Welcome To My Family


Image of Erinnerungen of Papa and Mutti and Antonia Petzwinkler

...our journey through life

About the Country of Austria or Österreich in the German language

Austria - My Country

where my family still lives

Moedling a city close to the capital of Vienna located in Lower Austria

I was born 1943 in Moedling

and spent part of my school years there

about my hometown,a small town, Gaaden by Moedling in the province of Lower Austria

Gaaden-My Hometown

where I grew up and spent
my childhood and youth



Die Strassenbahn

take a trip throughVienna



The Spirit of Wien (Vienna)

Beatrix my oldest daughter
was born 1964 in Moedling
and her son Alexander 1985 in Vienna
it is still there home


The Liliput Bahn

Enjoy a ride through the Donau Park
in Vienna, Austria

Image of Yuma Regional Medical Center in Yuma Arizona
Yuma Regional Medical Center

former Parkview Baptist Hospital
in Yuma AZ

Patrick, my oldest son was born there in 1966

Yuma Dessert in Yuma Arizona

while we were stationed at

Yuma Proving Ground

US Army Testing Center, Yuma AZ

US Military Housing, Ironwood Housing on Yuma Proving Ground in Yuma, Arizona

and lived in

Ironwood Housing on YPG

Yuma Proving Ground


5th US Army General Hospital
in Bad Cannstatt-Stuttgart

Frank my second oldest son
was born there in 1970

Stuttgart a city in Germany

while we were stationed at

Nellingen Kaserne-Barracks

US Military VII Corps in Nellingen
by Stuttgart, Germany

US Military Housing at Nellingen in Germany

and lived in

US Military Housing

during the

"Soldiers in Revolt"

at the Nellingen Barracks, Nellingen Germany

Shape Army Health Clinic

Shape Army Health Clinic

former Shape Medical Center

my second oldest daughter
Michaela was born there in 1972

Shape Headquarters in Belgium

while we were stationed at

SHAPE

Surpreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
in Casteau, Belgium

US Military Housing Green Park in Mons, Belgium

and lived in

Green Park Housing in Mons

prior we even lived few months
in a haunted castle in Chateau Neuf

Photo of Landstuhl Hospital in 1970

Landstuhl Regional Medical Center

former 2nd General US Hospital

My youngest daughters Alanna was born there and her
twin Mary Ann was born sleeping in 1974

while we were stationed at


USAG Kaiserslautern

European Command
in Kaiserslautern, Germany

Vogelweh US Military Housing in Kaiserslautern, Germany

and lived in

Vogelweh Military Housing

in Kaiserslautern, Germany


Alanna was medevac on a C-141 Starlifter
on a life saving flight
from Germany to the USA

Photo of William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso Texas

first to Walter Reed Army Medical Center
in Washington DC
then to her final destination to

William Beaumont Army Medical Center
in El Paso Texas where she
spent the first 5 months of her life

Photo of Mary Ann Nolan's Grave infant daughter of Patrick and Dietlinde Nolan, at the Fort Bliss National Cemetary

Mary Ann our sleeping baby girl was flown from Germany to the USA
to be laid to rest at the

Ft Bliss National Cemetary

in El Paso Texas


to be continued......



Photo of my Papa, Josef Gattringer from Gaaden Austria





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Song playing "Dorfschwalben"





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