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63rd Signal Bn
Camp Roeder, Salzburg
James Wright.
 

1. 63rd Sig Bn HQ building (66 KB)

2. Another view of HQ building (97 KB)

3. Hq/Hq Co barracks (92 KB)

4.
"A" Company barracks (56 KB)

5. Another view of "A" Company barracks (54 KB)

6. 63rd Sig Bn mess hall (60 KB)

7. Another view of the mess hall (61 KB)

8. Jim and buddy relax in front of Bn Mail Room (68 KB)

9. Sam Dye, mail clerk, is ready to defend official mail (73 KB)
     
     
     
Schwarzenberg Kaserne 2001
formerly Camp Roeder, Salzburg
Jim was able to visit Camp Roeder in August 2001. The post is now an Austrian Army installation and known as Schwarzenberg Kaserne. Check out the Camp Roeder link on the Personal Recollections page for details.  

1. Main Gate (66 KB)
(What did it look like in 1955?)

2. Former HHC 63rd Sig Bn Bldg (62 KB)
(What did it look like in 1954?)

3. Former HHC 63rd Sig Bn barracks (64 KB) (What did it look like in 1954?)

4. Former HHC 63rd Sig Bn mess hall (69 KB)

5. Former A Co, 63rd Sig Bn barracks (56 KB) (What did it look like in 1954?)

6. Former A Co, 63rd Sig Bn mess hall (68 KB) (What did it look like in 1954?)
   
     
       
In the field
Wels and Ried, Austria
     

1.
Battalion CP tent during a field exercise (90 KB)

2.
63rd's Exec Officer, Major Jackson, in his jeep with his driver, Jim Wright, inspecting the trailer (120 KB)

3.
The Bn Exec's jeep parked in the woods (114 KB)

4.
Bn's vehicles dispersed in the woods during an exercise (57 KB)

5. Bn HQ's operations van camouflaged with nets to avoid detection from the air (53 KB)

6. Jim Wright (left) and Sam Dye eating breakfast next to the water trailer near Wels (82 KB)

 



     
     
On the Rifle Range
Grödig, Austria
     

1. Grödig Rifle Range (86 KB)

2. Men of Bn HQ arrive at the rifle range (84 KB)

3. Another view of men at the rifle range (83 KB)

4. Dick Basciano stows away his mess kit (78 KB)

5.
Special Orders No. 126, HQ 63rd Sig Bn (69 KB)
     
     
       
Trip to Vienna
Vienna, Austria
     

1.
Travel Permit (Grey Pass) (107 KB)

2. Alte Hofburg (80 KB)

3. Roof-top view of Vienna (52 KB)
 
       
     
       
Army Recreation Center
Berchtesgaden, Germany
     

1. General Walker Hotel (92 KB)

2. View of the Bavarian Alps from the General Walker Hotel (69 KB)

3. Jim Wirght and buddies at the General Walker Hotel (53 KB)

4. Dick Basciano among some ruins (67 KB)
       
     
     
2001 Vacation
Salzburg, Austria
     

1. "Cafe Winkler" on the Moenchsberg (57 KB)

2. Kapitelplatz (90 KB)

3. Residenzplatz (65 KB)

4. Mozartplatz (107 KB)

5. Mirabell Gardens (88 KB)

6. Another view of Mirabell Gardens (91 KB)
   
       
     
       
2001 Vacation
Berchtesgaden, Germany
     

1. Some things change ... (94 KB)

2. Some things don't ... (97 KB)

3. Berchtesgaden (81 KB)