Thanks to my old Army buddy, Philip Marshall Cavanaugh, I received the two pitures shown here. These were taken circa 1957 in or around Goeppingen, Germany. I could not at first identify the people, but Phil sent me the names, and then the lights went on. The second from the left is Harry Seyler. I knew him very well--but only much later. Both of us then sergeants, we shared a room at the 8th Infantry Division Headquarters in Bad Kreuznach, Germany.
Once I had the names on this list, I vaguely remembered some of the others. The are (l. to r.) Lanning (first name forgotten), Harry Seyler, Mike Hansen, Tom Foster, Mike Vickery. Tom Foster sent the picture to Phil.
In the second photo, taken at one of the drinking places we then loved to frequent, are shown Mike Hanson, Tom Foster, and Rolf Hanson. In this image Tom has his field cap removed, and suddenly I also recognized him. Rolf looked very familiar to me when I first saw this image, but his name would not come. Yet I distinctly remembered the dapper figure. In those days I was sure that his family had to be wealthy. This was, remember, a citizen's army still; draftees filled the ranks. Rolf used his free time to travel widely in Europe to see strange and exalted places--which wouldn't have been possible on our the very meager pay.
Brings back memories of course...
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