I arrived at Stuttgart on Thursday, 29 June 1961. As I recall it was early afternoon and not having planned my arrival well I had to use the latrine immediately on debarking the train. This is where I encountered my first trough to take a leak in. It was also my first encounter with a putzfrau. As we were relieving ourselves in walks a cleaning woman who proceeds to mop bathroom floor all around us. Difficult to concentrate, aim and hide all at the same time!
After using the bathroom we headed out for a ride to our various posts. I was headed for the 594th Transportation Group, 5th Regional Transportation Movement Office (RTMO) headquartered at Grenadier Kaserne. I found out that Grenadier Kaserne was located in Stuttgart Zuffenhausen a northern suburb of Stuttgart proper.
No welcoming bands or hoopla, just reported in to the commanding office Lt. Col. Polumbo. Colonel Polumbo was marking time until he retired and as I recall he left a month or two later. Got my room assignment and started meeting fellow members of the 5th RTMO.
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