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What's NEW on the US ARMY IN GERMANY SITE
-- includes US Forces, Austria; Communications Zone, France;
& Southern European Task Force, Italy --
as of January 1, 2010

Click here to view Changes in 2002; 2003; 2004 (Jan-Jun); 2004 (Jul-Dec); 2005; 2006; 2007; 2008; 2009

I continue to receive a lot of emails from visitors to the site. Some want to add information, others are looking for friends or relatives. I am ALWAYS interested in the additional information (or corrections). In MOST CASES I will be glad to add the information in the form of a Personal Recollection or append the contents of the email - only after I have received the author's permission - to an article or unit history. However, in the case of a request for locating friends or relatives or for assistance in resolving issues with the US Army - well, I ask that you understand, but I am just not in a position to help you in those matters.
Please be patient, I will eventually get back to all of you!
September 11, 2001

And Freedom will be defended ...
ABOUT THE WEBSITE
The "U.S. Army in Germany, 1945-1989" website was initiated in 2002 to serve as a resource center for unit histories, photos, personal recollections and other related information pertaining to the United States Army's presence in Germany and the rest of Europe from the immediate post-WWII period to the end of the Cold War in Europe.

I have been doing research on the history of U.S. Army, Europe (USAREUR) for more than thirty years and have chosen to use the Web as a means for contributing - in a small way - to the study of the history of USAREUR. In addition, a significant part of the materials presented have been contributed by former members of units assigned or attached to USAREUR over the years or by others who share the same interest in the history of USAREUR.

While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the information posted on the website, I cannot accept liability for errors or omissions.

I hope you enjoy reading and viewing the materials on this site. Corrections, suggestions, comments and submissions of additional matrials are ALWAYS WELCOME!
DISCLAIMER!
 Links to other web sites are provided for your convenience. The author of this web site is not responsible for the information contained on those web sites. The provision of a link to another web site does not constitute an endorsement or approval by the author of that web site, or any products or services offered on that web site. The author will not accept any liability for the use of those links to connect to web sites that are not under his control.
Jan 1, 2010 HAPPY NEW YEAR -- ALLES GUTE ZUM NEUEN JAHR!
STATUS OF USARMYGERMANY.COM - As of January 1, 2010 we have 7028 HTM pages of which 602 are major unit/command pages; over 21,500 images; 22 Adobe PDF files; and 9 MS Word documents.

A large segment of the information and images has been graciously provided by our readers.

Posted photos of the 229th Signal Company from the 1961-1962 time frame submitted by Donald Kosa (160th Sig Bde Page, Signal section); also photos of AFCENT Station #11 at Wahlhausen, Luxembourg, during the mid-1960s submitted by Manfred Knake, German Air Force (NATO Communications chapter, Overview Page, Signal section). Added an email from Don Boice with the 501st Ord Co (Ammo) in the mid-1960s (101st Ord Bn Page, Ordnance section).
Jan 7, 2010 Posted a unit history of the 443rd Ordnance Ammo Company from 1954 and a company roster from that period submitted by Romeo LaCombe, Jr. (57th Ord Gp Page, Ordnance section).
Jan 9, 2010 Added information on the Schwäbisch-Gmünd Ordnance Rebuild Plant in 1959 (51st Ord Gp Page, Ordnance section).
Jan 10, 2010 Added the Annual History of the 319th USASA Battalion from 1958. I recently had this and several other ASA unit histories declassified through FOIA and will add these with time to the site (319th ASA Bn Page, ASA Europe section). Also added an organizational chart for the 319th USASA Bn for July 1959.
Jan 15, 2010 Added information on Rotterdam Sub-port in 1959 (Trans Terminal Comd Europe Page, Transportation section).

Posted several emails: Don Rohrbaugh, 293rd Signal Company , France, mid-1960s (106th Sig Gp Page, Signal section); Max Strässner, Labor Service Unit "C", mid 1950s - with some very interesting photos (Rhine River Patrol chapter, US Navy, Germany Page); John Anderson, A Co, 1st Signal Battalion at Site 09 (EDCN).
Jan 17, 2010 Added the May 25, 1951 issue of The Munich American (Munich Military Post newspaper) (Munich Page, Kaserne section); also added the May 5, 1967 issue of The Chronicle (US Army Area Command newspaper) (Area Command Page).
Jan 19, 2010 Posted and email from Rodney J. Johnson, 519th Trans Co (CAR) at Heidelberg in the 1970s (26th Support Group chapter, USAREUR & Seventh Army Troops Page, HQ USAREUR section).

Also added information on the 181st Transportation Battalion in 1970 (181st Trans Bn Page, Transportation section).
Jan 20, 2010 Posted some information and a few photos of the 250th Station Hospital, Regensburg, and 115th Station Hospital, Augsburg, during the early Occupation days (Regensburg Page and Augsburg Page, Kaserne section).
Jan 26, 2010 Sorry, could not update the website for the past few days due to technical difficulties with my Internet services. But now I am online again.

Added some command history information for 1960: 86th Air Division (Defense) (Ramstein AB) and the Sector Operations Center (86th Air Div (Def) Command Histories, Page 2 (US Units), USAFE TACS, Air Defense section). I will be posting a lot more on this topic in the near future.
Feb 1, 2010 Posted the special 1970 Unit Issue of the ROLLING REVIEW, 4th Armored Division newspaper (4th Armd Div Page, Divisions section).
Feb 2, 2010 Started a page on the 24th Aviation Battalion - looking for additional input from the readers (24th Avn Bn Page, Army Aviation section). Also posted additional information on the Rotterdam Terminal subordinate to POE Bremerhaven (Trans Terminal Comd Eur Page, Transportation section).
Feb 5, 2010 Posted information with photos submitted by Frank Matheny, HQ Company, US Army General Depot Kaiserslautern, 1960s (Kaiserslautern Army Depot Page, Army Depots section).
Feb 6, 2010
Posted an operations manual: USAFE Manual 55-5, "Employment of Air Defense Forces In The Central European Area" from March 1961 (Page 4 (Doctrine), USAFE TACS, Air Defense section). Information includes 32nd AAA Brigade and its role within the air defense organization of Central Europe.
Feb 7, 2010 Posted several emails: Wayne Lutz, HHC, 3rd Bde, 3rd Inf Div, Aschaffenburg (3rd Inf Div Page, Divisions section); Bud Kreitle, Co B, 56th QM Bn (56th QM Bn Page, Quartermaster section).
Feb 11, 2010 Posted photos of the 6th Infantry Regiment in Berlin in the 1949/50 period submitted by Patrick Jeffries (Berlin Brigade Page). Also posted a wonderful color slide from my collection showing the POE facility at Columbus Quay and the MSTS headquarters building in Bremerhaven, early 1960s (Trans Terminal Comd Europe Page, Transportation section).
Feb 12, 2010 Posted an email from Steve Korth, A Company, 447th Sig Bn at Pruem in the late 1960s (447th Sig Bn Page, Signal section).
Feb 13, 2010 Added the Annual History of the 318th USASA Battalion from 1958. (318th ASA Bn Page, ASA Europe section). Also added an organizational chart for the 318th USASA Bn for 1959. Added a scan of an invitation card to a Castle Garden Party at the Von Brüning Castle (Hoechst Schloss) in Frankfurt-Hoechst on occasion of the 18th anniversary of AFN in Europe.

Also posted several emails: Scott Jones, 294th Arty Group in Itzehoe, Germany (59th Ord Bde Page, Ordnance section); Ron Youngman, Headquarters AWSCOM (59th Ord Bde Page, Ordnance).
Feb 14, 2010 Created the US Army Equipment Support Group Page (Ordnance section) and consolidated several articles that had been posted on various unit pages. Also added some additional information on this group which was under the US Army Area Command in the 1960s. Also created the Hanau Engineer Depot Page in the Army Depot section. Posted some information on the closing of the Hanau Engr Depot in 1954.
Feb 15, 2010 Created an overview map that shows the various locations of units and SW storage sites of the 294th US Army Artillery Group in northern Germany from 1961-1992 (59th Ord Bde Page, Ordnance section). If you move the mouse to the SAS locations and left-click on it, the page will open Google Earth and take you to a recent bird's eye view of the SW storage area. I have not verified yet if there was a SAS near Breitenburg so there is no link to a bird's eye view for that. (I plan to create similar maps for the other former USAAG's under the 59th Ord Bde.)
Feb 23, 2010 Posted several emails: Paul Mullen, Co A, 8th Avn Bn in the mid-1960s (8th Avn Bn Page, Army Aviation section); Daniel Manus, AADCP 10th ADA Group (10th ADA GP Page, Air Defense section).
Feb 25, 2010 Posted several emails: Ray Zugel, various 576th Arty Gp units in the mid-1960s (59th Ord Bde Page, Ordnance section); Rick McBee, 512th Arty Gp in the early 1970s (59th Ord Bde Page).

Also posted some photos of Finthen Army Airfield submitted by Paul Mullen (8th Avn Bn Page, Army Aviation).
Mar 3, 2010 Posted information on the Improved HAWK missile system (Overview Page, Air Defense section) and great photos of the Giessen tactical site (near Annerod) of A Battery, 2nd Bn, 2nd ADA in the 1970s - submitted by Larry Hicks and Wayne Mineard (10th ADA Bde Page, Air Defense).
Mar 6, 2010 Posted an email from Bert Link, 77th and 79th Engr Cons Bn, late 1950s (39th Engr Gp Page, Engineer section).

Also added some unit history information on the 20th Belgian Artillery Battalion, a nuclear-capable division artillery unit that was supported by the 4th USAFAD (Page 2 (NATO Nuc Arty), 59th Ord Bde, Ordnance section).
Mar 7, 2010 Posted some photos of Gutleut Kaserne, Frankfurt submitted by Randy Arneson, 228th AG Postal Unit in the early 1970s (1st PERSCOM Page, Adjutant General section).

Posted an email from Clarence Walters, 899th Tank Bn, mid-1950s (4th Armor Gp Page, Armored-Cavalry section).
Mar 9, 2010 Posted an email from Lyn Garland, 10th Ord Bn (SWS), late 1950s (71st Ord Gp Page, Ordnance section).

Also added some unit history information on the 3rd Belgian Artillery Battalion, a nuclear-capable division later corps artillery unit that was supported by the 33rd and 4th USAFAD (Page 2 (NATO Nuc Arty), 59th Ord Bde, Ordnance section).
Mar 14, 2010 Posted an email with photos from Stanley Sandidge, B Company, 293rd Engr Cons Bn mid-1970s (293rd Engr Bn Page, Engineer section).

Added a series of photos of Ammunition Supply Point #4 at Baumholder in the late 1950s (15th Ord Bn Page, Ordnance section); several photos of 2nd Bn, 92nd Artillery in Giessen equipped with the M55 8-inch SP howitzer (42nd FA Bde Page, Field Artillery section).
Mar 16, 2010 Posted a timeline for I BE Corps nuclear-capable units and their US Army warhead custodial units - this is an attempt to schematically show the primary changes that occurred between 1960-1978 (Page 2 (NATO Nuc Arty), 59th Ord Bde, Ordnance section). I would be very interested in hearing from anyone - especially Belgian and American vets who served with the listed units - who has suggestions, additions or corrections to this timeline. I do not have enough information on the ADM mission but will add that to the timeline when I have some additional details. (I do not show the Belgian support units that performed security and transportation missions related to the nuclear artillery units. Those will be presented in a separate timeline.)
  This website will continue to undergo many changes as I keep adding information (maps, photos, histories of military communities, kasernes, units and personal recollections) and experiment with formats, resolutions, etc.