Artillery Kaserne, Garmisch-Partenkirchen

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1. s/sgt Joseph C. Garrison says:

   July 28, 2010 at 11:43 pm

   I was never stationed near Garmisch-Partenkirchen but I spent two weeks there in the summer and two weeks in the winter on furlough during 1950. I was stationed in Fuerth from 1948 to 1952 with a tank company attached to the 16th Infantry during the occupation. Two things stand out in my memory of the area: There was a lake up in the mountains which was beautiful in the summer and which was awesome in the winter and frozen solid enough to take sleigh rides on. I believe it was called the Eibsee. There was a large night club in either Garmisch or Bertchesgaden (I’m not sure which since I visited both) which had a large dance floor surrounded on three sides by rising horseshoe shaped tiers, each tier wide enough for many tables and chairs. Everything was covered in red velvet. The bandstand was high up in a niche on the back wall. After dinner and dancing the floor rolled back into the rear wall and revealed a huge ice rink and we were treated to a fantastic ice show. The skaters and the costumes were unbelievably great!

   That entire area was a paradise to us then! I still remember it clearly and I often wonder if that club might still be there after all these years. I hope someone can answer that for me. I can still see those mountains in my mind, the cable cars and the skiers in the winter. I still have, after 60 years, a small souvenir from there. It’s a mountain climbing pick about two inches long with the coat of arms of Garmisch-Partinkirchen attached to it. They are probably still selling them there!

   Joe Garrison

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