Katharina writes about the streets next to McNair and how they're named after American soldiers. This is a great opportunity to talk about one of them. Colonel...
Let me correct a point in my own post below that reads poorly. Allied air bombing within Berlin attempted to keep that bombing at a minimum in areas in which,...
To all of the group members, their families and friends: Once again we are coming upon the Nation's Holiday, 4th of July. We are celebrating the the...
Allen: Permit me to bring to your and everyone else's attention the military significance of Berlin during World War II: it was the site of the Kaiser...
Mr.Knight,your exactly right and I sure you are also aware that in the no hope death throws of the hitler war machine; the attempted delivery of all there...
Gerald: 1. Yes, I was most certainly aware of that. What most people are not aware of is how close the Axis came to getting--and USING--the Atomic Bomb...
Enjoying the holiday back home in the US of A (at least for a month)...in spite of seeing Obama posters everywhere!!!!! ... -- www.myspace.com/damascusrdmin ...
Hello veterans, do you remember the hot days when you have once joined the parades at the 4th of July platz (4Ring)?? Also the warm evenings at the Dreipfuhl...
what i remember about the Berlin wheather was that the last 2 weeks of july and the first week of august was the only time i didn't have to wear a jacket. My...
I remember one time we had someone pass out in the ring and when he fell back I think his bayonet cut someone else. The next day the picture of his head...
Hello veterans, today was an 4th of July party at the McNair museum. Peter Kauschke with his staff made it possible. But our thoughts were with you! The...
very good pics. was volksfest ncoic for 1978, and then dependent schools ncoic. brings back many memories. i send them to my daughter who was just in 5th grade...
Hi Reinhard: We can always count on you to keep all the memories going out to all who served in Berlin. You're always there with your inspiration.. Thank...
Gerald: 1. The military dictatorship of Tojo that ruled Imperial Japan under the auspices of Emperor Hirohito was responsible for the mass murder of...
Charles: Sorry.... This stems from my mentioning the fact that the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute--Nazi Germany's Manhatten Project--was located in Berlin.... ...
...it is the reason why we were where we were. I don't believe this site is restricted to what is interesting to a single person or small group. The...
I second that! I love to know why history made its mark on my home country and followed me to my new home country. If there are some of you who resent the fact...
Part of what I loved about my time in Berlin was the history, I was on guard duty at Spandau Prison when Spandau which I was told was the oldest section of...
today, while doing a welcome home the troops at dfw airport, a sfc came thru the line od returning soldiers. he had the berlin brigade patch on his right ...
Ok guys...like I said in my post I did not mean any disrespect,it just seemed like it was going back & forth between two people only. If that was the...
Absolutly no disrespect intended and none taken. When a thread gets anal or is offensive, then the moderater needs to step in and end it, either through...
He was stationed in turkey then? Those of us who volunteered for Saudi weren't allowed to wear it. Speaking of friends stationed in GE. I had a friend named...
