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I totally know what you mean. Same experiences for us, but we were dependents and much earlier, '52 to '58 time frame. I STILL miss Munich and Bavaria, especially at Christmas. I remember Octoberfest and those funnels of gooey nutty goodness of sugar-roasted almonds and that wurst and brats and kartoffel salat! And kriskindlmarkt. a child's fantasy land. I still have some of the wax headed, brocade clothed, gilt winged Weihnacht's angels. They are a little worse for the wear after many, many military moves, but they still make an appearance around the tree every year. LOL! We road-tripped everywhere,. too. Oberammergau, Chiemsee, Berchtesgaden... Good times. Wish I had a time machine....

I moved to Munich after I graduated high school in Augsburg. My daughter was also born in Munich. I sure do miss living there.

Hey Ben! It's your old neighbor Chris. Thanks for posting this video. It's really cool to see the old neighborhood again. I hope life is treating you well!

Sorry this is a late comment, but this was in 1989 and slightly before Germany's Reunification that started the next month of November of 1989 so it would make sense there wouldn't be much traditional Tracht being worn. Germany was still separated more than likely when this video was taken, and Munich/Bavaria was part of the American Occupation Zone. A lot of Bavarians probably were still reeling from the trauma of WWII as well, so they were focused on surviving and rebuilding as a whole and not so much on celebrating their culture.

Maybe Cincinnati school?

What are your names? I was there in the 80s/early 90s.

I was there in the 80s... chicken got much better! lol

yeah dude it does take place in the end of september till beginning of october, used to, until the covid bullcrap

@@annihilator_of_orks Well, technically, I guess that was true in 1989. It started September 16th and closed on October 1st, so vast majority of the activities was in September.

Hello Nicole, I live in Ittlingen and I can check who lives there on Saturday. Can you describe which house belonged to her?

I lived in 326 C2 from January 1955 to January 1958, The High School was right out our door and to the left. The brand new hospital was through some small woods and across the street. Christmas they served hot chocolate in the hospital for all visitors. What I most miss is the German bakery shop near the commissary at McGraw Concern. Papa bought a 16 piece chocolate cake from there for our Christmas dinner....it is STILL the best cake I've ever eaten. I was in the last half of 4th grade to the middle of 6th grade. Yes, I miss the wonderful German people....I always think of them around Octoberfest and Christmas. Dorothy Stockett, USA

348 was our building, next to offcer's homes, lots of memories to share

Oh, yes! Saturday morning cliffhanger serials. As I remember, the movies were a dime on Saturdays for kids. Dad always gave us each a quarter so we'd have money for popcorn and candy. We were there for three years from '52, then got transferred out to Vilseck/Grafenwoehr. Dad was with 759 Tank Bn out at what was then Henry Kaserne. They had just finished the first half of the new apartments along the main street, coming in from McGraw Kaserne. They finished the chapel and then the new elementary school soon after. Until then, we went to church at the McGraw chapel and we went to school at the old HQ bldg for a few months. Our brand spanking new building was about the third one in on the right as you came in the entrance from McGraw. We backed up right onto pristine, undisturbed thick conifer forest about 100 yards from our back door. Berries, berries, everywhere and my Mom made pies, pies, pies! We ran around that place, like wild things, playing..... Army, of course! Haha! We loved it and loved Vilseck, too. We cried when we had to come home.

How old were you around that time? I was a kid and left around '87 too.

I was in my early 20s when I left@@thejeneralj.u.-iceforever6706

I remember those schoolrooms. Mrs Feany was my sixth grade teacher. Lived in Perlacher from 60 to 63 and loved it.

Interesting. They must have run out of room at the "new" elementary school. We were there in about 1952-1953. They had just finished building the first half of the new rows of three-story apartments and the chapel and were working on the elementary school, so we went to grade school at the old HQ building in McGraw Kaserne for a few months. The then-new elementary school was fancy-schmanzy by our standards and we LOVED it. Big windows and swooping ramps up to the second level, lots of art and color on the walls. Lots of trees, grass and wildlife to look at through those big windows. Can't imagine they would have torn it down after only ten years. Surely you would have gone there or at least seen it? These duplex constructs must have been built much much later. Those attic rooms we used as rec rooms for parties and a place to play when the weather was really bad. We had to be quiet because it would echo really bad down the stairwells and we'd get chewed out. LOL! There were also maids' quarters and bathrooms up there. We had a maid and she lived up there during the week.

@@r.mcbride2837 oh for sure I went into the newer building - for library etc in 6th grade and then for classes in 7th.

My name is Don Higgins was googling Perlacher Forst. Was Stationed there from 1968 to 1971 at the 225th Station Hospital. Have been trying to find any information about what happened to the hospital. When I left in 1971 it was rumored the Russians wanted all American military units out of Munich. Any information would be appreciated. Thanks

Miximixos ist das dort gewesen wo jetzt diese vineyard Gemeinde drin ist? ( ehemaliges griechisches Restaurant kukuvaja ) ?

@@speromedineli6991 Ja. Genau da! :)

Not the same in what way?

I graduated Munich American High School (go Mustangs, lol), 1970. In the 1969-70 Yearbook, I'm taking a layup in the basketball game photo. Remember the big red headed Wilhelm Geist young man, he took that photo. Remember Mr. Akimota, art and some other subject teacher. Also the jazz man with the beard who did music and society/government course, he was an impressive person and influence on so many kids. There were some very smart kids of parents of the whole alphabet soup community going to Munich American High School, especially the boarding school kids of parents doing far flung duty worldwide. I loved Munich. The Wienerwald chicken place need Perlacher Forst, tasty chicken. Also must mention the English teacher, extremely bright man, his saying was "Use your judgement and you will be judged accordingly." Quite a saying for life, that stuck with me all these years. There never really was a briefing given us growing up in EU and Germany as the military offspring of the actual military establishment cold warriers. But years later in life, the Navy have an admonition piece of advice for their serviceman and by extention the dependents, "Loose lips sink ships" . Among some of the military establishment, Munich had the nickname of "spook town". The lives of our parents during the cold war, almost all of it classified, and the reasoning of that whole mentality does have a problematic effect on the offspring. Telling one's details of life at a "spook town" versus "Loose lips sink ships." I'm come to respect the wisdom of the Navy saying. But I love reading and seeing all the details of history surrounding the then US "spook town." (VOA and Radio Free Europe, and DIA 66th)

Was a boarding student (from Oberammergau) in '67 and '68 (dad rotated back to U.S. in summer of '69). Have been back to Munich and surrounds a number of times since though never back to see what's left of the old school. Lots of fond memories. @@chuckbeattyo

Hi, I also attended the American school from 62-‘66. My father was in the Army. Such wonderful childhood memories of this entire area. I returned several times as an adult. Nothing really changed except the trees that were once miniature stick trees in the front yard of all the home are now gigantic. The old elephant that we painted every year in front of the high school was still standing strong upon my last visit in 1994.

348 1954-59 we were neighbors, l was a kid then, still am

How old are you? Were we in the same class?

73 years young@@carolynmartin8439

I’m a bit older than you are Jim, I’ll be 77 in September. Hardly recognize anything in the video, maybe I just wasn’t familiar with the particular area that’s filmed.

@@carolwhitney3773 just three years, Aug. 30th 74 years young