Reinhard

[Christopher Tureaud]

Has anybody heard from this guy in awhile???

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[Ed]

Chris. Hello. I’ve been in touch with him online over the past weekend.  Do you have his email/contact address?   Do you want me to contact him over your concern’s  and have him touch base with you???   I will not give him your email address unless you want me to.  Do you want me to touch base with him about your message? Let me know. Until later.  Auf Wiedersehen.  ED Berlin 1962-1963.

 

EMP

[Christopher Tureaud]

Please let him know that I have been worried about him. I emailed him several times over the past year or so and have not gotten a reply. Was wondering if something had happened to him.

 

He can have my email: ctureaud@austin.rr.com

 

Thanks

[Larry Gustafson]

I emailed him in July and heard back from him. He was doing fine. Will send off another email also to him.

[R. W. Rynerson]

Thanks for letting us know he’s okay.  I miss him.

April 2005 photo

-- rwr

[Christopher Tureaud]

Ed,

Könntest du Reinhard mitteilen, dass ich versucht habe, ihn zu kontaktieren? Ich fliege im März nach Berlin und würde ihn gerne dort sehen.

Ein Freund und ich werden Anfang März für etwa eine Woche in Berlin sein. Es wäre schön, mit ihm zu Abend zu essen.

Ich danke dir.

Chris

 

 

• This reply was modified 3 years, 2 months ago by Christopher Tureaud.

[Christopher Tureaud]

Reinhard and I in the Gruenewald, about October 1982.

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[R. W. Rynerson]

Ref. the 1982 photo, nice time of year for a patrol in the Gruney-bushes!

In retirement Reinhard continued his love of the Grunewald.  In March or early April 2005 we hiked out to the ausflugziel Onkel Tom’s place, long a burned out ruin.

-- rwr

[Christopher Tureaud]

Well, my month long Europe trip was a success. Stayed in Berlin, Krakow, Prague, Salzburg, Munich, Istanbul, Zurich and Frankfurt. Had an outstanding time with no issues. It was great to be able to spend several days in Berlin. Every time I go there it is like coming home. Feels great. Of course, we had to eat them out of every curry we could find.

 

In Krakow, my friend and I went to the central train station to catch the rail to Prague. The whole station was jam packed full of Ukraine refugees and there was no rail space to be had. Poland and Germany were offering free rail to all Ukranians to points west and south. It was good to see that there were so many volunteers assisting the refugees with transportation, food and drink and whatever else they needed. We ended up having to fly to Prague but no big deal. There were a lot of refugees in Prague as well but not nearly as many as in Krakow.

 

Well, I never heard back from Reinhard after several emails. Guess I will go ahead and be like most of us on here and just write it off to him not wanting to communicate any more. Oh well, what can you do??

 

Cheers

Chris

 

[R. W. Rynerson]

Chris:  It was great to read your notes on your recent trip.  In the past I enjoyed travel in Europe on leave and then before or after our reunions and came across bits and pieces of modern history unfolding.  These can be a nuisance at the time — as you experienced — but years into the future you’ll be ahead of others in understanding how things felt.  In 2018 I visited Krakow and I  thought about adding some days into Ukraine.  Now I wish I had taken the extra time.

May I clip and quote your paragraph about the trains for the Amtrak Unlimited website?  It has a side section regarding international rail travel and its readers enjoy first person experiences.  I would credit you unless you’d prefer not to be identified.

Before or after reunions I also enjoyed visiting Reinhard.  I turned up another photo of him.

 

-- rwr

[R. W. Rynerson]

I’ll try again with a scaled down copy of that photo.

-- rwr

[Christopher Tureaud]

Hey RW

 

You can quote me and/or credit me at your discretion.

[Ed]

I tried to email him using his last known email address this morning. It didn’t work. Interesting. Curious. Until later. ED

EMP

[Ed]

I have his last known phone number. I will attempt to call him. Until later. If unsuccessful let’s move on. He was my friend and he  respected our presence in W. Berlin. After all these years W. Berlin is history. We have another generation in power. Democrats.  OMG.

EMP

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