That's me with my nifty Army Jeep. I believe it's the Ford M151A2. This Jeep was known to rollover and kill it's occupants. In the later 80's they started putting Roll Bars on them. Shudda had those long time ago. I was the Captains driver and later the Majors driver. We did moto in the mud in Grafenwoehr many times, never had a problem.

When I arrived Jan.1980 it was a mandatory field trip to the East German Border, at the town of Hof. We could see the east German Guards looking at us as we were looking at them. I never saw the "Wall" in Berlin, not until 2017 on a Tour with NATO in Belguim, we took a trip to Berlin and saw what was left of the Wall.

This is unloading from the Field, Grafenwoehr it was. What a pain in the neck.

When everyone comes back from the Field they'd give us a coupla days off. All hell breaks loose and the beir is flowing for days.

That's Tim "OB" O'Brien, Tom "Ted" Black, Ken "Fritz The Hat" Thompson, and Brent "Turtle" Schwizzlehiemer, dudes where are you!?!

A buck Sergeant name Don Lee, from Seattle, taught me and Tim "Jeet Kune Do." I didn't even know what it was, of course I knew Bruce Lee but I didn't know that is the style that he created. I stayed in the Army for 40 years, they kicked me out, too old they said. I ran the clock out. I might be the only person in America that has known Jeet Kune Do for 40 years and was in the Army for 40 years. Thatsa small club, the 40/40 crew I never became a Kung Fu expert, but I did become a expert in Kung Fu philosophy. I created a project to "decode" Bruce Lee and Jeet Knue Do. I'm looking for the secret algorithms-

www.DecodingBruceLee.com

Oktoberfest. but of course.

Remember at RB (Robinson Barracks) they would set aside at-cost rock concert tickets for G.I.'s ! I bought like 15 Police tickets, that was the hottest concert tour in the world that year. I sold them all on the way to the show. After we got off the train we were on the city Bus, everyone going to the Concert, we were jammed in this Bus like packed Sardines and the Germans heard us Americans joking "Don't Stand So Close to Me..." and then the entire bus broke out into song, .. don't stand, don't stand,don't stand so close to me.... it was so wonderful. We coudn't stop smiling and laughing.

The 563rd HHD building is behind him, for awhile I had that room second floor to the left of the entrance. This was of course 11 years before I got there. The building got a new paint job for us oherwise it's exactly the same looking.

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Ludendorff NCO Club. We never went in there E-5 and above only. Who cares we never needed to go in that place. I heard they were drinking American Budwieser in there yikes. In those days the Army was strictly divided. E-5 and up were "Lifers" the E-4 and below did not associate with them after duty hours. You didn't trust anyone above E-4. That's just how it was. Years later I'm glad I became a Warrant Officer. I got the respect as an Officer but the enlisted people could relate to me, because I used to be one of them.

Welcome to the 563rd Combat Engineer Battalion1979-1982 locator site.
If you were at Ludendorf Kaserne Kornwestheim in 1979 - 1982
Send an e-mail so we can contact you about the reunion party we're putting together
for everyone who served in that period. This page has just been updated July 2012.
We're currently writing a Book on Ludendorff Kaserne 1980-1981. Please contact us with your story!

Some of the people who we're looking for,
(who's "we" anyway?)
Rick Phillips  38th or 503rd? from CA.
Ken Thompson  aka "Fritz the Hat" from CA?
Tom Black  aka "Ted"  Headquarters Bn  from Diamond Bar, CA.
Tim O'Brian  aka "OB"  Headquarters Bn  from Chicago
Turtle!!!Turtle!! Turtle! Brent WHERE R U????
Tina Iaccobaci, Tina the Punch for your birthday Party!
Chris Carter 563rd Combat Engineer Battalion
Willis, Willis you borrowed my pup tent
and broke the side string, you owe me a beer pal.
Donna, Tammy Leclare, Margaret, Brian Fike,
Jack Gaquin, ooooh Jack,,
Beatrice "Bea," Headquarters Bn
Lopez, all those crazy guys we had those wild
fruit Punch parties with, where are you?
The Halloween party when the Scottish Army Bagpipe Band
came by and dumped scotch in our punch?
Wiped out our whole platoon! Where is everybody now?