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!
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Jan 2, 2014 |
Posted several emails: from John Dullahan, Det Commander of 15th US Army Field Artillerty Detachment (USAFAD) at Barker Barracks, Paderborn, in the mid-1970s (570th USAAG Page, 59th Ord Bde, Ordnance section); Tad Sickler, B Company, 205th Transportation Battalion (AVIM) at Fliegerhorst Kaserne, Hanau, early 1980s (205th Trans Bn Page, Army Aviation section); Tommy Madrid, 2nd Battalion, 18th Field Artillery in Butzbach then Rothwesten, mid-1960s (42nd FA GP/Bde Page, Field Artillery section).
Added a great picture of the POL yard near Emery Barracks, Würzburg that was operated by the 3rd Supply & Transportation Battalion (Page 3, 3rd Inf Div, Divisions section).
Also added some comments from Robert Ewing who thinks he recognizes the officer standing next to Audie Murphy (3rd Inf Div war veteran and one of the most decorated American soldiers ever). |
Jan 7, 2014 |
Posted several emails: from Steve Smith, son of Maj Joseph P. Smith, former commander of the Bad Tölz Army Airfield (1958-59) and was also involved with the Radar School at Lenggries (Bad Tölz AAF Page, Army Airfields & Heliports sub-menu, Army Aviation section) - article includes some great color photos; Timothy Brown with Operating Location "J" at Monte Venda in Italy, early 1980s, one of the Northern Italy radio relay sites operated by the Air Force as part of the Defense Communications System network in Europe (Northern Italy sites, AF Communications, Overview Page, Signal section) - includes some information and map of Phase 1, DEB.
Also, received input for Mystery Photo #40 from Max Campani, Germany. |
Jan 11, 2014 |
Posted some great pictures of Francois Kaserne and 4th How Bn, 18th Arty in Hanau submitted by Paul Buresh who served with 4-18th Arty in the mid 1960s. Some of the images have been added to the Hanau Page (Kaserne section) and others to the 212th FA Group Page (Field Artillery). |
Jan 16, 2014 |
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Jan 17, 2014 |
Posted some information and photos of the Osterholz Class III Supply Point in Ludwigsburg. This facility was operated by the 226th Supply & Service Company (13th S&S Bn Page, Quartermaster section). Included in this article are two photos of a smaller US Army facility across the Osterholz Allee from the Class III point. I have no information on that facility. Looking for some help to ID the facility and collect some information on its function. |
Jan 22, 2014 |
Posted an email from Vale Barnes who served with HHC, VII Corps and the VII Corps Honor Guard in the mid-1960s (VII Corps Page, Corps section).
Also added a Football program (71st INF DIV "Red Circler's" v. 101st ABN DIV "Screaming Eagles") from October 1945 that was submitted by Max Lohrmann, a member of the Amerika-in-Augsburg Association (71st Inf Div Page, USFET section). (And fixed a problem with the hi-res images of the RED CIRCLE NEWS issues that I have posted on the 71st Inf Div Page.) |
Jan 23, 2014 |
Added an entire issue of the FRONT LINE, the 3rd Infantry Division newspaper, from the division's Occupation period (April 13, 1946 issue) (3rd Inf Div Page, USFET section). |
Jan 24, 2014 |
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Jan 27, 2014 |
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Jan 29, 2014 |
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Jan 31, 2014 |
Added two sets of photos: several photos from the 1946 time frame showing Hörsching Air Base (later to be redesignated as Camp McCauley) near Linz, Austria during the time that the Air Force operated the former Fliegerhorst (Linz Page, Camp Directory, USFA Section); some photos of the 899th AAA AW Battalion, 28th Infantry Division, at Nellingen, early 1950s (Page 2, 28th Infantry Division, Divisions section). (More photos of the 899th will be added soon.) |
Feb 1, 2014 |
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Feb 4, 2014 |
Archived the current Guestbook (with posts starting in February 2007 and ending in December 2013) and placed a link on the main Guestbook Entry Page. Actual Guestbook will be cleared of those older messages as soon as I am certain the archive is working properly. The archive of messages allows the site search engine to access the contents and makes it available to the SITE SEARCH function. |
Feb 6, 2014 |
Two new projects needing input from USAREUR veterans, civilians and family members:
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"Life in the military communities in Germany, 1946-1990"
John W. Lemza (George Mason University, Fairfax, VA) is writing his doctoral dissertation on this topic. John is an Army veteran who served in Bad Kreuznach and Mainz. (Click here for details.)
"75th Anniversary of the USO"
John Provan, military historian and author of several books on USAREUR and USAFE topics, is authoring a film that will mark the 75th anniversary of this well-known and celebrated organization that has provided programs, services and live entertainment to US troops worldwide for so many years. (Click here for details.) |
Posted an email with photos from Leonard Mills who served with the 69th Signal Photo Company in Kaiserslautern and Heidelberg in the early 1960s (69th Sig Photo Co Page, Signal section). |
Feb 7, 2014 |
Jerry Broussard submitted some additional details for the identification of Mystery Photos #24 and #25 (Mystery Photo Page).
Posted an email from Michael Cabrera who served with the 78th Maintenance Company at Boeblingen Maintenance Facility in the early 1980s and who returned to the Boeblingen area as a civilian where he worked for AAFES at Panzer Kaserne and BMF for many additional years into the early 1990s (1st Maint Bn Page, Ordnance section). |
Feb 11, 2014 |
Added photos and information on the Boeblingen Ordnance Rebuild Plant (Ord Depot) submitted by Reinhard Knoblich and the Böblinger Flughafengeschichten group (Böblingen Maintenance Facility Page, Ordnance Rebuild Shops sub-menu, Ordnance section). The Böblinger Flughafengeschichten group consists of three local historians in the Böblingen area who are researching & documenting the history of the Böblingen Airfield (Flughafen), including the period from 1945 to 1992, during which the US Army used the airfield as a vehicle park, rebuild shop and later maintenance facility. More to be added soon on that facility.
Also posted two great aerial photos of US Army installations: the Boeblingen Maintenance Facility in Böblingen (includes Fliegerhorst Kaserne), submitted by the Stadtarchiv Böblingen (city archives office) (Stuttgart Page, Kaserne section) and Hammonds Barracks in Seckenheim in the early 1960s, submitted by Leonard Mills (Mannheim Page, Kaserne section). |
Feb 12, 2014 |
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Feb 13, 2014 |
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Feb 14, 2014 |
Since we are on the subject of ERF's in Germany, here is an article on the V Corps ERF at Grossauheim (Hanau), operated by the 56th Repair Parts Supply Company in the late 1980s, early 1990s (8th Maint Bn Page, Ordnance section). |
Feb 15, 2014 |
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Feb 16, 2014 |
Added a complete issue of THE SUSTAINER, the command newspaper of the 3rd Support Command, V Corps from January 1989 (3rd SUPCOM Page, Corps section). This is a special "Year in Review" (1988) issue.
Also created the 45th Engineer Construction Battalion Page and added some information (Engineer section). |
Feb 17, 2014 |
Added a copy of the vistor's brochure handed out to VIPs touring the Adjutant General Support Center in Roedelheim (Frankfurt) in the late 1960s (Publications Branch chapter, AG Division Page, Adjutant General section). This publication was submitted by James Preston who served with the AG Support Center in the late 1960s. |
Feb 26, 2014 |
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Mar 4, 2014 |
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Mar 13, 2014 |
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Mar 15, 2014 |
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Mar 16, 2014 |
Posted an email from Eugene Dobrzelecki who served with the 275th Signal Company in Paris, France in the early 1960s (1st Sig Gp Page, Signal section). He provides some interesting information on the Block House (Paris Signal Center) and the US Army building on Rue Marbeuf. |
Mar 19, 2014 |
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Mar 20, 2014 |
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Mar 24, 2014 |
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Mar 25, 2014 |
Added a couple of ID's of photos on the Mystery Photo Page: Ralf Beck, Germany, provided information on photos 16 and 39.
Also added a new Mystery Photo (No. 41). This photo shows an Army H-19 ambulance helicopter (possibly from the 47th Medical Detachment) parked on a field next to a military hospital in Germany (?). I am looking for the identification of the hospital plant in the photo.
Posted an email from Wayne Brown who served with HHD, 71st Ordnance Battalion at Grenadier Kaserne, Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen in the late 1950s (71st Ord Bn Page, Ordnance section). While I was at it I also added an annotated aerial photo of Grenadier Kaserne, Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen, from the 1960s from my collection (Stuttgart Page, Kaserne section).
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Mar 26, 2014 |
Received two valid responses (Robert Szostek & Mike Lehman) on the same day after posting Mystery Photo #41 (Mystery Photo Page). |
Mar 28, 2014 |
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Apr 2, 2014 |
Added a complete copy of an Information Pamphlet that was distributed to VIPs who visited the US Army Ordnance Plant at Boeblingen in the early 1960s (Böblingen Maintenance Facility Page, Ordnance Rebuild Shops sub-menu, Ordnance section). |
Apr 3, 2014 |
Posted an email from Fred Seaver who served with the 33rd Infantry Scout Dog Platoon in Wildflecken in the mid-1950s. Also added a newspaper article about the same unit from 1956 (4th Armor Gp Page, Armored Cavalry section). Another email I posted was from William Moorehead who served with APO 189 in Pirmasens in the early 1960s and provides information on the 22nd Base Post Office in Kaiserslautern (Postal Units Page, Adjutant General section).
Added three aerial photos to the Mystery Page (#42A, $2B & 42C). The three were included in a set of photos taken by a WAAF. The set also shows a group of service men and women (all appear to be Air Force) during a visit to Salzburg in the 1946/47 time frame. It is possible that the three aerial photos were taken in that area. |
Apr 8, 2014 |
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Apr 10, 2014 |
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Apr 16, 2014 |
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Apr 21, 2014 |
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Apr 23, 2014 |
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Apr 24, 2014 |
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Apr 30, 2014 |
Added information on the USAREUR Rehabilitation Center in the 1950s. This activity of the Theater Provost Marshall was a medium-security prison that was tasked with rehabilitating military prisoners convicted of minor offenses in Army court martial cases and returning them to duty with their units.
Also posted an email from Rex Redmon who served with the 379th Signal Battalion and then the newly activated 1st Signal Battalion at Panzer Kaserne, Böblingen in the early 1960s (379th Sig Bn Page, Signal section). |
May 21, 2014 |
Back from a wonderful three-week vacation in Europe. Lots of good emails and materials received while out of town. Also have a big backlog from the past few months to work through in next weeks. Will try to get back to everybody as soon as possible.
Posted photos of the US Forces in Austria Stockade at Camp McCauley, Hörsching from the early 1950s (Other MP Units chapter, 796th MP Bn Page, USFA section). Photos were submitted by John Mahoney whose father, PFC John Mahoney, was assigned to the 501st MP Stockade Detachment during that period. John also sent additional photos of Camp McCauley that have been posted on the Linz Page (Camp Directory, USFA section). |
May 26, 2014 |
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May 28, 2014 |
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May 31, 2014 |
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Jun 5, 2014 |
Posted several items: some photos and information on the decimeter communications equipment (Luftwaffe equipment captured by the US Army at the end of WWII) that was used by the US Army Signal Corps on Hill 808 (Grosser Feldberg/Taunus) in the early years after the end of WWII (1940s Chapter, Overview Page, Signal section); a copy of the USAREUR Quartermaster Conference held at the USAREUR QM School at Lenggries in November 1956 (1950s Chapter, Overview Page, Quartermaster section).
Also added several nice aerial photos: Erlangen Dependent Housing with the southwestern section of Ferris Barracks in 1962 (Nuernberg Page, Kaserne section); two Patrick Henry Village photos from 1958 and a photo of the Heidelberg Army Airfield from 1955 (Heidelberg Page); and, finally, to close out the day - the Chiemsee Leave Center in all its glory in 1953 (Garmisch Page). |
Jun 6, 2014 |
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Jun 15, 2014 |
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Jun 17, 2014 |
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Jul 3, 2014 |
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Jul 9, 2014 |
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Jul 12, 2014 |
Added some information on American Forces Network, Europe from the 1940s and early 1950s (AFN-Europe Page). Have more AFN history and quite a few photos of AFN-E during the time frame it was located at the Von Brüning Schloss in Höchst that I will be adding in the next few days. |
Jul 16, 2014 |
Added some great photos of the AFN-Frankfurt Station (Höchst) from 1952. Photos were submitted by Julie Kelly, daughter of the late Gilbert Gass, who served with AFN-Frankfurt in the early 1950s (AFN-Europe Page). |
Jul 20, 2014 |
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Jul 24, 2014 |
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Jul 27, 2014 |
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Jul 29, 2014 |
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Jul 30, 2014 |
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Jul 31, 2014 |
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Aug 1, 2014 |
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Aug 5, 2014 |
Posted some photos of Funker Kaserne, Esslingen, submitted by Klaus Heinzmann (Stuttgart Page, Kaserne section). Klaus served with Labor Service/Civilian Support from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. |
Aug 6, 2014 |
Posted some photos submitted by Eric Wimsatt whose grandfather, Bernard Joseph Wimsatt, was a member of the 265th Field Artillery Battalion (280mm) at Baumholder in the early 1950s (42nd FA Gp/Bde Page, Field Artillery section). The photo set includes some photos of the "A" Battery gun that went off the road and turned over in August 1954 during a road march injuring five members of the gun section. |
Aug 10, 2014 |
Added a new Mystery Photo (No. 44) (Mystery Photo Page). This photo shows directional signs set up by 3rd Army at an intersection somewhere in Munich (probably downtown). The date of the photo is probably around 1946/47.
Posted an email from Greg Webb who served at Metz Terminal District in St. Baussant, France and at PDC Melun in the mid-1960s (USA Petroleum Distribution Command Page, Quartermaster section). |
Aug 14, 2014 |
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Aug 16, 2014 |
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Aug 17, 2014 |
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Aug 27, 2014 |
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Aug 28, 2014 |
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Sep 4, 2014 |
Added some additional information submitted by Geoff Walden regarding several of the older Berchtesgaden photos (#12, #29, #32, and #34) on the Garmisch Page (Kaserne section).
Posted several great photos of Tompkins Barracks submitted by Thomas Del Rey (Heidelberg Page). Photo were taken at the former post during an Open House in 2013, after it had been closed and returned by the US Army to the German government.
Also updated the BING BIRD'S EYE and GOOGLE MAPS links in the Heidelberg section of the Kaserne Page.
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Sep 8, 2014 |
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Sep 12, 2014 |
Posted a complete issue of THE ARROW, the 8th Infantry Division newspaper (8th Inf Div Page, Divisions section). The issue in question is the Unit Day (Organization Day) special issue for July 2,1957 (Pre-PENTOMIC), a year after arriving in Germany with the division still headquartered at Cooke Barracks, Göppingen. |
Sep 14, 2014 |
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Sep 15, 2014 |
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Sep 17, 2014 |
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Oct 7, 2014 |
I am back from my 2-week research trip to Germany - no, I did not do my research at the Oktoberfest, as some would believe :-). Collected a lot of good USAREUR historical material for the website that I will be adding over the next few weeks. Also participated in a recent book presentation event at the Heidelberg City Archives where our "Amerikaner in Heidelberg" book (Christian Führer, Mike Montgomery and myself) on the history of the US Army Garrison in Heidelberg, 1945 -1913 was presented to the local media. (YouTube video on the event.)
Posted a copy of the Army memoirs of Donald Elmore who served several tours between 1956 and the mid-1970s in Germany with various Signal Corps outfits (102nd Signal Bn Page, Signal section). Also added some great photos of Old Wiley Barracks in Neu Ulm from the mid-1950s submitted by Chuck Charnquist who served with Medical Company, 13th Infantry Regiment (Page 2, 8th Infantry Division, Division section). (Old Wiley was the former Ludendorff Kaserne. New Wiley was the cantonment area just east of Ludendorff that was constructed by the US Army during the early 1950s.)
Added a brief history and some links regarding the US Forces Kindergraves at the Kaiserslautern main cemetery where 451 US children are buried (Kaiserslautern Page, Kaserne section). |
Oct 9, 2014 |
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Oct 16, 2014 |
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Oct 17, 2014 |
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Oct 18, 2014 |
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Oct 21, 2014 |
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Oct 30, 2014 |
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Nov 7, 2014 |
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Nov 11, 2014 |
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Nov 13, 2014 |
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Nov 19, 2014 |
Posted a great aerial photo of Henry Kaserne in Munich from July 1963 (Munich Page, Kaserne section). The photo is courtesy of the Landesamt für Vermessung und Geoinformation in Munich, Germany. One of my projects is to create a "building key" that identifies what each building was used for. Anyone who has information can contact the webmaster (me) by using the link at the top of this page. |
Nov 22, 2014 |
Added two great aerial photos: Warner Kaserne and Will Kaserne, both in Munich, July 1963 (Munich Page, Kaserne section). The photos are courtesy of the Landesamt für Vermessung und Geoinformation in Munich, Germany. Here, too, I am trying to create a "building key" that identifies what each building on the kasernes was used for. Anyone who has information can contact the webmaster (me) by using the link at the top of this page.
Posted an email from Chuck Catania who served with "C" Battery, 4th Battalion, 57th Artillery (HAWK) in the 1960s when the unit was still located at Monteith Barracks, Führt (69th ADA Gp/Bde Page, Air Defense section). |
Nov 26, 2014 |
Added a beautiful aerial photo of McGraw Kaserne from 1989 (Munich Page, Kaserne section). The photo is courtesy of the Landesamt für Vermessung und Geoinformation in Munich, Germany. Here again, I am trying to create a "building key" that identifies what each building on the kaserne was used for - anytime in the span of the 1945-1991 time frame. Anyone who has information can contact the webmaster (me) by using the link at the top of this page. |
Dec 2, 2014 |
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Dec 5, 2014 |
Posted some photos of the NATO Atomic Artillery Demonstration held at Finthen Airfield around 1960 from my personal collection (V Corps Artillery Page, Corps section). Webmaster would like to hear from anyone who participated in this particular demonstration or any other ones held in the late 1950s, early 1960s (in V and VII Corps area (see contact link at top of page). |
Dec 7, 2014 |
Posted some information related to the CORPORAL surface-to-surface missiles from a period pamphlet (NATO Atomic Artillery Demonstration, V Corps, Oct 1960) that was distributed to NATO officials who participated in dynamic demonstrations of V Corps field artillery and air defense systems (Overview Page, Field Artillery section). Would be very interested in hearing from anyone who participated in these type of demonstrations held in Germany in the late 1950s and 1960s.
Also posted photos of the 1st Missile Battalion (CORPORAL), 38th Artillery from my personal collections (36th FA Group Page, Field Artillery section). The battalion was stationed at Babenhausen.
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Dec 9, 2014 |
Posted two emails: from Thomas Cassin who served first with the 562nd QM Detachmemt (Petroleum Products Lab, Mobile) at Sandhofen and then as CO of "C" Company, 15th QM Battalion in Mannheim in the early 1960s (15th QM Bn Page, Quartermaster section); Charles Brown, 2nd Bn, 14th Field Artillery, part of 4th Armd Div Artillery, at Monteith Barracks, Führt, in the early 1960s (Page 2, 4th Armd Div, Divisions). |
Dec 16, 2014 |
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Dec 17, 2014 |
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Dec 22, 2014 |
Posted an email from Frank DeLise who served with 9th Missile Detachment in Radolfzell (Bodensee / Lake Constance) in the early 1960s (576th USAAG Page, Ordnance section). |
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MERRY CHRISTMAS -- FROHE WEIHNACHTEN
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Dec 27, 2014 |
Posted an email from Thomas Ritter who served with the 60th Aviation Company at Echterdingen Army Airfield near Stuttgart in the early 1960s (Stuttgart Airfield Page, Army Aviation section).
Also added some photos submitted by Walter Roberts that show some construction work during a facility upgrade project at Grossauheim Kaserne in 1976 (Hanau Page, Kaserne section). The photos were taken by Roger L. Roberts who served with HHD, 8th Maintenance Battalion in the mid-1970s. |
Dec 28, 2014 |
Added a copy of two newspapers: a copy (PDF format) of the January 22, 1971 issue of the MATCOM Ledger, a command newspaper distributed by the Public Affairs Office of the US Army Materiel Command, Europe at Kreuzberg Kaserne, Zweibrücken (MATCOMEUR Page, Logistical Commands section); and a copy of the August 19, 1971 issue of the TASCOM Chronicle, the command newspaper for the Theater Army Support Command, Europe in Worms (TASCOMEUR Page, Logistical Commands section). |
Dec 30, 2014 |
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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. |
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