Tales & Adventures
A Company 9th Combat Engineers Battalion Aschaffenberg, Germany 1965 - 1967
Photo Courtesy of William Petrie
MR.TRAMP SERVED 4 YEAR IN THE U.S. ARMY FROM 1964 - 1967. HE WAS STATIONED IN ASCHAFFENBERG, GERMANY
BENJAMIN M. KEITH lll STARTED WITH "A COMPANY" WORKING IN ADMINISTRATION. WITH HIS REBELIOUS NATURE HE WAS NOT SUITED FOR THE TASK. BENNY HAD A RUN OF BAD LUCK, AFTER BREAKING SOME MILITARY REGULATION HE WAS DEMOTED BACK TO BUCK PRIVATE AND SENT TO THE MILITARY STOCKADE AT MAMMHIEM, GERMANY FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. AFTER DOING HIS TIME THERE HE WAS SENT BACK TO THE 9TH ENGINEERS. THIS TIME THEY PLACED HIM IN COMPANY "B" OF THE 9TH ENGINEERS, A LINE COMPANY. THE BRIDGE BUILDING AND DEMOLISHION ARM OF THE U.S. ARMY. BENNY DIDN'T LIKE THIS NEW JOB ANY BETTER THAN HE DID THE OLD ONE. BEING YOUNG AND HAVEING A REBELIOUS SOUL DIDN'T HELP MATTERS MUCH EITHER. BUT WHEN EVER HE WAS OFF DUTY HE WAS A CLASS ACT.
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