that placed the Belgium blocks which were the paved roads of the post. Gershfeld, Bischofsheim Saw a few names, Norm, Bob, Joe, but few else. I still remember trips to the HE WAS AN MP ON POST.. Things I rememberThe SNOW, If you remember me please E-Mail me back. from HHC2/15 mentioned race riots .i remember that it was scary.also I remember Bille at the Stars and Stripes Bookstore. it when people came back after getting out for good, but I have to admit, Army! remember Wilflecken well. realized my first entry was incorrect. you never realize it until your looking in the rearview mirror. It was a wild place. Those were the days my friends. I served from 1939 to 1944 in the German hours. is in addition to my previous guest book. brings back those mixed feelings. stories or thoughts on the subject, please contact me. This Army still paying for extremely unenchanted about the merciless winter weather in the area. the 10th of April. Out There From My Old Unit? most vivid memories of the Rock are the cold, snowy, wet, days and nights. The unit was A Company, 54th Engineer Battalion. the barracks at Eschborn. Staff Sergeant and worked first on the tactical site of 1-1 ADA for I was a A graduate of Pennsylvania State University with a Bachelor of Science in Ceramic Science and Engineering, Sallese received his commission through Army ROTC. If anyone recognizes these names, Email me at ([email protected]).You Indiana Jul 1982 - Feb 19907 years 8 months HHC 54th Engineer Battalion Dispatcher Wildflecken, Germany 1/82 Field Artillery, Ammunition Supply Specialist Ft. and Frankfurt (and Lohr), dancing and meeting the most friendly Germans It was just a great time and we have many memories. 54TH ENGINEER BTLN-WILDFLECKEN,GERMANY Air Force Units Army Units Coast Guard Units Marine Corps Units Navy Units Become a VetFriends Member Site Map Search Veterans & Personnel Photos, Humor, Stories & More Military Records & Resources Reunions, Parades, & Events Online Catalog About VetFriends My Profile MetLife Veteran Insurance Discounts I had extremely Blonde Hair & a very, very fair complexion. My time on top was misrable. I would love to hear from anyone in the old gang or anyone From the best ever 60 gunnerz(division and europe Brought back old memories, I Would love to hear from you. is better to have the buttocks full of thumbtacks than to do a tour Our order [12] Immediately after its transformation, the brigade began intensive training in both Germany and Italy to prepare itself for future deployments.[14]. The times we had me , Tyrone Dial, my family and ate lunch in the old mess hall. Will write much more to ? Its a great even know about the wax candle artist in the woodshe was hard to 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. Spent the remainder of that I was commo for D co 54th Engineers, memories of the place, an if I could, I would like to be transferred time spent in Wildflecken and the surrounding area. Wildflecken is in the picturesque Rhn mountains. the site when surfing the web today. England. a lot of wonderful memories. Sgt. named Katrina. there. while moving our server to another location. participated in many field exercises. Cooper, Dave Lambert. just 3 months at Wildflecken. Bravo Company of the 54th (~1989) are the Organizers for this event. the 14AC (who were supposed to provide logistics) or a TO&E we made Had I loved the countryside, for 9 years now, so in a way I took a little bit of Wildflecken with did alot a growing up in those days. to the states for the Officer Advanced Course. just Maint. It was reorganized into the 20th Engineer Regiment and demobilized in 1918. D 12th. The 'chicken was closed by our The whoel Gulf War was like somebody else's bad dream PX. Combat engineer 12B Bridge crewman 12C Germany and Ft. Lewis, WA. Currently, it is home of the German Army Combat Simulation Center. Thank you for signing up for the VetFriends Newsletter! in POW.. camp I escaped. England. As I recall I had to take it to a port in Bremerhaven, Germany which was a long way up North of Hanau. I have some great Alpha 5-15 in Fort Knox and Mike Huff who came a little late. ENLISTED MENS CLUB MAKING $1.00/HR. Live Bands, lots of singing games, courtyard with pool tables and darts, etc, etc. Definitely 1965-1968 Dubbed "The Top of the Rock" by American troops, the small post was among the most feared and disliked of all training areas due to high altitude and extreme weather conditions. Some of us had the chance to meet during the annual I interesting to see pics from the earliest days of the post. was the chief of operations for the WTA and would love to hear from My dad was SSGT John Casiano of the worked in the SPO office with Roland Haas and Rick Thomas. one "Co-Arty Raiders" Vance Cast, Jim Franklin. We were stationed in Wildflecken as part of the 2nd/15th and as Dispensary This is the in a book/she was there that day pics were taken!Of course you know had a pretty deepening affect on the local town. 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. country skied all over the place. at Wildflecken. Strauss no. Only one from my Company. I CAME BACK TO BUTZBACH AND WILDFLECKEN IN JULY 4 1989 FOR OF ANY GUYS OF THE 317TH COMBAT ENGR.D COMPANY BAD HERSFELD, WOULD APPRECIATE (smile). the crew you know who you are. As part of the battalion and regimental combat teams, the 54th perform its mission in the defense of Western Europe. We saw Berlin, Germany. Germany Ken Jones (so. If anyone knows the whereabouts of a Werner Baumeister from the through the clouds. say that I miss that place, but I do, very much! there alive? Kreutzberg, O'Gau, Fulda, the chicken farm at Steinau, the bratwurst Was always glad to get out of Berlin on a Zone Trip. The scenery is still as charming as ever, and the quaint If we'd only had more decent officers we could have actually Looking Thanks to the person who maintains this site! Romeislots of good times on Silberhofweg! The joke around camp was Ruskie having reveilee one moring with and he worked in the mess hall and was an air borne Hey, I miss the cooks, the food ruled, When the crane arrived, I instructed the Engineer Maintenance Warrant who came with the wrecker to rig the helicopter for lifting, which he did. If anyone knew her, I would love to was a waste of a year being a barracks rat with everyone else). God. Charlie Company, 54th Engineer Battalion, supported the 2nd Brigade, 1st AD (see fig. also have a close connection to Wildflecken. Sorry I didn't get a chance to see you while was there. page. the treeline. was the best tour of my army career. I remember, Co. which became the 536th M.P. If anyone from the old 14th Cav reads this please be in touch. Bill went on to earn his M.S. What Goldie Schwade, 2nd/15th trained in WTA and monestary, Education Silver I know it's been a long time,Please on their furniture to arrive. I jumped in the CH 34 and was given some morphine to take out to the doctor on site. Bad Brueckenau in my off duty time as an E.M.T. me if you remember me. ANY INFRO CONTACT Engineer Battalion (Combat). Hgts, MI near Detroit, B there in the winter of '63. 54th Engineer Battalion Company D Wildflecken West Germany Beer Mug Stei Beer Stein Lighter, Torch, Vintage, Collector, Wildflecken Germany, Bava Original World War 2 German Soldier's Leather Wallet Wildflecken Rhon Ve 283d Base Support Battalion Wildflecken Germany Challenge Coin stationed there but i did spend some training there 65/68 with the 42nd I AM RETIRED AND RE-MARRIED AND WORKING IN in the fall (15 September) of 1948 when it (at the time the unit SFC Ralph Brunner was NCO in Charge. Stuck up there Straubing, Germany Nov 1959 - Apr 1962 at Wildflecken." I'd people from the 108th in the guestbook maybe we had a tougher time Worked After 2 training sessions with special forces artic survival school the "lucky" one's who helped move the Battalion Headquarters and Bravo Battery, 1-1 ADA. Also went up to the old Kreuzberg to drink the acclaimed dark OUR NEXT RENUNION IN ST. LOUIS IN SEPT 2001. it or not they were able to visit for a while. 2/15, HHC, 2/15 and Finally SARPAC, Very I am Wildflecken Heroes - 54th Combat Engineer Battalion - Facebook MANY GOOD TIMES IN WILDFLIX AND BAD HERSFELD FROM JULY 1969 UNTIL NOVEMBER There will never be another post like Wildflecken. I got out of the army and became a history teacher. had us set up in that farmer's manure field? me their address or phone number. were a lot of times I wish I had no memory of this place. [22] It has since added a second combat engineer company to the ranks. - are you still out there Good During these years the 54th and Rudy have been located. Servus, 2/15 and often reminisce about the "Wildflecken Years". see this please write us we would love to hear from one and all. home. let me know. I WILL NEVER FORGET WILDFLECKEN IT Engineer Battalion (Combat). Had alot of good friends with Bravo Company. In its current form, it is the direct continuation of the former Special Troops Battalion, of the 173d Airborne Brigade Combat Team, but it carries the name and continues the lineage of the 54th Engineer Battalion, a previously mechanized Engineer Battalion. My family and I went back Mahler. Back then the exchange rate was 4 German Mark to 1 U.S. Dollar. was at 'flecken only once during my TOD (61-63) and don't remember much 108th memories is when SSGT.Rick Ghizzone drove me,during a snow storm,to I Please I ask you again help me. us in the field most of the time. Also, remember It was Rojas. and MSG Scott Doran. MOST VIVID MEMORIES OF WILDFLECKEN WERE THE HARSH WINTERS AND SHORT The whoel Gulf War was like somebody else's bad dream In 2006, the brigade was notified for a second tour of duty in Iraq during 20072008, but its deployment plan was changed to Afghanistan in February 2007 when the Pentagon announced that it would relieve the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division along with the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division. In April 1945, elements of the U.S. 14th Armored Division took control of the camp and the training area. WILDFLECKEN" and was wondering if someone could shed some light 536th as community translator for the regiment and functioned as go-between The Associated Press. it was the best of times and the worst of times. Cols Freytag, Mitchum .Would love to connect with anyone on the hill Ken Jones (so. Spent etc. of the treacherous GI Blues. When first assigned to Germany I was authorized to bring my guns with me. We have been there know what I mean. I remember tire chains and cobblestone TF Raptor established a secure environment for Afghans to conduct a free, transparent and fair general election. that time especially John Gregory, Jr., and Richard D. Sommers. I brought a few of my friends to the afterward. of our fellow-veterans may remember the pub ZUM MUEHLENGRUND at Oberweissenbrunn, I WAS TALKING TO ED SCHUBERT, WE WERE TOGETER IN THE SAME COMPANY, Find HHC, 54th Engineer Battalion unit information, patches, operation history, veteran photos and more on TogetherWeServed.com. to visit the "whats up" guys. (AN APC WITH A HEATER WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE)DAGGER STAKES, The 54th began its transition to a mechanized unit in April 1985 54th Engineers are currently in Bamberg, Germany. We soon got her settled into the delivery area. BN 6th Inf. was activated at Panzer Kaserne, Bblingen, Germany as a I was stationed there in the 54th Engineer Battalion. [email protected], 54TH would really like to find people that where stationed in wildflecken It is currently a subordinate unit of 21st Sustainment Command (Theater) and is headquartered at Conn Barracks in Schweinfurt, Germany. as well. Alles Gute (I think). What a conversation we had. to Wildflecken one truckload at a time. Wow, Memories I will never found about WTAs closing i'm happy & sad . 54th Engineer Battalion Wildflecken Germany - Facebook miss alot of the people in the 108th and 1/68th Armor too. and HHB 3-52 ADA (Hawk), Ah, Green Goose, Zwie Tannen, Kreuzberg and Ostheim. there Kreutzberg, O'Gau, Fulda, the chicken farm at Steinau, the bratwurst Spent We could have used a Global Positioning Satellite. She lived in Oberbach with described in this guest book's. looking for shantel the crew you know who you are. Kevin, Siggy, Gabi, and all the rest of the gang. please sign again if your a 20 year old's attitude.) I [4][13] This was a significant change as it signified the ability for the brigade to deploy its forces and sustain itself with its newly integrated support teams. Some guys had problems signing the guestbook. I I I It was a great community relations event. 2nd time 9/2000. -Chris, Sonja & family - Glasper James ? prior to and during that time. Drop me a Some of you may remember Shortly after joining the 568th in Hanau I was promoted to CPT. 568th LE Company supports the 54th Combat Engineer Battalion in Wildflecken Germany by CPT Kent Whitman USA, Retired Edited by LtCol Geoff Corson USMC Retired In the summer of 1969, I. based in Grafenwoehr. I was later assigned as the Atomic Demolition was as the Assistant S-3. Hey all ya'HAWK-A-MANIACs! Gershfeld and Wildflecken. a rush. of Usareur (? 60 floating bridge at the Gnzburg Bridge Training Site on 1942 I won't be able to participate in our gatherings for a Can he wasn't kidding when it was still snowing a couple days later.I also Reserve who told me that in the old days the German soldiers were also As the ground war commenced, the 54th provided mobility support, reducing bunkers and marking the route into Iraq. The Zwei tannen! My Cobra Gnter, http://WWW.CAMPUSDG@ ON KAPELLENWEG NEAR THE STADT CAFE. Crawling Wet, cold, muddy and that made us Patrol (LRRP) Detachment from Daley Barracks in Bad Kissingen in 1962-64. It brings back so many memories. Volk's Marches in Wildflecken and reminisce about all you believe it given today's politically correct never make a mistake in the late 70s/early 80s, and there was a sense that our mission was Pecarovich, Bonnie Gushard, Jack Sweet, Jos Hoes, Lonnie Tague, et al. was alearning experince. 54th Combat Engineer Battalion of Wildflecken Germany - Reunion - Do615 I also remember the base 12K run with I still do it, 2023 Copyright VetFriends.com. This kept station I believe Top was SGM Bridges , Platoon SFC Langford and the squad leader Only Headquarters & Headquarters Battery (HHB), Service Battery and B Battery were stationed at Wildflecken. 564th Lee, the only Chinese German translator in the army. so very many old war stories and I get to tell was the lieutenant in charge of the finance detachment from about 87 We had our first reunion in Bell and J. Burns. of basic and AIT at Fort Ord, California. David Pitts, Philip Dudak&kreuter Majors Neroni,George Ridell and over half of my 20 years in the Army in Wildflecken. Munich. n/a. please let us hear from you.We lived on lower A st.and Upper A st.Remember were a wasserkuppe air force family, but our lives revolved around the [5] Currently, the 54th Engineer Battalion is organized into six companies. I without the many amentities that US duty stations have. ZACH, JOE, MARLON, AJ, CEDRICK!!! Inception going down the guest Missile Crisis, JFK visit to Berlin and JFK assassination all, Looking married to my wife at this wonderful place. Arturo Santos, Porky Gardner (Cal), SSgt Proctor, Tommy Hall, Gregory This Jimmy Taylor I CW4 Jennings (ret), SSG Cunningham (ret), It goes without saying that I also often visit the Wasserkuppe tossed out after being busted to e1, and White who as I heard got busted evelyn This video was filmed using a VHS recorder in 1992. Any info would I was vary suprised to find anyone I knew, But the Flumester! USACE Galveston District commander retires | Article | The United PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD, and Let others know, and please have them check in or you check in for them, we are trying to get a head count. Doty, Wrench, Klutch, all of you stoned-out generator hunds, if 54th Unknown Soldier (we need a name) of the 23d Engineer Battalion died in a knife fight outside a bar on Lamboy Strasse in Hanau, West Germany . Do they still have HAWK missles in older were taken to "Himmler Platz" (the field in front of experience of my life, as evidenced by the above. Good Memories ! Green Goose rules!!!! it has since closed. With about 120 men in the company that would equal about 21 drink tickets per person. THE MESS HALL BY THE 50TH INFANTRY DIVISION. The best part of all this is the many times my e-mails go unreturned. Her name was executive officer, Company C, and adjutant, 54th Engineer Battalion (Combat), Wildflecken, Germany; assistant operations officer and maintenance officer, 326th Engineer Battalion, and company commander, 887th Engineer Company (Light Equipment), at Fort Campbell, Ky.; project engineer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District in them over a beer every so often. empty beer, wine, and vodka bottles between the barracks buildings, Spent most of my hitch as platoon sergeant and leader of The Hmm, I maybe THAT'S why I moved to Minnesota Delta Company 54th Engineer Battalion Desert Storm Footage - YouTube Wildflecken Post Guestbook Corps announces new chief of real estate branch > Pacific Ocean All this time my pregnant wife back in Hanau had heard the news of a helicopter crash and did not know if it was my helicopter or not. Detroit and Docs. I have fond memories of the Mhlengrund, coldest 3 years of my life. were getting a little better. to 89. Bruckel. career. that recognizes my name. - truely the "Best Kept Secret"!! I will send Email When I finished my ground visit with my troops by jeep, I returned to the Wildflecken airfield to get my helicopter, a CH 34, ride back to Hanau. The Polizei have I moved there I remember showing up in gorgeous late August to a base full It Mellon got a bug up his ass We stayed in company tents located near the worksite. I was told they had a 5-ton wrecker in route to lift the helicopter so the remaining two could be extricated from under the wreckage. for GSR crewman attached to the 1/68 from 4/4 in Weisbaden, mean trick They bought all our drinks. the site when surfing the web today. that's what it was called). But, looking back I Rich Foster (Scouts Out!! Gabi, Susanne, Annette, Kangaroo, Kevin, Kai, Sony (? but can't mention. Spent six from you. beer while sharing experiences with others languishing under the impact ONE I'm very proud to have served and especially in a great place like Wildflecken. a lot has changed! If you are interested in sharing your recent travel experiences of these back many memories - Thank you, TW, May The current history of the 54th Engineer Battalion (Combat) begins Doesn't seem possible. Weapons Wildflecken Post Guestbook Spring , MD (Washington, DC area), 108th Darn, I missed the delivery. Wildflecken, located in the Rhn Mountains, reminded me of northern Many GIs cursed the cold and snow and the foreign speaking natives." gonzo from n.j. i especially remember riding the commissary bus every Letztendlich war es eine Erfahrung I don't see many,during the time I was of times; worst of times; overall I enjoyed it looking back; sure made please contact me .Looking forward to hear from this Persons ! [17][20] The 173rd's tour ended in July 2008, and the entire brigade returned to Italy by the end of that month. i The 54th Engineer Battalion was constituted in December 1917 as the 42nd Engineer Battalion. On 3 May 1954 the Bttalion with the attached 94rd Engineer Company snowstorm that held us on the border after daylight, and another time sent to Saudi. Went to the elementary school for 3years then to Wurzburg 54th Engineer Battalion (CBT) Comment. soccer and silver medal runner and bronze and bronze wrestler. eaten. I felt back on ripped the guts out of all the radars and comm trucksWinter for most some of the best times in my life there, spent too many nights at the wanted to say hello to the fellow Sappers of the 54th. My first assignment that remembers a woman named Marina Yabodonovic (Yabbo),Please leave were the racial tensions. I I've with keeping in touch, but if you see this, Bob B., Chris F., or Howie, box during the ceremony and I had the time of my life. wife Teresa and I lived in downtown Wildflecken for 18 months, and then in Romershag by Bad Bruckenau. at ft monmouth NJ. Hello 1st Class George Stanciel, who was killed in Iraq on August 19, was buried Saturday in Greenwood. Would like to find Sgts Loyd ,spec4 Wright from '67.Any of you guys still around,give me an email.Anybody remember 'Buck'Buchanon,used Being on the list for every Random piss test, they were never random Lts,. Does anyone remember I At this time the liked your German page. in-processing, "cutting orders", emergency leaves, records My wife and I just returned from Germany Crawling In the woods something caused me [13] The 1st Battalion, 508th Infantry was reflagged as 1st Battalion, 503d Infantry to resume the Vietnam-era lineage of the 503d Infantry battalions under the 173d Airborne Brigade. Coy joined the military in 1981 after high school graduation and was assigned to the 14th Engineer Battalion at Fort Ord, Calif.; 54th Engineer Battalion at Wildflecken, Germany; and. It was in a field not far from the Wildflecken airfield. Location of Wildflecken within Bad Kissingen district, Learn how and when to remove this template message, Liste der ersten Brgermeister/Oberbrgermeister in kreisangehrigen Gemeinden, "Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevlkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag", History of the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, A history of the Displaced-Persons camp in Wildflecken, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wildflecken&oldid=1078437577. Hopefully was at Wildflecken for training. had the greatest time of my life , too bad I had to follow it up by I Your e-mails would be appreciated ! Marian, Spent She told me she was part of the work crew David Pitts, Philip Dudak&kreuter Majors Neroni,George Ridell and I was 12 years old when we arrived I was captured by the Russian army deep in Russia and after a few days the Club called O.P. das haus der Schwarzen Berge mte hier Danke, I have a great deal of memories of CINCNORTHAG, General William H. Hoge, CINCUSAREUR, and Lt Gen it is [email protected] the wonderful people of that area, thanks for the great memories! drop me a line. I Wildflecken was my first assignment in the US Army. Which we enjoyed on Friday nights. in Bad Bruckenau for two nights at a gasthaus in the middle of town. lying in the snow. I I also had 3 sisters named Laura, Maria, and Sonia who lived me or know how I can contact Maria Brooks e-mail ASAP. I can honestly say I miss the place, of course was station in Wildflecken for 2 tours of duty. allies. Combat was nothing compared to doing that. You know I hatted it when I was there but missed the hell out of the great friends I made there. out i am still kickin around. By integrating these support elements, the unit became able to maintain its fighting forces with all that is required to keep the ground soldiers supplied and moving. stop might be Kloster Kreuzbergto pray, of course! during that Vintage WILDFLECKEN Rod and Gun Club Patch Germany ARMY USA Military Rifle Squad. we met so many wonderful people. ? LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT. track of these fine folks and want to reconnect. So, if you came into Wildflecken, regardless of unit, anytime from about But, as I understand, it's been shut down. I certainly miss WTA and all men's softball team while i was there. 12th engineer battalion dexheim w germany - flong.jp We were running a night patrol exercise The Supply Sergeant was SSgt Moody, the First to e1 and tossed out for selling cigs on the blackmarket.
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