[Michael.SF.]

US Army's imminent withdrawal after 68 years.

Well, we did try to get there sooner, but had a few difficulties.

[andyk]

I left my heart in Wiesbaden. And K-town.

[NVDave]

We should simply bring the troops home from Europe. Stop enriching the economy of Germany with our money and blood. They can pay for their own defense.

[EarlyBird]

Really too bad. I loved the Kris Kringle Mart there.

[twister881]

Lived in PHV during the mid-60s and attended PHES. Sister & brother went to HDHS. Good memories for a kid — walking to Eppelheim to buy gummi bears & sour sticks, visiting Schloss am Neckar and taking other field trips, many friends, all of us crammed into apartment living, serving as an acolyte at the base chapel, family dinners at the Fiedler Bauer (best wiener schnitzel and shoestring potatoes on planet Earth). Sad to see the end of an era.

[davius]

My parents were the first non-royal couple to be married in Heidelberg Castle. The Heidelberg Quartet played at their wedding and the only currency they would accept was a carton of American cigarettes. He was an Army Sgt. and she was a Red Cross nurse.

[dragnet2]

I hear they shut down Ray Barracks in Friedberg some years ago too..Not too far from Heidelberg...I recall some really strange times there...

I also spent some time working in Heidelberg and several other places around Germany/Europe...Lots of memories..

[Joe 6-pack]

The US Army maintained a pretty nice golf course in Heidelberg: http://www.mwrgermany.com/HD/golf/golf.htm

Maybe the CinC can sneak in a few holes before they shut it down.