Hearing from Bryan reminds me that some of you might be curious about Spc. Mike's whereabouts. Well, here is the latest correspondence, rec'd yesterday by email:
Fuckin' Germans...I looked up Baumholder on the mapquest and found that he's only 130 miles from the city of Nancy, France. A humorous collision is inevitable. Stay tuned. Posted by FLOG at March 17, 2004 11:15 AM | TrackBack...nuthin' fuckin' changes...fuckin' Nazis
Soooo I've just arrived and gotten situated here in lovely Baumholder (pronounced "Bomb-holder") Germany. What a shitty duty station this is: I'm mechanized, and I'm stuck in the most dismal remote mountain base in Germany. But at the end of the day, who's getting paid to tour Europe? I'm centrally located on the continent, 20 min. from the Eurail, and we get one 3-day weekend a month. I arrived right in time for one. So this is going to rock.
My whole Battalion is in Iraq right now, so the place is kinda empty, but they should be back within the next month or so. That means I won't be going there anytime soon.
This region is where Hitler made his last stand, I'm told. The area of the Battle of the Bulge is not too far from here. There are still Nazi bunkers and dragon's teeth around here, plus I saw a faded swastika in one of the old buildings on post. I can't get that over-used echoing bugle motif from "Patton" out of my head.
-Mike
Glad to hear that Mike got out of Chicago safely. Send him my best.
Posted by: phooeyhoo at March 17, 2004 12:47 PM