Drafted into the US Army in Jan 1968. Basic and Advanced Infantry Training at Ft. Ord, Ca. Arrived Berlin June 1968. McNair Barracks, C-4-18. Mortar Plt. Hon. Discharge Dec 1969. Sargeant E-5
Berlin duty May 1961 to Sept 1963. 280th ASA Company which became 78th USASA Special Opns Unit in fall '61. Stationed at Andrews Barracks, duty station Rudow. Observed and photographed day one of the wall at Brandenburg Gate; arrival of the 1st Battle Group on Aug 20; President Kennedy's visit in 1962; and helplessly sat out the night of the Cuban Missile Crisis at Rudow. (Our rifle cabinets were unlocked, but no ammunition issued -- hey, we're just spooks). But we would have given those tanks a scare!
What to do with my hundreds of photographs?