U.S. Army Cooke Barracks, Goeppingen, Germany

Welcome to CookeBarracks.com! A recent poll confirmed what most of us familiar with Cooke Barracks always thought: That is, 79% of the 242 respondents said their time while stationed at Cooke was either "great" or "the best"; 14% reported "good". Only 7% reported "not so good", or "not good". Clearly, Cooke Barracks was a magical place and, perhaps, that's why so many people visit CookeBarracks.com.

Our Mission Statement: To unite friends and share memories with those who were stationed at (including their dependents), or worked at, U.S. Army Cooke Barracks military installation near Goeppingen, Germany.

CookeBarracks.com was born October 2002 and is responsible for uniting many, many people separated years ago. In support of our mission, please find within:

a guestbook for everyone to sign and share their favorite Cooke Barracks memory. With a little luck, a long-lost friend might type "cookebarracks.com" into their web browser, find your entry, and another reunion will be made. It actually happens here a lot and more often than you read about in the guestbook, too! Even if you don't have a favorite memory to share, simply sign the guestbook to include your full name and the unit and dates you served. The guestbook is our only "database" for long lost friends to search for each other. Please, no advertising.

Please note the current guestbook (link above) includes all entries from 1/1/06 to date. But it will be easier for you to view the archived guestbooks (below) to see all entries for a complete year on a single page for the years 2006, 2007, and 2008. Otherwise, you'll just see the same entries in the current guestbook, but viewed at 50 entries to a page (versus a full year to a page).

a message board for everyone to chat about those great times. Don't forget to sign the Guestbook, too . Please, no advertising.

a photo album; our jewel. Once you click the "photo album" link, you'll be presented a page of photos. Each photo represents an album of up to 100 photos. Click on the photo to access that album. If you click on any photo within an album, you'll see the option to add a public comment to a photo for everyone to enjoy. The comments are frosting! Google, the photo hosting provider, requires you sign up for a free account to add comments. What the heck, it takes all of 30 seconds to sign up; please help brighten the album for everyone's enjoyment. Your photo contributions will be greatly appreciated! Please email them to the email address at my signature block, below. Thank you!!

Also of interest:

Archived guestbooks for years 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Maggie's Schnitzel Recipe
Mama Weigle will be forever missed.
Videos of "after Cooke Barracks" courtesy of Ralf Stumpf, a Goeppingen resident and friend.
Photos of the US Army helicopter crash that occurred while assisting in the construction of the church steeple in Goeppingen. Photos courtesy of Markus Sick and input from Frank Tapparo. Here's a link with recent photos.
Newspaper article provided to CookeBarracks.com by Benjamin Kauer with permission of the publisher, NWZ Newspaper Goeppingen. Thank you!
Cooke Barracks, A Chronology, 1945-2005, courtesy of John Francis.
History of Cooke Barracks scanned directly from a piece of literature, courtesy of Jim Kelley, circa 1959-60.
History of the 404th MP Company, courtesy of Jim Slusser.
404th MP 2nd Annual Reunion
404th MP 3rd Annual Reunion
404th MP 3rd Annual Reunion photos posted in Album #7
404th MP 4th Annual Reunion
4/16th Infantry Christmas Party, 15Dec90
Links to other websites of interest.

I hope you enjoy!

David Wisniewski, Founder, CookeBarracks.com
(404th MP Company, 9/70 - 3/71)
18699 Holly Road, Fiddletown, CA 95629
Email

PS: The email link is obfuscated. You cannot simply cursor over it to obtain the email address; you must click on it (it's spam guard).

Your donation helps offset time and expense to keep this site running (since 2002) and is greatly appreciated

! Thank you very much!!