I was assigned to the 7th Trans Truck Company when it was started in Munich in April or May or June 1951.

We went to Dachau to get our trucks where they had been in storage. They were the old GMC 2-and-a-half-ton 6 by 6 trucks that they used in WW2.

We were later moved to Friedberg. We were the first white trucking battalion to be intergated several months later.

We supported the 4th Infantry Division. When we went on maneuvers we would haul the troops up to the front lines and then we would pull back with our trucks behind the front lines, camauflage them, dig fox holes for ourselves and wait for futher orders.

From an article from the Army Times Newspaper dated sometime in 1952.

38th TT Maintains Good Safety Record
The 100th TT Co located in Schweinfurt has passed its 5th month of operations without an injury or accident. The unit has driven 116,000 miles over the 5 month period extending through the winter months from October 1951 to Feb 1952. The operational and safety figures for the month of Feb showed, however, that the 7th TT Co drove 31,000 miles without an accident or injury.

My enlistment was up so I left Friedberg about May 1953.

I have lots of memories and personal records of the 7th Trans Truck Co in Germany.

I served in both Worms and Boeblingen from late 1965 until March 1967. I remember that Comm Z moved from France to Worms, thanks to Charles DeGaulle, forcing us to move from Worms to Panzer Kaserne near Boeblingen.

Part of my time with the 34th TC was as a Unit Policeman at Taukkunen Kaserne in Worms, then actually being a truck driver driving all over the then West Germany in my deuce and a half.

At both Taukkunen & Panzer I was a CQ for a few months serving under M/Sgt Beryl Harvey. Then I came home and out of the Army.

Some of the guys at the 34th TC were Gene Huebner, Jim Biandilllo & Abie, Dan Radakovich, Nick Nichols, Leo ?, Jim Cezeroni, Nauseef etc.

Good memories. Got to Worms beginning of 1966. Story about that for another time.

We (34th Trans Co) moved to Panzer Kaserne the Monday after Thanksgiving 1966.

Remember my platoon Sgt going home to his German wife about a month before the move. She fed him, sat him in his easy chair with a beer, and said,"When are you going to tell me about the move?" He explained we were to get boxes together for a move but the facts were Secret and we weren't told.. She said It was in the German paper that we were moving, there were going to be a lot of military movement on that day, and for germans to watch out for traffic! So secret!

There was a big shakeup among the battalions of 107th Brigade because of the drawdown of people being sent to Vietnam. There were at least two consolidations I remember. I was made Sgt, and was moved to the 342nd. The 34th eventually did go to Ft Campbell as part of the original REFORGER operation and the 342nd went to Ft McClellan, Aniston, Alabama.

I do have my battalion flashes from Worms, the white background red road and red diamond, but can't remember even getting new ones when we showed up at Boblingen. I remember we joined two companies that were already there. We really didn't like moving, and really didn't like getting Battalion taken away from us. But considering the way things were in turmoil at the time, I guess we should have been glad we weren't put on ships and gone straight to Nam considering the troop drawdown that was going on in Europe.

From what I remember, there were at least 4 battalions of trucks under the 107th. At least two of the battalions disapeared. Where the other companies went is a mystery for me. I was an E3 E4 at the time, and you know how much we get told! I don't know where the semi companies, the 513? and 594, went. Talked to a guy at the VA several years ago who was in the 594th. They didn't move much. Our company drove way more mile than both of the other companies. He said that was cause they were special companies. Drivers had Secret Clearances etc. Really never did see them on the road.

If you Google Panzer Kaserne 2915, Boblingen, and zoom in a little to the south end of the complex surrounded by the trees on three sides west of the road. The two basically north south red-roofed long buildings on the west were the barracks for the battalion. The southern building was 34-342 barracks and the battalion offices. The maintanence shops were on the west, 2nd from the bottom. The parking lot between the 3rd and 4th grey roofs was for 34th semi's and the lot on an angle by the trees on the north was parking for 34th deuce and a halfs. The vertical building west of the shops wasn't there if I remember correctly.

Going east, to the big parking lot, go between the two red roofs and 342 parking was there. Our mess hall was the small red roofed building at the north of the big parking lot. The north-south red roofed buildings on the east were 7th Army Support Command. The three red roofed building at the quad. on the west was west side 7th army support command headquarters building, the east-west building was snack bar, quick stop and upstairs was a big day room with couches and chairs, a living room, and pool tables. the big north-south building was the exchange and barber shop. The big grey roof north of the exchange was a pshycological warfare building, very quiet. Obviously don't know why they weren't at Bad Tolz with the rest of Special Forces.

South of the exchange across the road that goes west, was sick bay, but that building appears to be gone. Going north from the exchange again were the movie theatre under the trees on the west, the gym, go to the T in the road on the right was Ordnance where our trucks were repaired by Groups of the people that were disposessed by the war (Labor Service?). Turn left, and the bowling alley, church and the road to the main gate with signal companies base facilities and the MP's if I remember correctly.

If you go out the gate at the south end of the exchange and turn right and go down the hill to the clearing on the right, were the pistol and rifle ranges. The long structures were used for zeroing Africa Corps tank guns from the stories we heard. The floors were marked out with range marks and I remember it was 225 meters to where we set up targets on weekend shoots. We were allowed to keep personal firearms in the company armories at the time. There was a shooting club at Patch Barracks which was nato command headquarters? A lot of Airforce and even a few sailors, Brits, Germans, etc. there.

One of the guys that wrote said he hated the place, but It wasn't bad for me. Rather liked it there once I found out what was there, especially driving and seeing some of the other places people were stationed at.