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| German Luftwaffe, Base Hq. Rothwesten - still in rubble, 1949 - original ASA team member at Rothwesten in pic. |
| ASA troops, ASA Team at Rothwesten, 1949. Fritz, Russ linguist: Raspillar, Maint: TSgt Hardeman, Team Leader: Sam Bobier: Rad Intcp The Fraulein showed up from nowhere , disappeared, fast when she saw camera - suspect she came thru Fulda Gap from Russian Zone. |
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| Herzo Hero Buddies, 114th SSC '49 Dubos, Thomson, Patterson, Charlie Stone |
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| l/r: Robert G "Bob" Dubos, New Orleans, LA. What a fun guy to be around. When he was "tipsey", which after one beer he usually was, he could play the old upright piano in the Herzo Hub snack bar and several of us could stand around it and sing. Problem was, Bob knew only one song - "Bill Bailey, won't you please come home" Russell Thompson, Wisconsin. Russ made a trip with a group of us to Garmish, winter of '49. We stayed in the Eibsee hotel, packed couple cases Heinekins in snow on the balcony and had a blast!! Rex "Duke" Patterson, full blood Irquois, Gowanda, NY. - super stong, when Bob could no longer navigaye under his own power, Duke would drape him over a shoulder, back to Herzo we go, MP at the gate would sort of smile and look the other way.. Charlie Stone. Charlie was pretty quiet, don't remember much about him. |
| ASA troops after a dip in the Fulda down the mountain from Rothwesten., 1949 Front to back: TSgt Hardeman, Cpl Carmine F. DeAngelis, NY Cy, Cpl Bill Raspillar, Maintenance, Cpl Sam Bobier,upstate New York. |
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| Snack bar area of the Herzo Hub, Special Services Club on Herzo Base. This was a great place for salving a hang over, working a hobby such as photo lab, dance lessons one a week with the Special Services Hostesses. The grill produced absolutely the best hot buttered toast ever to make my mouth smile (Texas Toast size before I ever heard of Texas Toast). This is the place where we usually found an old upright piano for Bob Dubos to whang away at while half dozen or so of us (mostly teenagers) sang the same song(s) over and over - until we would get tossed out !!! |
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| l/r: Rob't G ""Bob" Dubos, Wm C. Seidel, Pa, Russ Thomson, Wisc, Oliver F. "Rick" Justice, Kokomo, IN (My buddy at Herzo, Room mate at R'westen), Carl Krick, Pa. Rex "Duke" Patterson, Gowanda, NY - Picture, Winter 48/49 Not always wild parties, wholesome winter sports at Garmish - Lake Eibsee |
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| (late) Rex "Duke" Patterson, Gowanda, NY, Hotel Eibsee, Garmish, Germany - winter 48/49 One fine troop, strong !! Full blood Irquois |
| Beyond ridge is the Russian Zone |
| Fulda River Flows East thru Fulda Gap |