Gerszewski Barracks, Karlsruhe

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   Galvin Bew says:

   January 29, 2012 at 7:07 pm

   I was stationed with the 517th Maint Co…from 80-83..was by far one of the best tours i had during my 25 years of active duty..(4 tours in Germany)..i retired in 98 and am still in contact with friends i met there..Road Dogs Rock…!

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   Gary Wojtowicz says:

   January 27, 2012 at 10:26 pm

   Its hard to believe its been 30 years since I was a road dog, allot of memories and allot of history at Gerszewski Barracks I hope the Memory of SGT Gerszewski is not lost along with all of those who died in service to our country

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   Xavier Greene says:

   January 19, 2012 at 11:26 pm

   Hey,old ya bring a lot of memories,I was in 79′th Engr ,we work hard and party hard, remember the club call Kings

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     TEDDY CANTRELL says:

     January 26, 2012 at 7:17 am

     I WAS STATIONED IN THE 79TH IN 1979,FOR ABOUT 4 MONTHS I WAS A BULLDOZER OP THEN TRANSFERRED TO BAMBERG,I LOVE KARLSRUE I WAS 18 AT THE TIME AND IT WAS THE WONDFUL CITY I HAD EVER SEENI COULD NOT SPEAK A WORD OF GERMAN BUT FOR SOME REASON I UNDERSTOOD MOST OF WHAT WAS SAID, I LONG TO GO BACK TO SEE HER SOME DAY YES I WENT TO THE KINGS QUITE OFTEN IF I SAW YOU I MIGHT REMEMBER I HOPE YOU WENT ON TO HAVE A GOOD LIFE BRO ,TEDDY
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     Joe Hamilton says:

     January 27, 2012 at 4:20 pm

     Remember Percosio club? How about the Rauch Fang Chicken around the corner from King’s club. 79-82.
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   Randy Wohnig says:

   December 21, 2011 at 11:19 pm

   Hi. My step-father (Larry Hudson) was stationed in Karlsruhe at Gerszewski Barracks from ’76-’80. I’m no longer in touch with him, but I’m trying to track down the location of the off base housing we lived in there. I want to show my kids the area on google earth. All I remember is 2 buildings, one approx. 3 stories high and the other about 10. Sat next to a train or tram track. A playground was built between them in ’79 or early ’80. I was pretty young so memory is foggy. I remember it was several miles from the barracks. Ring any bells? Thanks

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     Joe Hamilton says:

     January 19, 2012 at 3:43 pm

     Randy, The housing you are talking about was called Neureut military highrisers. They are now German housing because Karlsruhe military community no longer exist. Yes the Strassen Bahn ran right by them with the end station at that time was Neureut. I was station on Neureut from 79-82.
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   Eric Miller says:

   December 18, 2011 at 7:10 pm

   Hey Road Dogs! This is Eric Miller. I served in the 517th maintenance company from 1989-1991. Was sad to learn the post was closed.

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     Wayne Haning says:

     December 30, 2011 at 10:16 pm

     Hey Eric, the Saying Road Dog brings back memories, around the early 80s a friend named Richard Dunn called me his Road Dog one night and it stuck as us being Road Dogs from them on, later the wrecker drivers all put Road Dog signs on the side of the wrecker Booms, and then the doors, the compmany the became known as the Road Dogs,
     Probably no one knew/knows where that all came from