Submitted by Name: James P. Reaves From: Lexington, NC 27295 E-mail: hreaves@lexcominc.net
Comments: I was assigned to IFC area, Charlie Battery,3rd Bn,71st ADA from November 26,1963 to September 8,1966. I enjoyed the web page of C Battery. I am hoping someone with MOS 179 & 16C will look at C Btry web page and contact me. My CO was Captain Leroy R. Trupp & XO 1st LT Walter E. Mullaney. Other individual that served with with me are: Jose Trujillo, Robert E. House, Jose G. Muniz, Herbert L. Reid, Reginald G. Barrick, George T. White, Ronald E. Paffenroth, Josh R. Wimberly, William C. Hayes, Leand J. Persing Donald F Sittnick & James E. Witt. Thanks for having this Web Page it is Great.
JPR
Added: May 13, 2012
Submitted by Name: Bonita J. Gilkerson From: Milton, Florida E-mail: ggrannie1@bellsouth.net
Comments: I am Luther L. Gilkerson"s wife. He has been deceased since 10/28/1998.We were married for 34 1/2 years. Luther worked in the IFC, and served at Charlie Battery from 1960 - 1961.
I was happy when I have seen the old pictures of Niederhofen and the other villages. Now I am 53 years old. I was born in Kleingartach and now I live in Niederhofen since a lot of years. When I was a young boy I visit the soldiers in the barracks with my friends. They gave us chewing gum, chocolate and coke. We liked it very much! Our friend from the soldiers was a black men, he was a doctor. He have to go to vietnam, but don't know his name. With my dad I often visit the Gasthaus Rose in Niederhofen and have played with the gaming machine.
I wish you all the best, have a great time.
Greetings from Germany, Alwin Schwarzkopf
Added: April 23, 2012
Submitted by Name: JACK C. BERKUT From: BRANDYWINE, MARYLAND E-mail: mberkut@aim.com
Comments: I was a member of the 195th Ordnance detachment in 6/59 thru 9/61. We provided support to 4 Batteries of the 71st. I was a Section Chief of the Mechanical Section. Thanks for a great web site. Jack
Added: April 18, 2012
Submitted by Name: Rick Barrett From: Denton,TX E-mail: r_lbarrett@msn.com
Comments: Dean, Just a note to let the group know of dad's passing. He was CWO O.D.Barrett. Stationed in Germany from 1957 to 1960. For more info on dad you can look at the post by Dorothy Barrett Wood, she has posted more info about our dad. Just wanted to let the group know about his passing, Died 4-9-2012, memorial service 4-13-2012. Rick
I was assigned to C Battery 3rd 71st ADA when it was in Hardhiem, Germany, from March 1979-June 1983. I worked in Hopffingen at the IFC assigned to the UHF section. This was my first assignment out of 20 years in the Army, I met lots of good people, and have profound memories of this unit.
Added: April 12, 2012
Submitted by Name: James W Richardson From: ?, MD, VA, Johnson City, TN since 2007 E-mail: jimcarolrich@msn.com
Comments: I was at C-3-71, Hardheim from Feb 73-Jun76 as the IFC Warrant Officer. Remember Gas shortage transportation restrictions and and 1 hour commute pass for weekend duty. Made 4 trips to Crete for ASPs spending an extra week stranded there when Air transportation diverted during the Greek-Turkish incident. Endured the 75-76 winter when the battery headquarters building was evacuated for MOUSF [modernization of US facilities] and operations were moved to tents on site with billeted troops transported daily from Peden barracks.
Appreciate this site.
Added: April 6, 2012
Submitted by Name: Robert Letang From: Bozeman, Mt E-mail: bwletang@yahoo.com
Comments: Good to see information from the past, lots of memories.
Comments: My dad is CWO Orion Dennis Barrett. He was in Karlshrue and Heilbronn (where we lived) from Sept. 1957 to Sept. of 1960. He is now 88 years old & his health is failing. He has been living in Nocona, Tx. for some time now. When we returned from Germany, he was stationed at the missle base in Denton, Texas (Dallas-Ft. Worth area) and then transfered back to Ft. Bliss until he retired. Would love to hear from people he served with, it would cheer him up. He is beginning to suffer a little bit of dementia and we are gearing up for locating a nursing home in the very near future.
Name: James P. Reaves
From: Lexington, NC 27295
E-mail: hreaves@lexcominc.net
I was assigned to IFC area, Charlie Battery,3rd Bn,71st ADA from November 26,1963 to September 8,1966. I enjoyed the web page of C Battery. I am hoping someone with MOS 179 & 16C will look at C Btry web page and contact me. My CO was Captain Leroy R. Trupp & XO 1st LT Walter E. Mullaney. Other individual that served with with me are: Jose Trujillo, Robert E. House, Jose G. Muniz, Herbert L. Reid, Reginald G. Barrick, George T. White, Ronald E. Paffenroth, Josh R. Wimberly, William C. Hayes, Leand J. Persing Donald F Sittnick & James E. Witt. Thanks for having this Web Page it is Great.
JPR