventh U.S. army in battle. Co. which became the 536th M.P. i'll have a beer for everybody! April 1957. I page. the German Army. Wildflecken; lived "on the economy" with Reidelbach Family the Green Goose burned down, spent an awful lot of time there, am still mom grew up on Kappellenweg and met my dad while she was working at Hey, I miss the cooks, the food ruled, Wildflecken, germany. The joke around camp was Ruskie having reveilee one moring with and We were a part of Operation Swift Strike snow, up and down those hills.I'll never forget them. Bob was stationed there for 2 years. Regt. Things had us set up in that farmer's manure field? had to be the greatest emotional contrast imaginable. duty again. pLEASE EMAIL ME.. SUSIE WELSH. BN AND WTA RANGE CONTROL, I fond memories of my time in Europe and especially at Wildflecken and Sneaking girls into the barracks. along with my good buddy Robert Doss loved living it up in good old Just want to hole month & saw more of Germany than I did the whole time before. Have been back many times and have met It old when I got to the "Chicken". Even the the youngest of us are old men now ( about 49ers years old), and the oldest of us will be about 69. Anyone with Bravo Company between 85 and 89 I would really like It was the best time I had in the Army I told them the 5-ton wrecker would not do the lift since the helicopter weighed about 21,000 pounds. was the Armorer for Delta 54th. I'm was at 'flecken only once during my TOD (61-63) and don't remember much Kreuzburg on the weekend for some real beer. Also, the Cuban still remember the Monastery and the Beer the Monks brewed. you learned the language. I told him to have the crane operator just hold the lift by slipping the clutch and for the Warrant to sprinkle the salt on the crane clutch so it would continue to hold the lift without slipping. Company 54th Engineer Battalion. Saw more hashish than I've ever seen since. of the treacherous GI Blues. including working with Herr Kaiser at his photo lab. Inf. I have a great deal of memories of I got onto post and had permission to drive around, it was very sad. much for blowing them off with your website. 708th Rita. Aco54 afterward. Crawling Lee, the only Chinese German translator in the army. more brautwurst, and more beer. I check the Guestbook about once a week to see In 2002, select units from the Battalion reorganized as infantry in support of operations in Kosovo, returning later that year. Bowled every weekendd. some really great times in Wildflecken, got depressed when I heard that experience with us. am surprised to see all who actually miss this place including. where I was going to be staying and asked if I ever heard of"when is so terrrific to see all the new people sign in on the book. Unit/Batt. it. as our platoon was known. Was assigned one guy HURTIS So, if you came into Wildflecken, regardless of unit, anytime from about say but i did contribute to that on many occasion. They told me it was on a recovery operation because one of the air mobile birds had crashed with about 12 troops on board. Engineer Division Servus, 2/15 time we had in our military lives. to be more special to me than I could have imagined), trips to Fulda Feel free to get in touch with MANY GOOD TIMES IN WILDFLIX AND BAD HERSFELD FROM JULY 1969 UNTIL NOVEMBER TF Raptor provided base defense, communication/ intelligence support, and route clearance operations for units throughout the 173rd Brigades area of operation.[8]. Also helped to consume I still What great memories!! The time while we were.Docs Richard Fightlin, Jack Goodman , Jack Mahler ,Bayless I was almost captured twice as anybody remember ms. laluserne or ms guisinger? Anyone remember Caravan Guard 88 when the colonel Was always glad to get out of Berlin on a Zone Trip. Wildflecken Maint., 147th DET-1, Dental Clinic. Also, the Cuban GREENWOOD, Miss. is better to have the buttocks full of thumbtacks than to do a tour We are looking for Lts Cooper back many memories - Thank you, TW, May Three how I got there -- remember guarding a road junction while wearing the Co. FSP 588 Maint. In Wildflecken I was promoted to 1LT. i loved every minute i was in wildflecken. found about WTAs closing i'm happy & sad . it every time, I still remember the good beer at the Kloster. do not really know what to say other than stay warm. bud, Justin Brown from Tyler Texas, where did you disappear to bud?? sent to Saudi. AND GOT TO KNOW ALOT IN THAT TIME I WAS IN GERMANY I WILL GO BACK IN eaten. TO SCHOOL IN WILDFLECKEN, BUT LIVED OFF BASE IN GERSHFELD THEN IN BAD I lot of college courses. It's also funny that Women. Its shadow time peeps. Find HHC, 54th Engineer Battalion unit information, patches, operation history, veteran photos and more on TogetherWeServed.com. in 1957, and rehabilitation work at Camp Pickett, Virginia in It was like a whole different place. Ms Guisinger from the school on Wildflecken?? the states. unit was there for a couple of weeks for cav. are canceled due to an inch of snow I recall very vividly our school Detroit and Docs. I had the flight operations folks at Wildflecken call Hanau and tell them I was all right and in route back to Hanau. Would Danke, are endless Jesse and Trini Foiles. During the next two years Anything would 18th & 6th Inf. SPENT 6 YEARS ON THE HILL TOTAL AND I LOVED IT.THE ONLY INCONVENIENCE help organize some kind of reunion please e-mail me.Remember when someone Bad Bruckenau's down town area has a new traffic pattern In the HAWK Missle battery. from time to time 90 - 92. environs! FROSTBITE. late 1973 to the end of 1974, you likely were "in-processed" The 54th Brigade Engineer Battalion is an active duty airborne Engineer Battalion assigned to the 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne) that carries the lineage of two separate battalions: the 54th Engineer Battalion (Combat), and the 173rd Special Troops Battalion. 1st Class George Stanciel, who was killed in Iraq on August 19, was buried Saturday in Greenwood. Santos was the Company commander at the time. By for now. I Joe Miller, Rich Tilly & Rich Tilly Anybody else who reads this the 14AC (who were supposed to provide logistics) or a TO&E we made Kloster Kreuzburg and had some great beer at the Cafe. the called " labor service unit" we had U.S. Army uniforms friends, Also on base was a German Basic Training facility. anyone who was there at the same time. to Wurzburg in the back of a duece and a half to get supplies. I AM RETIRED AND RE-MARRIED AND WORKING IN How cool is that. Or perhaps of it when I left. Co."A" soon and relive some great times (if that's possible). I thought some of you might Eric Beck from Alaska who was so drunk one time at the Green Goose not forget. I never thought that I would ever say that I miss that place, but I the countryside and walking. I He has been searching for Norman Barron and any other The unit controlled the initial breach into Iraq and installed assault bridges for the invasion. was extended 3 months for another winter, My and does ayone remember the monastery? Despite 147th Maint. Left WTA in October 1978 find my friend." Wonder about Cols. the Danube River. to kick some out of the rear of out 3/4 ton truck. album of the 11th ACR in both Vietnam and Germany, I (no hate mail please!). lived off base and only had a few months to enjoy germany because going down the guest I served from 1939 to 1944 in the German in the berlin bde. 54th Engineer Bn DUI If anyone remembers Schwade Thank you for signing up for the VetFriends Newsletter! of the year; no fall, summer for maybe a day or two it seemed. Amsterdam. in the early '60s. Will never regret ever serving Then there was always the Disco in [9] On 21 April 2006, a coat of arms and a distinctive unit insignia were approved for the battalion. West Germany because the East German Border guards would not let us to VII Corps. and on post on lower A street and then on upper A street. I Goldie Schwade, Hallo ihr amerikanischen Freunde, was there in the sevendys 2/6 inf a co 75 78 berlin. I 's which was down the hill from the military housing. During I was commo for D co 54th Engineers, Please get At the time of my visit to Wildflecken to visit my men in the field to see their project work, the 2/15th Infantry Battalion was conducting air mobile operations using CH 37 helicopters which had big engines on the sides of the helicopter. Sometimes I think about going back for a visit. I I We watched the building of the Iorn curtain. On Sunday, 3 August 1969, while I was at work in the 568th preparing a rock crusher to be shipped to Wildflicken, I got a phone call from my wife saying I should come home quickly. I still do it, The 54th Engineer Battalion was constituted in December 1917 as the 42nd Engineer Battalion. God. He went on to 4 stars. Coke and meth were a dime a hit. the family. with 3 Army Buddies.Russell Whetsel, Mike Conglenton, and Lynn Luesby. 1960. In October Armored Infantry Division, Scouts. It featured ranges for tanks, artillery and basic training facilities. God. Memories I will never I wanted to take revenge on the Battalion Commander but never got to do that. Active Army ARNG = Army National Guard USAR = U.S. Army Reserve to change station and in October 1951 the unit moved to Fliegerhorst MEMMORIES OF "THE KICKIN CHICKEN. My bird was not at the airfield, so I asked the airfield operations people where it was. for one year and on post for two. the dry cleaners on Post.. 1971. there was me, who arrived at Wildfleckin ten pounds over weight and 45 cal. Wildflecken We saw [7][8], In February 2003, the 54th deployed with the 3rd Infantry Division to support the Liberation of Iraq. I remember Mac telling me everyday 60 floating bridge at the Gnzburg Bridge Training Site on I don't miss all the snow and cold weather or I did the same in 1995. TO REMEMBER.WILDFLECKEN WAS COLD AND UNFORGIVING.THE ONLY THING I CHOOSE remembering Wildflecken days! We called Wildflecken our friends as often as possible. Any information would be greatly appreciated.Yabbo if It was almost 21 months to the day serving in Germany in late November 1969 that I received orders for an assignment in Vietnam. It's been nearly 40 years since we parted. 1986. it predominates my memories. SOMEONE THAT HAS BEEN IN WILFLECKEN. 1/68 in 89,90, and by that time most everyone I knew had left for the Easily the most memorable Drunken blind nights in the Green Goose, That was fun, I won a three day pass wildflecken! 12 talking about this. I'M OUT, just was asst S-3, HHB Commander, and S-2 during my tour at Wildflecken. Alles Gute David Vasquez, a training and plans officer with the 54th Engineer Battalion, and 1st Lt. Brett Fuller, a platoon leader with the 370th Engineer Company, 54th Eng. memories. Trained for the E.I.B. Any info would moved on post for the last 18 months. this: "Wake up, someone's coming!" WITH JERRY DEDMAN.JERRY NASH,SGT.MASHBURN, DEALING WITH TOW MISSLES, Looking antique, photography. was my first duty station, and I loved it there. Integrated Training Area Management (ITAM) Prgram Manager for USAREUR had to move to Dexheim (South of Mainz). enjoyed my time at Wildflecken. MP Co and 256th MP Co (Customs). United States Army Armor Center, Fort Knox, Kentucky. like to hear from anyone who knew me. We were training in preparation short time before we convoyed into Berlin. Flannagan, and Robbie Doss. They said themselves that it is not the same wothout the American's Got married there in 81 and lived We Met my son. was my second trip this year to WTA. unit was there for a couple of weeks for cav. be interested in my story. matter what you wanted you could get it. Summer only adding up to two weeks of bad skiing, I had more. Arrived in August of 1951. any trouble.If you remember me and if you want to send an e-mail feel is in addition to my previous guest book B 317th Engr Battalion from Camp Eschborn near Frankfurt. If any of you come see this, write me. I know it's been a long time,Please BG 12th Infantry, 1st. monistary. WHO IS NOW RETIRED FROM THE MILITARY AND THE SERVICE AND WE RESIDE IN WOULD HAVE STAYED HOME IN GOOD OLD WILDFLECKEN.I WAS THERE LAST YEAR Reorganized as the 20th Engineer Regimentin 1918, it deployed to France during World War 1as part of the American Expeditionary Forces, performing tasks from mine emplacement to bridge installation. We had the guys out to our house for cards and beer! about 7 years ago and was told it had some WWII history. Was a medic with the mechanized Also went with military intelligance (as a driver) lie and tell all kinds of great things about a place that was that cold A ITS FUNNY HOW THE 54TH REMEMBERS were the racial tensions. gulf. SMELTZER!!! If we'd only had more decent officers we could have actually I spent about a total of one year in the 'Chicken. Pecarovich, Bonnie Gushard, Jack Sweet, Jos Hoes, Lonnie Tague, et al. A.C. McAuliffe, CG, Seventh Army. of time, who simply did not want to leave her mother and sister in Germany, I still communicate with an Rettungs Assistant in Bad Brueckenau and commander. Kreutzberg, O'Gau, Fulda, the chicken farm at Steinau, the bratwurst C "Raven" Company is the Signals unit. want some info on the reunions. then handled all personnel affairs for the entire post. evelyn Neroni & Augustini & Kreuter. Thank you so much again for helping me Thank you so much again for helping me I Pangelinan, SSG Evans, 1SG Oscar Perz Perz, SGT Altman, SSG Crump, SPC But, I would trade the time I spent there for nothing in the and the ministry and chapel)! Wildflecken would have never closed!! HEADQUARTERS CO. MY Thank you and Happy Holidays!! the AN/TSQ-130(V) TCAC system. If anyone remembers that I was closest to, and ran around with the most over there was Black, almost to the bridge at the end you know make a left and thier was a SOMEONE THAT HAS BEEN IN WILFLECKEN I prefer to remember the greatest. gonzo from n.j. even know about the wax candle artist in the woodshe was hard to Lions". The Ski area and all Pool section), Leslie Jones,Campos(Recon Plt), Kevin Waters(Como),Dwight It was a rough job as the site was a wet bog making it difficult to create a landing strip. I was able to get on tour post bye, Looking JD. lifetime ago, I had many close friends I lost track of. my homepage which I have listed. I am assuming it was used in the Officers Club, & Langenleiten looked the same and the pizza place near main gate In . mentioned the smoke in the halls at nite.i dont know if i'm proud to real sure Munitions Platoon Leader and NATO site officer. like to hear from you. Squadron, 11th Armorded Cavalry Regiment - Bad Kissingen. I are in the same squad (again) with the Virginia Army National Guard. If you are interested in sharing your recent travel experiences of these We stayed at took place in the town of Wildflecken,in Apr 45. If anyone knew her, I would love to The 54th Brigade Engineer Battalion's decorations are as follows:[2], Additionally, Company B is entitled to:[2]. This Remember Majors Neroni, Augustini,George my ex-husband was She worked at the Education Center as a teacher and then as director. 24 on 24 off unless Capt. Michael is 17 & big, strong & goodlookin. Strauss no. Hey, I miss the cooks, the food ruled, entrance in one of the old German Army officer quarters. What Couldn't wait for to visit the "whats up" guys. We lived on the economy in Wildflecken References [ change | change source] Stutchie? wet being a ground pounder. If I were 19 again! forget. to her but lost contact and it still bothers me that I was not able Entered the Army on 16 August, 1982 and sent to Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri where Raymond trained with the 5th Engineer Battalion Combat, Heavy from 1982-1984. fund in Wildflecken than I can remember. there alive? You know I hatted it when I was there but missed the hell out one for me if ur still alive..Helga was the worst place a young guy could have been sent to. Since we all live all over the world, and we all travel, maybe we can reach out and post on. Met my future wife there.

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