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

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

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

Feb 19, 2023

Posted information/photos on the following topics: 1st Armored Division Postal Section, 1980 (1st Armd Div Page, Divisions section); 3rd Armored Division Garrison Standard Operations Manual, circa 1980 (3rd Armd Div Page); several items on the Swing Bridges operated by US Army Engineer units in the 1950s - location maps of the US Army swing bridges on the Rhine River; a pamphlet distributed during a river crossing demonstration by the 109th Engineer Combat Battalion; a report by the 499th Engineer Combat Battalion on the Swing Bridges that the battalion operated on the Rhine River; vertical and oblique aerial photos of the 6 swing bridges operated by the US Army (Swing Bridges, Overview Page, Engineer section).

Apr 30, 2023

Posted information/photos on the following topics: Radio network of the Military Railway Service in Germany in early June 1945 (Overview Page, Transportation section); four issues of the GARMISCH SHANGRI-LA post newspaper from 1948 (Garmisch Page, Kaserne section); the 1974 Annual Historical Summary for the 563rd Engineer Battalion, Ludwigsburg (563rd Engr Bn Page, Engineer section); the 1975 Annual Historical Summary for HHC, 223rd Aviation Battalion, Echterdingen (223rd Avn Bn Page, Army Aviation); 1975 Annual Historical Summary for 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry, Goeppingen (1st Inf Div (FWD) Page, Divisions section); an Overview of 3rd Armored Division Local Training Area Activities 1978 (3rd Armd Div Page); 17th Field Artillery Brigade Change of Command pamphlet, Augsburg, 1990 (17th FA Bde Page, Field Artillery); the Passenger Information Sheet given to military personnel returning to the U.S. by air from Rhein Main Air Base in the early 1950s (Replacement System Page, Adjutant General section); 19th Maintenance Battalion (DS) Annual Historical Summary for 1975, Giessen(19th Ord/Maint Bn Page, Ordnance).

A number of recent emails with information and photos will be posted next week.

May 13, 2023

Added several recent emails: Frederick Zirin, Company C, 8th Medical Battalion, Mannheim, early 1970s (8th Inf Div Page, Divisions section); Tim McCann, Company A, 44th Signal Battalion, Kaiserslautern, late 1970s (44th Sig Bn Page, Signal); Charles Hull, HQ 35th Artillery Group, Schwabisch Gmund, early 1960s (35th FA Gp Page, Field Artillery); Arthur Asbury, 928th Engineer Aviation Group, Colliers End, England (7th Engr Bde Page, Engineer); Jack Lee, ASA Group, Bahrdorf, mid-1950s (Army Scty Agency Page); Ken Newberry, Railway Maintenance Activity, Rheinau, mid-1960s (USARMA Page, Transportation section).

Aug 16, 2023

Added several recent emails: Mark Baker, 81st Maint Co, Grossauheim, late 1970s (8th Maint Bn Page, Ordnance/Maintenance section); Everett Coppock, 122th Trans Truck Bn pocket patch worn during the Berlin Airlift (122nd Trans Trk Bn section, 1st Inf Div Page) and a Class A photo for the 76th Trans Co in 1990 (53rd Trans Bn Page); Lesley Wright, grandfather served with the 793rd Military Police Battalion in the early 1950s (793rd MP Bn Page); Alex Chaney, 149th Maintenance Company, late 1980s (8th Maint Bn Page); James Tamburro, "C" Battery, 6th Battalion, 59th Artillery (HAWK) at Fliegerhorst Kaserne, Hanau, late 1960s (10th ADA Gp/Bde Page, Air Defense section).

New information and unit histories: 88th Maint Company, Hanau, 1981, a SOLDIERS Magazine article published in March 1981 issue (8th Maint Bn Page); 8th Maint Bn Annual Historical Summary for FY 1976 (8th Maint Bn Page); an article on the evolution of US Army maintenance doctrine that appeared in the March-April 1980 issue of the ARMY LOGISTICIAN (Overview Page, Ordnance section); 463rd Military Police Company (Escort Guard) Annual Historical Summary 1968, Augsburg (793rd MP Bn Page).

Oct 24, 2023

Added several recent emails: Eugene Packard, Grafenwoehr Airfield, early 1960s (Grafenwoehr Page, Army Airfields & Heliports, Army Aviation section); Steve Brown, 632nd Tactical Control Flight (USAFE) at Grafenwoehr, mid-1980s (601st Tactical Control Wing Page, USAFE section); Randall Ackley, Avionics Section, Headquarters 7th Transportation Aviation Group, Ludwigsburg, 1958 (7th Trans Gp (Avn) Page, Army Aviation section); Dan McCarthy, Erlangen Army Airfield, mid-1960s (Army Airfields & Heliports, Army Aviation section); Mallory Shannon, daughter of Jack W. Shannon who served with the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Bamberg, early 1960s (2nd ACR Page, Armored Cavalry); J. Mcelroy, 570th US Army Artillery Group, Handorf, late 1960s (570th USAAG Page, 59th ORD BDE, Ordnance).

New information, photos and unit histories: Patch Barracks Community Newsletter (1 June 1980), Vaihingen (Stuttgart Page); Spartan Switchboard, operated by Company A, 72nd Sig Bn, Karlsruhe, late 1960s (72nd Sig Bn Page, Signal section)); information and photos regarding the Nahbollenbach Army depot - from a strategic bombing survey by 9th Air Force personnel in May 1945 and photos of Bldg #9640 from 2005 submitted by Johnny Chocholaty, a German national (Nahbollenbach Page, Army Depots, Quartermaster section); 1st Infantry Division Artillery liaison aircraft at Grafenwohr, 1948 (1st Inf Div Arty Page, 1st Inf Div section); article on the activation of the 15th Military Police Brigade in Frankfurt, June 1965 (15th MP Bde Page, Military Police section); SFX HIGH SPEED, 440th Signal Battalion set up and operated a VHF site on Donnersberg during a field exercise in 1964 (440th Sig Bn Page, Signal section); photo of the HQ 107th Transportation Brigade sign at Flak Kaserne, Ludwigsburg from my collection, mid-1960s (107th Trans Bde Page, Transportation); added an "ERLANGEN AAF" button to the Army Airfields & Heliports Table of Contents in the Arrmy Aviation section; added several new Transportation unit histories prepared by Everette Coppock on the Transportation Overview Page.

Dec 24, 2023

New information, photos and unit histories: reorganized several of the Military Police pages and added the Railway Security SOP to the Railway Secuity Page (Railway Security Units, Theater Provost Marshal Page, Military Police section); a STARS and STRIPES article on the reassignment of the Wildflecken Training Area to 7th Army Training Command in1967 (7th ATC Page, 7th Army section); a copy of a letter from 7th ATC to CG, V Corps in 1979, regarding ongoing efforts to upgrade USAREUR Local Training Areas (7th ATC Page); the 42nd Field Artillery Group Historical Summary for Oct-Nov 1968 (42nd FA Bde Page, Field Artillery section); a letter from Headquarters V Corps to the commander of the 42nd Field Artillery Brigade summarizing the findings of the general inspection of 42nd FA BDE performed in December 1981 (42nd FA Bde Page).

Additional information, photos and unit histories as well as recent emails from readers will be added before the end of the year.

Merry Christmas to you all and a happy, healthy and peaceful New Year!