2532 - Vilseck, Bavaria, Germany

Vilseck is a town of 6400 people on the Vils River. It is an old town first settled in 925 with the construction of a castle. In 1937, Südlager (German Army Base) was built here as part of the Grafenwöhr Training Area. The base was capitulated to the United States Army in 1945. The US base is called Rose Barracks. The current units are based at Rose Barracks:

2nd Cavalry Regiment
Bavaria Medical Activity
72nd Med Det VS
A Co, 39th Finance
2nd ASOS
Elements of the 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command
514th Military Police Augmentation Platoon.

Of course this remained a permanent US military installation due to its proximity to the West German/East German border during the Cold War and is a part of American commitment to NATO.

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3584 - Blaine, Minnesota, United States of America

The sender was in Las Vegas recently and bought this card from The Mob Museum. The Mob Museum, officially known as the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, is located in downtown Las Vegas. It open in 2012. It features artifacts, stories, and the history of organized crime in the United States, but also the actions and initiatives by law enforcement to prevent such crimes. The museum is found at the former Las Vegas Post Office and Courthouse, which was built in 1933. The quote on this card was from John Gotti. John Gotti (1940-2002) was the mafioso and boss of the Gambino crime family in New York City. After ordering the killing of Gambino boss Paul Catellano in 1985, he took over the family and led what was the United States' most powerful crime syndicate. He was known as The Teflon Don after three high profile trials in the 1980s resulted in acquittals. Later it was revealed that the trials had been tainted by jury tampering, juror misconduct, and witness i

3564 - Kassel, Hesse, Germany

A wonderful message on this card that translates to to those wh o can wait, everything comes with time.

2346 - Iwate, Iwate, Japan

Keita is a junior high science teacher in Iwate 岩手町. He sent me a photo of the Tokyo Sky Tower during a fireworks display. The Tokyo Sky Tower is a broadcasting and observation tower in Simide, a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis. It became the tallest structure in Japan in 2010. In 2011, when it was completed at a height of 634 meters, it became the tallest tower in the world, and the second tallest structure in the world, after Burj Khalifa in Dubai, UAE.

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