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 3, 2015 |
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Jan 16, 2015 |
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Jan 21, 2015 |
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Jan 22, 2015 |
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Jan 27, 2015 |
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Feb 3, 2015 |
Posted several emails: from Larry Jinkins who served with several different engineer units in the 1970s: 656th Engineer Topo Bn; 535th Engineer Co (Light Equipment); and 565th Engineer Bn (Bridge) in the 1970s (549th Engr Bn Page, Engineer section); Ray Manofsky with the 548th Army Postal unit in Karlsruhe, late 1950s (Postal Units Page, Adjutant General section); Joe David, Signal Service Group 4 late 1960s (4th Sig Gp Page, Signal section); Tom Albrecht who served at the COMSEC Vault operated by the 72nd Signal Battalion in Neureut/Karlsruhe in the late 1970s (72nd Sig Bn Page); Jim Wilder, Company B, 25th Signal Battalion in the early 1960s (25th Sig Bn Page). |
Feb 4, 2015 |
Posted an email from Eugene Osborn who was an instructor at the EUCOM (later USAREUR) Ordnance School at Eschwege in the early 1950s (School Comd, Eur Page). Post includes an annotated aerial image of the school kaserne at Eschwege. |
Feb 5, 2015 |
Posted a few emails: from Randy Erwin who served with US Army Transportation Terminal Command in the UK, first at London Terminal and then at the newly established Felixstowe Outport in the late 1960s (Trans Terminal Comd Eur Page); Tom Emard who served at the APO at Nancy Depot in the mid 1960s and then tranferred to Toul Depot (Nancy Ordnance Depot Page, Army Depots section). |
Feb 11, 2015 |
Posted two emails: from Bob Foster who served as the last company commander of the 92nd Transportation Company (Car), Special Troops Battalion, 3rd SUPCOM, in Frankfurt, 1981-82 (V Corps Special Troops Page, V Corps, Corps section); Ron Allbritten, served with 327th Signal Company, 73rd Sig Bn, Zweibrücken; B Company, 34th Signal Bn, Ludwigsburg; and 7th Data Processing Unit, Kaiserslautern, in the 1980s (73rd Sig Bn Page, Signal section). |
Feb 16, 2015 |
Posted one email: from Robert L. Noe who served with the 51st Transportation Company (Med Trk), 181st Trans Bn, in Mannheim, early 1960s (181st Trans Bn Page, Transportation section).
Added two individual photos - both very nice: Aerial of Hospital Kaserne in Bad Kreuznach submitted by Bernd Holderbaum (Bad Kreuznach Page); Ready Barracks in Aschaffenburg submitted by Paul Trefry (Aschaffenburg Page).
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Feb 17, 2015 |
Posted an email submitted by Rick Stumbaugh who served at the Donnersberg Radio Station with B Company, 447th Signal Battalion in the early 1970s (447th Signal Bn Page, Signal section). |
Feb 23, 2015 |
Posted an email with photos submitted by William (Bill) Westland who served with the US Army Publications and Training Aids Center in the early 1960s. He was there when the activity moved from the Hoechst Chemical Plant to a new complex at Rödelheim that was constructed for the Army by the Germans (Publications Branch Page, Adjutant General section). |
Feb 24, 2015 |
Posted information and photos submitted by Dan Morad who served with the 7th Army QM Direct Support Company at Emery Barracks, Würzburg during the late 1950s (Overview Page, Quartermaster section). |
Feb 26, 2015 |
Added a set of photos of A Company, 29th Signal Battalion (Construction) at Sandhofen submitted by Ms. Rose Miller, daughter of Noel Little who served with the unit in the early 1950s (29th Sig Bn Page, Signal section). |
Feb 27, 2015 |
Added two issues of the HELL ON WHEELS newspaper (2nd Armd Div) from 1956 (2nd Armd Div Page, Divisions section). |
Feb 28, 2015 |
Added two issues of THE ADVANCE newspaper (Advance Section, Com Z) from 1956 (COMZEUR Page). These issues were submitted by Donald M. Ricks, webmaster of the 97th Engineer Battalion (Construction) website. |
Mar 1, 2015 |
Added one issue of the WÜRZBURG POST-ARGUS (Würzburg Military Post) from 1950 (Würzburg Page, Kaserne section). |
Mar 2, 2015 |
Posted some pictures and information about 3rd Battalion, 109th Infantry Regiment at Infantry Kaserne in Augsburg early 1950s (28th Inf Div Page, Kaserne section). |
Mar 3, 2015 |
Posted two emails: from Redick Hatfield who served at the Coltano 13/9L Site in Microwave Maintenance in the early 1970s (Coltano Page, DCS Europe Stations sub-menu, Signal section); Rick Stumbaugh (who we met already with his post on Co B, 447th Sig Bn at Donnersberg Radio Station, Feb 17) served with the Communications Control Center, Europe at Worms in the late 1970s (5th Sig Comd Page, Signal). |
Mar 5, 2015 |
Posted some emails: from John Findley who served with Charlie Battery, 3rd Battalion, 60th ADA at Hohenfels in the mid-1980s; David Sizemore, served first with the 1st Inf Div and then transferred to the 746th Armored Infantry Battalion in Worms when the Big Red One gyroed back to the States in 1955 (4th Armor Gp Page, Armoed-Cavalry section); Terrence FitzPatrick, with the 315th Signal Construction Battalion at Worms in the early 1950s (102nd Sig Bn Page, Signal section). |
Mar 8, 2015 |
Posted an email with photos submitted by Luke Basham who's grandfather, Joseph S. May, Jr served with the 346th Engineer Light Equipment Company in Mannheim in the early 1950s (11th Engr C Gp Page, Engineer section). |
Mar 9, 2015 |
Added two separate photos: a USFA MP check point in Vienna to the Vienna Installations Page (USFA Camps sub-menu, USFA Section); the 6th Bn, 9th FA track park at Rivers Barracks, Giessen early 1980s (Giessen Page, Kaserne section).
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added an annotated installation map for Rivers Barracks, 1960s (Giessen Page). |
Mar 12, 2015 |
Added photos of Camp King, Oberursel, submitted by Herm Smith, 513th Military Intelligence Group, mid-1960s (513th MI Gp Page, Military Intelligence section).
Posted two emails: from Mark Magnum, who served with 2nd Battalion, 66th Armor during that unit's 6-month rotation to Grafenwoehr as part of Brigade '75 in 1977 (2nd Armd Div Fwd Page, Divisions section); additional insights submitted by Jerome Rolefson on the early application of computers at the 7th Army Stock Control Center in the late 1950s, Project MASS (7th Army Stock Control Center chapter, 7th Army Page). |
Mar 15, 2015 |
Posted personal recollections and photos submitted by Charles Seland who served as a young Lieutenant -- platoon leader and then company commander -- in the 595th Transportation Heavy Truck Company in Mannheim in the late 1960s (28th Trans Bn Page, Transportation section). Also added an email from Jimmy C. Kimble who served as a flight simulator instructor with the Seventh Army Aviation Training Center at Echterdingen in the late 1950s (Stuttgart AAF Page, Army Airfields and Heliports sub-menu, Army Aviation section). |
Mar 17, 2015 |
Posted two emails: from George Bonser who served with the D Company, 11th Air Defense Signal Battalion in Kaiserslautern in the late 1970s (11th AD Sig Bn Page, Air Defense section); Bill Dean was assigned to Headquarters Western Area Command in Kaiserslautern in the mid-1950s (Area Command Page). |
Mar 19, 2015 |
Posted an email from William Moloney who served with Company A, 320th Army Security Agency Battalion at Bad Aibling in the early 1960s (320th ASA Bn Page, Army Security Agency section). |
Mar 19, 2015 |
Added a complete issue of The 10th DIVISION NEWS, command newspaper of the 10th Infantry Division in Würzburg (10th Inf Div Page, Divisions section). This is the special 13th Anniversary issue of the paper, August 10, 1956. |
Mar 25, 2015 |
Added a complete issue of the AUGSBURG POST TIMES from the Augsburg Military Post in 1947 (Augsburg Page, Kaserne section). Also added a Christmas Menu for the 40th Artillery Group (REDSTONE) at Wackernheim in 1959, submitted by Jim Ryan (40th FA Gp Page, Field Artillery section). The menu includes a roster for 40th Group personnel at Wackernheim in December 1959.
Posted an email from John Cooper, son of the late George H. Cooper, G-2 Air, HQ VII Corps in the mid-1960s (VII Corps Page, Corps section). |
Mar 27, 2015 |
Posted an email with photos submitted by Tom Horn who served with C Company, Signal Battalion 447 at the Karlsruhe Radio Station in the early 1970s (447th Sig Bn Page, Signal section). |
Mar 28, 2015 |
Posted an email with photos submitted by Dick Walker who served with the 2135th Communications Squadron at Ramstein Air Base but worked as a Crypto Maintenance technician at the Kindsbach "Cave" in the mid-1960s (Page 1A, Tactical Air Control System section). |
Apr 2, 2015 |
Added a photo to the Mystery Page (#48). The photo shows two Labor Service members of the 4013th LS Guard Company at an unidentified LS Compound possibly in or near Göppingen in the late 1940s.
Posted a nice group photo of the Flight Detachment, US Constabulary headquarters from 1948 (US Constabulary Page). Photo submitted by Pat Koetz.
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Apr 8, 2015 |
Reorganized the Regensburg Page and posted some photos of Pinder Kaserne in Landshut from 1948 (Regensburg Page), Kaserne section). Photos are from my collection. |
Apr 10, 2015 |
Posted two emails: from Mark Shelton who served with the Medical Illustration Detachment at Landstuhl in the early 1970s (USAH Landstuhl/LARMC Page, US Army Hospitals sub-menu, Medical section) -- also added an annotated installation map (early 1970s) for Wilson Barracks, Landstuhl where the 26th Med Det was located; Anthony Cahill, deployed with 3rd Bn, 28th Infantry in the first rotation of Brigade '76 (4th Bde, 4th ID(M) Page, Divisions section); Carl Mosley, 69th Ordnance Company (Special Weapons Ammo) in Vicenza, Italy in the mid-1950s (SETAF Page). |
Apr 19, 2015 |
Added a Mystery Photo (#45) showing the mess hall building of an unidentified kaserne in Regensburg in 1947 (Mystery Photo Page).
Also posted some photos of Patton Barracks in Heidelberg from the US Constabulary days (1948) (Heidelberg Page, Kaserne section).
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Apr 21, 2015 |
The kaserne shown in Mystery Photo 45 has been identified (Mystery Photo Page).
Posted several great photos of the 79th Engineer Construction
Battalion at Wiley Kaserne, Neu Ulm, in the 1967 time frame (79th Engr Bn Page, Engineers section). Photos were submitted by Dennis Pollard. |
Apr 23, 2015 |
Posted the entire issue of THE COMZ CHRONICLE for November 2 1967. This is a publication issued by HQ Communications Zone at Worms, Germany (COMZEUR Page). |
Apr 24, 2015 |
Posted a few photos of the 206th Field Artillery Battalion at Warner Kaserne in Munich, early 1950s (Page 2, 43rd Inf Div, Divisions section). |
Apr 28, 2015 |
Posted an email from Dan Deitch who served with "C" Company, 447th Sig Bn at the Linderhofe Radio Station in the early 1970s (447th Sig Bn Page, Signal section).
Added two new photos: the US Ticket Office at the Munich main train station in the early 1950s (Munich Page, Kaserne section); an aerial view of Tannenberg Kaserne in Marburg shortly after being turned over to the German Army (Giessen Page); a 1958 roster for the 2005th AACS Squadron that operated the Siegelbach Primary Relay Station in Kaiserslautern (Sieglbach Primary Relay Page, AF Communications, HQ Air Force section). |
Apr 30, 2015 |
Posted an article on the 28th Base Post Office in Frankfurt that appeared in THE COMZ CHRONICLE in March 1968 (Postal Units Page, Adjutant General section). |
May 1, 2015 |
Posted several email: from James Jent who served with the 25th Base Post Office at Wallace Barracks, Bad Cannstatt/Stuttgart (Postal Units Page, Adjutant General section). Post includes an annotated installation map for Wallace Barracks (early 1970s); also from Richard Joseph who was with the 82nd Ordnance Detachment (Technical Intelligence) at Esslingen, early 1950s (80th Ord Bn Page, Ordnance section); Peter Manley who was part of the project team at VII Corps for the implementation of the JSIIDS Alarm System in the late 1970s (VII Corps Page, Corps section); Michael Brown, Hq/Hq Co, 47th Ordnance Group at Grenadier Kaserne, Zuffenhausen, early 1960s (47th Ord Gp Page, Ordnance).
Added some hospital history to the USAH Bad Cannstatt Page (US Army Hospitals sub-menu, Medical section)
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May 2, 2015 |
Added some hospital history to the USAH Augsburg Page (US Army Hospitals sub-menu, Medical section) |
May 4, 2015 |
Posted an annotated installation map for Wallace Barracks in Bad Cannstatt (1950s & early 1960s) (66th MI Bde Page, Military Intelligence section). Information was provided by Harry Smith and C.J. Lewis, both formerly with the 66th CIC Group. |
May 5, 2015 |
Posted an annotated installation map for Kapaun Barracks in Kaiserslauterm (early 1970s) (53rd Trans Bn Page, Transportation section). Information was provided by Stephen Nicholson, 66th Transporation Company, early 1970s. |
May 17, 2015 |
Posted several emails: from Glen Meldahl with B Attack Company, 501st Aviation Battalion (Combat) at Ansbach late 1980s (501st Avn Bn Page, Army Aviation section); John Mueller with the 45th Transportation Army Aircraft Maintenance Company at Metz, France (COM Z) and then at Sandhofen (Mannheim) in the early 1950s (Coleman AAF Page, Army Airfields & Heliports sub-menu, Army Aviation); Sam Bass who served with C Battery, 2nd Battalion, 62nd ADA (IHAWK) at Hisel near Bitburg, early 1970s (108th ADA Gp/Bde Page, Air Defense section); Len Matson, 96th Transportation Light Truck Company at Nellingen in the early 1950s (29th Trans Bn Page, Transportation section).
Also added a link to the 557th FA Missile Battalion website on Shutterfly.com.
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May 26, 2015 |
Posted several emails: Hugh Murphy with more information on his various tours of duty as an Air Defense officer assigned to the 94th Air Defense Group in Kaiserslautern, late 1970s (94th ADA Gp/Bde Page); Charles Pungello who served with the 7772nd Signal Service Battalion (later redesignated 3118th Sig Svc Bn) in Frankfurt, mid-1940s, via his son-in-law, Tony Bianchi (1940s time frame, Overview Page, Signal Corps section); Bill Lindquist with the 656th Engineer Battalion (Topo) at Schwetzingen in the mid-1960s (656th Engr Bn Page, Engineer section).. |
May 27, 2015 |
Added a nice photo of the Dine-A-Mite Service Station & Snack Bar on the Frankfurt-Kassel Autobahn near Giessen, early 1950s (AAFES Page). |
May 28, 2015 |
Added information on the USAREUR Transportation School, Mannheim, and its predecessor, the EUCOM Transportation Training Center, Hammelburg, in the late 1940s/early 1950s (School Command Page). |
Jun 2, 2015 |
Added a copy of the Nov 6 1969 issue of the 32nd Army Air Defense Command NEWS, the command newspaper of the 32nd AADCOM (32nd AADCOM Page, Army Defense section). The issue was submitted by Larry Calvert. Also added information on the USAREUR Medical School to the School Command Page. |
Jun 3, 2015 |
Added some great color photos submitted by Johnnie Moellering who served with the 557th Field Artillery Missile Battalion in Ansbach, mid-1950s (Ansbach Page, Kaserne section & 18th FA Group Page, Field Artillery section).
Some more on the 32nd AADCOM - added a copy of the Special Orientation Issue for 1969 of the 32nd Army Air Defense Command NEWS, submitted by Larry Calvert (32nd AADCOM Page, Air Defense section). |
Jun 4, 2015 |
Posted two emails: from Robert Stephenson who deployed with HHC, 4th Brigade, 4th Inf Div (Brigade 76) to Wiesbaden in early 1976 (4th Inf Div (FWD) Page, Divisions section); Marvin Pearlstein, 2nd Battalion, 11th Armored Cavalry at Landshut in the late 1950s (11th ACR Page, Armored Cavalry section). |
Jun 5, 2015 |
Posted the Center of Military History (Fort McNair, Washington, D.C.) flyer for the new book by Dr. Donald A. Carter: "Forging the Shield: The U.S. Army in Europe, 1951 - 1962". This history tells the story of the U.S. Army in Europe in the early days of the Cold War, from the build up of US combat forces in Europe in 1951-1952 to the aftermath of the Berlin Crisis in 1961-1962. |
Jun 16, 2015 |
Just got back from a week-long research trip to the Center of Military History, Fort McNair, Washington, DC. Was able to collect a lot of information and history on USAREUR and the Communications Zone in France (Cold War era) that I will be adding to the website over the next months.
Posted several photos: Warner Kaserne, Munich during the 11th Airborne Division era mid-1950s (Munich Page, Kaserne section); Headquarters building, Base Section, Auffredy Caserne, La Rochelle, France, early 1950s (BASEC Page, COMZEUR section); entrance to Fontainebleau Depot, France, early 1950s (Medical depots, Army Depots Page, COMZEUR section). |
Jun 17, 2015 |
Posted an interesting email from Louis Rothenstein who served at the Billy le Grand POL Sub-depot in France in the 1950s (Chalons Term. Section, Petroleum Distribution Cmd, Eur Page, COMZEUR section).
Also added a list of officers and mess personnel of the 40th Signal Battalion at Karlsruhe in 1953 (40th Sig Bn Page, Signal section). The list (includes 8th Medical Company (Amb)) is from a Christmas Menu pamphlet issued by the battalion's consolidated mess. |
Jun 19, 2015 |
Posted a research request submitted by the Hochbauamt (Building Construction Department) of the city of Nürnberg regarding a fountain that was located on the grounds of the old Army Hospital at Nuernberg (USAH Nuernberg Page, Army Hospitals sub-menu, Medical section). |
Jun 20, 2015 |
Posted a few emails: from Ronald Gordon who provided some unit history information for the 31st Medical Group and its subordinate units in the early 1960s time frame (31st Med Gp Page, Medical section); Karl Leuba, 619th Armored Engineer Company attached to the 11th ACR, at Regensburg and Straubing, early 1960s (11th ACR Page, Armored-Cavalry section). |
Jun 21, 2015 |
Posted some additional emails: from Ron Britton who served with the 108th Transportation Company and later the 503rd Transportation Company, both of them part of Special Troops, USAREUR in Heidelberg, early 1960s (154th Trans Bn Page, Transportation section); Alvin Meek, 8620 Army Unit, HQ Army Security Agency, Europe, mid-1950s (ASA-Europe Page); Danny Cavett, 261st Engineer Company (Field Support) at Nuernberg in the early 1960s (521st Engr Gp Page, Engineer section). |
Jun 23, 2015 |
Posted additional emails: from John Branch who served with Headquarters Battery, 35th Artillery Group in Schwäbisch Gmünd in the mid-1950s (35th FA Gp Page, Field Artillery section); John Moeller who served with the 89th Engineer Company (Port Construction) at Rochefort, France in the late 1950s (Port Operations Page, COMZEUR section).
Also added the 73rd Armd Ord Bn Page to the website.
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Jun 25, 2015 |
Replaced previous web statistics provider (visitor counter on table of contents pages) with a new one due to availability and reliability issues. |
Jun 26, 2015 |
Added the 83rd Engineer Battalion Page (a unit in the Communications Zone in France) and posted some unit history for the battalion (Engineer section). |
Jul 1, 2015 |
Posted an email from Ronald Greenwell who served with 2nd Battalion, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment at Bamberg in the mid-1950s (3rd ACR Page, Armored Cavalry section). |
Jul 2, 2015 |
Posted some photos of Gutleut Kaserne, Frankfurt, submitted by Giovanni Fazio who served with the 228th AG Postal Company in the early 1970s (Postal Units Page, Adjutant General section). |
Jul 6, 2015 |
Added a copy of an article on the 15th Military Police Brigade that appeared in the MP Journal in 1973 (15th MP Bde Page, Military Police section).
Also posted an interesting photo showing a NIKE-AJAX missile from 1st MSL Bn, 67th Arty set up at Camp King, Oberursel, as a static display sometime in the 1958-59 time frame (94th ADA Gp/Bde Page, Air Defense section). The photo was submitted by Peggy Teem who lived at Camp King as a dependent in the late 1950s. |
Jul 8, 2015 |
Added a list of units assigned to the US Army Engineer Command, Europe in 1968 and 1973 (Engr Comd Eur Page, Engineer section). Also, added a list of units assigned to the US Army Transportation Command, Europe in 1973 (4th TRANSCOM Page, Transportation section). |
Jul 11, 2015 |
Added the rosters of HHC, 57th Ord Group, HHD, 84th Ord Battalion and the 50th Ord Company that were listed on the 1959 Christmas Menu for the Consolidated Mess Hall at Rhine Ordnance Barracks (57th Ord Gp Page, Ordnance section).
Posted an email from Jerry Manga, 6915th Security Group (Air Force) at Hof provided some info on ASA remote sites in Germany (Page 2 (Remote Sites), ASA-Europe section). |
Jul 12, 2015 |
Added some photos of Leopold Kaserne in Regensburg from my collection. Photos were taken by a 485th Engineer Battalion veteran, early 1950s (Regensburg Page). Also added a 1954 topo map of the area of the city of Regensburg where the main US Army kasernes were located. |
Jul 17, 2015 |
Added some photos of Friedberg Kaserne in 1952 (Giessen Page, Kaserne section). Also added photos for Sheridan Kaserne, Garmisch, 1952 (Garmisch Page) and Camp Wildflecken (1953). All from the Webmaster's collection.
Posted the rosters of HHD, 15th Ord Battalion, 619th Ord Company and the 763rd Medical Detachment that were listed on the 1960 Christmas Menu for the 619th Ord Co Mess Hall at Kriegsfeld Depot (15th Ord Bn Page, Ordnance section). |
Jul 18, 2015 |
Added a 1954 topo map of the western section of the city of Regensburg where the US Army hospital and airfield were were located, 1940s-1960s (Regensburg Page, Kaserne section). |
Jul 21, 2015 |
Created an Esslingen Ordnance Rebuild Shop Page and added some information on that activity (Rebuild Shops sub-menu, Ordnance section).
Also added an article on the arrival of house trailers that previously were used at Air Force bases in France for housing families and were moved in 1967 to Germany during FRELOC to be used by the 32nd Army Air Defense Command at remote sites (32nd AADCOM Page, Air Defense section). |
Jul 23, 2015 |
We have an ID for Mystery Photo #46 provided by Erik Lohof. |
Jul 25, 2015 |
Posted an email from Lester Luehring who served as an instructor at the Engineer School at Murnau in the mid-1950s (School Comd Page). |
Jul 26, 2015 |
Posted some information on the USAREUR Military Postal operations documented in a report issued by the Subcommittee on Postal Personnel and Modernization (House of Representatives) that undertook an inspection trip to USAREUR and USAFE in April 1977 to determine deficiencies in the Military Postal System (Postal Units Page, Adjutant General section). |
Jul 27, 2015 |
Posted my first attempt at graphically summarizing the locations of USAREUR military schools in the Southern Germany area between the 1950s and early 1970s (School Comd Page). Looking for corrections, additional information and photos of the various military schools operated by USAREUR in the 1950s-1970s time frame.
Also added information on the Heidelberg Medical Department Activity and the 130th Station Hospital from 1980 (USAH Heidelberg Page,
Army Hospitals sub-menu, Medical section) and the Bad Cannstatt MEDDAC and 5th General Hispital near Stuttgart (USAH Bad Cannstatt Page). |
Jul 28, 2015 |
Posted information on the IBM computer system installed in 1957 at the Pentagon to help automate the personnel administration and record keeping process (Data Processing Centers Page, Adjutant General section). The 65th Machine Records Unit in Heidelberg was a player in this process. Also added information on the US Forces in Austria emergency truck patrol along the Austrian Autobahn between Linz and Vienna (inside the Russian Zone), 1950s (Ordnance Page, USFA section).
Posted two emails: from John Krueger who served with D Company, 501st Aviation Battalion at Katterbach in the late 1970s (501st Avn Bn Page, Army Aviation section); Robert Simmons, HHC, 11th AD Signal Battalion at Kapaun Barracks, Kaiserslautern in the early 1970s (11th AD Sig Bn Page, Signal section). |
Aug 5, 2015 |
Added three maps: 2nd Armored Division unit and garrison locations in 1956 (2nd Armd Div Page, Divisions section); 3rd Armored Division unit and garrison locations in 1956 (3rd Armd Div Page, Divisions section); 10th Infantry Division unit and garrison locations in 1956 (10th Inf Div Page, Divisions section).
Posted two emails: from Rex Redmon with some additional comments added to his original post - he served with Hq/Hq Detachment, 379th Signal Battalion in Böblingen in the early 1960s (379th Sig Bn Page, Signal section); Ingmar Pätzold, Germany, who lives in one of the newly constructed family houses at the former Fiori Barracks, Aschaffenburg (Aschaffenburg Page, Kaserne section). |
Aug 7, 2015 |
Added some information on a previously unidentified VHF radio relay tower near Kassel that was used by the 3146th Signal Service Group in the immediate post-war years (1940s Chapter, Overview Page, Signal section). The information was provided by Matthias Eifert, Germamy. Also added several great photos of Fiori Barracks in Aschaffenburg from the early 1970s submitted by Gerald Zickefoose (Aschaffenburg Page, Kaserne section).
Posted a map of Garmisch Sub-area around 1956 that shows the US facilities in Garmisch (Garmisch Page).
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Aug 8, 2015 |
Posted several photos from my personal collection of the Stuttgart Airfield (civilian side) in 1945 (Stuttgart Page, Kaserne section). Photos were taken by a member of a Quartermaster Truck Company. |
Aug 12, 2015 |
Posted some historic photos of radio transmitter equipment at the Frankfurt Signal Center transmitter site in the 1946 time frame (1940s Chapter, Overview Page, Signal section). Photos were submitted by Charles Hite whose father-in-law served with a signal unit in the Frankfurt area in the immediate post-war period. Looking for anyone who can provide details on the operations, equipment used at the Frankfurt Signal Center that supported HQ US Forces, European Theater (USFET) during this period. |
Aug 15, 2015 |
Added a Mystery photo (# 50) to the Mystery Photo Page.
Also posted several emails: from Richard Faller who served with 2nd Missile Battalion, 84th Artillery (CORPORAL) in Mainz-Gonsenheim in 1964 before being transferred to 2nd Howitzer Battalion, 75th Artillery in Hanau (30th FA Gp Page, Field Artillery section); Gregg Kemp, Svc Btry, 3rd Bn, 35th FA at Wertheim in the early 1980s (72nd FA Bde Page); Jon D. von Gunten with several elements of the 594th Transportation Group (Movement Control) in Frankfurt, Mainz and Bremerhaven in the late 1950s (594th Trans Gp Page, Transportation section). |
Aug 18, 2015 |
Added two maps: 11th Airborne Division unit and garrison locations in 1956 (11th Abn Div Page, Divisions section); 9th Infantry Division unit and garrison locations in 1956 (9th Inf Div Page, Divisions section). |
Aug 20, 2015 |
Posted two emails: from Madison Arnold who served with Headquarters Company, Combat Command "B," 2nd Armd Div at Gonsenheim (Mainz) in the mid-1950s (Page 2, 2nd Armd Div, Divisions section); Jim Cignac, Headquarters Company and later "A" Company, 26th Signal Battalion, Ludwigsburg, early 1960s (29th Sig Bn Page, Signal section). |
Aug 23, 2015 |
Added several aerial photos of Pond Barracks, Amberg from 1982 that were submitted by Dan Mathews (Grafenwoehr Page, Kaserne section).
Also posted an email from Connie Dana, a former commanding officer of the 598th Transportation Company in Mannheim, late 1970s (28th Trans Bn Page, Transportation section). |
Aug 26, 2015 |
Posted photos of the 411th Chemical Company (Smoke Generator) at Karlsruhe and the 7th Army NCO Academy at Munich submitted by Mel Hall, son of Leon Hall who served in Germany in the mid-1950s (451st Chem Bn, Chemical Division Page, Chemical section).
Also added some very nice photos: a photo of the 110th Station Hospital in Vienna during the US occupation period (Medical Page, Technical Services, USFA section); a series of photos of Fiori Barracks and Spessart Manor Housing Area in Aschaffenburg, 1954 (Aschaffenburg Page, Kaserne section). All the photos are from my collection. |
Aug 30, 2015 |
Added two maps: 4th Armored Division unit and garrison locations in 1958 (4th Armd Div Page, Divisions section); 24th Infantry Division units and garrison locations in 1964 (24th Inf Div Page, Divisions section).
Posted two emails: from Monte Caylor who served with Aviation Company, 1st Armored Division during the unit's formation period, 1971/72, in Göppingen and then Ansbach (501st Avn Bn Page, Army Aviation section); John Faulconbridge with 5th Battalion, 68th Armor in Mannheim in the early 1980s (8th Inf Div Page, Divisions); John Barradale, an Aerial Scout with Combat Aviation Troop, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment in Nürnberg in the late 1970s (2nd ACR Page, Armored-Cavalry section).
Finally, added an installation map for McKee Barracks, Crailsheim from 1974 (Ansbach Page, Kaserne section).
(Click on the "8. McKee Barracks, 1974" thumbnail to view in higher resolution!) |
Sept 1, 2015 |
Posted several emails: from Tony Gallo who served with the 657th Quartermaster Company (Petroleum Supply) near Unterpfaffenhofen (Munich) in the late 1960s (242nd S&S Bn Page, Quartermaster section); Gary Prange, son of Richard R. Prange, senior NCO at the Pirmasens MP Station in downtown Pirmasens in the late 1960s/early 1970s (Overview Page, Military Police section); Allen Engler, 19th Maintenance Company (Heavy Equipment) (GS) at Pioneer Kaserne in the late 1970s (8th Ord/Maint Bn Page, Ordnance); Steve Horne, Area Maintenance & Supply Facility, STRATCOMEUR, in Mannheim in the mid-1970s (22nd Sig Bde Page, Signal); Tom Gallivan, Hq Company, 3rd Logistical Command in France - also participated in the move to Worms, 1967 (3rd Log Comd Page, Logistical Commands section). |
Sept 6, 2015 |
Posted several emails: from Jon Wiant who served with 2nd MSL Bn, 73rd Field Artillery (Honest John) in Hanau in the early 1960s (Page 2, 3rd Armd Div, Divisions section); Gary Price, C Team, 507th US Army Artillery Detachment (USAAD) at Kapellen, Germany in the mid-1970s (5th USAAG Page, 59th Ord Bde, Ordnance section); James Durham, 507th ASA Group at Heilbronn and made the move with the Group to Baumholder in 1960 (ASA Europe Page); James Pfeifer, a truck driver with the 34th Transportation Company in Worms and then with HQ 10th Trans Gp in the early 1960s (38th Trans Bn Page, Transportation section).
Added a very nice aerial photo of Fontenet Ordnance Sub-Depot from 1960 courtesy of the IGN website (France) (Ordnance Depots Page, Army Depots section).
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Sept 7, 2015 |
Posted several emails: some comments by John Leonard about a Belgian civilian who worked for the Budget Division, DCS, Comprtoller, COM Z/TASCOM in 1960s and 1970s and maintained the command's automated budget process (COMZEUR Page); Reggie Williams, 207th Signal Company at Massweiler in 1978 (73rd Sig Bn Page, Signal); Dave Endres, 34th Transportation Company in Worms in 1966 and made the move with the outfit to Boeblingen (38th Trans Bn Page, Transportation). |
Sept 11, 2015 |
Posted several emails: from Frank Welch who served with the 862nd Engineer Aviation Battalion, a SCARWAF unit based in Germany, during the early 1950s (7th Engr Bde Page, Engineer section); William Van Campen who ID'ed the location of the 6/59th ADA BOC in the mid-1960s (10th ADA Bde Page, Air Defense); Richard Ford, Landstuhl Detachment, 327th Signal Company late 1970s/early 1980s (73rd Sig Bn Page, Signal). |
Sept 15, 2015 |
Posted an email from Maria Anthony who served in D Company, 26th Signal Battalion in Heilbronn in the late 1970s/early 1980s (26th Sig Bn Page, Signal). Post includes an annotated installation map for Wharton Barracks.
Also added some great photos of Pioneer Kaserne, Hanau from January 1990 submitted by Dan Bussiere (Hanau Page, Kaserne section).
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Sept 16, 2015 |
Posted an email from Ken Whitehorn who served in the 8th MI Detachment Company in Bad Kreuznach and later with D Detachment, 2nd MI Battalion at RAF Upper Heyford in the UK in the late 1960s (2nd MI Bn Page, Military Intelligence section). |
Oct 2, 2015 |
Just back from two wonderful vacation weeks in southern Germany. Now it's back to work.... lots of catching up to do.
Posted some pics: photos of Bonames Army Airfield probably early 1960s from my collection (Bonames AAF Page, Army Airfields & Heliports sub-menu, Army Aviation section); aerial photo from 1969 or Carl Schurz Kaserne, Bremerhaven, also from my collection (Bremerhaven Page, Kaserne section); and a few photos of U.S. port operations at Bremen in 1945 (17th Major Port, Bremerhaven POE Page, Transportation section). |
Oct 3, 2015 |
Posted Mystery Photo #51 submitted by William Jones. In this case it involves an unknown crest that appears to have been made locally (European Theater). Who can ID the crest and provide additional information? |
Oct 7, 2015 |
Received a response from James O'Hearne to the question about the location of the Battalion Operations Center for 6th Battalion, 52nd ADA (HAWK) in 1965 (69th ADA Gp/Bde Page, Air Defense section).
Also posted two emails: from Richard Failing who served with HHD, 56th Medical Battalion in Heilbronn and, after the battalion's move, in Crailsheim, mid-1960s (30th Med Gp Page, Medical section); David Walker, 128th Combat Support Hospital in Ludwigsburg in the early 1980s (30th Med Gp Page); Ken Hattrick with 3rd Platoon, 421st Medical Company (Air Ambulance) at Grafenwoehr in the early 1970s (421st Med Co Page, Medical section). |
Oct 8, 2015 |
Added an annotated installation map of Coffey Barracks, Ludwigsburg, from the mid-1970s (Stuttgart Page, Kaserne section). |
Oct 11, 2015 |
Posted several emails: from Ed Karnes who served with "A" Company, 34th Signal Battalion in Ludwigsburg in the late 1950s (34th Sig Bn Page, Signal section); Don Long, 4th Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment in Fulda in the mid-1980s (11th ACR Page, Armored-Cavalry section). |
Oct 12, 2015 |
Posted several emails: from Cliff Cummins, 7th Transportation Company, 38th Trans Bn in Friedberg in the early 1950s (38th Trans Bn Page, Transportation section); James Sisk, spent over eight years with various units of the 59th Ordnance Brigade in the 1980s/early 1990s (59th Ord Bde Page, Ordnance); Kathi Beckman Jones, a former Army depnednet whose father was a member of the founding staff at HQ Southern European Task Force (SETAF) in Verona in the mid-1950s (SETAF Page); and a few additional former SETAFers - Chet Gillis who worked in the comm center at Headquarters SETAF in the mid-1950s and spent a lof of time at the Lake Garda Recreation Area (SETAF Page); and Mike Jensen, stationed at Bressanone in South Tyrol/Alto Adige, Italy at a radio site operated by the 54th Signal Company in the early 1980s (509th Sig Bn Page, Signal section); Ken Tollstam who was assigned to B Company, 11th Air Defense Signal Battalion in Wuerzburg in the mid 1970s (11th AD Sig Bn Page, Signal). |
Oct 14, 2015 |
Posted several emails: from Cornelius Maney, D Battery, 2nd Battalion, 1st ADA at Dichtelbach in the early 1980s (94th ADA Bde Page, Air Defense); Joe McGuire, Headquarters and Company A, 66th Maintenance Battalion in Kaiserslautern mid-1960s (66th Ord/Maint Bn Page, Ordnance); Dennis Bryant, 74th US Army Missile Detachment (SASCOM) at Lechfeld, mid 1960s (512th USAAG Page, 59th Ord Bde, Ordnance); Glenn A. Dieffenbach, 656th Engineer TOPO Battalion in Schwetzingen, early 1970s (656th Engr Bn Page, Engineer section). |
Oct 18, 2015 |
Posted an email from John Welch who served with 6th Battalion, 62nd ADA (HAWK) and then the 11th AD Signal Battalion in the early 1970s (11th AD Sig Bn Page, Signal section). |
Oct 23, 2015 |
Posted an email from Gerald Millikin who served with "A" Company, 97th QM Battalion at Münchweiler in the early 1970s (97th QM Bn Page, Quartermaster section). Also added an annotated map for the Münchweiler Army Hospital. |
Nov 3, 2015 |
Just back from a week long research visit to the Military History Institute (part of the US Army Heritage & Education Center) at Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Was able to find a lot of historical information on former USAREUR units - but only scratched the surface. Additional trips are planned in the next months. I will be adding some of the documents found at MHI to the respective website pages in the next weeks.
Posted a unit history of the 102nd Signal Battalion from 1978 (102nd Sig Bn Page, Signal section). |
Nov 5, 2015 |
Posted several emails: from Gary B. Miller, son of the late COL Maurice G. Miller, former commanding officer of the South Bavaraia District (US Army Area Command) in the mid-1960s (Support Districts Page) - post includes a copy of a 1966 issue of DIE ZEITUNG, the South Bavaria District newspaper from 1966; George Farland who served with 24th Division LRRP in Augsburg, early 1960s (24th Inf Div Page, Divisions); Bob Shakour with the 7784 Signal Service Company in Orleans, France during the early 1950s (Orleans Area Command, COMZEUR Page).
Also added several other items: the first issue of the YOUNG YANKS ABROAD, a newsletter published by the Nürnberg-Fürth Dependents School in 1947 submitted by Donald Patterson (Nürnberg Page, Kaserne section); a very nice photo of two MPs standing in front of the Headquarters Directory inside the IG Farben Building in Frankfurt submitted by Karen Ahmed (Frankfurt Page, Kaserne section). |
Nov 10, 2015 |
Posted an email from Harold Romberg who served with the 547th Engineer Battalion in Darmstadt in the early 1960s (547th Engr Bn Page, Engineer section).
Also added photos: group photos of Company "C" 1st Battalion, 6th Armored Cavalry (USCON) at Straubing, Augst 1961 (6th ACR Page, Armored-Cavalry section) - these photos were submitted by Jan Snider; two photos of A Company, 382nd MP Battalion in Heidelberg Military Post in 1951 from the webmaster's collection (382nd MP Bn Page, Military Police section); several photos of B Company, 709th MP Battalion in Bad Kreuznach, early 1950s also from the webmater's collection (709th MP Bn Page).
And, finally, I added a new Mystery Photo (#52) to the Mystery Photo Page. It could be a US Army facility in Munich in the mid-1950s. |
Nov 12, 2015 |
Posted additional photos from my collection: Kelley Barracks, Möhringen, home of Headquarters VII Corps, from around 1958 - several show the VII Hqs building during a visit of an unidentified distiguished visitor (VII Corps Page, Corps section) & others show scenes from around Kelley Barracks (Stuttgart Page, Kaserne section); Wharton Barracks, Heilbronn & Artillery Kaserne, Neckarsulm, both in the late 1970s/early 1980s (Heilbronn Page). |
Nov 17, 2015 |
Posted several emails: from Bernie Moening who served with the 115th AG Postal Detachment in Kaiserslautern in the early 1970s (Postal Units Page, Adjutant General section); William O'Neal, a computer programmer for HQ 513th Military Intelligence Group in Heidelberg in the late 1960s (513th MI Gp Page, Military Intelligence); Joseph O. Prewitt Diaz who lived as an Army dependent in Perigueux, France, in the mid-1950s while his father was assigned to the Quartermaster Depot there (Quartermaster Depots Page, Army Depots section).
Also posted some 'building use' information for Coffey Barracks, Ludwigsburg provided by George Graski who served with the 128th CSH in the early 1970s (Stuttgart Page, Kaserne section). |
Nov 24, 2015 |
Posted two emails: from Mark J. "Jeff" Furber who served with Headquarters Company, 79th Engineer Construction Battalion at Neu Ulm late 1960s (79th Engr Bn Page, Engineer section); Larry Johnson with "D" Battery, 4th Missile Battalion, 6th Artillery (NIKE-AJAX) at Bitburg Air Base in the late 1950s (94th ADA Gp/Bde Page, Air Defense section). |
Nov 27, 2015 |
Posted three emails: from William Smith who served with C Company, 83rd Engineer Battalion (Construction) at Captieux, France in the early 1950s (Ordnance Depots Page, Army Depots section); Charles Barrand with 4th Battalion, 18th Artillery at Hanau, mid-1960s (212th Arty Gp Page, Field Artillery section); William R. Smith, 533rd Military Police Company, at Kaiserslautern late 1960s (94th MP Bn Page, Military Police section).
Also added some photos from my collections: Fürth Army Airfield, 1970 (Fürth AAF Page, Army Aviation section); guarded American parking lot at Stuttgart train station (Hauptbahnhof), 1940s (Stuttgart Page, Kaserne section); 3rd Armd Div NCO Academy sign at Kransberg Castle, 1981 (3rd Armd Div Page, Divisions). |
Dec 4, 2015 |
Posted several emails: from Donald Davis who served with the 28th Base Post Office in Frankfurt in the mid-1950s (Postal Units Page, Adjutant General section); from Dewey B. Mann who answered a Research Request on the 10th ADA Gp/Bde Page regarding the location of two HAWK sites at Wildflecken in the late 1960s (10th ADA Gp/Bde Page, Air Defense section); Harold Brown, with C Battery, 4th MSL Battalion, 57th Artillery at Monteith Barracks, Fürth in the 1960s (69th ADA Gp/Bde Page); Meredith Hull (Bailin), daughter of Stanley Bailin who served as a photographer for HQ 36th Field Artillery Group at Babenhausen (additional photos here) in the late 1950s/early 1960s (36th FA Gp Page, Field Artillery section). |
Dec 9, 2015 |
Posted a call for assistance for veterans of the Army Security Agency who served in Europe during the 1944 - 1961 time frame.
The U.S. Army Center of Military History is working on a history of Military Intelligence in USAREUR during that period and asks for input from ASA Europe vets for the ASA component of this history. For more details, click here. |
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Dec 10, 2015 |
Posted several emails: from James Pease who served at a radio relay site operated by the the 560th Signal Battalion in northern Italy, early 1960s (560th Sig Bn Page, Signal section); Kyle Higgins on a brief update on the 69th Signal Battalion which was inactivated in 2014 (69th Sig Bn Page); Ron Gelinas, C Battery, 4th Missile Battalion, 6th Arty (NIKE) at Bitburg/Spangdahlen in the late 1950s (94th ADA Gp/Bde Page, Air Defense section); Ronald Carnaghi, C Company, 9th Combat Engineer Battalion in Aschaffenburg in the late 1950s/early 1960s (9th Engr Bn Page, Engineer section).
In addition to the search for ASA veterans posted in the December 9 entry on the What's New Page (see above), the author of the CMH book project on the history of Military Intelligence in US Army, Europe, is also looking for former members of the following military intelligence units that served in Europe in the early Cold War years:
7880 Military Intelligence Detachment (Berlin, late 1940s/early 1950s)
522nd Military Intelligence Battalion (mid-1950s) |
For contact details, click here. |
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Dec 13, 2015 |
Posted an email from Milton Chavez, a USAF vet who was at the Hohenpesseinberg Radio Site in the mid-1980s as a representative of ITT/FEC installing new DEB communications at the site (Hohenpeissenberg Page, DCS Wideband sub-menu, Signal section). |
Dec 15, 2015 |
Added several photos from my collection: The American Way Special Service Club in downtown Munich, 1952 and the access road to Will Kaserne in Munich (Munich Page, Kaserne section); The Post Hotel in Garmisch (Officers Hotel) in 1952 (Garmisch Page); and the EUCOM Medical Reconditioning Center in 1952 (which later became the Garmisch Dispensary) (USAH Munich Page, Medical Corps Army Hospitals sub-menu, Medical section). |
Dec 18, 2015 |
Posted two emails: from Ken Oldwin who served with the 34th Signal Battalion Aviation Section at Stuttgart Army Airfield in the late 1960s (34th Sig Bn Page, Signal section); Bob Burgett, 615th AC&W Squadron, Neubruecke, early 1970s provided some comments and additions to the Air Defense Callsign List (Page 2 (US Units), Tactical Air Control System section).
Added the USFA Station List for August 1954 (HQ USFA Page).
Also made some changes to the 18th FA Group and 30th FA Group Pages (Field Artillery section). |
Dec 19, 2015 |
Posted several emails: from Arnold Vogt who commanded Company A, 82nd Engineer Battalion in Bamberg in 1969 (82nd Engr Bn Page, Engineer section); Willie Brooks, C Company, 25th Signal Construction Battalion, Kaiserslautern, late 1960s (25th Sig Bn Page, Signal section); William Crosier, with the 440th Signal Battalion at the New Mexico Radio Site, mid-1960s (440th Sig Bn Page).
Also added some additional photos from my collection: Armed Forces Day 1953 activities in Würzburg (Würzburg Page, Kaserne section); Armed Forces Day at Poitiers, France 1953 (BASEC Page, COMZEUR section); Armed Forces Day parade at Warner Barracks, Bamberg in 1953 (Bamberg Page).
And, finally, I added a new Mystery Photo (#53) to the Mystery Photo Page. It could be a US Army facility in Würzburg in 1953. |
Dec 21, 2015 |
Added some photos submitted by Jackie Carlson whose father, Jack Walker, served with the US Constabulary's 51st Squadron in Passau, 1947/48 (2nd Brigade Page, US Constabulary section), and then the Berchtesgaden Detachment of the 7751st MP Customs Unit in the late 1940s/early 1950s (42nd MP Gp Page, Military Police section). (While at it I also reformatted the 2nd Brigade Page to make it conform with the format of the other US Constabulary pages.)
Also added several nice photos showing Armed Forces Day (1953) activities at Saran Army Airfield in France (Saran AAF Page, Army Airfields and Heliports sub-menu, Army Aviation section).
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Dec 22, 2015 |
Posted a map of the Berchtesgaden Recreation Area from 1962 showing US facilities in Berchtesgaden (Garmisch Page, Kaserne section).
Also added a new Mystery Photo (#54). It shows a path leading to some US facilities in downtown Berchtesgaden in 1952 (Mystery Photo Page). Need to identify the exact location where the photo was taken.
Added several emails: from Bud Lacey who served with the 109th Transportation Truck Company in Mannheim and later in Ludwigsburg, early 1950s (4th Trans Bn Page, Transportation); F.L. Bradford, 822nd Military Police Company (HQ OMGUS) and later Company B, 759th MP Battalion in Berlin, late 1940s (759th MP Bn Page, Military Police); Mark Gatlin, one of the early Army dependents to arrive in Germany where he and his family joined his father assigned to the 94th Constabulary Squadron in Weiden, Germany (2nd Constab Bde Page, US Constabulary). |
Dec 23, 2015 |
Additional emails posted: Richard Heise, Coltano AUTOVON, early 1970s (Coltano Signal Station, 509th Sig Bn Page, Signal section); Ken Foster, Support Company, Primary Signal Relay Center at Pirmasens, early 1960s (4th Sig Gp Page); Tommy Sicola, 802nd Field Artillery Battalion at Neu Ulm, mid-1950s (35th FA Gp Page, Field Artillery); Chuck Skogerboe, HQ 690th Field Artillery Battalion at Crailsheim, mid-1950s (18th FA Gp Page); Rick Carrico, 2nd Artillery Detachment, Pfullendorf in the mid-1960s (512th USAAG Page, 59th Ord Bde, Ordnance section); Steven Howard, B TAB, 1st Battalion, 26th Field Artillery in Darmstadt, mid-1970s (V Corps Artillery Page, Corps section). |
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Call for assistance for veterans of the Army Security Agency who served in Europe during the 1944 - 1961 time frame.
The U.S. Army Center of Military History is working on a history of Military Intelligence in USAREUR during that period and asks for input from ASA Europe vets for the ASA component of this history.
In addition, the author of the CMH book project on the history of Military Intelligence in US Army, Europe, is also looking for former members of the following military intelligence units that served in Europe in the early Cold War years:
7880 Military Intelligence Detachment (Berlin, late 1940s/early 1950s)
522nd Military Intelligence Battalion (mid-1950s) |
For contact details, click here. |
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Dec 25, 2015 |
Additional emails posted: Jim Scheibner, with a detachment of the 550th Signal Company at the Melicocus Radio Site in the early 1950s (4th Sig Gp Page, Signal section); Myron Foxworth, 173rd Aviation Company at Hanau in the early 1970s (11th Avn Bn Page, Army Aviation section); Earl Council, Company A, 35th Transportation Battalion, 3rd Inf Div, in Würzburg, early 1960s (35th Trans Bn Page, Transportation); Joe Masterson, Coleman Army Airfield in the early 1970s (Coleman AAF Page, Army Airfields & Heliports sub-menu, Army Aviation); Bill Des Rochers, 3rd Military Intelligence Detachment in Würzburg in the early 1970s (3rd Inf Div Page, Divisions); Drew Strawbridge with Company B, 11th AD Signal Battalion first at Relay Chrysler then at Giebelstadt Air Base, late 1960s (11th AD Sig Bn Page, Air Defense section). |
Dec 29, 2015 |
Emails posted: Stephen Veyera, 595th Military Police Company, Fürth, provided some additional details on MP units in the Nürnberg/Fürth and Ansbach areas and a clarification/correction regarding the role of the 595th within 1st Armd Div Artillery (793rd MP Bn Page, Military Police section); Jim Rush, 536th Military Police Company at Bad Kissingen, early 1970s (793rd MP Bn Page); Robert Loehmann, 91st Ordnance Company (REDSTONE) at Neckarsulm, early 1960s (46th FA Gp Page, Field Artillery). |
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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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