Nellingen Barracks, Nellingen

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  1. Mark Sundstrom says:
    May 18, 2012 at 12:43 am

    I was a dependent at Nellingen from 1972-1976, I am wondering if any other dependents are out there. Played Basketball and Baseball.

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  2. E. B. Johnson says:
    May 12, 2012 at 2:02 pm

    I was stationed at Nellligen from May 1956 to November 1957. I was Operations officer for the 87th Ordinance Battalion . I was in charge of collecting the money from the four companies in our battalion, to pay the Germans for KP duty, among my other duties. Anybody remember those days?

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  3. Jim Warner says:
    April 22, 2012 at 3:34 pm

    Jim Warner
    421st Med Co(tower ops) 79-82

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  4. cori sands says:
    April 20, 2012 at 3:55 am

    Hey, anyone from 51st signal from 1981-83?

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  5. marvin kelm says:
    April 15, 2012 at 7:01 pm

    any one from 1955 56 94th engr bn

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  6. Ted Carlin says:
    April 1, 2012 at 1:40 pm

    Anybody out there from the 538th ca 1970-1971?

    e-mail sherwood@cybermesa.com.

    See a lot from 87th Maint Bn from that time.

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    • Kathie (Martin) Sherrell says:
      April 3, 2012 at 7:14 pm

      My dad was with Co. B, 548 engineer Battalion 1970-1972. I was born @ Bad-Cannstatt Dec 1971. My daddy was James R. Martin, his wife was Korean lady, Kyong.

    • Billy says:
      April 4, 2012 at 9:02 am

      Hi Kathie
      This is Billy from Nellingen in Germany. Very interesting since I never heard of the 548th Engineer Battalion located in the Nellingen Barracks. What is your email Address to ask of more Informations of the 548th ? Mine is usarmynellingen@hotmail.com
      My Website dedicated to the History of Nellingen Barracks is http://www.billybils.de

      Take care Kathie
      Billy

  7. Roger Rivers says:
    March 28, 2012 at 3:38 pm

    Anybody remember the small Funker Kaserne east of Nellingen Barracks, across the Neckar River? I used to live in Scharnhausen and I see Funker on an old USAREUR map. Just wondering, what was at that small installation? There was a small rifle range nearby. Funker not listed on ArmyKaserne. When was Nellingen shut down?

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    • Anna says:
      April 1, 2012 at 1:28 pm

      Funker-Kaserne in Esslingen was given back to the German army in 1956. There was a Bundeswehr medical battalion stationed in Funker-Kaserne till it was closed after the wall came down.
      Nellingen Barracks was shut down in 1992 and almost all buildings were demolished. You should take a look at William Bils “history of Nellingen Barracks”:
      http://www.billybils.de/index.html

    • Roger Rivers says:
      April 4, 2012 at 2:50 pm

      Anna….thank you for the great information! I lived in Scharnhausen most of 1971, and commuted to Patch Bks over at Vaihingen. I miss that little town, and remember having fun shopping in Esslingen. Wish I could go back and do it over again. Were you stationed at Nellingen? If so, when? In any event, Danke, Anna!

    • Anna says:
      April 5, 2012 at 7:11 am

      Gern geschehen! No, I’m German – still grateful for your protection during the Cold War (I grew up near the terrifying East German Border).

    • Roger Rivers says:
      April 14, 2012 at 5:54 pm

      Thanks, Anna. What town near the boarder did you grow up in? I have a good friend here in Seattle who grew up in Breslau, Silesia, and she became a DP and by 1947 finally was settled in Fulda. She just finished writing her fascinating autobiography….now looking for a publisher. Have you seen the German movie “The Lives of Others” which takes place in East Berlin? Yes, life there must have been terrifying as you say. Its all so historically interesting what with all the changes since 1989. It was a long time coming!

    • Anna says:
      April 15, 2012 at 3:15 pm

      I grew up in Northern Bavaria, the Bamberg-Coburg-Schweinfurt region. As a kid I always thought, all the evil of the world lay behind that high barbed wire fence with its watch towers.
      Living in Berlin in 1989 it was an unforgettable moment to see the wall come down.
      And yes, I watched “The lives of Others” documenting “Stasi-Life” in East Germany.
      Viele Grüße

    • Roger says:
      April 25, 2012 at 2:24 pm

      Anna, I recently read a book very much to do with your Northern Bavaria area, called “Enkampt” I believe it was, American author. It’s a very good book dealing with the battles in that area in April 1945, when the Allies believed the main German retreat was to a large Bavarian mountain redoubt that had been built. (wrong.) Thats why the 3rd Army turned south/southeast after crossing the Rhein instead of continuing on to Berlin. The next 45 years would have been very different for Berlin & the DDR if they hadn’t turned.
      I really like the current crop of German actors; Bruno Gantz and Hugo Ferch in “Downfall” and “The Bader-Meinhof Gang” movie, which I enjoyed very much as the latter movie was close to my time in Germany 1969-72. Have you read the book “The Reader” and can you comment how the movie compares to it? (I’ve not read the book yet.) I loved the movie. I understand “The Reader” was a very popular book in Germany.

    • Anna says:
      April 26, 2012 at 1:59 pm

      I don’t know the book “Endkampf” but I read otherwise about the “Alpenfestung”. Historians are still debating whether it was just SS-propaganda, meant to fool the allied forces or the last dangerous attempt to stop them. And what would have happened if…
      Of course I read the bestseller “The Reader”, German title “Der Vorleser”. But I didn’t go to the movie. I never do because I’m always disappointed by the film version.

    • Roger says:
      April 30, 2012 at 4:31 pm

      “Endkampf” is by Stephan Fritz, 2004. Has alot about the areas south of yours, in the Steigenwald und der Frankenhoae in Upper Frankonia. Have you ever been up to Berg Hoheneck? About 50 km SW of Bamberg. Wonder what that is like today? Are you still living in Berlin, or elsewhere in Germany?

    • Roger says:
      May 1, 2012 at 6:01 pm

      I agree with you about movies & books, nevertheless the movie “The Reader” was very high quality. Is it off the mark to guess you are a student of history? (Your knowledge of Funker Kaserne impressed me.) two current books I value are After the Reich by Giles McDonaugh & 1945 by Robert Conroy. two books I want to read soon are Linda Hunt’s “Secret Agenda” and the related Pledge Betrayed by Tom Bower. What books have you read that you would recommend ?(hopefully in english translation, my knowlege of German is no longer what it once was. Ich wiss nur ein bisschen Deutsch, es tut mir leid, aber es freud mich zu kennen su lernen!

    • Anna says:
      May 3, 2012 at 3:01 pm

      Guten Tag Roger. Don’t complain about your German, it’s pretty good. Did you visit the Hoheneck Castle (we say Burg)? I remember being chased up that hill on one of those countless school excursions on a hot summer day. I haven’t been in that region for a long time but I heard that the castle was renovated in the 80s and will probably be looking down on Ipsheim for another 100 years.
      Enough for today, Fortsetzung folgt.

    • Anna says:
      May 4, 2012 at 12:40 pm

      I hope I’ll find the “Endkampf” somewhere in Berlin. I got stuck in this city, after all you get the best “Currywurst” here. Joke, but after 1989 I didn’t feel like a prisoner anymore. History? That’s really off the mark. I learned a lot from my father who was a sergeant major in the German army and very interested in history. There’s no book I would like to recommend right off.
      Auf Wiedersehen oder Tschüss (not so formal)

    • Roger says:
      May 10, 2012 at 2:31 pm

      Guten Tag, Anna! Danke. Gern geschehen auch. Wie gehts heute in Berlin? In Seattle, der Sonne scheint jetzt und leben ist gut.
      Reading about deine vater ist sehr interessant. Forgive me for asking, as I am learning as I go, but was he in the Wehrmacht oder Bundeswehr? Or both? I was born in ’49, so if my father was a career solder he could have served in 3 or 4 conflicts, concidering our track record. Joke. I find it intersting I am here since I never served at Nellingen; life can be very interesting.
      In “Endkampt” it describes Burg Hoheneck & Ipsheim in detail during April 1945 and about how important they were to the Nazi parties festivals,rallies, sport competition & arts festivals thru-out the ’20′s & ’30′s (I never made it there, but would like to someday). The play “Arnold von Hoheneck” was performed there many times & Ipsheim became sort of a Nazi “Bayreuth.” But perhaps you are familiar with all this? Do you recall if the cemetary the “Hero’s Grove” was still up on the Burg? Hitler,Hess&Goebbels attended Ernst Poehner’s funeral in ’27. (I can imagine you getting chased up that Burg on your school outing :-) .
      Two books about Berlin that I read recently are “1933″ by Philip Metcalfe (1988) & “Weimar Germany: Promise & Tragedy” by Eric D. Weitz (2007). Both are brilliant and make me want to visit Berlin, even though both capture in detail the Berlin prior to the war. I still wish I had visited it as a G.I. Maybe someday yet. “A Woman of Berlin” by Anonymous is great & “Berlin Diaries” I own, but haven’t read yet.
      You joke about Berlin currywurst, yet down in Stuttgart I loved the schwabian weisswurst und brotchen with that strong mustard they served it with, along with
      some Schwaben Brau; or maybe it was the other way around. Do they still make that old Prussian beer, I think the brewery’s name was “Pinkus?”
      Don’t want to get in trouble with AK admin for taking up too much space, so will close. (Should we go email?) Viele gruesse, Rudiger

    • Anna says:
      May 13, 2012 at 12:05 pm

      Guten Abend, Roger (it’s about 7 pm our time)
      I agree. This is a great website and a nice administrator. I don’t want to annoy him either. Could you leave an e-mail address?
      Viele Grüße

    • Gnilrekg says:
      May 14, 2012 at 2:12 am

      Hallo Anna, hallo Roger,

      sehr interessant die Korrespondenz. Vor allem sehr interessant das
      historische Wissen und das Interesse von Roger an Deutschland.
      Wir ALLE sind an deutsch-amerikanischer Freundschaft interessiert,
      so kann ich beurteilen.
      Ich suche für deutsche Kinder ihre US-Vaeter und habe schon viele gefunden. Leider ist es es oft kompliziert, aber nun kenne ich eine Adresse in
      St. Louis/MO. Dort ist registriert das US-Militaer in Deutschland.
      Roger SIE muessen Deutschland wieder besuchen. Sie kennen es nicht mehr:
      Viele US-Barracks nicht mehr existieren. Dort stehen Wohnhaeuser.
      Berlin ist jetzt soooo schoen. Keine Mauer, keine Grenze, viele, viele neue Haeuser.
      Besuchen Sie Deutschland wieder!!!!
      Auch die anderen Staedte, wie Stuttgart, Muenchen, Nuernberg, Freiburg im Breisgau und und und sind sehr schoen.
      Ich bin in Berlin geboren (1939) und lebe mit meiner Familie bei Stuttgart.
      ALLE Jahre ich MUSS/WILL nach Berlin.
      Anna es ist schoen, dass SIE Roger soooo viel von Deutschland sagen .
      Ihnen Beiden herzliche Gruesse
      Gisela

    • Gnilrekg says:
      May 15, 2012 at 5:05 am

      Hallo Roger,

      Go on the website: http://www.billybils.de

      I think this is very interesting for you.

      Greetings from Germany
      Gisela

    • Roger says:
      May 16, 2012 at 3:25 pm

      We have a nice, tidy thread going here….makes it’s so east to find where we left off. Gisela, I am amazed at your initial posting, I can read about 80 percent of it and understand most of what you are saying. I thought I had lost all my skills….two years of University German in 1973-74 was sooooo long ago. I remember reading German novels of my favorite German author, Theodore Sturm! He was so…….pre-Raphaelite. (sorry, I don’t know how to do umlauts).
      Anna……Ich glaube das “auf wiedersehen oder tschuss” ist Berlinischer mundart, nein? Bein ich richtig? Ich weiss nicht “tschuss.”
      Yes, email will provide more room to practice my Deutsch! You both are welcome to connect with me at: Hagartysrock@hotmail.com
      Gern geschehen und viele gruesse, , “Rudiger Flusse”

  8. bill streeter says:
    March 25, 2012 at 6:38 pm

    I was stationed at nelligan 1966 to 1966 in the 903 ordinance .I am looking for Joe Greco or mickey gaurino

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  9. j. King says:
    March 24, 2012 at 10:52 pm

    ‘Was at Nellingen Kaserne with 70th Engineerr Bn. (up from Austria) from 18 AUG ’55 to 21 MAR ‘ 57 when unit Gyroscoped to Fort Campbell, KY. I would like to hear from any of you 70th guys who survived The Lapaloma.

    70th Engineer Battalion
    History / Lineage

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  10. Stanley E. Zajac says:
    March 16, 2012 at 5:21 pm

    I was stationed at Nelligan in 1965-66. I am looking for Ted Blaine . We were in the 94th Engrs D Company. I volunteered for Vietnam and lost contact with him. I`ve been looking for him to pay him back the $30.00 bucks I borrowed from him. Please contact me at 1 -413-283-7042 PO .Box 459 Bondsville,Mass. 01009. Thank You and if anybody else remembers me call or drop me a line. Stan

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  11. KC Murphy says:
    March 12, 2012 at 3:31 am

    I was stationed there from Sept 83 to Dec 85. I was in the 16th DPU. It was a great place. I am looking for Steve Lundberg, or SSgt James Mckinney. I spent a lot of time at Uli’s down in Essligen. I was sorry to hear they tore down the kasern.

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    • ursula says:
      April 26, 2012 at 2:35 am

      @ KC Murphy

      48 people named Steven Lundberg in the US | WhitePages
      names.whitepages.com ›

      Good luck

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