Where do I go next, LT? Bamberg, Germany 1965.	Sonny hamming it up in a bombed out German church in 1965.	As XO, Co C, 2nd Bn, 54th Inf, 4th AD  with SGT Holmes and SP4 Keneally.
CPT Don Barrell, CO, Co C, 2nd Bn, 54th Inf after an ATT, and 1LT Gratzer - Graf.	Tennenloe, Germany, just before General O'Meara, USAREUR CinC, and General Abrams, Army Vice Chief of Staff, chewed me out.  I lived!	LTC Joseph G. Clemons, Jr.'s departure parade, me leading Co B, 2nd Bn, 54th Inf, 4th Armored Division, Bamberg, Germany.
Same parade for Joe.  This is my M114, aka "Butte."	Me with Will Carey at Graf, Firing Position #10, 1967, Senior Commander's Orientation. We both had commanded B and A companies respectively, then did the same in Viet Nam, same battalion.	Mudville, Graf, Germany - 1967.
Vilseck, Germany, 1967, with SGT James Lellos (my driver), 1LT Tony Arko (B Co CO), CPT Gratzer Bn XO & Task Force Commander, 1SGT George Ward (B Co 1SGT), 1LT Bryan Roshong (Motor Officer) and SGT Armando Gianfrocco (Commo Chief).	CPT Gratzer and SSG Bussey, Vilseck, Germany.	1LT Gratzer, CO B Co, 2nd Bn,  54th Inf, 4th AD, B-6 driver, SGT James Lellos, at Range #50, Graf 1966.
CPT Gratzer, 1LT Carey, two NCOs, LTC Robert Kirk, CO, 2nd Bn, 54th Inf.	CPT Sonny Gratzer, LT Wally Marwitz, LT Tony Arko,  LT Will Carey, LT Richard Burke and LT Tom Plunkett.	1SGT Ward, 1SGT Ramento and 1LT Gratzer.  Both men became my 1SGTs.
Inspecting HHQ Co with LT Tom Plunkett, Bamberg.	Showing off the M60 to French War College officers in Bamberg.	Myself and MAJ Harry Hall, XO, 2nd Bn, 54th Inf, showing the French officers the Davey Crockett.

BG General Higgins, 4th Armored Division chewing me out at the HohelfelsTrainfire Range.	1LT Bryan Roshong, Sonny and 1LT Tony Arko.	Night live small arms live fire using mortar illumination.  An obvious short round nearly got us all.
106mm, Range 49, Grafenwohr, Germany.	Soft duty in Bamberg escorting Norwegian officers CPT Leif Skallerud, Inf, and 1LT Helge Skei, Armor.	1/3 of my company:  B Co, 2nd Bn, 54th Inf, 4th Armored Division, Bamberg, Germany.
COL Clinton,  CO, 1st Brigade, 4th AD, MG Surles, CG, 4th AD, LTC Joe Clemons, CO, 2nd Bn, 54th Inf, 4th AD, Hohenfels, Germany,. Sept, 1964.	2LT Gratzer, OIC, Flamethrower Range, Hohenfels, Germany with MG Surles, LTC Joe Clemons, and COL Clinton.	LTC Joe Clemons, CG Surles and COL Clinton.
NCOIC and myself loading General Surles.	NCOIC and 2LT Gratzer holding General Surles as he fires the flamethrower.	LT Bill Cox (on Sonny's "Butte" M-114) and SGT Max Starkey (in jeep) at Graf, 1966.
	Family Who Have Served In The Military
PFC George Gratzer, my dad, 158th RCT, as part of the Japanese Occupation, 1945. He was a veteran of the Luzon Campaign.	SP4 Kurt Gratzer, 2nd Bn, 75th Rangers.	LCpl Mike Gratzer, Camp Pendelton, CA.
SSG Rachel Lee Gratzer, US Air Force.	Viet Nam Veteran's Memorial, Missoula, MT.	PFC Steve Gratzer (19-year old 101st Airborne brother) and myself, just prior to Viet Nam.
Marine LCPL Mike Gratzer, as A Company Honor Guard, Subic Bay, PI.	Mike Gratzer in the PI.	Kurt Gratzer, Jump School, Fort Benning, GA.
Kurt, Ft Benning, GA.	Rachel at her desk showing off her spit shined boots.	Rachel hard at it.
CPT Printer Bowler , Da Nang, 244th PsyOps Co, attached to III MAF (General Walt’s Marine Amphibious Force), 1966.  Printer edited General Issue Blues.	Montana State Viet Nam Veteran’s Memorial, Rose Park, Missoula, MT.	SGT Jeddie Geddes and SGT Max Starkey, squad leaders in B Co, 2nd Bn, 54th Inf, 4th Armored Division, Bamberg, Germany, 1966.