Patton Barracks, Heidelberg, Germany (May 2018)
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- Patton Barracks, Heidelberg, Germany May 10, 2018. The city of Heidelberg is in the process of repurposing Patton Barracks to Heidelberg Innovation Park.
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i guess i am the old timer of the group.... stationed here 1967, 68, 69 with mos 32f20, fixed crypto repair. the comm center was at patton kasserne, a few miles away. incredible part of my life, more than 50 years ago. i would do it again if i could be young again. cheers to all who served....
I was assigned to Campbell barracks from Jan'68 thru Jun'70, but was attached for quarters to Patton Barracks.
I was stationed here with USAREUR and 7th Army HQ from March '67 to September '68....had a great time living in HD. Worked at DPU at Campbell Barracks.
I was stationed there with the USAREUR and Seventh Army Soldiers Chorus, 1979-1981. Some of the best days of my life.
USAREUR soldiers chorus 2008-10.
I was there bus driver, 78-79
Wow, that made me tears eyed. We were there 2005-2008. We both worked at Patton Barracks
I was there 04-06
2005-10. Miss it.
Was there with my Parents. Pop was stationed there 1980/89, Attended the Middle School in PHV... Graduated from Heidelberg High School in 1987!! Loved it there!!! So many awesome memories!!! Miss those morning winter AFN radio school closings, would hit those mountains and slide down all day sledding!!
I was a Sgt with the 529th MP Company, USAREUR Honor Guard from 1973-75. Best years of my life!
S2/3 Special Troops Group Patton Barracks 1970-1972..some of best memories in my life
I was there from 1976-1979! I was with 147th Postal! A lot of good memories there!
I was stationed there from 1976 to 1979 was a cook on Patton barracks in Head Quarters building many good memories 😌😌
Yes, I was there 76-79 and had a ball. Gwen White
I was stationed there with the USAREUR and Seventh Army Soldiers Chorus 1970-71. Definitely one of the most interesting times of my life. Went back with my wife in 2013 and was sad to see the buildings and grounds in such disrepair. I hope the site can be saved and repurposed for something significant in the future.
Brings back so many memories
529th MP 2008-2014
Thanks so much for posting this video. I was stationed in Heidelberg w/USAREUR from 1978-81, and this being the most comprehensive yet concise video of Patton I have yet found, really brings back the memories. I noted especially at around 1:25 is shown what I am sure was my very barracks housing building (112). My rooms were on the 2d floor toward the building center. Sadly it looks so scruffy with all the scrub grass now, and overall a bit deteriorated. Ditto for the old rec center also shown----I spent a considerable amount of off-duty time there, often in the kaserne library, or just hanging out in the main room, especially in the evenings. The U.S. community square dance club would hold their periodic dance nights there, and they would draw a sizeable crowd. Also the downstairs pizza parlor, where I would sometimes end up when I didn’t feel like partaking of the dinner fare at my barracks mess hall (which would otherwise occasionally serve us roast rabbit---actually quite good!) I was hoping the kaserne gym would be shown, but did not see evidence of it. During my posting at Patton there was an inflated canvas ‘bubble dome’ that served as the gym, with outside racquetball courts and a PT obstacle course beside it. At the time there was talk now & then of a permanent gym being planned, and subsequent recent research I’ve done found that one was eventually built sometime after I left (wonder what year, specifically). The video poster here seemed to have taken the tram (line 26) toward the kaserne at the beginning, and this appears to be the *big* change to the neighborhood (since 1981), being installed on the road outside the main gate in 2006 (yet which I only found out about last year). It evidently replaced the bus lines that previously provided service to/from downtown HB. The stops were just outside the main gate on either side of the road (‘Kirschheimer Weg’). But there is no tram stop by the kaserne, the nearest ones being in either direction down the way. There is a video on the HB transit website of the whole route inbound and out, recorded from the front tram window, that is included below. At 34 minutes in the tram starts to pass (inbound) by Patton. Also, something I suspected otherwise is also confirmed by the tram video----that the old ‘Pops’ snack/beverage stand across the street from the main gate is gone. He used to make good sandwiches, but at some point in the last 40 years he must have retired and possibly sold off the place, but evidently it didn’t last. The former bus stop signs/shelters are also gone. Further down, the video shows the entrance/start to the paved Patton-Campbell road path, which somehow still seems *so* familiar all these decades later. Google photos indicate some structural adjustments have been made to its overall route over time.
As I have stated in other YT comments, I will never forget the time spent at my HB posting, nor the people I served with and made such memorable acquaintances with there. For all you fellow former HB troopers, here is that link I hope all of you will also find of nostalgic value:
czcams.com/video/e-ZVjytsREw/video.html
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My first duty station 1990-1993.
Wow I miss it. Loved everything about it 2006 thru 2008 VCorp
I was also with V Corps G4 2006-2008. I definitely enjoyed my time in Heidelberg. I was very fortunate to have been there twice, 1997-2000 HQ AMF-L (Allied Mobile Force-Land) NATO.
2009-2012: Lived at PHV and worked at Campbell.
Hey ... I remember you!
Does anyone remember the sandwich shop right across the street from the entrance? I think it was called Pops
Yes. It was called Pops.
@@rssmith21 do you remember studies? lol
Susies
Yes David, I remember Pops fondly. I was an MP living on Patton in '75 + '76. If we worked a 12 hour shift, we might not get to supper at the Mess Hall by the time we got off duty. We would go get a Pop's Special and an Eichbaum bier for a late supper. I miss Susies too, until I remember having to pull drunk GIs out to take back to their unit on a payday weekend. Overall, I loved Heidelberg...it was a magical time in a young man's life.
@@Dukerdr Roger that!
I was here from 2004-2006. Boy do I miss this place. The memories live on
Traurig , ich bin damals mir amerikanischen Freunde aufgewachsen , nun sind alle weg :-(
I was stationed there in the late 70s, some wild and crazy times
I was stationed there from 2000 - 2003 does not look the same.
I was with the 26th spt gp from 1989-1993.
I was stationed there 84 , 503rd trans co anybody else at that time , hit me up
I was stationed there in 84-87 (CENTAG)
I was in the 503rd trans co 1983 and 84
Was there from 1983/5
Sad to see what’s become of it 😢
I was born there in 1964, sad to see this. ☹️
I Know Heidelberg Pretty nice city studients place Neckar river castle top
Manheim direct connexion Line
I was stationed there from 2004-2007 USAG Heidelberg
I was there 2006-2007 MP
Jim Guarino stationed 1956.. 57 what a great time Zum Zeppls was New years Eve every night of the year!! Dont like Hauptstrasse as a walk way... Miss the one track Straussenbaum
I was in A company at Patton in the late 70s, does anyone remember going to Suzies on payday? 🤣
Was stationed at Patton 1968/69 in Building 113. One night after too much beer me and a pal were chased out of Suzie's after not following the "no touchie" rule until you bought the product, ha, ha!
Hudson was the last name.