Lost Baltan found

Another long-lost Baltan has come forward.  Welcome Bill Swisher.

His email address is: wrehsiws@gmail.com

Email conversation between MadDog and Gerry Crow

From: John Freyermuth [mailto:szygint4@hotmail.com]
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 3:35 AM
To: gerrycrow@charter.net
Subject: Bad Aibling

Hello!
Is this the e-mail for the Gerry Crow who was stationed at ASA FS Bad Aibling?

This is John Freyermuth, known as Mad Dog. I was at Bad Aibling, in B Company from 1968 to mid-1970. I remember you well. Do you remember BALTA. There is a website at http://balta.wordpress.com

You might remember several of them. I have a lot of contacts. We are having a reunion in New Mexico in October. Hope to hear from you!!!

John

PS. Also known as The Pterodactyl

From: gerry@flyfishnewengland.com
To: szygint4@hotmail.com
Subject: RE: Bad Aibling
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 08:10:40 -0500
Mad Dog!

Yes, you got the right guy!

How the hell are you? Yes, I remember you! I don’t know how you remember me, since I hardly remember me from 40 years ago!

I remember the bauren fruhstuck at the Chance after working the mid-night shift.

I remember Mike Hannan taking sucker bets from the Nuggies about how fast he could chug a beer. (Does he still do that?)

I remember the BA volunteer fire department.

I remember Dancing Bear (I think)

I remember my old room mate Chris Blum (STP-man) getting a section 8 discharge. (This would have been about the time you got there.)

I’ll check out the BALTA website.

I live in southern NH, about 40 miles north of Boston. Retired for about 5 years and making beer-money as fly fishing guide. Right now I am in Fort Myers, FL getting ready to head north after 2-months away from the ice and snow of NH.

How about you, John?

Keep in touch!

Gerry

Websites and blog:

www.nhriversguide.com

www.flyfishnewengland.com

http://flyfishnewengland.blogspot.com/

From: John Freyermuth [mailto:szygint4@hotmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 4:40 AM
To: gerry@flyfishnewengland.com
Subject: RE: Bad Aibling

Gerry,
I would never have found you were it not for my being retired, and for the wonders of internet search engines. Still, I wasn’t sure it was you, but had a pretty good hunch is all.

Yeah, the Farmer’s Breakfast = Bauernfrüstück washed down with a couple of Maxlaxs or Maxlrains. Bad Aibling – That was the greatest of times. I never wanted to leave BA. Why did we?

Well, there are a million places or more to begin, so I hardly know where. I’ll just ramble.

Balta Pot Party

Anybody remember the BALTA pot party at Maxlrain? The place had more CID, MPs, ASA security, and strangers there than BALTANs!

–>Sman  [Mike Gleason]