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Sigmund Fertig
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- Hemet, CA
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Hey Joe go to a website : 411.com enter Georges name, I did and therearelots of OPILAS listed but no George, maybe one of them can help you find George
Never heard that before it was funny, smart snake.
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- What Unit (s) did you serve in the 2nd ACR?
- Howitzer Co. 2nd battalion 2nd ACR
- Where were you stationed?
- Bamberg, Germany 1958/1960
- What MOS or Job Description Did you Have?
- Radioman
- What was your rank/title?
- SP4
- What years Were You Assigned to the 2nd Cavalry?
- 57/60
- Tell us a little about your cav days and some of your buddies!
- Served 2 years in Germany as border Patrol during the cold war. Spent some tiome in Grafenswohr
- Tell us a little about you now.
- Will be 70 in March 09. I'm in good health, live in So. Cal. am retired from being a machinist for 42 years, 37 with one Company. Fish ,golf and serve in my church
- Do you have a web site?
- http://no
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- H-951-791-8677 c- 951-663-7997
- name a few buddies you served with that you would like to find you!
- Warren, DeJong (Wisconsin)
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To all my Cav Trooper Brothers: Have a great Vetrans Day. Toujours Pret!
To all my Cav Trooper Brothers: Have a great Vetrans Day. Toujours Pret! Continue
Posted on November 11, 2009 at 12:11pm —
Fishing Humor: I finally got aroundto goin fishin this mornin but after a while I ran out of worms. …
Fishing Humor:
I finally got aroundto goin fishin this mornin but after a while I ran out of worms. Then I saw this rattlesnake with a frog in it's mouth, and frogs are good bass bait.
Knowing the snake couldn't bite me with the frog in it's mouth, I grabbed him right behind the head, took the frog and put it in my bait bucket.
Now the dilemma was how to release the snake without gettin bit. I grabbed my bottle of Jack Daniels and poured a little whiskey in it's mouth.
His eyes rolled back and h… Continue
I finally got aroundto goin fishin this mornin but after a while I ran out of worms. Then I saw this rattlesnake with a frog in it's mouth, and frogs are good bass bait.
Knowing the snake couldn't bite me with the frog in it's mouth, I grabbed him right behind the head, took the frog and put it in my bait bucket.
Now the dilemma was how to release the snake without gettin bit. I grabbed my bottle of Jack Daniels and poured a little whiskey in it's mouth.
His eyes rolled back and h… Continue
Posted on October 2, 2009 at 9:28pm — 1 Comment
HAPPY EASTER TO ALL TROOPERS< HE IS RISEN, HALLELUJAH
HAPPY EASTER TO ALL TROOPERS< HE IS RISEN, HALLELUJAH Continue
Posted on April 11, 2009 at 2:44pm —
Comment Wall (24 comments)
- At 6:25pm on November 23, 2009,
John R Acacia said…
- Thanks for the welcome and the great pictures.
- At 6:56am on November 20, 2009,
Robert Burns Wadley said…
- Sigmund: You have a well-rounded group of photographs. Thank you for sharing them and your memories of our service days. I will be 70 next year, but via your Bindlach information I feel like a kid again and it is as if we were back there again and just shooting the bull while our C-rations warmed up on those little pellet stoves. Did you ever have a meal in the old church there at Grafenwöhr? From time to time someone would toss a can of jam into the fire we were sitting around. Of course, it was not long before everyone had a helping of jam to go with the other unpleasantness of war games.
- At 2:28pm on November 19, 2009,
Robert Burns Wadley said…
- Sigmund, thank goodness you are back. I appreciate the photographs that you have provided. It never occurred to me that there was such an appropriate monument to the efforts of Patton in preparing our young men to face the Germans. Even as I had passed the sign to Charaico Summit many times, I was never able to take my rig up there. Your experience has pushed me into doing further reading and examination about this training area. Thank you.
- At 10:02am on November 4, 2009,
David Gold said…
- Im sure times were a bit different then. Thanks for the welcome!
- At 11:16pm on November 1, 2009,
Charles W. Rightnour said…
- Hi Sigmund Remember the Allerts they use to call at 3and 4 oclock in the morning.Load up all equipment move out sit on thumbs then around 6am they would let us go back to the bks.one of the tanks hit a honey wagon one morning It sat in the field next to the fence for a month. The one thing i missed when we returned to the USA.was the good German beer. In 57 we went to Nurenburg for the 3rd Cav Birthday we marched in Hitlers Stadium I tell my Grandkids that I stood where Hitler made his speaches to the people..If you were lost in nurenburg looking fot Merral Bks the German People did not know it by that name.Ask where the SS bks was and they would give you the directions.
- At 1:37pm on October 31, 2009,
Robert Burns Wadley said…
- Sigmund: That’s it, Chiriaco Summit, CA. Thank you. Yes, there is some information on the internet, but if you have the personalized stuff that warriors look for, that would be nice. I hope you discovered that my map would enlarge so that you could read the details. I will nose around for some border pictures. I see you are a fisherman. I am not, but I do have “Big Mouth Billy Bass” and I would not trade for him. I enjoyed your rattlesnake story. As I have a large rattle and fang collection that I have personally gathered, I can imagine having one of those terrifying things having a “moment” with a fisherman.
There was the time when two B Company NCOs decided to take a couple of M-41 Walker Bulldogs out for a communication check one weekend. I was the TC in the lead tank and I had to watch out for both tanks. We churned up the countryside for an hour or so then headed back to the motor pool. There was a water crossing at “Old Forge Bridge” because the tanks could not use the bridge itself. As there was only room for single file, the tank behind decide to be first. When I told the sergeant that the corporal was coming around, I only had time to secure my hold as we accelerated to keep the lead. The corporal never wavered until we got to the crossing. He did slow down to fall behind, but the sergeant never let up. When the glacis plate entered the deep water I happened to look into the turret as it filled with water. As we gained the other bank we pulled over so the sergeant could open the escape hatch to drain the mess. The corporal had slowed to avoid a similar fate. Upon our return to the motor pool, it was I who got to hose the tank out. Remember those large pink hoses at the wash rack? That day they were worth every penny they had cost.
- At 7:44am on October 31, 2009,
Robert Burns Wadley said…
- Sigmund: I noticed MSgt Cogar in one of your 1st Btn. photographs. I remember a time when I was latrine orderly at Ft. Meade during a Saturday inspection. The Exec. Officer was inspecting and MSgt. Cogar ran his own index finger around the urinal bowl and stuck it into his own mouth. He commented that his men kept the latrine clean enough that he could do that without worrying. I wish that he had asked me first.
- At 7:29am on October 31, 2009,
Robert Burns Wadley said…
- Sigmund: I finally looked up where you live. As I used to truck freight to Fontana, CA I am reasonably familiar with the geography of your locale. I was a computer programmer for my career, but after my last layoff I went to truck driving school. I quit after a few years because the decent drivers were all retiring and their replacements were those types with foul mouths, short tempers, and were generally unpleasant to be around. I suppose you have been up to the are where General Patton trained his tankers. If you could tell me a little about it, it would be great. I only saw the road signs on I-10. Thank you.
- At 7:18am on October 31, 2009,
Robert Burns Wadley said…
- Sigmund: Good day. Would you happen to have some photographs about the various border signs and poles and stones that usually marked the boundaries that we observed? Although I would not wish to raid your entire film library, it would please me to acquire more photographs of our area of responsibility. As I had no camera, most of my pictures are those on postcards. Thank you.
- At 12:48am on October 30, 2009,
Robert Burns Wadley said…
- Sigmund: No need to EMail the pictures. The site allows them to be enlarged for comfortable viewing. Thank you . They are a good remembrance. I added an old map that I used to mark on. It does not reflect every stop, but I think you can see, as you enlarge it, that we covered the same ground over there. Remember, when you were playing war games, we were watching your back and vice versa. My MOS did not call for me to be out in the danger zone, but on many occasions I got to go out. It was always thrilling. I usually drove and the corporal I was usually with was a stickler for map details. I did not like him because I was just the opposite. I do remember a snowy day when we both realized that the border stones seemed to be on the wrong side of the jeep. Even if the East Zone soldiers had opened fire, I think that our hasty retreat would have spared us injury. I wonder if it was in the area you wrote about? Sigmund, I have never responded to “Bob” because my uncle Robert J chose that moniker, if one spelled it with only one “o.” The army addressed me as Private Wadley and I always thought that was pretty neat. Robert is good too. I do not remember a specific warning about the border crossing, but it seems like there was always something going on. We had a Choctaw helicopter and fighting team who were always on the alert to effect a rescue.
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