A few mementos from my time in Bad Tolz.

Sport Parachute Club patch circa '76 when John Raybon was NCOIC.

B Company circa '77 - CPT Sobichevski, SSG Crain (w/guidon) and SGM Seal + ODAs 12, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11.

SFODA-7 team patch made in Augsburg circa '77.

Richard :munchin

Hey Al,
nothing much here. So, your daughter is, huh ? I thought she liked the Garson better... LOL. Please tell her "hi" from me... :p

Email has been sent out to you.

10-4. Mike

Brad, PM received, CD will be out in the mail next week. Enjoy ! :D Talk to you soon brother.

Thanks alot Mike, appreciate it. That reminds me, going over to my ex wife's today for Thanksgiving. Now that I'm back here in CO, I'll look for some Tolz pics. she has all the old pictures. Some are in out in albums, but I think there are alot ,ore down packed away in boxes and there are a ton of boxes.

Tolzer bier
 

Sometime ago I saw some posts referring to the Tolzer beer. Is that brewery still there? I did take a couple of thier mugs with me. The Lowenbrau mug was one from the Munchen Octoberfest. Went with a guy named Doug Matz. As we finished one we 'd strap it to our belts. When we left you could hear us comming a mile away. Had to leave, couldn't fit any more around our waists. :D

Figured since by the time I get back to Tolz, I might have my grandaughter with me, I better start training the kid.

The old Patches
 

Gents,

All those old patches that you have attached to your posts are still available in Augsburg. Kalka's is still outside the old Sheridan Kaserne and in business. I stopped in there about a year ago looking for some stuff, and remember seeing all of those.

Stras sends

Brings back memories....:cool:

Stras is right, Kalka is still there. http://www.kalka-stick.de/Products.a...c-171ae5062042 If anyone cares for those patches, PM me. I'm sure I can arrange for something.

Brad, PM sent, CD will be in the mail shortly.

Mike out.

Thanks Mike, now i'll check the mail more often......

Brad, my pleasure. Envelope should be in CO. within 4-5 days.

Flint Kaserne Closure Ceremony
 

I took this photo before we were formed-up for the closure ceremony in '91.

Tolz Closure Coin
 

Here is the "Official" closure coin for Flint Kaserne. I traded someone (Chief Patrick from the dive team) for the low number of 9 and I was told that Col. Banks got number 1 or 2. The photos show front, back and the lid of the case it came in.

Hope this brings back memories.

More Bad Tolz pix.

Hello guys
This talk of Don Purdy really brings back some memories. He was the HHC 1sg when I graduated Ranger School in July 86 and arrived at 3/75 at Benning. He was a scary guy from the get-go....

DP: Are you married, Sgt Kennedy?
JK: Negative, First Sergeant.
DP: Girlfriend? Whatever, you should get rid of her...I knew it was over with my last wife when I came home. Even the curtains were gone. Damn woman took EVERYTHING!
(at this point, it is 1630 and he dozes off for a few seconds)
DP (awakening):Mmm, Hooooah.....Who the hell are you, son? (eyeing me)
JK: I'm SGT Kennedy, First Sergeant. I've been assigned to your company straight out of Ranger School.
DP: Hell, son, I'm going to put you in the supply room with Sgt XXX until you get your strength back. I send you to a line platoon now those Rangers will kill you! You married, Sgt Kennedy?
JK (with a stong sense of deja vu): Negative, First Sergeant.
DP: Got a girlfriend? You ought to get rid of her, she'll take everything you got.

"The Purd" was a legend. After I went to B Co, 3d Platoon in August 86 (to Doug Greenway's squad: he would go on to great things as a CSM) he would see me around the 3/75 compound and ask what I though of making all Rangers carry their weapon 24/7, with popup targets scattered throughout the BN area "just to keep the men sharp."
After I became a squad leader (as an E5) he would be at the front gate and go run PT with one of the line company squads, this being his time as 3/75 acting sergeant major. Great guy. We were at Bragg in '87 and Al Lamb and I were flipping a coin to see who would walk safety with him on one of the life fire Hogans Alley SOT ranges. He was hell on wheels with an MP5!

I was at Toelz from October 88 until the Stuttgart move, all my time in A co. I went back to Bragg in August 92, left the army in August 93 and two years later was in medical school.
Those times in Toelz were great, certainly one of the memorable periods of my life. Used to shoot at the rod and gun club a lot, especially with John Welton.
You guys stay safe!
Doc Kennedy

Welcome Dr Jay.......

Great photos Conrad. That one of the closing ceremony was a sad day.

Some more pictures of Tolz, but more recent. Haven't scanned my old slides yet.

(Damn, slides are outdated these days...)