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Message: [QUOTE="BfromCT, post: 3738705, member: 10542"] This topic has very meaningful memories for me. Like everyone else of my generation, I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when the tragic news came. On November 22, 1963, I was a Pfc. in the US Army having recently arrived at my duty station at Andrews Barracks as part of the Berlin Brigade in occupied West Berlin. It was a Friday evening and I together with a couple of friends were drinking Shulteiss Bier in the enlisted men’s club. The sergeant in charge announced the the President had been assassinated and the club was immediately closing. In shock, we walk a few blocks to another establishment to get another beer, the announcement was soon made there, all dancing stopped, and everyone became extremely quiet. Kennedy had struck a deep chord in the city after he visited in June 1963 and, in an address at Rathaus Schoeneberg, proclaimed “Ich bin ein Berliner.” The entire city went into mourning and it seemed as if every window was lighted with candles until after the funeral. I attended a memorial service at Rathaus Schoeneberg to honor the late president. [/QUOTE]