THE AFRC TIMELINE - History in the Making. - theafrctimeline

 "WHEN THE LAST OF US HAVE PASSED ON, LET US ALL MEET IN THE CLOUDS OVER BERCHTESGADEN"

 

The following is a TIMELINE report on the people that served their time with the Armed Forces Recreation Centers in Berchtesgaden, Garmisch, Chiemsee, The Columbia Hotel in Munich as well as letters from guests that stayed at the AFRC facilities over the years.

 

The TIMELINE is broken down starting with 1945. There are many people out there that never sent any information about their time with AFRC. It would have really been great if everyone could have put his or her comments in this book, but after twelve years of research I stop here.

 

 I put this together with only one thing in mind a history of a hand-full of people that made something really great “work”. In a few more years AFRC will be long forgotten, the people that worked there will no longer be known. Even with the short years the U.S. military was in Bavaria it would be great to know that someone, someplace in the future will look back at this TIMELINE and read about what you did and when you made it happen. Each of us, what we did and how we acted is the making of a story. One that maybe your great grandkids will read about. So what if we were stupid at times and did things that were frowned upon at that time? Today, as we look-back………we were moderate compared to today’s standards. The Baby-Boomers, Sexual Revolution, Flower Children and Pot Heads of yesterday give the color and taste of our generation.

 

 Some of you I once knew yet many are strangers. As a family of AFRC members the family grows closer. No matter where you are in the world you know there is someone that understands what you stood for during your time with the AFRC.

 

  THE SEALS FOR BAVARIA, BERCHTESGADEN, GARMISCH, PRIEN, MUNCHEN, AFRC and SACOM