As many have noticed and commented on in the recent past, I have not been posting new information, histories or photos in the past months at the same rate as previous years. Just want to assure my readers, this is not an indication that I am slowing down or losing interest!

For the past months I have been concentrating on several larger research projects for the website as well as my book. During this time I have had to minimize the number of postings to allow me to stay focused on these important projects.

In the next few months, I plan to get caught up on the information and photos submitted by so many of the readers in the past months as well adding some of the historical records and photos I have collected through my recent research efforts.

Jan 3, 2024

Added several recent emails: Richard Stithem, with information on the Border Residence Offices along the East German and Czech borders with the FRG, 1950s - 1989 (66th MI Bde Page, Military Intelligence section); also included some relevant information from the USAREUR Military History Office's historical report on "The US Army Border Operations in Germany, 1945 - 1983;" Bill Alston, Headquarters, 360th Signal Battalion, Orleans, France, mid-1960s (360th Sig Bn Page, Signal section); Richard Allen, 2nd Battalion, 83rd Field Artillery, Buedingen, early 1960s (41st FA Bde Page).

New information: posted a roster of General Officers in Europe as of 1 October 1968 (Hq USAREUR Page).

Feb 16, 2024

Added several recent emails: John Thomas, Aviation Section, 94th ADA Group, Sembach Air Base, early 1970s (94th ADA Gp/Bde Page Page, Air Defense section); William Veitch, served with C Battery, 2nd Battalion, 57th ADA at Hohenfels and later at the battalion's BOC, Ansbach, mid-1970s (69th ADA Gp/Bde Page, Air Defense); John Welch provided some information regarding his many assignments, primarily Signal Corps units, in Europe during his 27-year military career, including command of B Company, 11th AD Sig Bn (Wuerzburg), 509th Sig Bn (Livorno, Italy) and 7th Sig Bde (Karlsruhe) (11th AD Sig Bn Page, Air Defense); Lawrence Lemick, with the 267th Signal Company at Pirmasens, worked with MYSTIC STAR at the TX site, mid-1970s (73rd Sig Bn Page, Signal); Harold Murray, 7th Battalion, 16th Artillery, Baumholder, late 1960s (Page 2, 8th Infantry Division); Kim Sherburne, 421st Medical Company (Air Ambulance), Nellingen, late 1970s (Air Ambulance Page, Medical section).

New information: added two articles that Richard Allen wrote for ARMY Magazine regarding his tour of duty with 2nd Battalion, 83rd FA in Büdingen in the early 1960s (41st FA Group Page, Field Artillery section); several articles from the JUL-AUG 1982 issue of Soldier Support Journal: 1st Personnel Command, Military Personnel Office in USAREUR and personnel service support units in USAREUR (1st PERSCOM Page, Adjutant General section); the 1974 Annual Historical Summary for the 574th Personnel Service Company (1st PERSCOM Page).

Much more to be posted next week.

Feb 25, 2024

Added additional emails that I have received recently: Eldon Taylor, 218th Military Police Company, Munich, late 1970s (385th MP Bn Page, Military Police section); Wayne Rhine, his father served with the 587th Engineer Field Maintenance Company in Hanau, early 1950s (Hanau Engr Depot Page, Engineer section); Del Atkinson, 595th Military Police Company, Zirndorf, early 1980s (793rd MP Bn Page, Military Police); Charles Glaze, 557th Engineer Light Equipment Company, Karlsruhe, early 1960s (555th Engr Gp Page, Engineer section).

New information: posted some information on Schleissheim Army Airfield outside of Munich (Schleissheim AAF Page, Army Aviation); the 1950 Annual Historical Summary for HHC, 599th Engineer Base Depot, Hanau Engineer Depot (Hanau Engineer Depot Page, Engineer section); added a 1963 organization chart for the 8th Logistical Command, SETAF as well as an installation map for the Leghorn (Livorno) Port of Embarkation (8th Logistical Comd Page, SETAF section).

May 7, 2024

Added additional emails that I have received: Jim Foster, 1st Battalion, 75th Artillery, Ansbach, early 1960s (210th FA Bde Page, Field Artillery section); James Cramp, 2nd Battalion, 75th Field Artillery, Hanau, early 1970s (212th FA Gp Page); Ed Strazzini, Flight Detachment, 24th Engineer Construction Group, Kaiserslautern, late 1960s (24th Engr Cons Gp Page, Engineer section); Emil Mesko, Company "A," 504th Aviation Battalion/349th Aviation Company, Ansbach, mid-1960s (16th Avn Bn Page, Army Aviation section); Edward Whitney, 2189th Communications Squadron, USAF, Martina Franca, Italy, mid-1960s (AF Communications Page, US Air Force section).

Research Request: Adalbert Jaszoltowski, a retired officer of the Deutsche Bundesbahn, is looking for information on the US Army operated Railroad Signal Tower (German: "Stellwerk") at the Nahbollenbach Army Depot (Nahbollenbach Army Depot Page).

New information: posted several maps showing the location of units in December 1952 for: 1st Infantry Division (1st Inf Div Page, Divisions); 4th Infantry Division (4th Inf Div Page); 28th Infantry Division (28th Inf Div Page); 43rd Infantry Division (43rd Inf Div Page); also added a Seventh Army Artillery Page (7th Army section); a copy of the special 10th Anniversary issue of the SETAF DISPATCH, Oct 26, 1965 (SETAF Page); the Oct 13, 1967 edition of the 32nd AADC NEWS (32nd AADCOM Page, Air Defense); two issues of the KEYSTONE NEWS, the 28th Infantry Division newpaper, one from 1952 and one from 1953 (28th Inf Div Page, Divisions section).

A lot more to be posted. I plan to add more emails and historical documents late next week.

May 19, 2024

Added additional recent (and not so recent) emails: Rick Nolan, 198th Personnel Service Company, Nellingen, late 1970s (Pers Svc Units Page, Adjutant General section); Dennis Williams, 6th Battalion, 52nd Air Defense Artillery, Wuerzburg, early 1970s (69th ADA Gp/Bde Page, Air Defense section); Clark (last name withheld), C Battery, 6th MSL Battalion, 60th Artillery, Hohenfels, early 1960s (69th ADA Gp/Bde Page); George Welch, 619th Engineer Company, Straubing, early 1960s (11th Armd Cav Page, Armored-Cavalry section); Don Izard, 68th Signal Battalion, Frankfurt, early 1970s (68th Sig Bn Page, Signal section).

New information: posted an article from the June 1967 issue of TRANSPORTATION PROCEEDINGS regarding the involvement of UK seaports in the movement of Class V and other military supplies from France to the UK during Operation FRELOC in early 1967 (UK Terminal, Trans Terminal Comd Eur Page, Transportation section); Warner Kaserne, Munich installation map from May 1958 (includes Dependent Housing) submitted by Günter Braun (Munich Page, Kaserne section).

And, yes, more late next week. Have a lot of catching up to do.

Jun 11, 2024

Added recent emails: Brian Kelley, regarding Detachment 3, 2140th Communications Squadron (USAF), Iraklion Air Station, Crete, mid-1970s (AF Comm Page, USAFE setion); Henry Wheelahan, 207th Aviation Company, Heidelberg, early 1970s (Heidelberg Army Airfield Page, Army Aviation section); Robert Floyd, Detachment 15, 2150th Communications Squadron, Levkas Tropo Site, Greece, late 1960s and then again mid-1970s (AF Comm Page, USAFE section); Byron Baker, HQ 32nd Antiaircraft Artillery Brigade, Kaiserslautern, early 1960s (32nd AADCOM Page, Air Defense section); William Snyder, 15th Transportation Company, Bamberg, mid-1950s (49th Trans Bn Page, Transportation section); Peter Mutasco, Aid Station, Boscomantico Airfield, Italy, mid-1960s (SETAF Page); Frank Hamilton, with 3rd Ordnance Battalion on three tours - Early 1980s, mid 1980s and early 1990s (as Bn commander) (3rd Ord Bn Page, Ordnance section).

New information: The "Eastern Atlantic Run" of MSTS troopships in the mid-1950s (Overview Page, Transportation section); List of Airways & Air Communications Service units redesignated in October 1948 in EUCOM, Africa and the Middle East (AF Comm Page); 57th AG Postal Detachment, SETAF, Annual Historical Report, Vicenza, Italy, 1978 (SETAF); 3rd Ordnance Battalion Annual Historical Report, 1978 (3rd Ord Bn Page).

Aug 25, 2024

Submitted by Martine Rivière Dernoncourt, La Rochelle, France who is co-authoring a book on the US Army presence in La Rochelle, France, between 1950 an 1964 (COMZEUR Page).

Added recent emails: Dale Hartley, 9th Ordnance Company, US Army Ammunition Depot, Miesau, mid-1960s (72nd Ord Bn Page, Ordnance section); Margaret Tanner, looking to ID the location in Regensburg where the 1st Medical Battalion was located in the early post-war period (Regensburg Page); John O'Hanlon, Braconne Ordnance Depot, France, early 1950s (Army Ordnance Depots Page, Communications Zone); ...

New information: added an organization chart for the Advanced Weapons Support Command in 1964 (AWSCOM Page, Ordnance); two separate Annual Historical Reports - 8th Infantry Division Artillery, Baumholder, 1975 (Page 2, 8th Inf Div, Divisions section) and 569th Personnel Services Company, Nurnberg, 1975 (Pers Svcs Units Page, Adjutant General section); also added correspondence from Lt Gen O'Connor to Gen Polk regarding the planned movement of the 569th PSC from Ludwigsburg to Nurnberg, 1970 (Pers Svcs Units Page); started a page for the 193rd Ordnance Battalion, a unit under the 71st Ordnance Group in the early 1960s (193rd Ord Bn Page, Ordnance); Group photo of the officers of th G-3 Section, Headquarters Seventh Army at Patch Barracks, Vaihingen, 1960 (7th Army Page).

Sep 16, 2024

Submitted by the Webmaster: As part of my documenting the history of the Giessen Army Depot (1945 - 1990s), I am looking for information on the warehouses that were constructed at the depot in the early years of the Occupation and subsquently used for Quartermaster and, later, European Exchange System (a.k.a AAFES) supplies. For addtional information and questions on this topic, click here.

Nov 10, 2024

I have given the ARMORED DIVISION pages a facelift. I am trying to improve the access to information as well as offer an improved presentation. It should also make it easier on me when making content updates. Here is an example of the newer look - 3rd ARMORED DIVISION.

Over the winter I plan to introduce several improvements to the website, with a focus on making navigation easier. The next phase will add a similar look to the INFANTRY DIVISION pages.

Feedback is greatly appreciated and, it goes without saying, I am always looking for new input from visitors to my website: USAREUR-related unit or installation histories; service-related experiences or stories; historical photos or maps.

Finally, an apology for not updating the website in the past year as frequently as in the past. The volume of new historical information, photos & personal narratives being submitted by visitors to the site has not subsided, quite the contrary. However, besides working on the website and ongoing research, I am also working on a book project and need to set blocks of time aside to be able to make some progress in that effort. So, patience please.

I have quite a few new items to post to the website and will get that done over the next days.

Nov 19, 2024

Made changes to the ARMY SECURITY AGENCY pages using the new format. Here is an example of the new look - ASA-Europe - ASA Groups.

Posted some photos of the Lübeck Outstation operated by B Company, 319th USASA Battalion in 1958/59 and Rothwesten Kaserne. Photos were roiginally taken by Capt John J. Walsh and are now in Todd Hissgins' colection. (Outstation Page, ASA-Europs section).