656th Engineer Battalion (Topo) (Source: Jon Wolfe) In June, 1960, I bought a brand new VW from a car dealer in Mannheim with money I had saved from paper routes and pumping gas as a kid in Austin, Minnesota, plus money I had saved in the Army. I drove my VW all throughout Europe on leave and eventually shipped it back home at the end of my Army service. A great little car. I wish I still had it today.