6981st Labor Service Battalion (Signal Construction)
(Source:
Matthias Mange)
 
Col Benjamin H. Pochyla, Commanding Officer of the 516th Sig Bn (July 1954-June 1955) is flanked by several officers of the 6981st as he leaves the B Company, 6981st LS Bn area at Kaiserslautern.
 
Col Pochyla exits the Labor Service Kantine at Kaiserslautern with officers of the 6981st LS Battalion during a visit to B Co, 6981st. (6981st officers in photo (L to R): Lt Tauchmann; Lt Brosch; Col Franz (CO); Lt Petroschenko.)