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| Division History | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| (Source: STARS & STRIPES, May 25, 1954) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The changeover of the 28th Infantry Division at Goeppingen to the 9th Infantry Division on May 25, 1954 was a paper redesignation. A division-level review will be held at Cooke Barracks, Goeppingen. Units of the 28th Inf Div will participate: Div Hq/Hq Co; Hq Batry, Div Arty; the 28th Recon Co; the 28th Sig Co; the 28th QM Co and the 28th MP Co. In addition, changeover reviews will be held at other divisional garrisons, such as Heilbronn, Leipheim, Schwaebisch Gmuend, Crailsheim, Fuerth, Neu Ulm and Nellingen. |
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| 28th Infantry Divison Redesignated 9th Infantry Division, May 1954 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Source: several STARS & STRIPES articles, May, 1954) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| (1) The 109th Inf Regt was redesignated as 10th Inf Regt and concurrently reassigned to the 5th Inf Div; the 39th Inf Regt (formerly designated as the 169th Inf Div, 43rd Inf Div) was reassigned to the 9th Inf Div. (2) The 109th FA Bn was redesignated as 46th FA Bn and concurrently reassigned to the 5th Inf Div; the 26th FA Bn (formerly designated as the 192nd FA Bn, 43rd Inf Div) was reassigned to the 9th Inf Div. |
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 Location of 9th Inf Div units and stations, 1956 (Walter Elkins) Click on the graphic to view a higher res version of the map If you have additional information/corrections, contact the webmaster - see email link at top of page |
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| (Source: STARS & STRIPES, European edition, June 22, 1956) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 'Aggressors' meet 'defenders' at Hohenfels By Henry B. Kraft, S&S staff writer |
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| follow link to view photos and read the article from the Stars & Stripes archives | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 9th INFANTRY DIVISION UNITS - 1950s | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 9th Military Police Company | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Looking I don't see any comment about the 9th Division Military Police, stationed in Goeppingen which was close to Stuttgart. I was there assigned to the company. Anyway some info: General Maddix was our main boss and we were the 9th Division which included - Signal Company, Quartermaster, 9th Div Band and 9th MP Co. The provost marshall's office was on Cooke Barracks, and the G-2 etc., for Maddix's headquarters. We were in the field a lot as the occupation was still in effect. German police rode with our MP units working the cities. We did a lot of MP duty TDY to Ulm, and many smaller area's. We all worked those assignments in the field. I was assigned to the Headquarters Platoon and worked the front gate, PMO, and Headquarters. I was assigned to a combat communication school in Aunsbach Germany. The instructors were all ex U-boat radio operators. We learned about the radio's we used. We repaired and installed radios in all our equipment and assisted the Signal Company when they were overloaded with work. So I had three MOS, Infantry, MP, COMMO. One close call. General Maddix wanted His MP's to have black gear, which we did. On going to the Radio school, we were inspected by a Capt. who came unglued on seeing all my boots, low quarters and MP leather in black. His orders were to GI them and return the color to brown. I asked if he (the Captain) would check with our company commander, Stewart, to verify the Black being. General Maddix called this captain by phone and requested he spare me. Which he did. Many thanks from me. In the field we were his body guards and always at the G-2 tents. Plus I hooked him up with power and telephones. Our company had a TAPS unit Cpl Noldy, traffic accident prevention squad. I worked with him on occassion. Also the CI had a unit assigned with our company. We had a MP station at the entrance to Cooke Barracks. Our Captain was Exavier Stewart, with two Lt's who were twins, Kenny and Sandy Weinstein. The Weinstein brothers went to Viet Naum with the 9th Division and returned to Ft. Lewis in Washington State. One was the provost marshall for Ft. Lewis. I visited him on one occassion in the early 70's. On leaving Germany we went to Colorado Springs or Camp Carson and I was discharged in Oct of 1957. |
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| Seventh Army has designated the 9th Inf Div Signal Supply Office (DSSO) as the pilot model for all signal direct support units (DSU) to be established in 7th Army as part of Project MASS. The DSSO is supervised by the Division Signal Supply Officer (Capt Eugene Jones) and the Division Signal Officer (Lt Col John T. Quick). DSSO's involvement with Project MASS began in December 1955. Under MASS, the DSSO performs a three-fold mission:   to provide all normal maintenance and supply to conduct technical assistance inspections to research demand data accumulated over the past 12 months to provide the foundation for MASSProject MASS, in relationship to the DSSO, is based on three principles: 1. Stock only fast-moving items in a theater of operations.2. Transmit all requisitions in electronic accounting machine (EAM) language. The request will be prepared on EAM card at the DSSO and transmitted to the signal depot by means of a transceiver. 3. Utilization of priority transportation -- air, land and water.Experience has proven that 15 percent of items classified as repair parts can meet 85 percent of equipment maintenance requirements. The DSSO has prepared a selective stockage list with which it can fill 85 percent of the repair parts requests it receives from support units. If a part is not available at signal depot level, a request will be transmitted electronically within a matter of minutes to the US. Shipping time from the US is now down to less than 10 days. May 1 is the scheduled date to officially implement MASS for signal repairs and July 1 to implement for signal items. The implementation of Project MASS will reduce the signal repair parts stockage requirements to a level where the division's spare parts can be transported in mobile vans. The vans are scheduled to be issued to the DSSO before May 1. The new system will also reduce administrative paperwork, eliminate consolidation at battalion and regimental levels, and eliminate authorization screening. Items will be maintained at theater level where all requirements from the same TO&E units can be compiled, compared, filed and researched electronically. This will lead to a decrease in personnel requirements. |
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 25th Transportation Battalion DUI |
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| (Sources: 25th Transportation Battalion, a unit history compiled by the Transportation Corps Historian, Fort Eustis, Virginia; website) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The 25th Transportation Battalion was allotted to the Regular Army on 2 November 1951. On 1 December 1951, the Army reorganized and re-designated the Battalion as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 25th Transportation Battalion. The Battalion was inactivated 15 February 1955 in Austria. The Battalion was reactivated 5 December 1955 at Göppingen, Germany. The Battalion was again inactivated 22 November 1957. |
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| The mission of the recently activated 25th Transportation Truck Battalion is to provide 9th Infantry Division with sufficient transportation. Presently commanded by Lt Col Albert E. Holz, a veteran officer with over 13 years experience in transportation work, the 25th was orginally formed at Cooke Barracks as the Goeppingen Transportation Battalion (Provisional) on November 15, 1955. The battalion was actvated on December 5, 1955 as the 25th Trans Trk Bn and attached to the 9th Inf Div. Organized to operate with an infantry division, the 25th is composed of a headquarters & headquarters company and three light truck companies: |
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| Although the battalion has been in the organizational phase for less then a month, "the officers and EM have done a wonderful job in making the battalion completely operationsal," stated Colonel Holtz. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Related Links: 9th Infantry Division Association - lots of info - most of it WWII, Vietnam Broken Link! |
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- a very nice weblog maintained by Matthew Ginn for former members of "Paddy's Gang," as the 1st Battalion is nicknamed. This includes veterans who served with the battalion at Monteith Barracks, Fürth, Germany, in the 1954-1956 timeframe. Blog includes some great photos of Montheith Barracks during that period.