In Loving Memory ... LTC Edgar Jan "Coach" Albrick, Sr.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in your family and those who knew you and loved you. You will live on because we remember you!
***** I love you grandpa! I cant wait till i meet you in heaven!
Landon Albrick
- your grandson
Jan. 4, 2012
One of the 324 US Army soldiers ever entitled to wear the Combat Infantry Badge with 2 Stars. Also awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in combat and the Bronze Star.
** Albrick, Edgar J. HQ, 7th Armored Division, G.O. No. 122 (1944)Awards the Silver Star.
ALBRICK EDGAR "COACH" J. 81, Passed away on February 20, 2002 at Laurel Creek Health Care in Calif. A resident of Fairfield for 20 years.
Born on December 7, 1920 in New Kensington, Pa. LT Colonel Edgar J. Albrick Green Beret retired in 1964 as a highly decorated veteran of 3 wars. WWII, Korea & Vietnam. Awarded 3 Purple Hearts, Silver Star & Bronze stars,
He was also known as COACH for his love of athletics, having lettered in football, baseball Wake Forest, Southwest Louisiana & Arz. State University where he received his Bachelors & Masters in 1950.
He was a teacher & coach for 28 yrs, having taught all grades from 1st through University, while coaching eleven varsity sports.
He was past president of the seniors softball league in San Mateo, Ca. & loved writing poetry (SEE WWW.POETS.COM EDGAR ALBRICK.htm. The Coach was an enthusiastic participant in life whose personal philosophy was I believe teaching is the most rewarding profession.
I went to 3 wars to do the best to save lives, especially those of our brave Americans who were committed to maintaining freedom from the world's oppressors. When he passed away in Fairfield he was writing a book on his personal education system entitled "TOTAL EDUCATION, The Unlimited Learning System".
He was proceeded in death by his son, Edgar Jan Albrick,Jr. (Find A Grave Memorial# 112323777 - Burial:Cedar Hill Cemetery, Oakland, Douglas County, Oregon ), who was in the US Army and served in Viet Nam and killed in Laos.
ALBRICK EDGAR J JR
CW2 Edgar J. Albrick, Jr. was a potential VHPA member who died after his tour in Vietnam on 08/31/1972 at the age of 21 from Auto accident.
Oakland, OR
Flight Class 70-19
Date of Birth 01/10/1951
Served in the U.S. Army
Served in Vietnam with 71 AHC in 70-71
Call sign in Vietnam Rattler 11
This information was provided by Jeff Coupe, 5th reunion, update by father, Edgar J. Albrick , Sr.
He is survived by his loving wife Alice Cummings Albrick, Fairfield, CA; Proud Sons Chris Albrick & Daug-in-law Lori Albrick, Mill Valley, CA; Vince Albrick, Arroyo Grande, CA; Beloved grandchildren Aspen, Mikaela, & Nick Albrick, Mill Valley, CA; Amelia I. Landon Albrick, Arroyo Grande, CA.
Remembrances for his deceased wife Emma Spakowskas Albrick & deceased children David & Constance Anna.
Visitation will be at Bryan-Braker Funeral Home, 1850 W. Texas St. Fairfield, Ca 94533. on Today, February 28, 2002 at 5:00-8:00PM. Funeral Services will be at Our Lady Mt. Carmel Catholic Church on Friday March 1, 2002 at 10:00 am. Officiating by Father Sebastian Meyer D. Carm.
Disposition Skylawn Memorial Park HWY 92 Half Moon Bay, Mateo, CA. Burial with Military Honors. ARRANGEMENTS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF BRYAN-BRAKER FUNERAL HOME 1850 West Texas Street, Fairfield, CA 94533.
Alameda Times-Star 2/28/02.
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LTC Edgar J. Albrick was a three-war veteran serving in WWII (23rd and 33rd Armored Engineer Bn, 7th Armored Div, 8th Armored Division, and 296th Combat Engineer Bn), Korea (15th Infantry, 3rd Div), and South East Asia (77th, 7th, and 1st Special Forces).
His military awards and decorations include: Silver Star Medal, 3 Bronze Star Medals, 3 Purple Hearts, 3 Combat Infantry Badges, 8 Campaign Stars, and Master Jump Wings.
Albrick was also a coach and educator for 28 years, teaching first grade through college. He coached 11 different varsity sports.
LTC "Coach" Albrick died on February 20, 2002.
Albrick served as Detachment Commander for MTT (Mobile Training Team) Laos during "Operation White Star" (sixth rotation) from 10/15/1961 – 04/13/1962. Albrick is listed as a Major for this assignment in "Who's Who From Hotfoot / White Star" by Stephen Sherman, but I verified with Sherman that Albrick was actually a LTC (Lieutenant Colonel) before leaving for Laos.
Albrick received his 3rd CIB for White Star later on 8/14/1963.
In addition to being a soldier and educator, Edgar Albrick was a poet. Below is one of his poems.
How Is Time Affecting You?
The lines in your face grow deeper.
Are you smiles further apart and few?
Are your pains more frequent and lasting?
How is time affecting you?
Many have departed at an early age.
We continue to drop along the way.
How are you reacting to this human pace
Since God allows you to stay?
We watch the young grow and develop
We envy their youth every day.
I hope none of you feel sorry about life
If you didn't do it your way.
Experiences we try to pass on
To our successors whoever they may be.
But the trip that was made
Can never be replayed; it was made by me.
Our thoughts grow ever deeper
To God, his home and our fate.
We can't help but keep on thinking
This trip in our future will be great.
**************************************
Book Title - A Study of Organized Recreation in Combatting Juvenile Delinquency
Author Edgar Jan Albrick
Publisher Arizona State University, 1950
Length 132 pages
Subjects Juvenile delinquency
Recreation and juvenile delinquency
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8th Armored Division - The Thundering Herd
My Trip Through WWII
By: 1st Sgt John N. Jozsa Co. A, 53rd Engr Bn
"D" Company of the 53rd Armored Engineer Battalion were a very special group of people. The company was led, driven, inspired by one Capt. Edgar J. Albrick. He was a real live inspirational leader. My one regret was that I couldn't go overseas with him. He probably would have gotten all of us killed. But he surely was inspiring. He was also somewhat of a rebel. His men loved him and swore by him. The other officers hated his guts and swore at him. His actions were like a Bantam Rooster, cocky, sure, unafraid and never asked anyone to do what he wouldn't do. He believed in discipline but found time and ways to be human and have fun. He was truly a "free spirit" but still very competitive. I loved and respected him. At the age of 16 he had been offered a contract to play professional baseball but turned it down and joined the Army instead.
Capt. Albrick worked his way up through the enlisted man ranks and went to Officer Candidate School. He was also one of the youngest Captains in the entire 8th Armored Division. The Captain got in trouble by going against the grain or establishment. A good example of that was one hot, humid, summer day in Louisiana. Battalion regulations stated that while working on duty, full field uniforms would be worn, including cartridge belts, leggings, helmets, etc. The Captain saw no harm in having the men get rid of some of their equipment as we built a pontoon bridge across a small lake in Louisiana on a very hot and muggy day.
He expected the Colonel, who was always at odds with the Capt. to check up on him. So the Capt. posted lookout guards on the roads to warm us of the Colonel's approach. However the Colonel outfoxed the Capt. and went cross country with his jeep and missed the guards. The Company was caught with a beautifully completed bridge and a company with shirts off, leggings off etc. We were in deep trouble for violating the Colonel's rules. We expected to be punished in some way. As punishment, the Colonel ordered the Company Officers and non-commissioned officers to walk the 28 miles back to camp the next morning. The Colonel would send trucks out to transport the enlisted men back to camp at South Camp Polk. We were really going to be punished.
After the Colonel had announced our punishment and had left, Capt. Albrick called his officers and non-coms to a meeting and planned the next day's strategy. After supper he sent Sgt. Alley, the Mess Sgt. to go back to Camp Polk and to pick up a number of cases of beer, all iced down.
The next morning at the appointed hour we started our march back to Camp. It was warm but the beer was cold. It really was tough going but we were highly "motivated". I think there were times when the Capt. signaled us to "double time". 5 hours 45 minutes later we arrived at the Battalion Area with a new Division record for the 28 mile hike. Then, to top it off the Capt. marched us all around Battalion Headquarters and led us in singing the
Engineers Song
We're the boys from the Engineers
You hear so much about
The people stop and stare at us
Whenever we're about
For everything we do
We're noted for our decency
The people always like us
We hope you like us too
As we go marching
The boys from the 53rd
Are on their way.
The 8th Armored Division Paper wrote up our achievement of setting a new 28 mile record (5 hours 45 minutes), it didn't mention the cold beer.
The Colonel did not dole out any additional punishment to us but we did notice that "D" Company got stuck with some pretty dirty deals. If it was bad and dirty, it was assigned to "D" Company. Shortly after the 28 mile hike incident the army reorganized its Table of Organization For Engineering Battalions and "D" Company was wiped out and I and many others ended up in "A" company under Capt. J.J. Gettings. He was a good man but he was not a Capt. Albrick.
Capt. Albrick was transferred to an engineering Unit in England where his unit was training for the Invasion of France. He landed on "D" Day and survived that day and the war.
In the Reorganization Set up Capt. Albrick was transferred to England. Capt. Albrick returned to Crowley after the war and attended College in Lafayette, LA.
How Capt. Albrick inspired his men. I remember the time the Battalion was involved in a competition of building a Double Double Bailey Bridge which is a steel bridge composed of heavy steel bridge sections.
Each company had to participate and assemble it at night. Capt. Albrick called a meeting of his officers and non-coms to plan our strategy. The Capt., asked for any suggestions as to how we could save time in putting the bridge together. One of the Heavy Equipment Sgts., a Sgt. Crane suggested that we use a truck crane with special chains to more efficiently assemble the Double Bailey Bridge. It normally took 8 men to move the bridge sections into place. The Capt. agreed that the proposed method would move the heavy panels into place quicker and more efficiently. It worked on the next night, we set a new army record for assembling that type of bridge. In fact we beat the recommended field manual time by 2 hours. We were a proud group of Engineers that night when we got back to the barracks.
I vividly remember two separate instances while at Fort Knox where mines caused Capt. Albrick and a Sgt. John Jozsa very serious trouble. Both of us ended up with hospital time.
I will always remember Capt. Albrick coming into my hospital room that night. His first words were. "What a dumb ass thing for an Engineer Sgt. to do with a dangerous mine cartridge." I totally agreed with and considered that I deserved such an "ass chewing". Little did I know that a few months later I would be able to visit Capt. Albrick in the same hospital and to say the exact same words after an accident with a mine cartridge. Our hospital stays were about a week.
His accident happened after he had taken one of the explosive cartridge mine cores back to Bachelors Officers Quarters. There he was fooling around the cartridge with a knife. Like me, it went "boom". I walked into his hospital room and said to him "what a dumb ass thing for an Engineer Capt. to do with a dangerous mine cartridge".
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Many thanks to Travelingal for the unsolicited transfer and for the fine job she did on his biographical information to begin with.
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.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in your family and those who knew you and loved you. You will live on because we remember you!
***** I love you grandpa! I cant wait till i meet you in heaven!
Landon Albrick
- your grandson
Jan. 4, 2012
One of the 324 US Army soldiers ever entitled to wear the Combat Infantry Badge with 2 Stars. Also awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in combat and the Bronze Star.
** Albrick, Edgar J. HQ, 7th Armored Division, G.O. No. 122 (1944)Awards the Silver Star.
ALBRICK EDGAR "COACH" J. 81, Passed away on February 20, 2002 at Laurel Creek Health Care in Calif. A resident of Fairfield for 20 years.
Born on December 7, 1920 in New Kensington, Pa. LT Colonel Edgar J. Albrick Green Beret retired in 1964 as a highly decorated veteran of 3 wars. WWII, Korea & Vietnam. Awarded 3 Purple Hearts, Silver Star & Bronze stars,
He was also known as COACH for his love of athletics, having lettered in football, baseball Wake Forest, Southwest Louisiana & Arz. State University where he received his Bachelors & Masters in 1950.
He was a teacher & coach for 28 yrs, having taught all grades from 1st through University, while coaching eleven varsity sports.
He was past president of the seniors softball league in San Mateo, Ca. & loved writing poetry (SEE WWW.POETS.COM EDGAR ALBRICK.htm. The Coach was an enthusiastic participant in life whose personal philosophy was I believe teaching is the most rewarding profession.
I went to 3 wars to do the best to save lives, especially those of our brave Americans who were committed to maintaining freedom from the world's oppressors. When he passed away in Fairfield he was writing a book on his personal education system entitled "TOTAL EDUCATION, The Unlimited Learning System".
He was proceeded in death by his son, Edgar Jan Albrick,Jr. (Find A Grave Memorial# 112323777 - Burial:Cedar Hill Cemetery, Oakland, Douglas County, Oregon ), who was in the US Army and served in Viet Nam and killed in Laos.
ALBRICK EDGAR J JR
CW2 Edgar J. Albrick, Jr. was a potential VHPA member who died after his tour in Vietnam on 08/31/1972 at the age of 21 from Auto accident.
Oakland, OR
Flight Class 70-19
Date of Birth 01/10/1951
Served in the U.S. Army
Served in Vietnam with 71 AHC in 70-71
Call sign in Vietnam Rattler 11
This information was provided by Jeff Coupe, 5th reunion, update by father, Edgar J. Albrick , Sr.
He is survived by his loving wife Alice Cummings Albrick, Fairfield, CA; Proud Sons Chris Albrick & Daug-in-law Lori Albrick, Mill Valley, CA; Vince Albrick, Arroyo Grande, CA; Beloved grandchildren Aspen, Mikaela, & Nick Albrick, Mill Valley, CA; Amelia I. Landon Albrick, Arroyo Grande, CA.
Remembrances for his deceased wife Emma Spakowskas Albrick & deceased children David & Constance Anna.
Visitation will be at Bryan-Braker Funeral Home, 1850 W. Texas St. Fairfield, Ca 94533. on Today, February 28, 2002 at 5:00-8:00PM. Funeral Services will be at Our Lady Mt. Carmel Catholic Church on Friday March 1, 2002 at 10:00 am. Officiating by Father Sebastian Meyer D. Carm.
Disposition Skylawn Memorial Park HWY 92 Half Moon Bay, Mateo, CA. Burial with Military Honors. ARRANGEMENTS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF BRYAN-BRAKER FUNERAL HOME 1850 West Texas Street, Fairfield, CA 94533.
Alameda Times-Star 2/28/02.
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LTC Edgar J. Albrick was a three-war veteran serving in WWII (23rd and 33rd Armored Engineer Bn, 7th Armored Div, 8th Armored Division, and 296th Combat Engineer Bn), Korea (15th Infantry, 3rd Div), and South East Asia (77th, 7th, and 1st Special Forces).
His military awards and decorations include: Silver Star Medal, 3 Bronze Star Medals, 3 Purple Hearts, 3 Combat Infantry Badges, 8 Campaign Stars, and Master Jump Wings.
Albrick was also a coach and educator for 28 years, teaching first grade through college. He coached 11 different varsity sports.
LTC "Coach" Albrick died on February 20, 2002.
Albrick served as Detachment Commander for MTT (Mobile Training Team) Laos during "Operation White Star" (sixth rotation) from 10/15/1961 – 04/13/1962. Albrick is listed as a Major for this assignment in "Who's Who From Hotfoot / White Star" by Stephen Sherman, but I verified with Sherman that Albrick was actually a LTC (Lieutenant Colonel) before leaving for Laos.
Albrick received his 3rd CIB for White Star later on 8/14/1963.
In addition to being a soldier and educator, Edgar Albrick was a poet. Below is one of his poems.
How Is Time Affecting You?
The lines in your face grow deeper.
Are you smiles further apart and few?
Are your pains more frequent and lasting?
How is time affecting you?
Many have departed at an early age.
We continue to drop along the way.
How are you reacting to this human pace
Since God allows you to stay?
We watch the young grow and develop
We envy their youth every day.
I hope none of you feel sorry about life
If you didn't do it your way.
Experiences we try to pass on
To our successors whoever they may be.
But the trip that was made
Can never be replayed; it was made by me.
Our thoughts grow ever deeper
To God, his home and our fate.
We can't help but keep on thinking
This trip in our future will be great.
**************************************
Book Title - A Study of Organized Recreation in Combatting Juvenile Delinquency
Author Edgar Jan Albrick
Publisher Arizona State University, 1950
Length 132 pages
Subjects Juvenile delinquency
Recreation and juvenile delinquency
***************************************
8th Armored Division - The Thundering Herd
My Trip Through WWII
By: 1st Sgt John N. Jozsa Co. A, 53rd Engr Bn
"D" Company of the 53rd Armored Engineer Battalion were a very special group of people. The company was led, driven, inspired by one Capt. Edgar J. Albrick. He was a real live inspirational leader. My one regret was that I couldn't go overseas with him. He probably would have gotten all of us killed. But he surely was inspiring. He was also somewhat of a rebel. His men loved him and swore by him. The other officers hated his guts and swore at him. His actions were like a Bantam Rooster, cocky, sure, unafraid and never asked anyone to do what he wouldn't do. He believed in discipline but found time and ways to be human and have fun. He was truly a "free spirit" but still very competitive. I loved and respected him. At the age of 16 he had been offered a contract to play professional baseball but turned it down and joined the Army instead.
Capt. Albrick worked his way up through the enlisted man ranks and went to Officer Candidate School. He was also one of the youngest Captains in the entire 8th Armored Division. The Captain got in trouble by going against the grain or establishment. A good example of that was one hot, humid, summer day in Louisiana. Battalion regulations stated that while working on duty, full field uniforms would be worn, including cartridge belts, leggings, helmets, etc. The Captain saw no harm in having the men get rid of some of their equipment as we built a pontoon bridge across a small lake in Louisiana on a very hot and muggy day.
He expected the Colonel, who was always at odds with the Capt. to check up on him. So the Capt. posted lookout guards on the roads to warm us of the Colonel's approach. However the Colonel outfoxed the Capt. and went cross country with his jeep and missed the guards. The Company was caught with a beautifully completed bridge and a company with shirts off, leggings off etc. We were in deep trouble for violating the Colonel's rules. We expected to be punished in some way. As punishment, the Colonel ordered the Company Officers and non-commissioned officers to walk the 28 miles back to camp the next morning. The Colonel would send trucks out to transport the enlisted men back to camp at South Camp Polk. We were really going to be punished.
After the Colonel had announced our punishment and had left, Capt. Albrick called his officers and non-coms to a meeting and planned the next day's strategy. After supper he sent Sgt. Alley, the Mess Sgt. to go back to Camp Polk and to pick up a number of cases of beer, all iced down.
The next morning at the appointed hour we started our march back to Camp. It was warm but the beer was cold. It really was tough going but we were highly "motivated". I think there were times when the Capt. signaled us to "double time". 5 hours 45 minutes later we arrived at the Battalion Area with a new Division record for the 28 mile hike. Then, to top it off the Capt. marched us all around Battalion Headquarters and led us in singing the
Engineers Song
We're the boys from the Engineers
You hear so much about
The people stop and stare at us
Whenever we're about
For everything we do
We're noted for our decency
The people always like us
We hope you like us too
As we go marching
The boys from the 53rd
Are on their way.
The 8th Armored Division Paper wrote up our achievement of setting a new 28 mile record (5 hours 45 minutes), it didn't mention the cold beer.
The Colonel did not dole out any additional punishment to us but we did notice that "D" Company got stuck with some pretty dirty deals. If it was bad and dirty, it was assigned to "D" Company. Shortly after the 28 mile hike incident the army reorganized its Table of Organization For Engineering Battalions and "D" Company was wiped out and I and many others ended up in "A" company under Capt. J.J. Gettings. He was a good man but he was not a Capt. Albrick.
Capt. Albrick was transferred to an engineering Unit in England where his unit was training for the Invasion of France. He landed on "D" Day and survived that day and the war.
In the Reorganization Set up Capt. Albrick was transferred to England. Capt. Albrick returned to Crowley after the war and attended College in Lafayette, LA.
How Capt. Albrick inspired his men. I remember the time the Battalion was involved in a competition of building a Double Double Bailey Bridge which is a steel bridge composed of heavy steel bridge sections.
Each company had to participate and assemble it at night. Capt. Albrick called a meeting of his officers and non-coms to plan our strategy. The Capt., asked for any suggestions as to how we could save time in putting the bridge together. One of the Heavy Equipment Sgts., a Sgt. Crane suggested that we use a truck crane with special chains to more efficiently assemble the Double Bailey Bridge. It normally took 8 men to move the bridge sections into place. The Capt. agreed that the proposed method would move the heavy panels into place quicker and more efficiently. It worked on the next night, we set a new army record for assembling that type of bridge. In fact we beat the recommended field manual time by 2 hours. We were a proud group of Engineers that night when we got back to the barracks.
I vividly remember two separate instances while at Fort Knox where mines caused Capt. Albrick and a Sgt. John Jozsa very serious trouble. Both of us ended up with hospital time.
I will always remember Capt. Albrick coming into my hospital room that night. His first words were. "What a dumb ass thing for an Engineer Sgt. to do with a dangerous mine cartridge." I totally agreed with and considered that I deserved such an "ass chewing". Little did I know that a few months later I would be able to visit Capt. Albrick in the same hospital and to say the exact same words after an accident with a mine cartridge. Our hospital stays were about a week.
His accident happened after he had taken one of the explosive cartridge mine cores back to Bachelors Officers Quarters. There he was fooling around the cartridge with a knife. Like me, it went "boom". I walked into his hospital room and said to him "what a dumb ass thing for an Engineer Capt. to do with a dangerous mine cartridge".
***********************************************
Many thanks to Travelingal for the unsolicited transfer and for the fine job she did on his biographical information to begin with.
*************************************
.
In Loving Memory ... LTC Edgar Jan "Coach" Albrick, Sr.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in your family and those who knew you and loved you. You will live on because we remember you!
***** I love you grandpa! I cant wait till i meet you in heaven!
Landon Albrick
- your grandson
Jan. 4, 2012
One of the 324 US Army soldiers ever entitled to wear the Combat Infantry Badge with 2 Stars. Also awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in combat and the Bronze Star.
** Albrick, Edgar J. HQ, 7th Armored Division, G.O. No. 122 (1944)Awards the Silver Star.
ALBRICK EDGAR "COACH" J. 81, Passed away on February 20, 2002 at Laurel Creek Health Care in Calif. A resident of Fairfield for 20 years.
Born on December 7, 1920 in New Kensington, Pa. LT Colonel Edgar J. Albrick Green Beret retired in 1964 as a highly decorated veteran of 3 wars. WWII, Korea & Vietnam. Awarded 3 Purple Hearts, Silver Star & Bronze stars,
He was also known as COACH for his love of athletics, having lettered in football, baseball Wake Forest, Southwest Louisiana & Arz. State University where he received his Bachelors & Masters in 1950.
He was a teacher & coach for 28 yrs, having taught all grades from 1st through University, while coaching eleven varsity sports.
He was past president of the seniors softball league in San Mateo, Ca. & loved writing poetry (SEE WWW.POETS.COM EDGAR ALBRICK.htm. The Coach was an enthusiastic participant in life whose personal philosophy was I believe teaching is the most rewarding profession.
I went to 3 wars to do the best to save lives, especially those of our brave Americans who were committed to maintaining freedom from the world's oppressors. When he passed away in Fairfield he was writing a book on his personal education system entitled "TOTAL EDUCATION, The Unlimited Learning System".
He was proceeded in death by his son, Edgar Jan Albrick,Jr. (Find A Grave Memorial# 112323777 - Burial:Cedar Hill Cemetery, Oakland, Douglas County, Oregon ), who was in the US Army and served in Viet Nam and killed in Laos.
ALBRICK EDGAR J JR
CW2 Edgar J. Albrick, Jr. was a potential VHPA member who died after his tour in Vietnam on 08/31/1972 at the age of 21 from Auto accident.
Oakland, OR
Flight Class 70-19
Date of Birth 01/10/1951
Served in the U.S. Army
Served in Vietnam with 71 AHC in 70-71
Call sign in Vietnam Rattler 11
This information was provided by Jeff Coupe, 5th reunion, update by father, Edgar J. Albrick , Sr.
He is survived by his loving wife Alice Cummings Albrick, Fairfield, CA; Proud Sons Chris Albrick & Daug-in-law Lori Albrick, Mill Valley, CA; Vince Albrick, Arroyo Grande, CA; Beloved grandchildren Aspen, Mikaela, & Nick Albrick, Mill Valley, CA; Amelia I. Landon Albrick, Arroyo Grande, CA.
Remembrances for his deceased wife Emma Spakowskas Albrick & deceased children David & Constance Anna.
Visitation will be at Bryan-Braker Funeral Home, 1850 W. Texas St. Fairfield, Ca 94533. on Today, February 28, 2002 at 5:00-8:00PM. Funeral Services will be at Our Lady Mt. Carmel Catholic Church on Friday March 1, 2002 at 10:00 am. Officiating by Father Sebastian Meyer D. Carm.
Disposition Skylawn Memorial Park HWY 92 Half Moon Bay, Mateo, CA. Burial with Military Honors. ARRANGEMENTS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF BRYAN-BRAKER FUNERAL HOME 1850 West Texas Street, Fairfield, CA 94533.
Alameda Times-Star 2/28/02.
***************************************
LTC Edgar J. Albrick was a three-war veteran serving in WWII (23rd and 33rd Armored Engineer Bn, 7th Armored Div, 8th Armored Division, and 296th Combat Engineer Bn), Korea (15th Infantry, 3rd Div), and South East Asia (77th, 7th, and 1st Special Forces).
His military awards and decorations include: Silver Star Medal, 3 Bronze Star Medals, 3 Purple Hearts, 3 Combat Infantry Badges, 8 Campaign Stars, and Master Jump Wings.
Albrick was also a coach and educator for 28 years, teaching first grade through college. He coached 11 different varsity sports.
LTC "Coach" Albrick died on February 20, 2002.
Albrick served as Detachment Commander for MTT (Mobile Training Team) Laos during "Operation White Star" (sixth rotation) from 10/15/1961 – 04/13/1962. Albrick is listed as a Major for this assignment in "Who's Who From Hotfoot / White Star" by Stephen Sherman, but I verified with Sherman that Albrick was actually a LTC (Lieutenant Colonel) before leaving for Laos.
Albrick received his 3rd CIB for White Star later on 8/14/1963.
In addition to being a soldier and educator, Edgar Albrick was a poet. Below is one of his poems.
How Is Time Affecting You?
The lines in your face grow deeper.
Are you smiles further apart and few?
Are your pains more frequent and lasting?
How is time affecting you?
Many have departed at an early age.
We continue to drop along the way.
How are you reacting to this human pace
Since God allows you to stay?
We watch the young grow and develop
We envy their youth every day.
I hope none of you feel sorry about life
If you didn't do it your way.
Experiences we try to pass on
To our successors whoever they may be.
But the trip that was made
Can never be replayed; it was made by me.
Our thoughts grow ever deeper
To God, his home and our fate.
We can't help but keep on thinking
This trip in our future will be great.
**************************************
Book Title - A Study of Organized Recreation in Combatting Juvenile Delinquency
Author Edgar Jan Albrick
Publisher Arizona State University, 1950
Length 132 pages
Subjects Juvenile delinquency
Recreation and juvenile delinquency
***************************************
8th Armored Division - The Thundering Herd
My Trip Through WWII
By: 1st Sgt John N. Jozsa Co. A, 53rd Engr Bn
"D" Company of the 53rd Armored Engineer Battalion were a very special group of people. The company was led, driven, inspired by one Capt. Edgar J. Albrick. He was a real live inspirational leader. My one regret was that I couldn't go overseas with him. He probably would have gotten all of us killed. But he surely was inspiring. He was also somewhat of a rebel. His men loved him and swore by him. The other officers hated his guts and swore at him. His actions were like a Bantam Rooster, cocky, sure, unafraid and never asked anyone to do what he wouldn't do. He believed in discipline but found time and ways to be human and have fun. He was truly a "free spirit" but still very competitive. I loved and respected him. At the age of 16 he had been offered a contract to play professional baseball but turned it down and joined the Army instead.
Capt. Albrick worked his way up through the enlisted man ranks and went to Officer Candidate School. He was also one of the youngest Captains in the entire 8th Armored Division. The Captain got in trouble by going against the grain or establishment. A good example of that was one hot, humid, summer day in Louisiana. Battalion regulations stated that while working on duty, full field uniforms would be worn, including cartridge belts, leggings, helmets, etc. The Captain saw no harm in having the men get rid of some of their equipment as we built a pontoon bridge across a small lake in Louisiana on a very hot and muggy day.
He expected the Colonel, who was always at odds with the Capt. to check up on him. So the Capt. posted lookout guards on the roads to warm us of the Colonel's approach. However the Colonel outfoxed the Capt. and went cross country with his jeep and missed the guards. The Company was caught with a beautifully completed bridge and a company with shirts off, leggings off etc. We were in deep trouble for violating the Colonel's rules. We expected to be punished in some way. As punishment, the Colonel ordered the Company Officers and non-commissioned officers to walk the 28 miles back to camp the next morning. The Colonel would send trucks out to transport the enlisted men back to camp at South Camp Polk. We were really going to be punished.
After the Colonel had announced our punishment and had left, Capt. Albrick called his officers and non-coms to a meeting and planned the next day's strategy. After supper he sent Sgt. Alley, the Mess Sgt. to go back to Camp Polk and to pick up a number of cases of beer, all iced down.
The next morning at the appointed hour we started our march back to Camp. It was warm but the beer was cold. It really was tough going but we were highly "motivated". I think there were times when the Capt. signaled us to "double time". 5 hours 45 minutes later we arrived at the Battalion Area with a new Division record for the 28 mile hike. Then, to top it off the Capt. marched us all around Battalion Headquarters and led us in singing the
Engineers Song
We're the boys from the Engineers
You hear so much about
The people stop and stare at us
Whenever we're about
For everything we do
We're noted for our decency
The people always like us
We hope you like us too
As we go marching
The boys from the 53rd
Are on their way.
The 8th Armored Division Paper wrote up our achievement of setting a new 28 mile record (5 hours 45 minutes), it didn't mention the cold beer.
The Colonel did not dole out any additional punishment to us but we did notice that "D" Company got stuck with some pretty dirty deals. If it was bad and dirty, it was assigned to "D" Company. Shortly after the 28 mile hike incident the army reorganized its Table of Organization For Engineering Battalions and "D" Company was wiped out and I and many others ended up in "A" company under Capt. J.J. Gettings. He was a good man but he was not a Capt. Albrick.
Capt. Albrick was transferred to an engineering Unit in England where his unit was training for the Invasion of France. He landed on "D" Day and survived that day and the war.
In the Reorganization Set up Capt. Albrick was transferred to England. Capt. Albrick returned to Crowley after the war and attended College in Lafayette, LA.
How Capt. Albrick inspired his men. I remember the time the Battalion was involved in a competition of building a Double Double Bailey Bridge which is a steel bridge composed of heavy steel bridge sections.
Each company had to participate and assemble it at night. Capt. Albrick called a meeting of his officers and non-coms to plan our strategy. The Capt., asked for any suggestions as to how we could save time in putting the bridge together. One of the Heavy Equipment Sgts., a Sgt. Crane suggested that we use a truck crane with special chains to more efficiently assemble the Double Bailey Bridge. It normally took 8 men to move the bridge sections into place. The Capt. agreed that the proposed method would move the heavy panels into place quicker and more efficiently. It worked on the next night, we set a new army record for assembling that type of bridge. In fact we beat the recommended field manual time by 2 hours. We were a proud group of Engineers that night when we got back to the barracks.
I vividly remember two separate instances while at Fort Knox where mines caused Capt. Albrick and a Sgt. John Jozsa very serious trouble. Both of us ended up with hospital time.
I will always remember Capt. Albrick coming into my hospital room that night. His first words were. "What a dumb ass thing for an Engineer Sgt. to do with a dangerous mine cartridge." I totally agreed with and considered that I deserved such an "ass chewing". Little did I know that a few months later I would be able to visit Capt. Albrick in the same hospital and to say the exact same words after an accident with a mine cartridge. Our hospital stays were about a week.
His accident happened after he had taken one of the explosive cartridge mine cores back to Bachelors Officers Quarters. There he was fooling around the cartridge with a knife. Like me, it went "boom". I walked into his hospital room and said to him "what a dumb ass thing for an Engineer Capt. to do with a dangerous mine cartridge".
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Many thanks to Travelingal for the unsolicited transfer and for the fine job she did on his biographical information to begin with.
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You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in your family and those who knew you and loved you. You will live on because we remember you!
***** I love you grandpa! I cant wait till i meet you in heaven!
Landon Albrick
- your grandson
Jan. 4, 2012
One of the 324 US Army soldiers ever entitled to wear the Combat Infantry Badge with 2 Stars. Also awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in combat and the Bronze Star.
** Albrick, Edgar J. HQ, 7th Armored Division, G.O. No. 122 (1944)Awards the Silver Star.
ALBRICK EDGAR "COACH" J. 81, Passed away on February 20, 2002 at Laurel Creek Health Care in Calif. A resident of Fairfield for 20 years.
Born on December 7, 1920 in New Kensington, Pa. LT Colonel Edgar J. Albrick Green Beret retired in 1964 as a highly decorated veteran of 3 wars. WWII, Korea & Vietnam. Awarded 3 Purple Hearts, Silver Star & Bronze stars,
He was also known as COACH for his love of athletics, having lettered in football, baseball Wake Forest, Southwest Louisiana & Arz. State University where he received his Bachelors & Masters in 1950.
He was a teacher & coach for 28 yrs, having taught all grades from 1st through University, while coaching eleven varsity sports.
He was past president of the seniors softball league in San Mateo, Ca. & loved writing poetry (SEE WWW.POETS.COM EDGAR ALBRICK.htm. The Coach was an enthusiastic participant in life whose personal philosophy was I believe teaching is the most rewarding profession.
I went to 3 wars to do the best to save lives, especially those of our brave Americans who were committed to maintaining freedom from the world's oppressors. When he passed away in Fairfield he was writing a book on his personal education system entitled "TOTAL EDUCATION, The Unlimited Learning System".
He was proceeded in death by his son, Edgar Jan Albrick,Jr. (Find A Grave Memorial# 112323777 - Burial:Cedar Hill Cemetery, Oakland, Douglas County, Oregon ), who was in the US Army and served in Viet Nam and killed in Laos.
ALBRICK EDGAR J JR
CW2 Edgar J. Albrick, Jr. was a potential VHPA member who died after his tour in Vietnam on 08/31/1972 at the age of 21 from Auto accident.
Oakland, OR
Flight Class 70-19
Date of Birth 01/10/1951
Served in the U.S. Army
Served in Vietnam with 71 AHC in 70-71
Call sign in Vietnam Rattler 11
This information was provided by Jeff Coupe, 5th reunion, update by father, Edgar J. Albrick , Sr.
He is survived by his loving wife Alice Cummings Albrick, Fairfield, CA; Proud Sons Chris Albrick & Daug-in-law Lori Albrick, Mill Valley, CA; Vince Albrick, Arroyo Grande, CA; Beloved grandchildren Aspen, Mikaela, & Nick Albrick, Mill Valley, CA; Amelia I. Landon Albrick, Arroyo Grande, CA.
Remembrances for his deceased wife Emma Spakowskas Albrick & deceased children David & Constance Anna.
Visitation will be at Bryan-Braker Funeral Home, 1850 W. Texas St. Fairfield, Ca 94533. on Today, February 28, 2002 at 5:00-8:00PM. Funeral Services will be at Our Lady Mt. Carmel Catholic Church on Friday March 1, 2002 at 10:00 am. Officiating by Father Sebastian Meyer D. Carm.
Disposition Skylawn Memorial Park HWY 92 Half Moon Bay, Mateo, CA. Burial with Military Honors. ARRANGEMENTS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF BRYAN-BRAKER FUNERAL HOME 1850 West Texas Street, Fairfield, CA 94533.
Alameda Times-Star 2/28/02.
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LTC Edgar J. Albrick was a three-war veteran serving in WWII (23rd and 33rd Armored Engineer Bn, 7th Armored Div, 8th Armored Division, and 296th Combat Engineer Bn), Korea (15th Infantry, 3rd Div), and South East Asia (77th, 7th, and 1st Special Forces).
His military awards and decorations include: Silver Star Medal, 3 Bronze Star Medals, 3 Purple Hearts, 3 Combat Infantry Badges, 8 Campaign Stars, and Master Jump Wings.
Albrick was also a coach and educator for 28 years, teaching first grade through college. He coached 11 different varsity sports.
LTC "Coach" Albrick died on February 20, 2002.
Albrick served as Detachment Commander for MTT (Mobile Training Team) Laos during "Operation White Star" (sixth rotation) from 10/15/1961 – 04/13/1962. Albrick is listed as a Major for this assignment in "Who's Who From Hotfoot / White Star" by Stephen Sherman, but I verified with Sherman that Albrick was actually a LTC (Lieutenant Colonel) before leaving for Laos.
Albrick received his 3rd CIB for White Star later on 8/14/1963.
In addition to being a soldier and educator, Edgar Albrick was a poet. Below is one of his poems.
How Is Time Affecting You?
The lines in your face grow deeper.
Are you smiles further apart and few?
Are your pains more frequent and lasting?
How is time affecting you?
Many have departed at an early age.
We continue to drop along the way.
How are you reacting to this human pace
Since God allows you to stay?
We watch the young grow and develop
We envy their youth every day.
I hope none of you feel sorry about life
If you didn't do it your way.
Experiences we try to pass on
To our successors whoever they may be.
But the trip that was made
Can never be replayed; it was made by me.
Our thoughts grow ever deeper
To God, his home and our fate.
We can't help but keep on thinking
This trip in our future will be great.
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Book Title - A Study of Organized Recreation in Combatting Juvenile Delinquency
Author Edgar Jan Albrick
Publisher Arizona State University, 1950
Length 132 pages
Subjects Juvenile delinquency
Recreation and juvenile delinquency
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8th Armored Division - The Thundering Herd
My Trip Through WWII
By: 1st Sgt John N. Jozsa Co. A, 53rd Engr Bn
"D" Company of the 53rd Armored Engineer Battalion were a very special group of people. The company was led, driven, inspired by one Capt. Edgar J. Albrick. He was a real live inspirational leader. My one regret was that I couldn't go overseas with him. He probably would have gotten all of us killed. But he surely was inspiring. He was also somewhat of a rebel. His men loved him and swore by him. The other officers hated his guts and swore at him. His actions were like a Bantam Rooster, cocky, sure, unafraid and never asked anyone to do what he wouldn't do. He believed in discipline but found time and ways to be human and have fun. He was truly a "free spirit" but still very competitive. I loved and respected him. At the age of 16 he had been offered a contract to play professional baseball but turned it down and joined the Army instead.
Capt. Albrick worked his way up through the enlisted man ranks and went to Officer Candidate School. He was also one of the youngest Captains in the entire 8th Armored Division. The Captain got in trouble by going against the grain or establishment. A good example of that was one hot, humid, summer day in Louisiana. Battalion regulations stated that while working on duty, full field uniforms would be worn, including cartridge belts, leggings, helmets, etc. The Captain saw no harm in having the men get rid of some of their equipment as we built a pontoon bridge across a small lake in Louisiana on a very hot and muggy day.
He expected the Colonel, who was always at odds with the Capt. to check up on him. So the Capt. posted lookout guards on the roads to warm us of the Colonel's approach. However the Colonel outfoxed the Capt. and went cross country with his jeep and missed the guards. The Company was caught with a beautifully completed bridge and a company with shirts off, leggings off etc. We were in deep trouble for violating the Colonel's rules. We expected to be punished in some way. As punishment, the Colonel ordered the Company Officers and non-commissioned officers to walk the 28 miles back to camp the next morning. The Colonel would send trucks out to transport the enlisted men back to camp at South Camp Polk. We were really going to be punished.
After the Colonel had announced our punishment and had left, Capt. Albrick called his officers and non-coms to a meeting and planned the next day's strategy. After supper he sent Sgt. Alley, the Mess Sgt. to go back to Camp Polk and to pick up a number of cases of beer, all iced down.
The next morning at the appointed hour we started our march back to Camp. It was warm but the beer was cold. It really was tough going but we were highly "motivated". I think there were times when the Capt. signaled us to "double time". 5 hours 45 minutes later we arrived at the Battalion Area with a new Division record for the 28 mile hike. Then, to top it off the Capt. marched us all around Battalion Headquarters and led us in singing the
Engineers Song
We're the boys from the Engineers
You hear so much about
The people stop and stare at us
Whenever we're about
For everything we do
We're noted for our decency
The people always like us
We hope you like us too
As we go marching
The boys from the 53rd
Are on their way.
The 8th Armored Division Paper wrote up our achievement of setting a new 28 mile record (5 hours 45 minutes), it didn't mention the cold beer.
The Colonel did not dole out any additional punishment to us but we did notice that "D" Company got stuck with some pretty dirty deals. If it was bad and dirty, it was assigned to "D" Company. Shortly after the 28 mile hike incident the army reorganized its Table of Organization For Engineering Battalions and "D" Company was wiped out and I and many others ended up in "A" company under Capt. J.J. Gettings. He was a good man but he was not a Capt. Albrick.
Capt. Albrick was transferred to an engineering Unit in England where his unit was training for the Invasion of France. He landed on "D" Day and survived that day and the war.
In the Reorganization Set up Capt. Albrick was transferred to England. Capt. Albrick returned to Crowley after the war and attended College in Lafayette, LA.
How Capt. Albrick inspired his men. I remember the time the Battalion was involved in a competition of building a Double Double Bailey Bridge which is a steel bridge composed of heavy steel bridge sections.
Each company had to participate and assemble it at night. Capt. Albrick called a meeting of his officers and non-coms to plan our strategy. The Capt., asked for any suggestions as to how we could save time in putting the bridge together. One of the Heavy Equipment Sgts., a Sgt. Crane suggested that we use a truck crane with special chains to more efficiently assemble the Double Bailey Bridge. It normally took 8 men to move the bridge sections into place. The Capt. agreed that the proposed method would move the heavy panels into place quicker and more efficiently. It worked on the next night, we set a new army record for assembling that type of bridge. In fact we beat the recommended field manual time by 2 hours. We were a proud group of Engineers that night when we got back to the barracks.
I vividly remember two separate instances while at Fort Knox where mines caused Capt. Albrick and a Sgt. John Jozsa very serious trouble. Both of us ended up with hospital time.
I will always remember Capt. Albrick coming into my hospital room that night. His first words were. "What a dumb ass thing for an Engineer Sgt. to do with a dangerous mine cartridge." I totally agreed with and considered that I deserved such an "ass chewing". Little did I know that a few months later I would be able to visit Capt. Albrick in the same hospital and to say the exact same words after an accident with a mine cartridge. Our hospital stays were about a week.
His accident happened after he had taken one of the explosive cartridge mine cores back to Bachelors Officers Quarters. There he was fooling around the cartridge with a knife. Like me, it went "boom". I walked into his hospital room and said to him "what a dumb ass thing for an Engineer Capt. to do with a dangerous mine cartridge".
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Many thanks to Travelingal for the unsolicited transfer and for the fine job she did on his biographical information to begin with.
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