Comments on: Andrews Barracks, Berlin

By: verril brewer jr

verril brewer jr — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 05:16:42 +0000

did you happen to know my dad, CW3 Verril Brewer? he was their during that period

By: Harold R. Malone

Harold R. Malone — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:08:51 +0000

Trying to find an old soldier, William or (Bill), Armstrong, Stationed in Berlin, or Heidelberg, DOB-1935 or earlier. Was a Staff-SGT. Probably from Alabama, or NY? Had a girlfriend named Waltraud Hellman. William may have been stationed in Nurnberg Germay also. May have also been a Test-Pilot?

By: Jim Passow

Jim Passow — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:20:38 +0000

I was at McNcNair from 1979 thry 1984. Look at this link for the andrews barracks. http://www.berlin-brigade.de/ You will see alot of changes. I live here in vilseck, after i Retired I teach for the military. My wife is from berlin. We go often.

jim Passow

By: SP4 DEAN

SP4 DEAN — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:32:10 +0000

I was station HHC 1/4th INF.I was in the medic PLT.

By: Tim Day

Tim Day — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 16:23:22 +0000

I served with the 592nd Sig Co, but for the first 3 months I ws a life Guard at the indoor pool. Sure would like to get back, at leasty my old barracks is still there. The Clipper Garden Hotel is next to it.
Lot of changes.

By: Jessie Benavidez

Jessie Benavidez — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:58:46 +0000

I was stationed at Andrews Barracks in Berlin between April, 1970 and December, 1972. I played baseball on the Berlin Bears team with Coach Wayne Stephenson in the 1972 season. I don’t recall many of the players. I vaguely remember Willie Harper, Gene Fuller, ?? Pritchard, ?? Forsyche, an a Cuban player/coach “Gato”. Some of the baseball players also played on Berlin Bears football team. I was with ASA. My good friend from Texas was Danny Wilson, who did not play baseball. I lived off-base on the German economy from July, 1970 until my early out in December, 1972.

By: Art Greenspan

Art Greenspan — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 20:32:43 +0000

I was in Berlin from mid 1957 to 1959. I ran the Berlin Command Sports Program at all levels. I played baseball for the Bears during that time period along with Ken Keener, Billy Hunt, and George Stangel, to name a few..
Eddie Crook, was the QB of the football team, and the best boxer in Europe. He later (1960) won the Middleweight Championship in the Olympics, along with another newcomer “Cassius Clay” who won the Gold for us in the heavyweight division.
Berlin then , was a four power city, but we never allowed that to get in our way when it was the cocktail hour..It was a 20 month party, with the best guys one can
imagine..From my dear friend Jim Hutton, who’s movie career began in Berlin, to the
Commanding General D’Orsa, who I played handball with at least twice a week. He was a great man, and such a tough competitor. No wonder our Armed Services were and are the best! With men like him, there was never a moment to worry..
So, it is 52 years later, and my memories are as bright as the morning sun! Thanks for the memories, Berlin, ye shall never be forgotten..
Arthur Greenspan
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By: Mario Villegas

Mario Villegas — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 22:13:20 +0000

Yes I remember Linda’s lounge. I was in Berlin at Andrews from Jan. 1969 to June 1970. Had a great time at Linda’s lounge. 592nd Signal Corps.

By: Charles Richard Alligood

Charles Richard Alligood — Fri, 13 May 2011 19:20:50 +0000

I arrived in Berlin in September, 1966 and departed December, 1969 and at Andrews in the ASA group. What a great tour! Many memories looking back at these old pictures. I moonlighted at Andrews and McNair clubs, tending bar. Drinks were a quarter and beer 15 cents; happy hour reduced those to 15 cents and a dime respectfully. Recall duty train rides from Berlin to Frankfurt in the dark. I bought a 12 year old VW for $167.50 and sold it to a buddy for $100 when leaving for discharge. It ran beautifully and I even drove it to Switzerland and return. Berlin was certainly a neat place and I plan to return soon.

By: Ray Shove

Ray Shove — Fri, 13 May 2011 15:55:03 +0000

looking for players tht were on tis team, we played in the 1st and only GI superbowl