12-07-2007, 15:41
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Only one 10th Group response? Is Frankfurt really far from the Fulda or something?   |
Wrong stomping grounds both for peace and cold war. Now if you were laying over in Müchen, Stuttgart, or even Heildelberg you would get a lot more input. Frankfurt was leg country, Fulda, tank country, and we had nothing to do with folks that wandered around the battlefield ensconced in 60 plus tons of homosexual steel.
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12-08-2007, 10:21
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Only one 10th Group response?
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Frankfurt AM was someplace we got stuck...if we wound up in Rhein-Main, we had guns and equipment and were not allowed to sojourn into town...we usually had a C-Ration in lieu of haute cuisine and chased it down with canteen water, as firing up a stove is frowned upon in hangars...
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Is Frankfurt really far from the Fulda or something? |
We had no business in Fulda...any business we may have had would have been east of there...the 11th ACR had Fulda, the 2nd ACR had Hof and Passau...
Nurenburg, Munchen, and Stuttgart (SOTFE's HQ), Berchtesgarten and Garmish were places we could help you out with...
Counsel, your knowledge of things 10th Group is sorely lacking... 
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12-08-2007, 10:30
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the 11th ACR had Fulda, the 2nd ACR had Hof and Passau...
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Ah, the dreaded cav DIP mission.
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12-08-2007, 11:41
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I have been to Munchen, Berlin and Stuttgart, and Munchen is easily my favorite city in Germany.
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12-08-2007, 11:44
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I have been to Munchen, Berlin and Stuttgart, and Munchen is easily my favorite city in Germany.
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Well, you need to plan your next trip so that you are laid over in Munchen...
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12-09-2007, 11:07
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I remember being in a Snack Bar in Frankfurt (1965) with Fel Madarang (then SFC). We were waiting for transportation to the Bahnhof to go to Berlin when a second lieutenant with a V-Corps patch on his shoulder came over and asked about the Pathfinder patch that Fel was wearing on his lower sleeve of his Class-A jacket.
Without batting an eye, Madarang told the 2LT that he was one of the Olympic Torch bearers in the 1964 Rome Olympics. The 2LT was amazed that a non-military patch would be authorized on a Army uniform.
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12-20-2007, 05:43
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Well, you need to plan your next trip so that you are laid over in Munchen...
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Excellent. My turf. You guys have a safehouse here. 
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02-29-2008, 12:45
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RL, this is the rebuilt Roman fort and museum I mentioned. Like I said, you'd probably have gotten lost trying to find it in just a few hours' layover, but if you have time, it's a good thing to see in the Frankfurt area.
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02-29-2008, 12:46
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04-12-2008, 08:22
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On my last trip to Frankfurt I wasnt sure if I was in Germany or Turkey. Watch yourself around the HauptbahnHof, lots of shady characters. Check out the Berlin Airlift memorial while your at the airport. IIRC there is a restored USAF C-47 on display as well.
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