4/12 Inf (M): Kevin Cranmer

Just had a brief email exchange with Kevin Cranmer, who was with 4/12 Inf (M) in Baumholder from 1993. He managed to fit in some travel while he was with The Warriors:

We did deploy to Bosnia, although I was only there about 4 months. I was glad to go . . . finally real Army stuff without a lot of the garrison politics and BS.

Kevin's shared some names of the battalion's lieutenants from those days:

Dan Tollman (arrived in 1990)
Andrew Mutter
Mike Beal
Mike Roberts
Eric Zwickel
Chuck Bergman
Lee Seal

Thanks for the info!

I know from the analytics system that other fellows are reading, so don't be shy -- email me, let me know who you remember and who you'd like to find.

Baumholder FRG 1986-1990

During the four years or so I spent at Baumholder with 1/39 Inf and 4/12 Inf, I ran into a number of people who were in other units. Of course, there was always a degree of mission overlap and you may have bumped into these folks as well, so I'll post a few names here on the 4/12 web beacon and cross-post it on the 1/39 Inf web beacon.

1LT Keith Altmeier

I met LT Keith Altmeier and his wife during the induction program run by the Baumholder Milcom back in mid-1986. He was assigned to 4/29 FA and I used to run into him from time to time around the post or out in the field. For a while there he was a Fire Support Team (FIST) leader which, as I've mentioned before, always struck me as being one of the best jobs in the Combat Arms. Keith and his better half were good folks and I had many an enjoyable afternoon talking to them back in 1986. Hope life's treated them well over the years.

1LT Paul Pressler

LT Paul Pressler was also with 4/29 FA, and he used to room in the BOQs not far from the MLRS unit and 25th Chemical Company. Paul had a number of German girlfriends over the years and I heard that he married one from up near Bochum and took a European Out to stay in-country. He already spoke pretty good German when he arrived and I learned a lot from him in early days. At one point he was looking for a transfer down to the 1st Armored Division down at Ansbach where they had a liaison posting for someone who knew the language. Funny to think that in a few short years the 1st AD would move up to our AO and replace the 8th Infantry Division. . . .

1LT Rick Morgan

I knew Rick from the induction program, too, and we worked not far from each other since he was with 1/13 Infantry just down the road from us in Paddy's Gang. We had some merry times in Idar-Oberstein, and we both took a European Out in 1989. He stayed in Baumholder and I moved down to Heidelberg, but we were both studying at Boston University Overseas Programs so we managed to stay in touch. Rick's in Texas right now, running his own oil company and doing well.

Ms Normal Danzie

Just about every new face in Baumholder would have known Normal Danzie because she was a leader in the induction program there. I ran into her again several years after I arrived in Baumholder and was amazed that, despite the fact I was in civvies, she still remembered my name. That ain't bad, considering she must have met thousands of people coming through the program. Somewhere at the bottom of one of my old footlockers I've still got my certificate of "graduation" from the induction program and will see about scanning it the next time I have a good Spring cleaning.

OK, folks, who knows where they've ended up?

p.s. add your name to the roster now!