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 1, 2016 |
Posted some photos from my collection: Bremerhaven Staging Area in the early 1950s (Bremerhaven Page, Kaserne section); several pictures from the Bahnhofsplatz area in Garmisch, early 1950s (Garmisch Page).
Also added some great photos of Hoppstädten Army Airfield
in the 1958 time frame (Hoppstädten AAF Page, Army Airfields & Heliports submenu, Army Aviation). Photos were submitted by Marvin Hornbostel who served with the 8th Aviation Company. |
| Jan 5, 2016 |
Added some photos: from my collection - 89th Engineer Company (Port Construction) in Rochefort, France (Rochefort, Port Operations Page, COMZEUR section); the Bremen Recreation Center in the Glocke Building and the Bremen Port Command Headquarters building in Bremen, both 1945 (Bremerhaven Page, Kaserne section); the Planatarium Theater operated by US Forces in Mannheim in 1945 (Mannheim Page); a US Army parade in downtown Munich to initiate the annual Soap Box Derby held there in 1950 and sponsored by the US Army (Munich Page); and a photo of the 1st Brigade, 8th Inf Div sign at Lee Barracks, Mainz in 1980 submitted by Terry Walters (Page 2, 8th Inf Div, Divisions section).
Also an email from Carroll Kelley who served with the Signal Division, US Army Terminal Command, Europe in Bremerhaven, mid 1960s (Trans Terminal Comd Eur Page, Transportation section).
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| Jan 10, 2016 |
Posted some emails: Marreece Dean, served with Signal Operations Company - Large Company at Karlsruhe, early 1970s (72nd Sig Bn Page, Signal section); Jon Moon, served with the 94th ADA Group AADCP on Hill 479 in the early 1970s (94th ADA Gp/Bde Page, Air Defense).
Added some recent photos of the former Class III Storage Site at Bad Hersfeld submitted by Hagen Wirkner, Germany (Fulda Page, Kaserne section).
Added two YouTube videos showing the final retreat ceremony at Ledward Barracks, Scheinfurt in September 2014 and taking a nostalgic trip back in time through reminiscences by Americans and Germans on the Schweinfurt Garrison that closed in 2014 (Schweinfurt Page, Kaserne section). |
| Jan 12, 2016 |
Added some photos to the original post by Jon Moon who served with the 94th ADA Group AADCP on Hill 479 in the early 1970s (94th ADA Gp/Bde Page, Air Defense). Also posted some photos of the 5th General Hospital in Bad Cannstatt (Bad Cannstatt Army Hospital Page, Army Hospitals sub-menu, Medical section). These photos were submitted by Lauren Espinoza whose father, PFC Ausdille Travis Hamilton, Jr., served at the hospital the mid-1950s. |
| Jan 14, 2016 |
Added some photos of Baumholder Army Airfield and Grafenwoehr Army Airfield from the late 1950s (Baumholder Page and Grafenwoehr Page respectively, Army Airfields & Heliports submenu, Army Aviation section). Photos were submitted by Marvin Hornbostel who served with the 8th Aviation Company. |
| Jan 15, 2016 |
Added some information provided by Donald Mattingly who served with 6th Missile Battalion, 61st Artillery at Landshut in the mid-1960s - building use information for Pinder Kaserne at Landshut (Regensburg Page) and the location of B Battery, 6th MSL Bn, 61st Arty and the Battalion BOC (69th ADA Gp/Bde Page). |
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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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| Jan 19, 2016 |
Added some photos - Munich 1945 submitted by Mary Kulakowski, daughter of Stanley Kulakowski, who served with the 203rd Army Postal Unit in the first months of Occupation in Munich (Third Army Page, USFET section); Illesheim Army Airfield and Storck Barracks, Illesheim submitted by Andrea Wilkins (Illesheim AAF Page, Army Airfields & Heliports submenu, Army Aviation & Ansbach Page, Kaserne section).
Posted some information on a new book project - three French authors are working on a series of books covering various aspects of the history of the Communications Zone in France from 1950 - 1967. They are asking for input from US military personnel and dependents who served in France during that time frame. Click here to see the related request. |
| Jan 22, 2016 |
Daniel Anzaldua provided us with a positive ID for Mystery Photo #52 (Mystery Photo Page).
Also added an annotated map with building use information for Flak Kaserne, Augsburg in the late 1970s (Augsburg Page, Kaserne section). 'Building use' information was provided by Mark Scott, 328th ASA Co, late 1970s.
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| Jan 24, 2016 |
Posted several emails: from Michael James Morton, son of M/Sgt James Morton who served in Germany with the 370th Armored Infantry Battalion and later with the 510th Heavy Tank Battalion (4th Armor Gp Page, Armored-Cavalry section); Michael Florindi with the 569th Ordnance Company (DSB) that supported 6th Bn, 52nd ADA in Würzburg, late 1980s (69th ADA Gp/Bde Page, Air Defense section); Marvin Hornbostel, who served with different detachments of the 8th Aviation Company in the late 1950s (8th Avn Bn Page, Army Aviation section). |
| Jan 26, 2016 |
Posted one email: from Alan Keezer who served with the Army Air Defense Command Post of the 94th ADA Group on Hill 479 near Kaiserslautern in the early 1970s (94th ADA Gp/Bde Page); Alan provides some details on the layout of the AADCP.
Also added some information on the 77th Medical Depot, Vitry-le-Francois, France (Medical Depots Page, Army Depots section).
And, finally for today, I posted a complete issue (Dec 24, 1948) of the SPOTLIGHT, the weekly newspaper of EUCOM Special Services Division in the 1940s (Special Services Div Page, EUCOM section). |
| Feb 1, 2016 |
Posted an email from Mike Robbins who served with the 22nd Aviation Detachment in Pirmasens in the late 1970s (59th Ord Bde Page, Ordnance section).
Also added an annotated installation map for Husterhoeh Kaserne, Pirmasens, with building use information for the late 1970s (Medical Depots Page, Army Depots section). Informaton was provided by Mike Robbins. |
| Feb 3, 2016 |
Posted some great photos of Smith Barracks in Baumholder from the late 1950s - some of the photos were submitted by Marvin Hornbostel (8th Aviation Company) and others are from my own collection (Baumholder Page, Kaserne section). |
| Feb 6, 2016 |
Posted an email with photos and personal recollections submitted by Hugo Kann who served the HHC, 536th Engineer Service Battalion in Bremerhaven in the early 1950s (536th Engr Bn Page, Engineers section). Also posted information on the Farge POL Storage Depot near Bremen from the 1950s (Bremerhaven POE Page, Transportation section). |
| Feb 8, 2016 |
For the really 'old timers' - posted a collage of photos of US Army facilities at 'Special Services Square' (= Weihnachtsschützenplatz) in Berchtesgaden in the late 1940s time frame (Garmisch Page, Kaserne section). |
| Feb 9, 2016 |
Posted an email from William Feissner who served with Company C, 7th Army Signal Support Battalion in Darmstadt in the mid-1960s (11th AD Sig Bn Page, Signal section). His submission included building use information for Ernst Ludwig Kaserne.
Also added some items to the USFA section: photos of Camp Klessheim near Salzburg from my collection (USFA Ordnance Page, USFA section); two large maps of Salzburg showing US facilities in and around Salzburg submitted by Gernod Fuchs, Asutrai (Salzburg Page, Camp Directory, USFA section); and several photos of an unknown US Army installation in Salzburg were added to the Mystery Photo Page. |
| Feb 10, 2016 |
Posted some photos of the 67th Military Police Company in Wels, Austria from the early 1950s submitted by Louis Ferran (796th MP Bn Page, USFA section). |
| Feb 13, 2016 |
Posted several emails: from Bernard Havel who served with HQ 24th Engineer Construction Group in Kaiserlsautern in the late 1960s (24th Engr Gp Page, Engineer section); Robert Drolet with some information on C Battery, 6th MSL Bn, 61st Arty (HAWK) at Wettstetten in the mid-1960s (69th ADA Gp/Bde Page, Air Defense); Don Hanset, with the Missile Control Center, HQ 69th Artillery Group (HAWK) at Giebelstadt, late 1960s (69th ADA Gp/Bde Page).
Also added an annotated aerial
photo of the area around the Command Building, Officers Club and old Commissary in downtown Bremerhaven from the early 1960s (Bremerhaven Page, Kaserne section). I am looking for input from veterans, dependents or residents of Bremerhaven who can identify some of the US Armed Forces activities that were located in that area during the 1940s through 1960s. |
| Feb 19, 2016 |
Posted a building use schedule for Krabbenloch Kaserne in the mid-1960s (Stuttgart Page, Kaserne section). Information submitted by Fred Meyer. |
| Feb 24, 2016 |
Posted an email and some pictures submitted by Walt Horning who served with 4th Ordnance Company at Miesau Ammo Depot in the late 1960s (72nd Ord Bn Page, Ordnance section). |
| Feb 26, 2016 |
Updated the Wiesbaden Page (Kaserne section) and posted several photos submitted by J.T. Dunn whose grandfather was stationed in Wiesbaden with HQ US Air Forces, Europe in the late 1940s (Lindsey Air Station and Wiesbaden Misc. sections of the Wiesbaden Page). |
| Feb 27, 2016 |
I have added a QUICK ACCESS list for Engineer units. (The list still needs to be updated with company and detachment information.) Also updated the QUICK ACCESS list for Transportation units.
Will try to update the QUICK ACCESS lists for other branches that were created a few years ago with new information in the next weeks. |
| Mar 2, 2016 |
I have added two QUICK ACCESS lists - one for Adjutant General Corps units & activities.and one for AAA / Air Defense Artillery unit.
Posted several emails: from Sheryl Prophett who served with HQ 37th Transportation Group in Kaiserslautern in the late 1980s (37th Trans Gp Page, Transporttation); additional information on the 115th AG Postal Detachment in Kaiserslautern submitted by Bernie Moening (Postal Units Page, Adjutant General section); Benjamin Harris served as a ground controller at Schleissheim Army Airfield in the mid-1960s (Schleissheim AAF Page, Army Airfields & Heliports sub-menu, Army Aviation section). |
| Mar 4, 2016 |
Created the Karlsruhe Army Airfield Page and posted several photos of the airfield that were made available by the City Archives (Stadtarchiv) of Karlsruhe (Karlsruhe AAF Page, Army Airfields & Heliports sub-menu, Army Aviation section). |
| Mar 5, 2016 |
Posted several photos from my collection of the 245th Transportation Company (Army Aircraft Heavy Maintenance and Supply) located at Sandhofen in the mid-1950s (205th Trans Bn Page, Army Aviation section). |
| Mar 6, 2016 |
Posted several photos submitted by Jason Darrow whose father, Lt Col William Darrow, Jr. was assigned to HQ VII Corps in the early 1950s in Möhringen (VII Corps Page, Corps section). |
| Mar 14, 2016 |
Posted two emails: from George Barker who served first with 2nd Battalion, 16th Artillery and then with 1st Battalion, 94th Artillery, both at Schwäbisch Gmünd in the early 1960s (Page 2, 4th Armd Div, Divisions section) - post includes an annotated installation map for Bismarck Kaserne; Doug Murphy, 23rd Engineer Battalion, 3rd Armd Div at Hanau (3rd Armd Div Page). |
| Mar 15, 2016 |
Posted a great photo of the operations center at Headquarters Signal Service Group 4 in Karlsruhe in 1970 (4th Sig Gp Page, Signal section). |
| Mar 20, 2016 |
Posted an email with photos submitted by Brigitte Miller, daughter of Horst Dittmar who was a member of the 8902nd Labor Service Company (Ord) in Esslingen in the early 1950s (80th Ord Bn Page, Ordnance section). |
| Mar 22, 2016 |
Posted an email submitted by Don Salmon who served with the Microwave Tropo Company at Coltano Signal Station, Italy in the late 1960s (509th Sig Bn Page, Signal section). |
| Mar 23, 2016 |
Posted several photos submitted by Louis Florer who served as a crew chief in the 26th Transportation Company (Light Helicopter) in Hanau in the late 1950s (54th Trans Bn Page, Army Aviation section). |
| Apr 8, 2016 |
Spent a week at the National Archives in College Park, MD last week doing research for several articles for the website as well as for a book I am working on. Will post some of the over 1700 pages of USAREUR documents that I imaged in the next weeks.
Posted some information on the Ordnance Field Maintenance Shops operated by the Northern Area Command in the 1950s (Northern Area Command, Area Command section). |
| Apr 10, 2016 |
Posted a wire diagram (organizational chart) for Headquarters, US Forces, Austria from August 1955 (HQ USFA Page, USFA section); some details on the buildings and equipment signed over by USFA to the Austrian government during the US wthdrawal from Austria in 1955 (HQ USFA Page); some information on the redesignation of the USFA Support Command as SETAF Support Command in October 1955 (USFA Support Comd Page, USFA section); and information on the activation ceremony of Southern European Task Force at Vicenza in October 1955 (SETAF Page).
Also posted some nice photos of Rheinland Kaserne in Ettlingen from the mid-1960s submitted by Gary Nuismer (Karlsruhe Page, Kaserne section).
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| Apr 11, 2016 |
Posted a historically interesting photo that shows the USFET (later EUCOM) War Room in the I.G. Farben Building, Frankfurt, in 1946 (USFET Page). Also added a list of USAREUR Dependent schools in Germany and France in 1954 (USDESEA/DODDS Page) |
| Apr 12, 2016 |
Posted some information on the 111th Labor Supervision Center (Southern Area Command) and 112th Labor Supervision Center (Northern Area Command) in the 1950s and early 1960s (Labor Supervision Page, Labor Services section) |
| Apr 18, 2016 |
Added a detailed sketch map of the Berlin-Helmstedt Autobahn that was used by US personnel and military convoys between the US Zone in West Germany and the US Sector of Berlin. Also added a mileage chart. Both images are from the National Archives and posted on the Berlin Page (Kaserne section). |
| Apr 19, 2016 |
Posted two emails: Dan Prevo, who served as a Lieutenant with the 13th Missile Detachment in Kellinghusen, northern Germany during the late 1960s (294th USAAG Page, 59th Ord Bde, Ordnance section); Virgil Mortenson with the 66th Aviation Company at Bonames Army Airfield in the mid-1960s (18th Avn Bn Page, Army Aviation section).
Also posted an email with photos submitted by Dennis Sholtis who served with the 169th Signal Company (Radio Relay) at Neureut in the late 1960s (72nd Sig Bn Page, Signal section). |
| Apr 21, 2016 |
Added two wire diagrams (organizational charts) for the Northern Area Command (1954) and Southern Area Command (1955) in Germany as well as a list of commanding generals for each of those area commands (Area Command section). |
| Apr 22, 2016 |
Added an organizational chart and the function statements for the Signal Section at HQ Northern Area Command in 1954 (Area Command section). |
| Apr 27, 2016 |
Posted some nice photos of Fort Skelly in Regensburg from 1963 that were submitted by Michael C. Dolan (Regensburg Page, Kaserne section). |
| May 2, 2016 |
Added a roster of Transportation personnel at Headquarters, US Forces in Austria at Salzburg in December 1953 (Transportation Page, HQ USFA section). The roster was an insert in a USFA Transportation Section Christmas card in 1953 from my collection. |
| May 3, 2016 |
Posted photos of Mansfield Kaserne in Straubing from 1963 that were submitted by Michael C. Dolan (Regensburg Page, Kaserne section). Also posted photos of Company "C," 7th Signal Support Battalion in Darmstadt, mid-1960s, submitted by Bill Feissner (11th AD Sig Bn Page, Air Defense section). |
| May 7, 2016 |
Started a HQ TRUST Page that will cover the history of the Trieste United States Troops in the Trieste, Italy area from 1947-1954 (HQ TRUST section). I included a map of the city of Trieste from the early 1950s that shows the location of various TRUST facilities in that city. |
| May 8, 2016 |
Added to the new HQ TRUST Page: the .TRUST Troops related pages of the Souvenir Edition (September 1954) of THE BLUE DEVIL newspaper (HQ TRUST section); also added STATION LIST information for TRUST units for June 1953 and August 1954. |
| May 15, 2016 |
Added an article on the role of the USFA Port Agency in Trieste, Italy to the HQ TRUST Page.
Posted photos of Smiley Barracks in Karlsruhe (Karlsruhe Page) and Coleman Barracks in Sandhofen (Mannheim Page) from the early 1950s. Photos were submitted by Michael Adel.
Also posted several photos from my collection: Automotive Service Center in the Opelhaus and the Sugar Powl PX and Snack Bar, Wiesbaden (Wiesbaden Page). |
| May 17, 2016 |
Posted a few emails: William D. Phillips who served as commander of 39th Transportation Company, Special Troops Battalion, VII Corps in Moehringen in the early 1960s (VII Corps Page, Corps section); Roy D. David, served with the Seventh U.S. Army Aviation Training Center at Echterdingen in the late 1950s (Stuttgart AAF Page, Army Aviation section). |
| May 20, 2016 |
Posted additional emails: Walt Leggett who served near Hahn, Germany with a radio relay team of the 59th Signal Company (Support) in the early 1960s (379th Sig Bn Page, Signal section); Edward Harris whose father, LTC James Bingham Morris, served as commanding officer of the Tulln Air Base in Austria in the late 1940s/early 1950s (Tulln AB Page, HQ USFA section).
Also added a copy of the "Mozart" Travel Permit for use by US personnel when traveling on the Mozart duty train in USFA (Mozart Duty Train, Transportation Corps Page, HQ USFA section). The image was submitted by James Wright, 63rd Sig Bn. |
| May 23, 2016 |
Posted several great photos from my collection: Stazione Marittima, special services center at Trieste (TRUST Page); Camp Wildflecken (Wildflecken Page); Ray Barracks, Friedberg (Giessen Page); USAREUR Ordnance School at Fuessen (Augsburg Page). |
| May 25, 2016 |
Posted some historical information: 39th Engineer Construction Group in 1953 (39th Engr Gp Page, Engineers). |
| May 29, 2016 |
Posted an email from Ronald D. Scurry who served with the 23rd Ordnance Company and then Headquarters Detachment 101st Ordnance battalion in Heilbronn in the early 1960s (101st Ord Bn Page, Ordnance section). Post includes building use information for Badenerhof Kaserne in Heibronn for the 1960 time frame.
Also created a 5th Engr Bn Page (Engineer section). Looking for information, history and personal recollections on the 5th Engineers in Germany |
| June 2, 2016 |
Posted some information on the Illesheim Ordnance Depot in the late 1940s (The 1940s, Overview Page, Ordnance section). |
| June 3, 2016 |
Posted several emails: Leo West with the 541st Signal Company in Austria in the early 1950s (63rd Sig Bn Page, USFA section); Robert Smith, 6th Battalion, 40th Field Artillery in Hanau, mid 1960s (Page 2, 3rd Armd Div, Divisions section); Theodore Boyd, an Army dependent in the 1950s recalls the baseball field at WAC Circle (Frankfurt Page, Kaserne section); Mark Nicholson, "C" Battery, 1st Battalion, 94th FA in Erlangen, late 1980s (Page 2, 1st Armd Div, Division); Joseph Potter, 1st Battalion, 36th Field Artillery, Augsburg in the late 1980s (17th FA Bde Page, Field Artillery); Ray Routhier, deployed with 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry to Wiesbaden, one of the first Brigade 76 units to arrive in Germany (Brigade 76, 4th Inf Div Page, Divisions section). |
| June 6, 2016 |
Posted an email from Gerald Keating who served with the 85th Transportation Company (Light Truck) in Frankfurt in the early 1970s (Special Troops, V Corps Page, Corps section). |
| June 21, 2016 |
Back from another week at the National Archives in College Park, MD where I was doing research for several articles for the website as well as for a book I am working on.
Added the 50th Anniversary issue (July 12, 1968) of THE GUARDIAN, the official V Corps newspaper (V Corps Page, Corps section). The newspaper was submitted by Paul D. Pagliaro.
Also posted a map and an organization chart for Heidelberg Military Post in 1950 (Military Posts Page). |
| June 28, 2016 |
Posted photos of Nelson Barracks, Neu Ulm from the early 1960s (Neu Ulm Page, Kaserne section) and some for Bismarck Kaserne, Schwäbisch Gmünd, early 1960s (Göppingen Page). Both sets of photos were submitted by Ed Myers, Company A, 126th Ordnance Battalion, 4th Armored Division. |
| June 29, 2016 |
Posted photos of Nelson Barracks, Neu Ulm from the mid-1960s as well as photos of the Vorfeld Housing Area in Neu Ulm (Neu Ulm Page, Kaserne section). Both sets of photos were submitted by Darrell Brown, son of MAJ Frank E. Brown, Commander of Detachment 0300, 601st Tactical Control Squadron which was stationed at Nelson Barracks, Neu Ulm in the 1960s. |
| July 6, 2016 |
Posted photos submitted by Frank Shirer who served two tours in Germany - in the late 1970s with 2nd Battalion, 27th Field Artillery in Friedberg and in the 1980s with 3rd Squadron, 12th Cavary in Büdingen (3rd Armd Div Page) and then with HHB, 3rd Armored Division Artillery in Hanau (Page 2, 3rd Armd Div). Several of his photos are also posted on the Hanau Page, in the Hutier Kaserne and Fliegerhorst Kaserne sections. |
| July 8, 2016 |
I have posted several emails: from Joseph L. Foster who served at Sampigny Chemical Depot near Toul, France in the early 1950s (Sampigny Chemical Depot Page, Army Depots section); LeVoy Davies Francisco who's father - Lt Col Walter J. Davies - was the commanding officer of the 826th Tank Battalion at Hammelburg and, after their move, at Schweinfurt in the mid-1950s (4th Armor Gp Page, Armored-Cavarly section). |
| July 11, 2016 |
Added three great photos of the Berchtesgaden Recreation area, 1940s & mid-1950s (Garmisch Page, Kaserne section). |
| July 16, 2016 |
Posted an entire issue (Sept 27, 1967) of the NAHA VALLEY NEWS, the monthly newsletter of the Nahbollenbach Army Depot (Baumholder Page, Kaserne section). The issue was submitted by Tamara J. Eastman. Her father, SFC William C. Eastman, was the Operations Sergeant of the Air Drop Division, Nahbollenbach Depot in 1967-68. |
| July 17, 2016 |
Posted several emails: from Dan Russell who served with the 24th Signal Battalion at Flak Kaserne, Augsburg in the early 1960s (24th Inf Div Page, Divisions section); George Stotz, came with the Advance Party, 1st Battalion, 18th Field Artillery to Augsburg in 1976 (17th FA Bde Page, Field Artillery); Bob Hickma, with the 15th Ordnance Battalion in the 1980s (15th Ord Bn Page, Ordnance); Charles Clark, Company B, 440th Signal Battalion in Kaiserslautern, early 1960s (440th Sig Bn Page, Signal); Kevin E. Gray, 4th Platoon, 567th Engineer Company (ADM) in Hanau in the late 1970s (Overview Page, Engineers) - he provides some building use information for Francois Kaserne in the late 1970s (Hanau Page).
Also added a new Mystery Photo (#56). Location is known (Garmisch) but not the kaserne (Mystery Photo Page).
Posted a very nice photo of an L-19 Bird Dog assigned to the 28th Infantry Division in the early 1950s (28th Inf Div Page).
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| July 26, 2016 |
Posted some photos from my personal collection: Haunstetten Army Airfield near Augsburg (Haunstetten AAF Page, Army Aviation section); Hohenfels Army Airfield (Hohenfels AAF Page) and Amberg Airstrip (Grafenwoehr Page, Kaserne section). |
| July 31, 2016 |
Posted additional photos from my personal collection: Warner Barracks III in 1962 (Bamberg Page, Kaserne section); Kapaun Barracks in Kaiserslautern in 1961/62 (Kaiserslautern Page); also added two photos to the Mystery Page (#57).
Added emails: Earl MacFarland who served with the 45th Medical Battalion in the mid-1960s (Page 3, 3rd Armd Div, Divisions section); Charles Seland, assigned to the US Army Material Management Agency, Europe in Zweibrücken in the early 1970s (USAMMAE Page, Logistical Commands section). |
| Aug 2, 2016 |
Posted an email from Chuck Heinze who served with the AADCP of 10th Air Defense Artillery Group near Butzbach in the late 1960s (10th ADA Gp/Bde Page, Air Defense section). |
| Aug 6, 2016 |
Posted photos from my collection: Daenner Kaserne, Kaiserslautern in the early 1950s (Kaiserslautern Page); Property Disposal at Klessheim outside of Salzburg, early 1950s (Salzburg Page, Camp Directory, USFA section); Camp Roeder near Salzburg ((Salzburg Page). |
| Aug 7, 2016 |
Added some historical information: Detachment L, 62nd MP Highway Patrol at Landstuhl from the WACom Command Report from 1952 (62nd MP Co Page, Military Police section); 7778th Signal Service Company in Kaiserslautern in 1952 (Area Command Page, Military Communities section). |
| Aug 14, 2016 |
Added photos from my collection: Munich Military Post Ordnance Service Center and the Munich Military Stockade, both in Dachau, 1950s (Munich Page, Kaserne section); US Army Dispensary and Green Arrow Inn in Garmsich, 1950s (Garmisch Page).
Also posted some emails: from John L. Cahoon who deployed to Germany with Aviation Company, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment during the Berlin Crisis build up in 1961 (Hoppstaedten AAF Page, Army Aviation section); Larry Long, 6th Battalion, 562nd Artillery (HAWK) in Friedberg, mid-1960s (10th ADA Gp/Bde Page, Air Defense section). |
| Aug 16, 2016 |
Added some historical information on the 7837th Ordnance Group at Illesheim, 1950 (47th Ord Gp Page, Ordnance section) and parts of the 1950 Command History of the 7845th Ordnance Maintenance Group (7845th Ord Gp Page). |
| Aug 23, 2016 |
Added two maps: a facilities map for the Kirchheimbolanden area, 1951 (Worms Page, Kaserne section) and a detailed site plan for the Mainz Ordnance Depot in Mainz, 1951 (Mainz Page). |
| Aug 31, 2016 |
Posted several emails: from Rance Pinao who served with the 207th Aviation Company in Heidelberg, mid-1960s (Heidelberg AAF Page, Army Airfields and Heliports sub-menu, Army Aviation section) - post includes group photo of 207th personnel; Dennis Heath, with the US Army STRATCOM Facility in Pirmasens, mid-1960s (4th Sig Gp Page, Signal section); Ronald Jordi, crew chief at Hoppstaedten Army Airfield in the mid-1960s (Hoppstaedten AAF Page, Army Aviation section); Owen Clough, chaplain's assistant with the 570th US Army Artillery Group in Handorf, late 1960s (570th USAAG Page, 59th Ord Bde Page, Ordnance).
Added several photos from my personal collections - military traffic in Frankfurt, 1950s (Frankfurt Page, Kaserne section); early occupation of Krueger Kaserne (later to become Armstrong Kaserne) in Büdingen, mid-1940s (Hanau Page).
Also added a wire diagram for HQ Allied Air Forces Southern Europe (AIRSOUTH) from August 1965 (HQ AFSOUTH Page). |
| Sep 1, 2016 |
Posted two items: a map of the area of responsibility of Western Area Command in December 1952 and a list of key personnel for WACom in December 1952 (Area Command Page); photo of a US Army hangar at the Crailsheim airstrip, probably 1950s (Ansbach Page, Kaserne section). |
| Sep 3, 2016 |
Added a map that shows the military bus routes for Heidelberg in the mid-1950s (Heidelberg Page, Kaserne section). |
| Sep 5, 2016 |
Posted several photos from my collection: Mangin Kaserne (Lee Barracks) in Mainz-Gonsenheim in 1952 (Mainz Page, Kaserne section); one of the barracks buildings at the Staging Area (Carl Schurz Kaserne) in Bremerhaven in 1952/53 (Bremerhaven Page).
Also added an installation map of Carl Schurz Kaserne and one for the Bremerhaven Army Hospital from 1989 as well as a map and aerial photo for Lucius D. Clay Kaserne in Garlstadt (all on the Bremerhaven Page) . |
| Sep 6, 2016 |
Posted stationing information for 2nd Armored Division units (Combat Commands, Div Arty and Division Trains) in December 1952 from the 7th Army Station List, Dec 31 1952 (2nd Armd Div Page, Divisions section). |
| Sep 8, 2016 |
Posted some emails: from Steven Pearson, Aviation detachment, 8th Infantry Division at Bad Kreuznach Army Airfield in 1967 (8th Avn Bn Page, Army Aviation section); Mark Owsely whose grandfather was in charge of Recreation Area hotels in Berchtesgaden in the mid-1950s (Garmisch Page); Bob Melson, 24th Supply & Transport Battalion, 1960s (Page 2, 24th Division, Divisions section); Jim Trice, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry with Brigade 76 in 1976 (Bde 76 Page, 4th Inf Div). |
| Sep 17, 2016 |
Posted some emails: from Joseph Mathis, an Army dependent at Kassel who was enrolled at Frankfurt High School and resided at the FHS boys dorm during the school week, late 1950s (post includes photos of the Tiny Tim's Service Station & Snack Bar on the Autobahn near Bad Hersfeld) (AAFES-Eur Page); Allan Hill provides some additional details on the 108th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, 1980s (108th ADA Bde Page, Air Defense section); Ted LaRue, a General Electric employee who worked with the Modifications Team out of Ramstein Air Base in the mid-1960s (Page 6 (412L System), Tactical Air Control System section).
Also added some photos from my personal collection, as I continue to pack for my pending move to another state ("go East, young man"):
the Radio City Special Services Center in 1953 (Bremerhaven Page, Kaserne section); a US Army service station in Trieste, Italy in 1948 (HQ TRUST Page); Military bus terminal near the old Heidelberg train station, 1950s (Heidelberg Page). |
| Oct 9, 2016 |
Move to new location completed.
In the past few weeks I have been involved in a move from Michigan to a Mid-Atlantic state. This places me very close to the Army archives at Carlisle, PA and Washington, DC as well as the National Archives in College Park, MD.
I have a large backlog of emails and photos that I will start posting again
next week.
Routine trips to Carlisle and College Park to research unit and installation histories for articles on the website and my book projects will be initiated in November, weather permitting.
Keep your emails coming so we can continue to expand on the history of the US Army in Europe.
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| Oct 14, 2016 |
Posted two emails with photos: from Charles "Jim" Rose who served with the 552nd QM Refrigeration Company in Frankfurt in the late 1950s (USAREUR QM Market Center Page); Walter King with "A" Company, 9th Engineer Battalion in Aschaffenburg, early 1960s (Aschaffenburg Page, Kaserne section, and 9th Engr Bn Page, Engineer section). |
| Oct 19, 2016 |
Added some information on the Paris QM Cold Stores in the mid-1950s and the 1st Transportation Company that provided long-haul transportation of cold foods in France during that same time frame (USAREUR QM Market Center Page).
Also posted some photos of Nelson Barracks in Neu Ulm submitted by Kevin McConathy with the 579th Ordnance Company, mid-1970s (Neu Ulm Page, Kaserme section) |
| Oct 31, 2016 |
Added some photos of the 63rd AAA Gun Battalion from my collection (8th AAA Gp Page, Air Defense section).
Also posted an email from Ed Burns who provided some information on the Consolidated Maintenance Center at W.O. Darby Kaserne in Führt (Regional Support Elements Page, MILCOM/USMCA section).
Added some information on the role of Consolidated Maintenance Centers in providing equipment maintenance support at the theater and corps levels in USAREUR in the 1980s (Regional Support Elements Page).
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| Nov 2, 2016 |
Added some information on the role of Civilian Support Units in providing equipment maintenance support at the theater and corps levels in USAREUR in the 1980s (Overview Page, Labor Service section). |
| Nov 6, 2016 |
Added some information on the role of the Mainz Army Depot, a GOCO facility, in providing equipment maintenance support at the theater level in USAREUR in the 1980s (Mainz Army Depot Page, Army Depots section). |
| Nov 9, 2016 |
Posted several photos of Bad Aibling Station, home of the 18th USASA Field Station in the early 1970s (Munich Page, Kaserne section). Photos submitted by Terry Huffaker.
Also posted information on B Battery, 1st Battalion, 1st ADA at Wildflecken (10th ADA Gp/Bde Page, Air Defense section) and on the Missile Control Center of the 10th ADA Group at Wasserkuppe, and later at Griesheim, both in the mid-1970s (information submitted by John Oravis); on the 669th Maintenance Company in Hanau in the late 1980s (85th Maint Bn Page, Ordnance) (information submitted by David Shemchak). |
| Nov 13, 2016 |
Posted several unit histories of Military Intelligence (and former ASA) units found in a copy of the "INSCOM and Its Heritage" publication from the INSCOM Special Historical Series, 1985 (66th MI Bde, 513th MI Gp, 18th MI Bn, 527th MI Bn - all in the Military Intelligence section, as well as 502nd ASA Bn, Field Station Augsburg and Field Station Berlin - in the Army Security Agency section). |
| Nov 20, 2016 |
Posted two emails: John Niles who served with the 9th Ordnance Company in Miesau in the early 1970s (72nd Ord Bn Page, Ordnance section); Joe Clare provided information on Detachment "R" at Regensburg in the 1940s and early 1950s (Overview Page, Military Intelligence section).
Also added several photos from my private collection: Military Government headquarters in Heidelberg 1945/1946 (Heidelberg Page, Kaserne section); and a photo of the 130th Station Hospital sign in 1946 (Heidelberg Page). |
| Nov 25, 2016 |
Posted several photos of Babenhausen Kaserne in 1981 submitted by Jeffrey Brokovich (Heidelberg Page). Jeffrey's father was Lt Col Mike Brokovich, commanding officer of 2nd Bn, 5th Field Artillery at Babenhausen from 1979-1981. |
| Nov 30, 2016 |
Posted several photos of Rhein-Main Air Base and the 7th Engineer Brigade (7th Engr Bde Page, Engineer section). Photos were submitted by Keith Collins whose father, Norman Lee Collins, was assigned to 7th Engr Bde at Rhein Main AB in the early 1950s. |
| Dec 10, 2016 |
Posted an email and several photos of SHAPE Headquarters and Camp Voluceau in France submitted by John McCulloch who served as a photographer at SHAPE in the early 1960s (HQ SHAPE Page). |
| Dec 14, 2016 |
Added some photos of Landstuhl Medical Center in the mid-1950s from my collection (Kaiserslautern PagePage, Kaserne section).
Also added the May 20, 1955 issue of the WIESBADEN POST, the Wiesbaden community newspaper (Wiesbaden Page). |
| Dec 16, 2016 |
Posted several emails: Howard Jeffre, 2140th Communications Squadron in Greece, provided information and an ID for a photo of the Air Force Det site at Elevsis, Greece (AF Communications Page, USAFE section); Roger Heid who grew up as a young German near US installations in Stuttgart and relates in a short story his experiences in visiting a radio relay site operated by the 34th Signal Bn at Oberkochen in the 1950s (34th Sig Bn Page, Signal section). |
| Dec 18, 2016 |
Added some information and a map to the I (BR) Corps section of the 570th USAAG Page (Ordnance section). Looking for answers to several questions about the early years of warhead custodial support to British I Corps 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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