2nd Quartermaster Battalion (Source: Paul Pumpian) General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Commander-in-Chief of Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe relinquished his NATO command in mid-1952 to return to the U.S. This photo was taken at the farewell review held in Frankfurt and witnessed by over 6,000 spectators. Each outfit in Germany had to send a contingent of men, all at least 6 feet tall.