I’m not sure where the Turks were stationed but I do remember there being in and around the Stuttgart (Robinson Barracks) PX and commissary. I didn’t think too much about it until we were attending maneuvers in Baumholder.
The Turks were involved in the war games and I remember a Staff Sergeant telling me that when they were pulling guard duty in the field a couple of his soldiers were surprised when Turk soldiers crawled up behind them, tapped them on the leg and said, '”you OK GI.” The guards never heard them approach. A little unsettling to say the least.
I decided it would probably be nice to be on the same side during a war. My lasting impression is that they all looked like Cpl. Klinger but bigger and meaner looking. I didn’t know who Cpl Klinger was in 1962 but when I saw him on M*A*S*H on TV later in life I had a immediate flash back to Baumholder.
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