Honoring Heidelberg Post Dinner Friday, June 7, 2013 Heidelberg Marriott Hotel
Inaugural Heidelberg Post Meeting 1953 COL Carl W. Meyer, Deputy Engineer, USAREUR COL Alvin G. Viney, Engineer, Seventh Army COL Walter H. Parsons Jr., Commander, 11th Engineer Group BG Frank Albrecht, The Engineer USAREUR COL Maurice Gazin, French Army Engineer
1954 BG William Hoge (2nd from left) Presented the Heidelberg Post Charter. Heidelberg Post President BG Frank Albrecht (standing)
1954 Post Meeting Post President BG Frank Albrecht (standing) MG E.E. Verbeemen, Deputy Chief of Construction, HQ USAREUR, addressed Post War reconstruction in western Europe.
1955 Heidelberg Post Officers COL Lawrence Heinlein, Engineer Division, HQ USAREUR President COL Robert Erlenkotter, CDR, 39th Engineer Gp (Construction) First Vice President John O Shea, Engineer Division, HQ USAREUR Second Vice President MAJ Frederick Smee, 656 th Engineer Battalion Secretary CWO Nicholas Christofani, 656 th Engineer Battalion Treasurer
December 1955 COL Lynn Pine, Commander, 24th Engineer Group, received the Society Award from BG Charles McNutt for obtaining 45 new SAME members.
November 1956 MG E.C. Itschner was guest of honor and speaker at a joint meeting of the Heidelberg and Kaiserslautern Posts attended by more than 350 members and guests. Accompanied by BG Charles McNutt and BG Bruce Rindlaub
January 1958 COL James Walsh named Heidelberg Post President. MAJ Herman Reymann, German Army, German Liaison Section, USAREUR, spoke on the history of the German Corps of Engineers. The ratio of engineers in the German military establishment in WWI was only 5 percent. The Germany Army was proposing an engineer strength to 15 percent showing how important engineers had become to military strategy.
1961 Post Officers COL David Hammond President LTC John Van Hoy First Vice President LTC Joseph Barnes Second Vice President Maj. William Barnes Secretary Herbert Cork Jr. Treasurer May 1961 GEN Bruce Clarke, Commander in Chief, USAREUR, spoke at the Heidelberg Post Ladies Night Meeting on the contributions of the Corps of Engineers to the Army and the nation.
September 1961 Heidelberg Post Meeting LTG Walter Wilson, USA Chief of Engineers Keynote Speaker Accompanied by BG E.I. Davis (L) and BG R.B. Warren (R)
1962 Post Officers COL Clewis Moffett President LTC Edward Ardery First Vice President LTC Jewel Ewing Second Vice President Maj. John Heard Secretary 1963 Post Officers COL Frank McElwee President LTC Hans Ruthe First Vice President MAJ Gilbert Kirby Second Vice President MAJ Amos Mathews Secretary
June 1964 Post Meeting BG H.A. Morris, USAREUR Engineer, discussed his first hand experiences during the Post War rehabilitation of Germany when he served as Engineer Group Commander in Frankfurt.
1966 Post Officers COL Sterling Eisiminger President COL John Coyne First Vice President MAJ John Anderson Secretary 1967 Post Officers James LeDuc President LTC James Yacavone Vice President Fred Kishaba Secretary Lt. Ward McFarland Treasurer
Memory from COL David M. Patrick, USAR (Ret.) In 1967, after Charles de Gaulle ordered all U.S. forces to depart France, the 547 th was ordered to move by train (shown being loaded) to Orly Field outside of Paris to assist the Air Force in their preparation for departure and to take any MWR equipment they could use back home to Darmstadt. They did that in a big way and it was like Christmas time!
1972 Post Officers COL John Hughes Jr. President Zivan Knezevich Vice President Henry Woodson Secretary Educational Opportunities The Heidelberg Post heard a presentation from Germany Territorial Southern Command on the development of the Autobahn since its inception in 1929 through future extensions planned all the way up to 1985.
1973 COL Harry Mumma (right), new Heidelberg Post President, and Col. John Hughes Jr.
1977 Post Officers BG Charles Fiala President Carl Favre First Vice President LTC Bernard Slofer Second Vice President Robert O Brien Secretary Capt. Robert Nelson Treasurer Educational Sessions In a 1977 Post meeting, MG Louis Prentiss Jr., DCS Engineer, HQ USAREUR, addressed the topic of Topography and included his experiences in the 1940s during a U.S. Peruvian geodetic survey.
1978 Post Officers Noel Packard President Maj. Thomas Deputy Secretary Capt. John Jens Treasurer 1979 Post Officers LTC Carl Sciple President LTC Robert Wilson Vice President 1st Lt. Jean Rittenhouse Secretary Capt. John Jens Treasurer
1983 Post Officers LTC (P) Charles Sollohub President D. Engleking Vice President Military Engineering Program During the March 1983 meeting, SAME s European RVP BG Hank Hatch (later to be Army Chief of Engineers) addressed Heidelberg Post members on the activities of the Pacific Ocean Division of the Corps of Engineers.
1985 Field Trip The Heidelberg and Kaiserslautern Posts took a joint field trip to the Maginot Line one of many cosponsored training sessions and technical tours the two Posts joined together in over the years. 1987 Post Officers COL Robert Ferrari President Marsha Risch Vice President Bernard Oliphant Vice President Maj. Robert Potter Jr. Vice President Willie Smith Treasurer
Note from MG Hans Van Winkle, USA (Ret.) I am sorry that I cannot attend the Farewell Heidelberg ceremony, but want to say hello to all my friends, associates, and fellow engineers. It will certainly be a nostalgic ceremony, but we all can take pride in the many accomplishments of the engineering community that did so much to support the soldiers and families in the European theatre. My tour in Heidelberg as the DCSENG from 1995 until 1997 was one of the highlights of my 32 year career, one that my family and I will never forget. Thanks to all for so many contributions.
1997 Bob Cadow, Heidelberg Post President, presents a plaque to European Space Agency s Jocelyne Landeau Constantin and thanks Post member Sandra Zettersten for arranging the visit.
Memory from Col Steven T. Rose, USAFR, FSAME I want to thank the Heidelberg Post specifically for our long running Kaiserslautern v. Heidelberg golf challenges. Stationed at HQ USAFE from 1989 to 1999, I thoroughly enjoyed the friendly rivalry on the links. Both Golf courses were beautiful and having the winner host the following year's challenge always made for friendly competition. Most importantly, it made for an amazing run of scholarship fundraising for both Posts!! This is definitely an end of an era!!! Thank you to all that were members over the years."
2002 USAREUR DCSENG Staff
MG Don Riley, USA (Ret.), and his wife, Roz, at the 2002 Castle Ball while he was serving as 7th Army Engineer and USAREUR DCS Engineer.
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