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I was on the other side of town at the Flugplatz. from 1962 till 1967
Your narrative brings back a lot of memories of Zweibrucken. I had quite a
few american friends from KK, freddy taylor , Ryans, and Arnie Hills. I
was at a Rod and Gun club dance at the Caserne when Kennedy was killed. I
always remember the speed with which the dance hall emptied, and the grave
change in atmosphere for the next few weeks around Germany. We lived
in
Contwig, on Fasaneriestrasse.. Was back for a visit in 1979 and what a
change! still keep in touch with my old landlord via email thru his
daughter. Your comments on my memorial web site would be much
appreciated. Mark was born in Zweibrucken at the 3wing
hospital. http://www.isfeldbc.com
Brian Isfeld http://www.isfeldbc.com
45 Mellifera Pl.
Courtenay BC
Canada V9N 9L2
Forgot something in the first send---if you have trouble replying to me,
try briani12@hotmail.com
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 12:16 PM
Subject: Your Web Site
Ran across you web site while surfing
today and I really enjoyed it and your memories which are very accurate.
Looking forward to the completion of the site.
Here's my "numerical resume"
1963-3706BMTS
1963-1964......Skytop....Class SCZ 9-12-63
1964....Goodbuddy
1965-67......R-20351-E, 6915th S.G.,Hof.
Take care.....Chet Zaremba, Nanticoke,PA
Hi.. Great site..
Forwarded the info to a few of the guys whom I am still in contact with.
Hit "Sunny Zwei" on 3 June 61 and "Auf Wiedersehned" on 17
Sep 63. As of 2001 the Jagerhof is now painted "pink"... (no
comment), all of the barracks, Rod & Gun Club, Laundry, Bowling Alley,
Theatre, Snack Bar, PX and the Army Chow Hall are history. "Our"
two buildings are still there... but are "empty." Have pictures
from some of the guys who visited in 1998 and last year. Memories don't fade
very well of Zwei. Lots of good guys. Saw on one site that according to
the USAF the 6901st did "not exist." Blow me down to
"Papas" or to the "hof." Worked in
"Machines" behind the steel door. Dick Brun, Anaheim, CA
dickbrun99@aol.com
Just happened upon your site today. I was a Radio Traffic Analysis
(20270), in the 6901st Special Communications Group stationed in Landsberg
Germany, arriving in April 1955. After 18 months, we moved the 6901st to Zweibrucken.
I was on the advanced party, going to Zweibrucken ahead of the move to help
secure the buildings in which we would house operations. It was
very interesting to watch the agents from Russia follow us as the convoy moved
along the German highways. And just how close to our base they
established a communications station.
I was there when the first Sputnik was launched and the work days got very
long and busy for a while. But that happened quite often because we were
in the middle of the new war - cold war.
I was in Zweibrucken for 18 months until May 1958. Until the Air
Force arrived in Zweibrucken, the base (post for the Army) had been the
replacement depot for all Army types coming to Europe, so the chow hall and
the service club were very large however the Chapel was small. Our
barracks were on one side of the highway and our work building was on the
other. The Army had control of the base so we had to follow their rules
to get off and on the base, which meant we had to wear ties, but we were
under Air Force Rule while off base. So we would wear the most outlandish
ties we could find because once off the base, we would remove them until time
to come back on base.
Zweibrucken was called a Four Power town, in addition to the US Army and
US Air Force, there was a French Army base below our base and a Canadian Air
Force base was on the opposite side of town. The German army was just starting
to rebuild and occupied a small base in town also. (This was just 12
years after WW2.)
The Canadians had an ice arena for their hockey team. We
could rent skates for $.25 and ice skate. In the middle of town, there
was a whole city block of rubble from the bombed out buildings of WW2.
The town folks had piled it all in one place as a monument. I remember
the beautiful Rosengarten in town. I had lots of fond memories of all
my three years in Germany. Thanks for access to your site.
