| Curt Beatty Photos |
Sp5 Curt Beatty (KY), HQ Platoon, B Troop,
2nd Recon, 15th Cav, O'Brien Barracks |
1959-1961 |
| One very serious mud hole, somewhere near the Grafenwohr training center. ca 1960 |
Mad King Ludwig's summer home, Linderhof Castle. That's Tim Koppy looking toward the
camera. Except for the addition of more parking and a huge visitor center, the place still looks the same as it did in May, 1960. |
Don LaDuke (MA), Jamie Thomas (WV), Roger Espling (ME) and Gene James (MI) leaving
Schwabach for a trip to fun city, Grafenwohr. ca 1960 |
Break time! Jamie Thomas (WV) sacked out, Roger Espling (ME) reading, Gene James (MI)
snacking, Gary 'Bags' Deussen (CA) frowning and Leo Chiechi (CA) just taking it easy. In the field somewhere near the Grafenwohr
training center. ca 1960 |
| Inspection day while on border duty at Osborne Barracks, Weiden. ca 1960 |
Solid ice tank trail somewhere near the Grafenwohr training center. ca 1960 |
Honcho. The speaker's stand at the parade ground. O'Brien Barracks. ca 1960 |
Heading out the front gate at O'Brien Barracks for field exercises. ca 1960 |
| Headed for hard times. Leaving Schwabach for the Grafenwohr training center. ca 1960 |
Girl watching at the pool in downtown Schwabach. ca 1960 |
Flower children? No. B Troopers Thomas (WV) and Beatty (KY) practicing camouflage
technique... ca 1960 |
The flagpole at O'Brien Barracks. ca 1960 |
| Going over there could get you several years in a communist prison. The Czech border
near Weiden. ca 1960 |
Sgt. Whatsisname and Jerry North at Osborne Barracks, Weiden. ca 1960 |
Looking out over Oberommergau during R&R. May, 1960 |
B Trooper Gary 'Bags' Deussen (CA) signaling his opinion on being photographed.
Somewhere in the Grafenwohr training area. ca 1960 |
| Looking out a back window in B Troop. O'Brien Barracks. ca 1960 |
The Partnach Gorge, or Partnachklamm, near Garmisch. May, 1960 |
The Olympic Stadium at Garmisch from atop the ski jump. Nice climb. May, 1960 |
A winter day somewhere in the Grafenwohr training area. They didn't let us take the day
off for snow. ca 1960 |
| B Troopers Holbert and Prendergast seem amazed at this guy's ability to guzzle! This was
taken the evening before we left at midnight for an 18 hour train ride to
Denmark. October, 1960 |
Stream flowing through the Partnachklamm near Garmisch. May, 1960 |
B Troop VTR driver extraordinaire Jamie Thomas ( WV). ca 1960 |
Jamie Thomas (WV) driving the B Troop VTR. ca 1960 |
| B Trooper Edward Goede writing home from a room in Garmisch. May, 1960 |
Cable car above the Partnachklamm near Garmisch. May, 1960 |
Home for two years. The 'B' Troop building at O'Brien Barracks. ca 1960 |
Getting ready to waste some brass, powder and lead at range 48. ca 1960 |
| PFC Cook, guarding a box?? At range 48. ca 1960 |
Lining up for a trip to the field. Outside 'B' Troop looking toward the shop. ca 1960 |
50 meters to the evil empire. Sp4 Beatty (KY) at the Czech border near Weiden. ca 1960 |
A gentle reminder. The bombed out building at O'Brien Barracks. ca 1960 |
| Looking down from a cable car into the Partnach Gorge near Garmish. May, 1960 |
B Troopers/clowns Tim Koppy, Ed Goede and Curt Beatty on our 'borrowed' bikes outside
our room in Garmisch. May, 1960 |
Pretty flower beds at the monastery in
Bamberg. ca 1960 |
A couple of the guys clowning around on a bridge in
Bamberg. ca 1960 |
| A homesick young 'B' Trooper at O'Brien Barracks. December, 1959 |
The 'B' Troop shop at O'Brien Barracks. ca 1960 |
Jamie Thomas (WV) enjoying some of the many luxury accommodations at Grafenwohr. ca 1960 |
B Troopers Larry Lupear (MI) and Fred Merten (NJ) posing for a photo with the king. Rose
Barracks, Vilseck. ca 1960 |
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