European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 24, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse The draw Down up close and personal rating Good Linden Burn a by John Millar staff writer pfc Clorse Quot Doc Quot Golliday was so afraid of his first sergeant that night nearly 30 years ago that he hid in the tunnels under Hindenburg Cavern in Wurzburg Germany for three Days. Quot he was mean Quot Golliday said of sgt 1st class j c Cameron. Quot he was the first person i Ever met who had a Black Belt in Tough no nonsense Cameron also had a mole on his face Gollay said Quot and when that mole got to jumping c was Golliday did t Wail around to see Cameron s mole twitch when he Quot messed around and missed bed Check Quot in 1964 he took to the basement of his motor Pool and the old German built tunnels that branched off from it. He hid for three Days until his unit. Co a 123rd signal in went on Alert when someone in the unit to Malion called Golliday s name and said he was absent without leave a reply to the contrary came from somewhere below the pavement. Quot i said i m Here and i guess someone heard me Quot Golliday recalled Golliday who retired from the army in 1985 and is now chief of youth services in kit Zegen Germany said he did no to get in much trouble for his Tunnel time. Quot i was t awol because i was on the Golliday said. Quot ii became a big it also became somewhat of a legend the Story of Doc Golliday and other memories about the Cavern were told again recently As members of the 123rd signal in took a last look around the Cavern before leaving it for Good the battalion Winch has been stationed at the Small Cavern since 1958, officially moved to Larson Barracks in Kil Zingen on Jan 31, said the unit adjutant capt. Robert Hal the Cavern is to be turned Over to the German government in May. He said a but we re trying to turn it Over in March because we have to guard and White some unit soldiers will be glad to be rid of the guard duty at the Cavern Many Are sad to see it go. Hindenburg which Hall described As Quot a motor Pool. With buildings around it Quot is not much to look at. The Cavern is about the size of a City Block and its most notable Structure is a squat building called the name is Short for Quot bombed out building Quot Hall said noting that the top floor was destroyed during world War ii the Only reason it was never levelled was because it housed the Cavern s Only heating Plant but Hindenburg is More than just a building named Bob Quot Hall said to soldiers of the f 23rd signal in. It was Home Quot the thing i think the soldiers liked Best about Hindenburg was that it was theirs Quot he said Quot it was the 123rd s and that was the battalion was the sole occupant of the Cavern irom the time it moved in More than 30 years ago. A Larson Barracks is a Good Post Quot Hall said about the unit s new Home. Quot but Hindenburg was their Post Quot staff sgt. Troy Carter feels the same Way. The electronic maintenance shop Foreman has served All but two of his 20 years in the army at Hindenburg he s now spending what will probably be his last week on the Cavern making sure everything is moved out and cleaned up but he s taken some of the time to look for Doc Golliday s tunnels. After inspecting several partially blocked passages in the basement of the unit motor Pool he told the Story of his own first Days at Hindenburg and a first sergeant not too different from Golliday a his first memory of Hindenburg is of being put on restriction for two weeks As soon As he arrived in 1972 his first sergeant at the time a certain sgt 1 St class Ernest Sutton told him he was receiving the punishment. Tor being from Tennessee Quot he told me i know How you boys from Tennessee Aie when you get alcohol in your system so i sat looking out the Barracks window at the Castle on the Hill for two weeks and said. Well someday i get out of Here Carter did get out to see the Castle in Wurzburg after two weeks and since then Quot in be been in every company m the battalion except the one that was activated last year Quot he said with some Pride. Over the years Hindenburg Quot grew on me Quot he said. Carter who had hoped to be at Hindenburg when he retires in two years took a last walk past the empty Barracks on the All but deserted Cavern. A after a while you get to know everything and everybody Quot he said Horst Quot mafia Quot Merz remembers cutting Carter s hair Back in 1972. Having worked As a Barber at the Cavern since 1958, he remembers giving haircuts to a it of battalion soldiers. Quot in be had a Good time Quot he said Quot when you be been that Long Here Hindenburg is like a family Quot because he Page 14 the stars and stripes monday Fec
