My father, Stanley Rohner, was killed in a helicopter accident while stationed here in Dec 78. I am taking my family here for the first time next month and also visiting his crash site in Karlstadt. Thanks for sharing this video, its nice to see the town. I was only 2 at the time of his accident, so I have never even had the opportunity to see where my family lived.
I'm glad people are watching and enjoying this video. I appreciate all the kind comments. It was quite an emotional day for me driving through the former Peden Barracks. The memories flooded back as I drove the streets and described things to my daughter, who was with me. As an Army Brat, I never really had a hometown, but I have always kind of considered Wertheim to be my adopted hometown.
Olivia Fowler I lived in Peden barracks at the same time you did. I went to 5th grade Mr. Syphrus and 6th grade Mr. Hammond at that time and just started 7th grade at Wurtzburg when we move from there to Hanau. This video brings back so many memories! Thanks, David Harris, for posting this!
It's 2016, and I'm doing the same thing you're doing. I'm here with my fiance, and I'm sure it'll be quite an emotional time when I go through it tomorrow. I'm glad you got to visit this place again. Sadly, I don't remember anyone that I went to school with as an elementary student. I lived in Wertheim from 85-91.
David Harris david when did you live there? we were in officer housing from 84 to 87 one street above yours. 335 commander then was raymond roe and then robert dudley. my father was dcc. we got an mlrs battalion 427 in 1985. first commander was butch stearns. 72 brigade commanders were col. bryde and legge. your video was wonderful.
😢im crying so many memories.. im from wertheim, i lived on wartberg. My father was in the us army and my mom is german and from wertheim. I lived on rheinhardshof 42. 1985 till 1990 when we had to leave after the war,also a army wife. Life was beautiful then. Thank you so much😊❤
Wow, what a video blast from my past. I lived here 81-84 during HS years when my dad was stationed here. We lived close to the elementary school climbed those stairs to get to the bus early mornings to go to Wurzburg AHS. When I first got here it was a rock bus and soul bus then some stuff happened and we got split to girl bus and boy bus with parents having bus duty 😂😂. My dad was none to happy for that. I remember watching the movie "The Day After" at school and being horrified. Those early morning drills. Spent alot of time at the movies, worked at the officers club after school and the nursery. This video brought back lots of memories. I didn't see the red phone booth at the entrance- I remember calling family back in the states. Fond memories of laying in the fields watching the fireworks, eating early breakfast at the mess hall on mornings I helped my brother with his newspaper route. Thank you for sharing this video. Great memories!!
Thanks a bunch for posting this Dave! I was there June 89'-Dec 91' with A Btry 4/27th FA. Rockets Away Sir! Sudden Impact! Place still looks the same...yet different. The archway, 72nd Brigade HQ, the commissary/class VI, the chow hall, theatre, even the old bank/atm right across from our tiny PX. We had to take the bus to Wurzburg to go to "the Big PX" and it had a Burger KIng. I would bring back sacks full of burgers and triple my money selling them to the guys that hung out in their barracks rooms all the time and didn't want to get out. I arrived there as a buck private at 19 years old and was completely blown away that we not only had a soda machine in the barracks, but right next to it was a converted Pepsi Machine that sold Bud heavy and Bud LIght for 75cents a can! NO ID required, it was legal! Rofl. Awesome awesome awesome man. Thanks again!!!
misty water colored memories...... i was there from '79 to '82, 4th through 6th grade. my dad was stationed at the hawk/herc missle range. our little league baseball team was the regional champs in 81! great times. thank you for this
WWWWWWWOW!!!!!!!!!! I am completely overwhelmed with joy and happiness in seeing your video Mr. Dave Harris!! Thank You so much for taking time to post this incredible video on youtube. I was Stationed on PEDEN BARRACKS from October 1990 to around May 1992. U.S. Army 13 Bravo Field Artillery Cannon Crewmember. Back then Artillery men Served on M 110 Howitzer also referred to as "8 INCH" This place will ALWAYS be very special to me. TTTTTTTTTons of memories from this place. I was their when my Unit received Deactivation Orders. At first i had no clue what that meant because i was a young 19 year old Man. Once i learned that this place was shutting down and i would be receiving orders to return back to U.S. to another Military Base... yeah, the thought of leaving this very special place crushed me!!! Right outside the main Gate across the street use to be my favorite German Restaurant. I would go their every Friday night after lifting weights to buy a bunch of fresh, hot, very tasty German food. I would always buy extra German food and bring back to my barracks room on 2nd floor. I had the most incredible view out hhhhhuge double window that i always opened up and just enjoyed the night time view of the Castle across the river located on another mountain.... Sorry for any mis spellings. I survived 4 strokes in brain so my writing is not that good. Once again THANK YOU for taking time to make this video and posting on youtube!!!!!!!!! GOD BLESS, U.S. ARMY RETIRED 1989 -2016
Wow! You don't know how this video touched me! Its soo good to see this place.I was assigned to B Btry 3/35th from Jan 77 to Jul 78, with a 9 month bid at NATO site 35, in Wurzburg. So many good memories and a few sad ones (a fellow soldier who was assigned to Charlie Btry was killed) there. I was 18 when I arrived in country (56 now). Thank you so much David.
Thank you for this! I lived there from 1986-1991 and still haven't been back. This was a great trip down memory lane and I shared it with my family. Danke!
Thank you for the video. I lived across from the courts when my father was stationed here. So many memories watching the video. The airfield served as a refuge establishment during our time there.
Thank you so much for sharing , I was there 90-92 in HHB 3-35 they moved us there when Kitzengen closed down all the 13Foxes were there......brought back memories !!! I love it......j. ybarra
I was also stationed there from 90 to 92 at HHB, my name is Bob Martinez(Spc Martinez)..was in commo and do remember when you guys moved there and can't believe it's been over 30 years since stationed there
I lived there from 1970-73 and again from 78-79. So when I talk about the targets on the wall, they were done some time between 70 and 73. When we came back in 78, I went to Wurzburg HS as a freshman.
Our step Dad was stationed there 78-80 as a Huey pilot. My little sister went to the elementary school right by our building. We lived on the 4th floor. My older brother and I went to Wurzburg High where he played football for the wolves. I played football for the Wertheim steelers. I also worked the summer hire program at the commissary at age 14. Enjoyed shooting at the Rod and Gun club, many hours at the DYA, our trip to Austria and Italy with the DYA, lots of movies at the base theatre and friends, some that I can remember are Kevin Hardin, Ryker Burrows, Charlie Earl and others that I can not recall their names. The video was great. Thanks
Lisa Spangler Fahl your name sounds familiar. My sister and I attended wurtzburg High School from 1979 to 1981. We had a rock and a soul bus that would take us back and forth. What an awesome time. I wasn't very popular back then but my sister used to hang out with a crazy Bunch Janet and Esther LOL maybe you remember them
Thanks for sharing this! I was stationed there 86-88, Ammo Section/Bravo Btry, 3/35 FA. I have a lot of pictures from back then. It sure looks different in your video. You drove right by our Barracks. God Bless! LS
I spend my childhood in Kreuzwertheim(the smaller neighbour-village accross the river main, which is already bavarian). I left later an moved back three years ago. To all those former soldiers who served in wertheim, or other places in Germany i want to let you know about mone of my most impressive memories concerning the us military in our home-region: When i was about 11 years old i rode my dads horse at the time you guys held your annual (?) NATO-autumn-maneuvers. The horse stayed unbelievably cool, although the machines of your trucks and tanks made an enormous noise. No mather, the mare stayed cool an calm, even if rattlin tanks were moving by. So i rode to a group af tanks standing somewhere in the forest and the soldiers reallly enjoyed seeing a real horse and gave me the best chocolate, i've tasted ever since. I t was a silver-foil-covered chocolate-bar (or should i better say "disc", as iin my memory it was round!?) I'm sure it was hershey's, but dont't remember the blend - i suppose it was a kind of honey-almond. Great memory!!! Thanks one more time to those guys who spend my that childhood-memory
To you and all the other German people who lived in Wertheim and the surrounding area, you were gracious hosts. I can't imagine what it must have been like to have a bunch of foreigners in your villages and cities, with their loud tanks, and in our case, helicopters. And let's be honest, while most of the soldiers were well-behaved, some were not. For that, I apologize. As a child I was taught to be respectful of the German people and realize that this was their home and we were guests. I did my best to live up to that. I was rewarded by living in one of the most beautiful places in the world. The background screen on my computer is a photo of Wertheim, Kruezwertheim with the Main running between them, taken from the castle. I have great memories of Germany ( lived 9 of my first 19 years there) and especially Wertheim, which I consider my hometown as much as anywhere else. I hope to visit there again someday. Thanks for your kind words. Danke.
@@harrisdave thank you for your words of kindness and thankfulness. Wertheim changend in Mannheim places. It is still a wonderful place to be. If you ever find yout way back, you will find me by my name and maybe we will get in contact and have a cup of coffe or a cold beer!!!
I was stationed here in 1980-81. Echo Co. 3rd Aviation Battalion. I did not see my old Battalion, nor the airfield. 😥 The entrance looks the same & the old commissary looks as if it has seen a many, many, years. Wonderful Memories!! ❤ Thanks Dave for this video...So much has changed. No way was it that many buildings when I was there. I can recall walking many times that entire base. I really hoped to see my old Aviation Battalion, but didn't. 😞 😢
Glad to see I'm not the only one that likes to ride through Peden Barracks. I was stationed there from 76-85 and loved it. Lots of memories. I think my last DCC was LTC Kervorkian - I see the name below - drove with him to Wuerzburg one time and we sighted my first SMLM vehicle - LTC K put his MP hat on. It was great. Worked in Bldg #2 on the right in front of the MP Station. Peden RPC Team not getting out except thru us! Still here in Germany, got to close all the Army Bases. I remember the helicopter crash in '78. That was down the road past Vokenrot in a big field where the power lines hung pretty low. Everyone had to go out and look for parts, not a very good situation. Sorry for your loss. Two others also died in the crash if I remember correctly. LTC Raymond Roe brought change to 3/35th LOL, wow. Thanks for the video.
I lived in Peden Barracks from 80-82. Went to Wurzburg High. Hung out with Jim Steinkamp, Richard Meeks, and Brice. I also hung out with Paul Leisman.. Very good times, I loved Peden Barracks. This video brings back a lot of memories. I still remember everything in the video. I've also seen the quarters we lived in.
@@paulleismann2408 Hi Paul Im glad to see you responded. I miss Peden Barracks especially delivering the the Stars and Stripes with you, or like some people asks Sgt. Who??
I was there (87 - 91). Loved it. Thx fr the view of my past. I was so excited to share it with my family. I always talked about it but, now they hv a visual to go with my stories.
Thanks for this David. I was stationed there from April 87- September 89 HHB 3/35 "Headhunters". Good times. You remember it well. The old peden grill was in front & the building past the arch was the barber shop. HHB barracks was just down from the basketball courts & shopette
My husband was there best time Best Time Ever we were there 88 through 92 I enjoyed this video almost made me cry all the memories camce back his first sergeant was Ezell Robinson 3/35 quite a bit of friends lost in touch
What a great ride through memory lane. I am lived on Peden Barracks for one year. Spent 77-78 school year at Wurzburg American High School as a seventh grader. My name is MIchael Holsonback. Moved to Crailsheim when my dad became a battalion commander. I actually graduated from Heidelberg American High School in 1983. Thanks David!
Spent most of 63 in Wertheim with my Dad, XO of 72d FA Grp. Attended HS in Wuerzburg. Seems like we spent most of our time on buses going to school. I remember some long walks into town when we got bored. Loved living in Germany. Returned in 71 on my own set of orders, but didn't manage to revisit Wertheim.
Hi...what grade were you in in '63? I, too, remember the long bus trips to and from school. Our German bus driver used to growl aloud a lot whenever he thought we were doing something we shouldn't, like everything. ha! Did you ever get with a bunch of kids and sled down Wertheim hill into town, have a few beers at a local hoffbrau, and then walk all the way back up the hill only to decide to sled down again? Hard to believe I had that much energy in my youth. But it was awesome. Did you visit the AYA often? I set pins at the bowling alley until they got auto pinsetter in. Bagged groceries at the PX, too. Who did you hang with in '63? Maybe I know someone you know. Also, have you visited the Wurzburg Wolves web site?
@@GetRealBaby now isn't this interesting? Running across not 1 but 3 people from Wertheim in the last few years. I have also recently found Donna Moseley and she put me in touch with Sim Smith if you remember them both Class of 65. We moved to Wertheim in the spring of 63 from Bad Kissingen while I was finishing 9th grade. By Thanksgiving, we moved again to Ft. Monroe, VA. I looked for you in the WAHS 63-64 yearbook, but couldn't find you. Sim remembers but thinks you may have been a year ahead- Class of 63. He would like to contact you. So, I never sledded down the hill to that gasthaus, but we walked down plenty of times. The bartender/ owner thought we were nuts because of what we ordered. I think cognac and coke was my choice. I have nothing but, good memories of dependent life in Germany. And, yes, I'm aware of the WAHS website and upcoming reunion. Not many in our early 60s era coming it appears. Thanks for reaching out and let us hear from you again.
@@mikealexander5830 Yes, it's interesting. I think Donna Moseley was friends with Linda Henderson and Claudia Vic, both sophomores I think. And I do remember Sim Smith. He and Anne Marie Fabrizio hooked up after graduating hs. I was in touch with her and her brother Charles (Charlie) who was a junior in '63, the year I left Wertheim. Wait...I believe Donna married Kyle (forget his last name). I wasn't close with either, but Kyle was shot in the eye by Bill Beckham back in '62, lost sight in that eye due to blood filling his eye, but has regained some sight years later. It was my pellet pistol Bill used to carelessly shoot Kyle. I tossed the gun away after that incident. I'm not in the yearbook because of choice, never liking my picture being taken, but I am in a few pictures of the '63 football team in which Dennis Hewit (sp?) was quarterback, Dave Majors middle linebacker, and Bill Weiteinger (sp?) played end I think. Bill passed away a few years ago. He was a wonderful guy, and had a sense of humor that made me constantly smile whenever around him. He had a 5-o'clock shadow in the 10th grade, the only boy in school with a 5-o'clock shadow beard. So many stories, so little time to tell them, and few people to find them interesting. Would love to chat with Sim Smith or anyone else you're in touch with, including Donna. Is she still married to Kyle? What a beautiful girl she was! And may still be. If you were there in '63, you must have visited the AYA, correct? Tracy Edgerly painted a stunning portrait mural on one of the wall in one of the back rooms. It featured many of the kids she knew who hung out at the AYA, You could probably get a lot of money for a picture of that mural. It was painted over after I left. Thanks for the note. Good chatting with you! mrmsje at gmail dot com
Thank you for sharing this. I was a private there from 91-92 in HHB 3/35 FA. We were part of the group that shut the base down before it was given back to the Germans. So interesting to see it re-purposed and still very much utilized. It's amazing how small my world was, as I didn't see a lot of the places outside of what was centrally located (our barracks, the commisary, bowling alley, etc).
I was with HHB 3/35 from 90 to 92..Spc Martinez, we might know each other and can't believe it's been over 30 years since stationed there and please let me know if my name sounds familiar
@Robert Martinez Heya. I'm actually terrible with names, and it's definitely been a few years, so I apologize that I don't remember. I'm Justin Malinosky and was part of the forward observers that the unit picked up before deactivating. I eventually moved into the S3 when we started to deactivate. What part of HHB were you in?
Thank you David for the video. I was there from 85-88. 2nd to 6th grade. Jorge Rodriguez. Loved going down memory lane. I miss riding my bike all around base and out the side gate to buy candy. Best fun. Could go anywhere, without fear. Played every play ground. Played sports for the DYA. Picked fruits from all the fruit trees. And snow sledding those hills. So much fun as a kid.
I was in the 3-35 FA from 82-84. Lived off post as a bachelor, so I doubt I ever saw the elementary school. The building you thought was the dispensary, was the dispensary. this video answered a lot of my questions about how the place looked. thanks!
Dude this is so cool! My Dad was stationed here in like 85-87. Some great nine year old memories were had in and around that place. Would love to visit someday.
Greetings from Wertheim!Miss the times when the "Amis"where here! Nice to show your adopted Hometown to your daughter!had been there in the Barracks many times!At the shooting range,"racetrack"and the Rod and Gun Club!!Grew up with american soldiers because my Grandparents worked for the US Army!My Grandparents where living in House right of the Gym!Right on the opposite side of the road from the Red Cross shop!Think it was House 15°!great memories about the DAF Festivities!Was so disappointed when the US left!Love it that so many people from different places have my hometown in memory as a beautifull,warm place
Thanks, Willi. I appreciate the comment! I loved my time there. It is a beautiful town and I loved being able to visit again. I hope to do it again someday.
I'm sure i seen you at the Woodstock since i basically lived down there to. I was with the 3rd35thFA in 82-83. It's funny how i don't remember the movie theater even though i had to walk past it a million times. Now i wished i spent some time there and saved some money :)
Thank you for taking me back in time. We lived there from 1979 can 1981. I also remember working at the commissary putting out my King Edward cigar box and having it filled with lots of cash for bagging groceries really fast! And you're right the buildings did not look as colorful as they do now. I'm sure the new tenants love the spacious Apartments.
Thank you so much for the video. I was stationed with HQ Btty, 3rd Btn, 35th Artillery from the early spring of 1967 through October 1968. I was a radio teletype team chief. Although, when my wife arrived in the summer of 1967, we moved to Faulbach and lived there. Yet, I still had to come into clean the barracks every Friday morning. I had some great times, some great memories and I served with a wonderful group of guys. Thanks again for this wonderful video.
David-Thanks for posting this. My dad was stationed here 1965-1968. I went to school here from 3rd to 5th grades. My brother, like you, went to Wurzburg for the next level. I hope to go myself soon.
I was stationed here in 84-86. I believe the building at 7:06 of video is the MP building, but not sure. Houses to the right at 7:22 of video were the location of Alpha Battery 25th FA 3rd ID headquarters and barracks which have since been torn down and replaced with residential housing. Last house on the right at 7:27 of video would have been the location of my barracks. The center quadrangle that they drove around is where we did PT every morning. The building at 7:29 of the video was the German military barracks. I remember going over there to buy beer out of their vending machines.
So happy I came across your video! Was stationed there from 69-71 as an Army brat. Even from being a six year old kid then I can still remember the movie theater and the living quarters area. At 3:12 you show the duplex where we lived and our front door is on the left. I was blown away! Many fond memories of Wertheim and the snowy winters.
Alpha Battery 3/35th FA 1981-1983 I remember always going half way down the hill to a restaurant Pub called the Berbalick I think and there were two waitresses named Fox Trot and ilana and the owner was Fritz. Wow old memories thanks for sharing
We were stationed there 72-73. What a trip down memory lane. My husband was in the 72 FA as a chaplain's assistant. I understand that Wertheim is a tourist destination now. Can;t wait to go back some day.
Wow, Thank you, David, for sharing this video. I was stationed there 81-83 with the FA Metro Team. Our room was on the left side of that arch and the barber and the mesh hall was the building after that on the left before the Theater on the right. Appreciate the quick glimpse off memory lane :) :) :)
Holy smokes! I was stationed there from 75-78 use to be with the 3rd ID charlie company. had to laugh when you showed the movie theater. I use to run the projectors till I played jimmy Hendrix version of the national anthem. Post commander didn't have a sense of humor lol also was the main gate guard for 2 years. What a great place and so much fun. loved going into town to the guest houses some back then had signs saying no GI's lol they saw to many john Wayne movies. Thanks for showing it what a blast from past.
I was stationed there 82-84 and my barracks was taken down and is now a house right by the officers club. I was in a radar unit and that quad was where we did PT and the building across from us were German Base Gaurd Barracks.
Super Charlie! C/427 FA SPLL C33 “Mess with the Best, Nuked like the rest!” 85-88 was a blast! I always enjoyed coming home from Graffenwhohr and seeing all the families lined up excited to see us come back home! It felt like we were all one family!
oh my God! I was 13 years old when my father was stationed in peden barracks from 81 to 85 we lived there for 5 years before my father retired the service after 20 years, wow it is just absolutely changed!, the front gate is totally different but the movie theaters the same, well a little bit! thank you for the video dude! this video take me down memory lane all over again!
My daughter Meagan just shared this with me. What a great video. Yes, we were there from 86-91. I served at the 3/35, Sub-community Office, and then at 4/27 (MLRS). What great memories. My other daughter Lindsay was born at the Krankenhaus in town. Great memories, mate.
Loved watching the video. It brought back many memories from 1971-75 and 1976-78. I worked in that dispensary in the dental clinic for 3 years during our first tour, and we lived in housing. Spent quite a few hours on that tennis court. My husband then was the AYA/DYA director during that time, and my son went to the elementary school and I believe he had Ms. Hammond as teacher also. Then I worked as secretary for the post engineer (SFC Parisio) in 77-78. Great times in Wertheim and have fond memories.
My husband was stationed there from 71 to 73. We lived "on the economy" in Bestenheid. I had my wisdom teeth out in 72. I may have met you! Small world! I enjoyed our time there.
Enjoyed the video. Did you ever visit the AYA, which was down the hill a bit from the hospital, across the street from a German(?) power plant. The plant had a huge smokestack that we once as teenagers in '61 aimed a pipe filled with gunpowder from dozens of firecrackers. Once filled with gunpowder, we stuffed rocks into the pipe and I set it off with a fuze from a string of Ladyfingers. What a blast it made, and the rocks bounced off the smokestack as though hit with a huge shotgun. But the AYA was a small building with a dance floor, a small kitchen, and a ping pong and pool table that entertained us for hours. Major Burgner was the youngest major serving in Germany at the time. His daughter, a sophomore at Wurzburg high, was the girlfriend of Tex Castenada, a sergeant's son. Tex was a style-setter, a legend in his own time. When everyone was wearing penny loafers, Tex painted the soles of his loafers white, which had all the other boys painting their soles white (black loafers with white rims more or less). Not long after starting that trend, Tex set a new style by forgoing the white for a gold trim on the soles. Then red, then white again, back to gold, then yellow and blue. What a guy! Long story. At time stamp 10:04 in your video, you can see our 4-story building on the left. We lived there on the top floor next to the street. Across the street lived Tracy Edgerly, a senior in 1962, who was the most interesting senior I had ever met or seen. Long story. I dated Ulla Saarela in my senior year, another long beautiful story. We went undefeated in football that 1962/1963 school year. I made All-League, but only because of my size and crazy abandoned play. Got ejected from our last game of the season against Heidelberg for a face-mask call. Long story. Poor kid. I nearly pulled his head off his shoulders.
@@harrisdave Were you there between '61 - '63? My little brother, Edwin Trent, was in elementary school at the time. A bully used to push him around a lot until I had Eddie point him out one day as he was walking past our building. Won't go into details, but the bully immediately stopped pushing my little brother around, and no one else in his school did either. The litte bullies didn't want to meet me I guess. Ha!
@@harrisdave BTW, for some reason the army flew Audie Murphy out to Wertheim for a photo-op, which gave everyone a chance to get his autograph. I remember standing face to face with this war hero, MOH recipient, short man with a great smile, and I remember how he had make-up on to cover (I'm guessing) his face full of freckles. I mean, he had zillions of freckles. It wasn't something I expected, nor did I expect to see him with make-up. But I got his autograph on a paper plate, which I kept for years and somehow lost in all my travels.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane. I think i spent more of my freetime downtown then on the base. It was sad to see the rear of the base so developed. I also remember the ball fields and the Hawk missile sites. I would go jogging often on my own past them so peaceful since it was open fields then pine trees by the ammo dump area. When you mentioned the commissary i spent alot of money there. If my memory is correct a few times a month they would restock the music cassettes/tapes and i would snap them up before they were gone.
David, this is was so awesome! I was there from 78-80. My dad was Msg Kenneth Hardin. appears you were three years older than I. I went to Wuerzburg as well. I imagine we rode the same bus to school. My sister Kendra was three years behind me. I am jealous. I have so many great memories living there.
I was there in Peden Barracks in the later part of '66 and all of '67 with the 71st Maintenance Bn...Its been a very long time since I have seen these old buildings, I left Wertheim in January of '68 for Nam...Thanks for bringing back the memories. I wonder if any one knows when the Army pulled out of Wertheim..Thanks..
Wow!!! Many good memories of Peden Barracks. I am 32 and lived there 1988-1990. Did 2nd to 4th grade there. If anyone was there during that time....let me know. Angela Kloss
Crazy I lived here as a kid went to sixth grad there can't remember the exact year but it had to be between 90-92 my dad was shipped out to the war from there and we moved due to the closing of the base when he got back. You jus brought back a lot of memories for me
I was with SVC Btry Ammo, 3/35 FA, 81' to 83'. I had to leave Germany as I was taking it upon myself to rid the country of it's excess alcohol, and "they" didn't like it much ;) Spessart Marzen for the MF'ing win!
75-77, Best time of my life took place in Wertheim. 4-6th grade. AYA, Wertheim Panthers, Football USAREUR Champs, VII Corp Division, baseball, basketball,schwimmbad, castle, movie theater, Rod &Gun club, snack bar, the Tower, the castle, Fest's, sleighing down the hill across the road in the field heading towards the forest below. Cave deep in the forest below Peden past the tierheim and trash pit, endless fruit trees, Life was Good!
Lived there with my Dad in 63 after 2 years in Bad Kissingen. Attended Wuerzburg HS. I remember how exposed it was on the top of that hill. Was CWO Smith there? Hawk unit? His son was a friend
I was there from Feb 1959 to Sept.1960, c/3/35fa. Looks different but we did not spend much time on post. Pulled a lot of border guard at fulda and did 4 trips to graf for battery test and battallion test that lasted a month each. I ill never forget those 8 in. guns fireing and watching the projectiles fly from the muzzles. Have some decent shots of graf and the 48 stater but cannot put them on the net,
I watched the video because I was looking at Google Maps and could not find the runway. I was with the 71st Aviation Co, from '75-'77. I recognized some of the buildings. But I am crushed that there is no aviation use for the old barracks. I understood the place was a training base for the Germans during WWII. Could be more aviation history there, but I suppose I'd have to go into archives to find it. Thanks for posting Mr. Harris.
Great video...I was there from 90-92 with HHB, 72nd FA BDE. The building right next to the theater was my barracks. Good times, besides going to graf and the stupid weather. I was PVT Lee back than.
So many good memories when it used to be Warren Barracks. I saw the housing building that I used to live when I saw little. The first building in the front.
Bryan, it is a very small world. Well it has been over 28 years since I was stationed there so memories are a bit sketchy. I was a brand new private back then and it was my first duty station. I remember speaking to him few times but back then as a young soldier we didn’t talk to our commanders that much. From what I can remember your dad was a very quiet man. I remember him being little bit older than most captains at that time. Sorry it’s not much of a information.
I had two commanders 20 years ago and I don't remember either of their names. You're doing better than me. Thanks for the information even just that little bit means alot.
I was there 1975 - 77 3rd 35th , great time there . I was in Bravo Co. till they got tired of my shit and went to Charley Co. till I got tired of their shit
I was hoping you would drive past Headquarters Company 4 BN 27th Field Artillery The only thing I recognized was the tunnel and the movie theater, I saw Back to the Future there for the 1st time I did recognize anything else. I saw the Challenger explode at the Rod and Gun club which you would have shown that.......
I was at PEDEN barracks from 1979 to 1981 3/35 Charlie Dog. 1st sargent Lesiman. Charlie, Dogs partied HARD. 9 Grafenviers. Loved . that place great memories. any ole charlie dogs out there holler.
wow! i was there 73-75. 6/52ada. i recognize some buildings but it has sure changed from what i remember. i would sure like to go back there. wonder if there is still some pieces of the missle site left. i lived in vokenrot (can't remember the spelling for sure). small village right outside the front gate about 1/4 mile. man!! i have so many memories of my time there. thanks so much for the vid.
Who posted this. Man I remember all of that. Even the bullseyes on the wall in that park. We went to fort Campbell right after. I probably know u. I was there between 81 and 86
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My father, Stanley Rohner, was killed in a helicopter accident while stationed here in Dec 78. I am taking my family here for the first time next month and also visiting his crash site in Karlstadt. Thanks for sharing this video, its nice to see the town. I was only 2 at the time of his accident, so I have never even had the opportunity to see where my family lived.
I'm glad people are watching and enjoying this video. I appreciate all the kind comments. It was quite an emotional day for me driving through the former Peden Barracks. The memories flooded back as I drove the streets and described things to my daughter, who was with me. As an Army Brat, I never really had a hometown, but I have always kind of considered Wertheim to be my adopted hometown.
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David Harris lived at Peden barracks 1963 to1964 went to Wurzburg high returned for a vist in 1989 when it was still a post .
Olivia Fowler I lived in Peden barracks at the same time you did. I went to 5th grade Mr. Syphrus and 6th grade Mr. Hammond at that time and just started 7th grade at Wurtzburg when we move from there to Hanau. This video brings back so many memories! Thanks, David Harris, for posting this!
It's 2016, and I'm doing the same thing you're doing. I'm here with my fiance, and I'm sure it'll be quite an emotional time when I go through it tomorrow. I'm glad you got to visit this place again. Sadly, I don't remember anyone that I went to school with as an elementary student. I lived in Wertheim from 85-91.
David Harris david when did you live there? we were in officer housing from 84 to 87 one street above yours. 335 commander then was raymond roe and then robert dudley. my father was dcc. we got an mlrs battalion 427 in 1985. first commander was butch stearns. 72 brigade commanders were col. bryde and legge. your video was wonderful.
😢im crying so many memories.. im from wertheim, i lived on wartberg. My father was in the us army and my mom is german and from wertheim. I lived on rheinhardshof 42. 1985 till 1990 when we had to leave after the war,also a army wife. Life was beautiful then. Thank you so much😊❤
I was here with my family as a war refugeee from Bosnia. Thank you Germany and thank you Sir for sharing this video.. Respect!!!!!
Ich habe da auch gelebt mit mein Eltern, 1993 und 1994
Grüße dich😅
Wow, what a video blast from my past. I lived here 81-84 during HS years when my dad was stationed here. We lived close to the elementary school climbed those stairs to get to the bus early mornings to go to Wurzburg AHS. When I first got here it was a rock bus and soul bus then some stuff happened and we got split to girl bus and boy bus with parents having bus duty 😂😂. My dad was none to happy for that. I remember watching the movie "The Day After" at school and being horrified. Those early morning drills. Spent alot of time at the movies, worked at the officers club after school and the nursery. This video brought back lots of memories. I didn't see the red phone booth at the entrance- I remember calling family back in the states. Fond memories of laying in the fields watching the fireworks, eating early breakfast at the mess hall on mornings I helped my brother with his newspaper route. Thank you for sharing this video. Great memories!!
Thanks a bunch for posting this Dave! I was there June 89'-Dec 91' with A Btry 4/27th FA. Rockets Away Sir! Sudden Impact! Place still looks the same...yet different. The archway, 72nd Brigade HQ, the commissary/class VI, the chow hall, theatre, even the old bank/atm right across from our tiny PX. We had to take the bus to Wurzburg to go to "the Big PX" and it had a Burger KIng. I would bring back sacks full of burgers and triple my money selling them to the guys that hung out in their barracks rooms all the time and didn't want to get out. I arrived there as a buck private at 19 years old and was completely blown away that we not only had a soda machine in the barracks, but right next to it was a converted Pepsi Machine that sold Bud heavy and Bud LIght for 75cents a can! NO ID required, it was legal! Rofl. Awesome awesome awesome man. Thanks again!!!
I'm glad my video stoked memories for you like my visit did for me. Happy to share!
misty water colored memories...... i was there from '79 to '82, 4th through 6th grade. my dad was stationed at the hawk/herc missle range. our little league baseball team was the regional champs in 81! great times. thank you for this
WWWWWWWOW!!!!!!!!!! I am completely overwhelmed with joy and happiness in seeing your video Mr. Dave Harris!! Thank You so much for taking time to post this incredible video on youtube. I was Stationed on PEDEN BARRACKS from October 1990 to around May 1992. U.S. Army 13 Bravo Field Artillery Cannon Crewmember. Back then Artillery men Served on M 110 Howitzer also referred to as "8 INCH" This place will ALWAYS be very special to me. TTTTTTTTTons of memories from this place. I was their when my Unit received Deactivation Orders. At first i had no clue what that meant because i was a young 19 year old Man. Once i learned that this place was shutting down and i would be receiving orders to return back to U.S. to another Military Base... yeah, the thought of leaving this very special place crushed me!!! Right outside the main Gate across the street use to be my favorite German Restaurant. I would go their every Friday night after lifting weights to buy a bunch of fresh, hot, very tasty German food. I would always buy extra German food and bring back to my barracks room on 2nd floor. I had the most incredible view out hhhhhuge double window that i always opened up and just enjoyed the night time view of the Castle across the river located on another mountain.... Sorry for any mis spellings. I survived 4 strokes in brain so my writing is not that good. Once again THANK YOU for taking time to make this video and posting on youtube!!!!!!!!! GOD BLESS, U.S. ARMY RETIRED 1989 -2016
Wow! You don't know how this video touched me! Its soo good to see this place.I was assigned to B Btry 3/35th from Jan 77 to Jul 78, with a 9 month bid at NATO site 35, in Wurzburg. So many good memories and a few sad ones (a fellow soldier who was assigned to Charlie Btry was killed) there. I was 18 when I arrived in country (56 now). Thank you so much David.
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I was stationed there in Bravo battery 1983 - 1984
Thank you for this! I lived there from 1986-1991 and still haven't been back. This was a great trip down memory lane and I shared it with my family. Danke!
Thank you for the video. I lived across from the courts when my father was stationed here. So many memories watching the video. The airfield served as a refuge establishment during our time there.
Thank you so much for sharing , I was there 90-92 in HHB 3-35 they moved us there when Kitzengen closed down all the 13Foxes were there......brought back memories !!! I love it......j. ybarra
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I was also stationed there from 90 to 92 at HHB, my name is Bob Martinez(Spc Martinez)..was in commo and do remember when you guys moved there and can't believe it's been over 30 years since stationed there
I lived there from 1970-73 and again from 78-79. So when I talk about the targets on the wall, they were done some time between 70 and 73. When we came back in 78, I went to Wurzburg HS as a freshman.
Thank you for this video. I was stationed here from 1988-90, Svc. 3/35 FA
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Our step Dad was stationed there 78-80 as a Huey pilot. My little sister went to the elementary school right by our building. We lived on the 4th floor. My older brother and I went to Wurzburg High where he played football for the wolves. I played football for the Wertheim steelers. I also worked the summer hire program at the commissary at age 14. Enjoyed shooting at the Rod and Gun club, many hours at the DYA, our trip to Austria and Italy with the DYA, lots of movies at the base theatre and friends, some that I can remember are Kevin Hardin, Ryker Burrows, Charlie Earl and others that I can not recall their names. The video was great. Thanks
OMG, Mark Hatcher!!! How are you, buddy? Long time. I just saw your reply here. David did a great job. What a blast from the past. I hope all is well?
Mark Hatcher - I don't know if you remember but I was your brother Tim's girlfriend. My family was there from July 79 - 82. Lisa Spangler
Lisa Spangler Fahl your name sounds familiar. My sister and I attended wurtzburg High School from 1979 to 1981. We had a rock and a soul bus that would take us back and forth. What an awesome time. I wasn't very popular back then but my sister used to hang out with a crazy Bunch Janet and Esther LOL maybe you remember them
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Thanks for sharing this! I was stationed there 86-88, Ammo Section/Bravo Btry, 3/35 FA. I have a lot of pictures from back then. It sure looks different in your video. You drove right by our Barracks. God Bless! LS
I spend my childhood in Kreuzwertheim(the smaller neighbour-village accross the river main, which is already bavarian). I left later an moved back three years ago.
To all those former soldiers who served in wertheim, or other places in Germany i want to let you know about mone of my most impressive memories concerning the us military in our home-region:
When i was about 11 years old i rode my dads horse at the time you guys held your annual (?) NATO-autumn-maneuvers.
The horse stayed unbelievably cool, although the machines of your trucks and tanks made an enormous noise.
No mather, the mare stayed cool an calm, even if rattlin tanks were moving by.
So i rode to a group af tanks standing somewhere in the forest and the soldiers reallly enjoyed seeing a real horse and gave me the best chocolate, i've tasted ever since.
I t was a silver-foil-covered chocolate-bar (or should i better say "disc", as iin my memory it was round!?)
I'm sure it was hershey's, but dont't remember the blend - i suppose it was a kind of honey-almond.
Great memory!!!
Thanks one more time to those guys who spend my that childhood-memory
To you and all the other German people who lived in Wertheim and the surrounding area, you were gracious hosts. I can't imagine what it must have been like to have a bunch of foreigners in your villages and cities, with their loud tanks, and in our case, helicopters. And let's be honest, while most of the soldiers were well-behaved, some were not. For that, I apologize. As a child I was taught to be respectful of the German people and realize that this was their home and we were guests. I did my best to live up to that. I was rewarded by living in one of the most beautiful places in the world. The background screen on my computer is a photo of Wertheim, Kruezwertheim with the Main running between them, taken from the castle. I have great memories of Germany ( lived 9 of my first 19 years there) and especially Wertheim, which I consider my hometown as much as anywhere else. I hope to visit there again someday. Thanks for your kind words. Danke.
@@harrisdave thank you for your words of kindness and thankfulness.
Wertheim changend in Mannheim places.
It is still a wonderful place to be.
If you ever find yout way back, you will find me by my name and maybe we will get in contact and have a cup of coffe or a cold beer!!!
I was stationed here in 1980-81.
Echo Co. 3rd Aviation Battalion.
I did not see my old Battalion, nor the airfield. 😥 The entrance looks the same & the old commissary looks as if it has seen a many, many, years. Wonderful Memories!! ❤ Thanks Dave for this video...So much has changed. No way was it that many buildings when I was there. I can recall walking many times that entire base. I really hoped to see my old Aviation Battalion, but didn't. 😞 😢
Sorry about that. I really couldn't find a way to get to the airfield. If I could've I would've. Always loved watching the Hueys and the Cobras.
Glad to see I'm not the only one that likes to ride through Peden Barracks. I was stationed there from 76-85 and loved it. Lots of memories. I think my last DCC was LTC Kervorkian - I see the name below - drove with him to Wuerzburg one time and we sighted my first SMLM vehicle - LTC K put his MP hat on. It was great. Worked in Bldg #2 on the right in front of the MP Station. Peden RPC Team not getting out except thru us! Still here in Germany, got to close all the Army Bases. I remember the helicopter crash in '78. That was down the road past Vokenrot in a big field where the power lines hung pretty low. Everyone had to go out and look for parts, not a very good situation. Sorry for your loss. Two others also died in the crash if I remember correctly. LTC Raymond Roe brought change to 3/35th LOL, wow. Thanks for the video.
I lived in Peden Barracks from 80-82. Went to Wurzburg High. Hung out with Jim Steinkamp, Richard Meeks, and Brice. I also hung out with Paul Leisman.. Very good times, I loved Peden Barracks. This video brings back a lot of memories. I still remember everything in the video. I've also seen the quarters we lived in.
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Yeah Mike, we had a lot of good times as Army Brats.
@@paulleismann2408 Hi Paul Im glad to see you responded. I miss Peden Barracks especially delivering the the Stars and Stripes with you, or like some people asks Sgt. Who??
I was there (87 - 91). Loved it. Thx fr the view of my past. I was so excited to share it with my family. I always talked about it but, now they hv a visual to go with my stories.
Thanks for this David. I was stationed there from April 87- September 89 HHB 3/35 "Headhunters". Good times. You remember it well. The old peden grill was in front & the building past the arch was the barber shop. HHB barracks was just down from the basketball courts & shopette
I was stationed at Peden Barracks for three years and it's so strange to see it all converted to private ownership...
My husband was there best time Best Time Ever we were there 88 through 92 I enjoyed this video almost made me cry all the memories camce back his first sergeant was Ezell Robinson 3/35 quite a bit of friends lost in touch
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What a great ride through memory lane. I am lived on Peden Barracks for one year. Spent 77-78 school year at Wurzburg American High School as a seventh grader. My name is MIchael Holsonback. Moved to Crailsheim when my dad became a battalion commander. I actually graduated from Heidelberg American High School in 1983. Thanks David!
Spent most of 63 in Wertheim with my Dad, XO of 72d FA Grp. Attended HS in Wuerzburg. Seems like we spent most of our time on buses going to school. I remember some long walks into town when we got bored. Loved living in Germany. Returned in 71 on my own set of orders, but didn't manage to revisit Wertheim.
Hi...what grade were you in in '63? I, too, remember the long bus trips to and from school. Our German bus driver used to growl aloud a lot whenever he thought we were doing something we shouldn't, like everything. ha! Did you ever get with a bunch of kids and sled down Wertheim hill into town, have a few beers at a local hoffbrau, and then walk all the way back up the hill only to decide to sled down again? Hard to believe I had that much energy in my youth. But it was awesome. Did you visit the AYA often? I set pins at the bowling alley until they got auto pinsetter in. Bagged groceries at the PX, too. Who did you hang with in '63? Maybe I know someone you know. Also, have you visited the Wurzburg Wolves web site?
@@GetRealBaby now isn't this interesting? Running across not 1 but 3 people from Wertheim in the last few years. I have also recently found Donna Moseley and she put me in touch with Sim Smith if you remember them both Class of 65. We moved to Wertheim in the spring of 63 from Bad Kissingen while I was finishing 9th grade. By Thanksgiving, we moved again to Ft. Monroe, VA.
I looked for you in the WAHS 63-64 yearbook, but couldn't find you. Sim remembers but thinks you may have been a year ahead- Class of 63. He would like to contact you.
So, I never sledded down the hill to that gasthaus, but we walked down plenty of times. The bartender/ owner thought we were nuts because of what we ordered. I think cognac and coke was my choice.
I have nothing but, good memories of dependent life in Germany.
And, yes, I'm aware of the WAHS website and upcoming reunion. Not many in our early 60s era coming it appears.
Thanks for reaching out and let us hear from you again.
@@mikealexander5830 Yes, it's interesting. I think Donna Moseley was friends with Linda Henderson and Claudia Vic, both sophomores I think. And I do remember Sim Smith. He and Anne Marie Fabrizio hooked up after graduating hs. I was in touch with her and her brother Charles (Charlie) who was a junior in '63, the year I left Wertheim. Wait...I believe Donna married Kyle (forget his last name). I wasn't close with either, but Kyle was shot in the eye by Bill Beckham back in '62, lost sight in that eye due to blood filling his eye, but has regained some sight years later. It was my pellet pistol Bill used to carelessly shoot Kyle. I tossed the gun away after that incident. I'm not in the yearbook because of choice, never liking my picture being taken, but I am in a few pictures of the '63 football team in which Dennis Hewit (sp?) was quarterback, Dave Majors middle linebacker, and Bill Weiteinger (sp?) played end I think. Bill passed away a few years ago. He was a wonderful guy, and had a sense of humor that made me constantly smile whenever around him. He had a 5-o'clock shadow in the 10th grade, the only boy in school with a 5-o'clock shadow beard. So many stories, so little time to tell them, and few people to find them interesting. Would love to chat with Sim Smith or anyone else you're in touch with, including Donna. Is she still married to Kyle? What a beautiful girl she was! And may still be. If you were there in '63, you must have visited the AYA, correct? Tracy Edgerly painted a stunning portrait mural on one of the wall in one of the back rooms. It featured many of the kids she knew who hung out at the AYA, You could probably get a lot of money for a picture of that mural. It was painted over after I left. Thanks for the note. Good chatting with you! mrmsje at gmail dot com
Thank you for sharing this. I was a private there from 91-92 in HHB 3/35 FA. We were part of the group that shut the base down before it was given back to the Germans. So interesting to see it re-purposed and still very much utilized. It's amazing how small my world was, as I didn't see a lot of the places outside of what was centrally located (our barracks, the commisary, bowling alley, etc).
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I was with HHB 3/35 from 90 to 92..Spc Martinez, we might know each other and can't believe it's been over 30 years since stationed there and please let me know if my name sounds familiar
@Robert Martinez Heya. I'm actually terrible with names, and it's definitely been a few years, so I apologize that I don't remember. I'm Justin Malinosky and was part of the forward observers that the unit picked up before deactivating. I eventually moved into the S3 when we started to deactivate. What part of HHB were you in?
Thank you David for the video. I was there from 85-88. 2nd to 6th grade. Jorge Rodriguez. Loved going down memory lane. I miss riding my bike all around base and out the side gate to buy candy. Best fun. Could go anywhere, without fear. Played every play ground. Played sports for the DYA. Picked fruits from all the fruit trees. And snow sledding those hills. So much fun as a kid.
I was in the 3-35 FA from 82-84. Lived off post as a bachelor, so I doubt I ever saw the elementary school. The building you thought was the dispensary, was the dispensary. this video answered a lot of my questions about how the place looked. thanks!
I was there in 1982 (18 months)
Dude this is so cool! My Dad was stationed here in like 85-87. Some great nine year old memories were had in and around that place. Would love to visit someday.
Greetings from Wertheim!Miss the times when the "Amis"where here! Nice to show your adopted Hometown to your daughter!had been there in the Barracks many times!At the shooting range,"racetrack"and the Rod and Gun Club!!Grew up with american soldiers because my Grandparents worked for the US Army!My Grandparents where living in House right of the Gym!Right on the opposite side of the road from the Red Cross shop!Think it was House 15°!great memories about the DAF Festivities!Was so disappointed when the US left!Love it that so many people from different places have my hometown in memory as a beautifull,warm place
Thanks, Willi. I appreciate the comment! I loved my time there. It is a beautiful town and I loved being able to visit again. I hope to do it again someday.
@@harrisdave Do that!But it changed again very much!And my real name is Gabriel!Willi is only my acc name! :)
I was there in 1986-88 SUPER Charlie 4/27 I coached the kids football team great time.
Super Charlie! C/427 FA SPLL C33 “Mess with the Best, Nuked like the rest!” 85-88 was a blast!
Is this coach Dickie? You coached DYA.
Thanks for sharing this video and your memories to the youtube comunity. I lived as a kid in Wertheim from 68 til 76
I was there 1981-1983 and apart from the arch I don't recognize any of it any more . To much time at the Woodstock maybe ! !
I'm sure i seen you at the Woodstock since i basically lived down there to. I was with the 3rd35thFA in 82-83. It's funny how i don't remember the movie theater even though i had to walk past it a million times. Now i wished i spent some time there and saved some money :)
Sandra were you in the Army as an MP during your time at Peden Barracks?
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SM, I was stationed there in 1982 (18 months). 3rd BN 35FA and I was on the boxing 🥊 team.
Thank you for taking me back in time. We lived there from 1979 can 1981. I also remember working at the commissary putting out my King Edward cigar box and having it filled with lots of cash for bagging groceries really fast! And you're right the buildings did not look as colorful as they do now. I'm sure the new tenants love the spacious Apartments.
Thank you so much for the video. I was stationed with HQ Btty, 3rd Btn, 35th Artillery from the early spring of 1967 through October 1968. I was a radio teletype team chief. Although, when my wife arrived in the summer of 1967, we moved to Faulbach and lived there. Yet, I still had to come into clean the barracks every Friday morning. I had some great times, some great memories and I served with a wonderful group of guys. Thanks again for this wonderful video.
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David-Thanks for posting this. My dad was stationed here 1965-1968. I went to school here from 3rd to 5th grades. My brother, like you, went to Wurzburg for the next level. I hope to go myself soon.
Thank you so much for that. I was there late 1984 thru 85. 17&18 years old. HHB 3/35.
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I was stationed here in 84-86. I believe the building at 7:06 of video is the MP building, but not sure. Houses to the right at 7:22 of video were the location of Alpha Battery 25th FA 3rd ID headquarters and barracks which have since been torn down and replaced with residential housing. Last house on the right at 7:27 of video would have been the location of my barracks. The center quadrangle that they drove around is where we did PT every morning. The building at 7:29 of the video was the German military barracks. I remember going over there to buy beer out of their vending machines.
So happy I came across your video! Was stationed there from 69-71 as an Army brat. Even from being a six year old kid then I can still remember the movie theater and the living quarters area. At 3:12 you show the duplex where we lived and our front door is on the left. I was blown away! Many fond memories of Wertheim and the snowy winters.
Alpha Battery 3/35th FA 1981-1983 I remember always going half way down the hill to a restaurant Pub called the Berbalick I think and there were two waitresses named Fox Trot and ilana and the owner was Fritz. Wow old memories thanks for sharing
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BT 50, I was stationed there in 1982 (18 months) 3rd BN 35FA. I was on the boxing 🥊 team.
Lived there 79-81. Great video, brought back good memories. My father was LTC Arturo Rodriguez. Went to school in Wurzburg, class of 81.
Ruby Rodriguez Looks like you got there right when I left. Went to Wurzburg HS 78-79 school year, then went to Patch.
I was at Peden Barracks 2/80 thru 12/81. 269th Medical Detachment. Ahh the memories. Thank you David. "High on the hill!"
This is a fantastic find! My dad was stationed here 84-86. Can't wait to show this to my kids.
Hey Jimmy. It's Jorge Rodriguez from wertheim. Just checking the video and see you commented.
My husband was there from 1952 till 1954 William Dean Sargent
We were stationed there 72-73. What a trip down memory lane. My husband was in the 72 FA as a chaplain's assistant. I understand that Wertheim is a tourist destination now. Can;t wait to go back some day.
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Will aber das Sie etwas erzählen von früher.
Wow, Thank you, David, for sharing this video. I was stationed there 81-83 with the FA Metro Team. Our room was on the left side of that arch and the barber and the mesh hall was the building after that on the left before the Theater on the right. Appreciate the quick glimpse off memory lane :) :) :)
FiNF, I was stationed there in 1982 (18 months) 3rd BN 35th FA.
Holy smokes! I was stationed there from 75-78 use to be with the 3rd ID charlie company. had to laugh when you showed the movie theater. I use to run the projectors till I played jimmy Hendrix version of the national anthem. Post commander didn't have a sense of humor lol also was the main gate guard for 2 years.
What a great place and so much fun. loved going into town to the guest houses some back then had signs saying no GI's lol they saw to many john Wayne movies.
Thanks for showing it what a blast from past.
I was stationed there 82-84 and my barracks was taken down and is now a house right by the officers club. I was in a radar unit and that quad was where we did PT and the building across from us were German Base Gaurd Barracks.
MC I was there in 1982 (18 months) 3rd 35FA. I was in the boxing 🥊 team.
Super Charlie! C/427 FA SPLL C33 “Mess with the Best, Nuked like the rest!” 85-88 was a blast! I always enjoyed coming home from Graffenwhohr and seeing all the families lined up excited to see us come back home! It felt like we were all one family!
oh my God! I was 13 years old when my father was stationed in peden barracks from 81 to 85 we lived there for 5 years before my father retired the service after 20 years, wow it is just absolutely changed!, the front gate is totally different but the movie theaters the same, well a little bit! thank you for the video dude! this video take me down memory lane all over again!
I have to know u. I lived there those exact years
I was stationed there in 1982 (18 months). Thank you for the video.
My daughter Meagan just shared this with me. What a great video. Yes, we were there from 86-91. I served at the 3/35, Sub-community Office, and then at 4/27 (MLRS). What great memories. My other daughter Lindsay was born at the Krankenhaus in town. Great memories, mate.
Oh, did 3/35 run the 7th Corps Marathon pre 1986? That was fun duty at Chemshe AFRC.
Loved watching the video. It brought back many memories from 1971-75 and 1976-78. I worked in that dispensary in the dental clinic for 3 years during our first tour, and we lived in housing. Spent quite a few hours on that tennis court. My husband then was the AYA/DYA director during that time, and my son went to the elementary school and I believe he had Ms. Hammond as teacher also. Then I worked as secretary for the post engineer (SFC Parisio) in 77-78. Great times in Wertheim and have fond memories.
SFC Parisio stayed in Peden a while. He bought my Ford Pinto from me!
My husband was stationed there from 71 to 73. We lived "on the economy" in Bestenheid. I had my wisdom teeth out in 72. I may have met you! Small world! I enjoyed our time there.
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Wow! I live here in 76-77 as a brat. Took the “slinky bus” to Würzburg American High School everyday.
Enjoyed the video. Did you ever visit the AYA, which was down the hill a bit from the hospital, across the street from a German(?) power plant. The plant had a huge smokestack that we once as teenagers in '61 aimed a pipe filled with gunpowder from dozens of firecrackers. Once filled with gunpowder, we stuffed rocks into the pipe and I set it off with a fuze from a string of Ladyfingers. What a blast it made, and the rocks bounced off the smokestack as though hit with a huge shotgun. But the AYA was a small building with a dance floor, a small kitchen, and a ping pong and pool table that entertained us for hours. Major Burgner was the youngest major serving in Germany at the time. His daughter, a sophomore at Wurzburg high, was the girlfriend of Tex Castenada, a sergeant's son. Tex was a style-setter, a legend in his own time. When everyone was wearing penny loafers, Tex painted the soles of his loafers white, which had all the other boys painting their soles white (black loafers with white rims more or less). Not long after starting that trend, Tex set a new style by forgoing the white for a gold trim on the soles. Then red, then white again, back to gold, then yellow and blue. What a guy! Long story. At time stamp 10:04 in your video, you can see our 4-story building on the left. We lived there on the top floor next to the street. Across the street lived Tracy Edgerly, a senior in 1962, who was the most interesting senior I had ever met or seen. Long story. I dated Ulla Saarela in my senior year, another long beautiful story. We went undefeated in football that 1962/1963 school year. I made All-League, but only because of my size and crazy abandoned play. Got ejected from our last game of the season against Heidelberg for a face-mask call. Long story. Poor kid. I nearly pulled his head off his shoulders.
You've got way better stories than I do!
@@harrisdave Were you there between '61 - '63? My little brother, Edwin Trent, was in elementary school at the time. A bully used to push him around a lot until I had Eddie point him out one day as he was walking past our building. Won't go into details, but the bully immediately stopped pushing my little brother around, and no one else in his school did either. The litte bullies didn't want to meet me I guess. Ha!
@@harrisdave BTW, for some reason the army flew Audie Murphy out to Wertheim for a photo-op, which gave everyone a chance to get his autograph. I remember standing face to face with this war hero, MOH recipient, short man with a great smile, and I remember how he had make-up on to cover (I'm guessing) his face full of freckles. I mean, he had zillions of freckles. It wasn't something I expected, nor did I expect to see him with make-up. But I got his autograph on a paper plate, which I kept for years and somehow lost in all my travels.
WOW! Well done, brought back some memories. I was stationed there '86 to '88. It looks smaller, visually.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane. I think i spent more of my freetime downtown then on the base. It was sad to see the rear of the base so developed. I also remember the ball fields and the Hawk missile sites. I would go jogging often on my own past them so peaceful since it was open fields then pine trees by the ammo dump area. When you mentioned the commissary i spent alot of money there. If my memory is correct a few times a month they would restock the music cassettes/tapes and i would snap them up before they were gone.
David, this is was so awesome! I was there from 78-80. My dad was Msg Kenneth Hardin. appears you were three years older than I. I went to Wuerzburg as well. I imagine we rode the same bus to school. My sister Kendra was three years behind me. I am jealous. I have so many great memories living there.
I was there in Peden Barracks in the later part of '66 and all of '67 with the 71st Maintenance Bn...Its been a very long time since I have seen these old buildings, I left Wertheim in January of '68 for Nam...Thanks for bringing back the memories. I wonder if any one knows when the Army pulled out of Wertheim..Thanks..
C 4/27 85-87. Thanks for this.
B 4/27 MLRS 85-86. Good Times.
Super Charlie! C/427 FA SPLL C33 “Mess with the Best, Nuked like the rest!” 85-88 was a blast!
Wow!!! Many good memories of Peden Barracks. I am 32 and lived there 1988-1990. Did 2nd to 4th grade there. If anyone was there during that time....let me know. Angela Kloss
Love this. Hoping to be back to visit next summer (2019) We moved back to the US 30 years ago this month.
Crazy I lived here as a kid went to sixth grad there can't remember the exact year but it had to be between 90-92 my dad was shipped out to the war from there and we moved due to the closing of the base when he got back. You jus brought back a lot of memories for me
I was with SVC Btry Ammo, 3/35 FA, 81' to 83'. I had to leave Germany as I was taking it upon myself to rid the country of it's excess alcohol, and "they" didn't like it much ;)
Spessart Marzen for the MF'ing win!
GK, I was there in 1982 (18 months) 3rd BN 35FA. I was on the boxing 🥊 team.
I was stationed and drove for 3.35th FA Commander of HQ Battery. Do you know Captain Harris? He was a Captain in 1986
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Thank you for sharing. I was in the 4th and 27th and the 3rd and 35th FA,from eighty four to eighty seven.
75-77, Best time of my life took place in Wertheim. 4-6th grade. AYA, Wertheim Panthers, Football USAREUR Champs, VII Corp Division, baseball, basketball,schwimmbad, castle, movie theater, Rod &Gun club, snack bar, the Tower, the castle, Fest's, sleighing down the hill across the road in the field heading towards the forest below. Cave deep in the forest below Peden past the tierheim and trash pit, endless fruit trees, Life was Good!
Was stationed there from 1963 to 1966 was in D battery 6th missle Battalion 52nd artillery. Remember it well!
Lived there with my Dad in 63 after 2 years in Bad Kissingen. Attended Wuerzburg HS. I remember how exposed it was on the top of that hill. Was CWO Smith there? Hawk unit? His son was a friend
Wow! My brother and I went to plenty of movies here and went school on Wertheim
What year were you there?
thanks for sharing; i was stationed there in 1982-3
DR, I was stationed there in 1982 (18 months).
I was there from Feb 1959 to Sept.1960, c/3/35fa. Looks different but we did not spend much time on post. Pulled a lot of border guard at fulda and did 4 trips to graf for battery test and battallion test that lasted a month each. I ill never forget those 8 in. guns fireing and watching the projectiles fly from the muzzles. Have some decent shots of graf and the 48 stater but cannot put them on the net,
I watched the video because I was looking at Google Maps and could not find the runway. I was with the 71st Aviation Co, from '75-'77. I recognized some of the buildings. But I am crushed that there is no aviation use for the old barracks. I understood the place was a training base for the Germans during WWII. Could be more aviation history there, but I suppose I'd have to go into archives to find it. Thanks for posting Mr. Harris.
I believe in 86 they moved all the helicopter units to a different base.
Great video...I was there from 90-92 with HHB, 72nd FA BDE. The building right next to the theater was my barracks. Good times, besides going to graf and the stupid weather. I was PVT Lee back than.
Was there also 72nd FA 89 to 91.
Is this SGT Nagle from the motor pool?
So many good memories when it used to be Warren Barracks. I saw the housing building that I used to live when I saw little. The first building in the front.
That building with the Redcross sign was the Dining Facility
I was there from 1987 to December of 1991 C Battery 4/27 MLRS
Remember a captain named Bumgardner?
He was my commander in HHB 72nd....we also received 1SG Cook. Crazy dude but I loved him as a 1SG. Small world.
I know almost nothing about my dad's service. Would love to know any details you have.
Bryan, it is a very small world. Well it has been over 28 years since I was stationed there so memories are a bit sketchy. I was a brand new private back then and it was my first duty station. I remember speaking to him few times but back then as a young soldier we didn’t talk to our commanders that much. From what I can remember your dad was a very quiet man. I remember him being little bit older than most captains at that time. Sorry it’s not much of a information.
I had two commanders 20 years ago and I don't remember either of their names. You're doing better than me. Thanks for the information even just that little bit means alot.
HEY I WAS IN CHARLIE COMPANY 3/35FA IN 1985-1986 1SG SMITH WAS OUR TOP. YOU PASSED MY OLD BARRACKS, WHEN WAS THIS VIDEO MADE
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When he left he was Sargent Major Smith, I was there from 86 to 89. Had alot of good times there!
I was stationed there may 83 to November 84 Bravo battery 3/35 FA
I was there 1975 - 77 3rd 35th , great time there . I was in Bravo Co. till they got tired of my shit and went to Charley Co. till I got tired of their shit
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wow, 1987-89, SVC BTRY 3/35 FA. thanks for sharing.
Proud to be part of the 3rd/35 alpha battery 79_81
I was hoping you would drive past Headquarters Company 4 BN 27th Field Artillery The only thing I recognized was the tunnel and the movie theater, I saw Back to the Future there for the 1st time I did recognize anything else. I saw the Challenger explode at the Rod and Gun club which you would have shown that.......
I was a medic at the old dispensary. 91 Bravo
I was there 78 to 80. Bravo.
i live there that's my hood i'm known as the chief commissioner unfortunately a lot has changed, more industry is coming here
Was there Sep 77 thru Aug 79, B-Btry Maintenance.
I was at PEDEN barracks from 1979 to 1981 3/35 Charlie Dog. 1st sargent Lesiman. Charlie, Dogs partied HARD. 9 Grafenviers. Loved . that place great memories. any ole charlie dogs out there holler.
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My husband was there (89-91) B battery 4/27 FA. 13M10.
I would love seeing this but I doubt I ever do.
75 to 78 HHB 3/35FA. I'd like to see some photos from around that time
Served there in 1988 through 1990, A-25 Wolfpack!!
wow! i was there 73-75. 6/52ada. i recognize some buildings but it has sure changed from what i remember. i would sure like to go back there. wonder if there is still some pieces of the missle site left. i lived in vokenrot (can't remember the spelling for sure). small village right outside the front gate about 1/4 mile. man!! i have so many memories of my time there. thanks so much for the vid.
Do you remember Mike Barber and John Rose or Timmy Calderon or Mike green or Deborah steptoe Pam steptoe we lived on base 72-75
Who posted this. Man I remember all of that. Even the bullseyes on the wall in that park. We went to fort Campbell right after. I probably know u. I was there between 81 and 86
Do you have a brother name Jerry
That building you did no remember what it was:it was the Post Dining Facility
Great video! 85-86 4/27 MLRS.
Peden Barracks? That was how you called it then? I would like to see some old photos of "Peden Barracks". Love it to live here in Wertheim :)
Yes, sir. Indeed it was. I don't have a lot of photos, but I know there are some on the internet. Google is your friend. Thanks for watching.
Yes ive found a lot. Seems to me it was a nice time then. All the guys looks so happy.
Did you ever find some old photos of Peden Barracks?
@@GetRealBaby There are a few photos you can find on the internet.
I was station there from 80 t0 82 HHB 3nd/35th FA.
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I was there from1983 to 1984 A battery 3rd and 35th hit anyone from there
that was a long hill.
Yes it was
Oh, let me add this St Barbara's Best was the Bravo Btry's motto.