occupied by
Company A

    

like a number of small villages in Bavaria
they have no traffic or parking problems
and the quality of life is excellent

        

it's the same scene with a new firehouse at the right front

       

the same house with a minivan parked out front
returning to this village after 50 years is like a time warp
except for the modern automobiles everywhere

the minivan definitely looks like a Volkswagen

        

our Bavarian historian Walter Fuchs identified these two boys
Franz Furtner (on the left) and Ludwig Stadler (deceased)

Franz (Frank) is now living in Rochester NY
we contact him frequently

      

check the background in the (left) picture
a new building has been added between the house and barn
and some modern garbage cans out front

   

Jutta Frammersberger lives near Pörndorf in Aldersbach
she recognized her mother Betty Bellman
and her younger brother Richard Bellman

Betty is the lady on the left side of the fence
her son is the boy in the dark suit

the Pörndorf firehouse is new with different doors

        

behold the barn behind the "honey dipper" cart

today these carts are aluminum
pulled by green John Deere tractors

        

sitting around and having your picture taken
is a favorite activity of occupation troops

the man on the left has a "liberated" camera in his right hand
it looks like an expensive one perhaps a Leica

the building behind the men
is now a Metzgerei (butcher's shop)

did anyone in your outfit try to stab the cook
here it was a hopeless standoff

        

American soldiers "liberated" German cameras
because they were not allowed to loot

does the soldier on the right look like he would steal
this pair of wooden shoes to send home as a souvenir

        

737 hadn't turned in its equipment yet
everything finally went to the Nuremberg motor pool
when the outfit became an amphibian tractor unit

looks like the soldier on the right has a camera

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