Click here to hear the mp3Thanks Alberto [ed. by: Mel Thomason. We pulled up in a covered truck in front of the barracks that were going to be home for next 9 months or so. When he left I had about 10 minutes with him and we said our goodbyes. When the Oklahoma City bombing occurred, I was a block and a half from the blast. Only three of them are currently used. Groth!) )I found this site :http://www.ordonnans.demon.nl/wiking.htmThat says Warner (then SS Freimann) was used for training of SS-Standarte Nordland, which is interesting.A German told me in 1967? Will never forget the friends I made and the time spent at Warner and Andrews barracks in Berlin . "On Piloting Division generalsThe general atmosphere back in 54/56 was grimAn Army Nurse in 1964When I arrived in AugsburgThe first Bn to augment the Berlin BrigadeI saw the action - plenty of itPatton used Warner as a Hqs, Return to our Main "Warm Memories of the Cold War" Page, Our son was born in the hospital at Flak and then lived with us in Gablingen. in Germany from 1945 to 1989. as far as the history of schleisheim airfield try http://www.deutsches-museum-de/zweig/werft/hist.htmif this address isnt totally correct just punch up flugwerft schleisheim on search engine; i hope you know some German its all written in german i guess they have turned the old tower on the far side of the field into a air museum; As far as Henry and Warner i spent some time at both Henry was the newer Kaserne Warner was during the war a nco academy for the Germans; Patton also used it as headquarters; toward the end of the war there was a huge bunker under Warner but it was flooded so nobody could go in it supposedly they were worried about mines also both Henry and Warner were razed in 1971 its where a lot of the olympic buildings were erected. The "Reichsautozug Deutschland" was responsible for the technical support of mass events with loudspeaker systems and with its movie platoon. 1st Sgt. Looking for more information from military/civilian I found both Warner Kaserne and Will Kaserne, they both are still there but seem to be occupied by German military, I didn't find Henry Kaserne although it may still exist too. I decided to drive myself from the Munich Marriott to the meeting and asked for directions. I worked in the Bn motor pool and was assigned as the wrecker operator for few months. After the war, the area was occupied by U.S. troops on April 30, 1945, was renamed and further increased. A short distance from the kaserne a replica of the roof was built to ward off bombing. Passes were only for 16 hours. As a result of the changing political climate of 1936-1937, the kaserne was converted into a replacement station for the artillery units on the eastern front. Lt. Stillwell (Great Grandson of General Stillwell Vinegar Joe). The facility was constructed between 1936 and 1938. and was replaced by 2nd. Bill was here in Ohio May 17th see visit me and on June 4th, 2002 he suffered a fatal heart attack.Col. and put them out in the company area. And the two nights I spent at the Blue Note, "the home of jazz", 27 Rue D'Artois, just a couple blocks off the Champs Elysees. Webmaster note: Headquarters of the Munich Military Post was located at 107 Kniginstrasse before the move to McGraw Kaserne. For road patrol, the detachment is equipped with 13 sedans, six jeeps and 8 motorcycles. I took 2 barrels from the MP barracks and as I was taking them from the Service club, a civilian employee asked me what I thought I was doing. The battalion was returned to CONUS as part of the REFORGER Program in 1968 and inactivated on 15 April 1970 at Fort Riley, Kansas. After World War II it was renamed by the United States forces to Henry Kaserne in honor of Private Robert T. Henry. The battalion was returned to CONUS as part of the REFORGER Program in 1968 and inactivated on 15 April 1970 at Fort Riley, Kansas. It gave me a perspective on life, people, nations and cultures which has served me well since then. 5 talking about this. Infantry Division There was a small farm town at the base of the hilltop that had a family run guesthouse, that, we would go to for beers and play cards. Infantry Division "Winged Victory" Veterans Association Looking for more information from military/civilian A group for Veterans that served at Henry Kaserne in Munich, Germany. I will never forget the nonchalance in his voice. 5th and I asked my Sgt. Went over as a grunt (infantry) via the USS Rose. I was asked to attend a side meeting at the NCR building in Augsburg. Looking for Henry Kasher? After World War II it was renamed by the United States forces to Henry Kaserne in honor of Private Robert T. Henry. Location: Stuttgart, Germany Image: Wikimedia.org In Use: 1950-Present Overall Mission: USAG Stuttgart contains the Patch Army Barracks. U.S. Military Use. Munich (Bavaria) Koeln (Nordrhein-Westfalen) 455.88: Frankfurt am Main (Hessen) Essen (Nordrhein-Westfalen) 188.95 . En el impasse que permaneci en la prisin de Forman Kaserne en Ludwigsburg ms conocida como Lger 77, Ilse lleg a leer artculos donde contaban cmo orden fabricar lmparas con piel humana tatuada, e incluso que la estaban acusando de perpetrar los crmenes ms espantosos e inimaginables en poca de guerra. All the Kasernes were open to the public and the Germans flocked to see the displays and equipment. (Tupper is returning to the US for reassignment.) Detachment 5 Rhein/Main AB, Germany, 17 Jan 1955-May 1955 Detachment 4 Wheelus Airfield, Libya, 22 Jan 1956-1 Apr 1964 . I am trying to pick up steins made for G.I. If anyone knows of the two fellows I mentioned above that I have not been able to find please email royel44@yahoo.com. When it was transferred to the German Bundeswehr, it was renamed once more in honor of General . Restaurants in the former University of Maryland dorm (Bouvier Hall), on former American Army base of McGraw Kaserne. After a wild ride across the North Atlantic on the USS Geiger in February 1961 I was with the 3rd Engineer Battalion of the 24th Division at Henry Kaserne in Munich from February 1961 to June 1963 working out of headquarters company as a payroll clerk. Yes.Lt. You'll notice Major Hervey (was that his name? They did a lot of community public relations appearances through the 24th Div Civil Affairs Office.I'm sure you folks are in shock after the disaster in your area. Never heard about any tunnels that led from Merrill to down town. A field problem called "frosty lion" and it was frosty. There was a field artillery unit on Will Kaserne at the same time as my assignment and they were equipped with 155-mm self propelled cannons and some eight inch self propelled Howitzers. We were supposed to dig in and let the enemy front pass us by. ), the Information Office at the head of the table. Military Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. Just wondering if you have contact with anyone that was stationed at Flak Caserne that would recall the name of that small town? I came into the 11th Airborne and remained until about 12/59 when I was transferred to the 24th Infantry when the 11th was finished in Munich. We went out to Gablingen and found that it was a tightly guarded US Army Intel unit. The Kaserne was used as a DP camp after the war and US Army took it over in 1950. Military family housing was primarily located about 2km south, adjacent to Perlacher Forst. I recall reading this in a "History" the Sgt Major had compiled. I received a call one morning around 0600-0630 and I immediately recognized the voice as that of the General. I can honestly say that there was some time before I heard complaints of Pro Blue. I was stationed at Taylor Barracks from May 92 thru May 94. Two 100lb. The facility was constructed between 1936 and 1938. We use to go into Munich to a place on Hohenzollern Strasse 21 to be exact. the "Germany" era. Stuttgart German ttat listen Swabian Schduagert duad names in other languages is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Wrttemberg. To take my place on the color guard I had to learn the the manual of arms reversed so I could appear to be symmetrical on the left end. After all the duties were done, the colonel and I sat down and talked about our personal lives, were we came from etc. 1 July 1958, 1st BG, 21st Inf was activated in Germany. I read in a book of another volunteer that the buildings were cleaned by forced laborers from a nearby camp. (I answered back to the Sgt. Office 57-1-616-8424Mobile 57-310-345-1524davidhobbs@cable.net.co, Gordon Kyle5 The BuckeyeFelton, CA 95018Cgrkyle@aol.com. The facility was constructed between 1936 and 1938. The Maintenance officer at this time was CW4 Vincent. I was in the 629th Medical Company as a Medic and worked the last year at the 36th Medical Battalion Headquarters under CWO Peters. My punishment was to be the aide to the Colonel for a day. The Bayern-Kaserne (literally Bavaria - Kaserne) is a military facility in Munich, Germany, originally named General-Wever-Kaserne. University of Maryland, Munich Campus Alumni Memorabilia site, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=McGraw_Kaserne&oldid=1007451939, Barracks of the United States Army in Germany, Military installations closed in the 1990s, Articles with dead external links from November 2019, Articles with permanently dead external links, Articles needing more detailed references, Articles with unsourced statements from February 2010, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 18 February 2021, at 05:43. There was Carl and Franks and others - just can't remember their names. Of course, we had the midnight curfew, but there were holes in the fences to get around that. Im sure if the money wasnt stolen from the higher brass we would have ate better food. Only one bomb struck the kaserne courtyard.In 1945, the now deserted kaserne was taken over by the UNESCO organization and maintained as a temporary home for displaced persons.Five years later in 1950 the installation was occupied by the United States Army. Took a train from Bremerhaven . 24th Infantry Div. for Smokie (Mozek Wewermann) and hung out with Susie Franz, Gudrun Dachner, Renate (deuce and a half), Ricci and the others who came and went.One of my favorite escapades was obtaining 55 gallon drums for the company area at Hohenfels to use as trash barrels. This part of Tegernseer Landstrae is called McGraw-Graben (McGraw trench). what to do especially if you are a Pvt.!) Detroit Michigan Henry Ford Hospital USA (1) Detroit Michigan United States USA (1) Detroit Michigan USA . The Bavarian capital Munich was home to many military barracks. The "Hilfszug Bayern owned 160 vehicles for catering services at this mass events. Frst-Wrede-Kaserne has been a military facility in Munich, Germany, since 1936 when it was built by the Munich Heeresbauamt (army construction bureau) under its original name Verdun - Kaserne. The Bavarian capital Munich was home to many military barracks. We played the aggressor force for their return.They where taken by "magazine people"Evidently not used and one morning the First Sgt gave to memaybe 2 months?..later. (Source: Bayerische Vermessungsverwaltung, Mnchen) (Need help trying to ID where each unit was located as well as motor pools, and other activities - contact the webmaster) That same day the commander packed and left the battalion. Fliegerhorst Kaserne Post Hanau Germany (4) Flint Michigan USA (3) Florence Alabama USA (1) Florence Italy (12) . To Bolds went the honor of driving the first racer down the specially constructed ramp. Interesting., My question is what happened to the fire escapes someone used to climb with street signs complete with concrete that, I remember well, the EM club. The Munich Studentenwerk owns 50 apartments in the area and some of the renovated buildings are residential buildings now. In 1970 it was reconnected by digging a half-open street trench of about 500 metres length. at Krabbenloch Kaserne. I wonder what became of her? After being out of the Army a couple of years I decided to enlist again. I have for years tried to find some of those that served with me but we have no common place to communicate. I got that job out of the formation in front of the headquarters building on the day of my arrival when I responded affirmatively to the inquiry Can anybody here type? From June 1963 to September 1963 when I was discharged abroad I was at the Sheridan Kaserne in Augsburg in the reorganized personnel structure of the division. Md Munich Germany, Gordon Bringham Pipes Bringham Pipes Tabacco Pipes, Collectors Guide To Ashtrays Identification & Values, 2nd Edition, The Big Book Of Cigarette Lighters Identification & Values, B. Barlington & Sons Ltd. Tabacco Pipes 1962, 2023 - WorthPoint Corporation | 5 Concourse Parkway NE, Suite 2900. The Bayern-Kaserne (literally Bavaria-Kaserne) is a military facility in Munich, Germany, originally named General-Wever-Kaserne. 7 Jan 1959, 1st Abn BG, 503rd Inf was relieved from assigment to the 24th Inf Div in Germany and assigned to the 82nd Abn Div in CONUS. Among the celebrities attending were Land Commissioner for Bavaria Clarence M. Bolds, Munich GYA Officer LtCol Gustav Albrecht, and Sgt Ted Rohr, GYA noncommissioned officer for Munich. This was just a few miles outside Munich. He was a Flemish volunteer in the 27th Langemarck-division of the Waffen-SS. Mr. Boardman was a private 1st class in the United States Army, stationed in Henry Kaserne, Munich, Germany. I never saw him again even though he gave me his address in Pa. Sgt. A weekend pass came maybe once every six months. All the way across the Atlantic we wondered if we were really going to be released from active duty when we reached New York or be sent to fight in a Cuba that seemed ready to explode. IT STILL HAS ORIGINAL PAPER LABEL WHICH READS ZINN GIESSER QUALITATS MARKE. After World War II it was renamed by the Unite read more. Since 2015, the government of Oberbayern is using parts of the former McGraw Kaserne for hosting refugees ("Erstaufnahmeeinrichtung"). I have excellent friends in Germany now. Feedsacks Franklin Sugar, Great Cond!! A highlight of Saturday's events was the race down the ramp in soap box racers by three of the top racing drivers in Europe before the war, Manfred von Brauchitsch, Ewald Kluge and Rudolf Carracciola. I did notice that I incorrectly cited that I was in the class of 64-4 at the 24th Infantry Division NCO Academy. 1 July 1958, 1st BG, 34th Inf was activated in Germany. As a result, the 8th Inf Div, Bad Kreuznach, was reorganized as a composite division on December 1, 1958 and assumed the airborne support of ATF 201. General Walker was recalled by President Kennedy not long after I arrived in Augsburg and I want to correct a statement someone made------General Walker was replaced as division commander by Major General Bonesteel, not General Cunningham. I left the Service after 6 years with the title of First Sgt. Breakfast in the grand dining room had coffee at 5 cents and jelly donuts at a dime. (Between 1954-1956, 2nd Bn, 2nd Inf was part of the 5th Inf Div in Germany.) But it was indeed fun. Fliegerhorst Kaserne Post Hanau Germany (3) Flint Michigan USA (4) Florence Alabama USA (1) . The Bayern-Kaserne is a military facility in Munich, Germany, originally named General-Wever-Kaserne. It was fun, and I was good at the business of playing Army. I have been back to see the post twice since leaving in 1968. All requests must be sent from an official email address such as a .mil, .gov or .deca address. The occasion was the retiring of the 11th Abn Div colors and the activation of the 24th Infantry Division. The division's infantry component included three infantry battle groups and two airborne battle groups: My name is Howard Abston, (E-4) I was at Gablingen from 1960 to 1963, I was with D Company 2nd BG 2nd Inf. Bn. 1 Feb 1963, reorganized and redesignated as 1st Bn, 19th Inf. Roger A. Diotte was always just outside the law. If anyone knew him I would appreciate more information on him.I think he might have been a driver of some type. Well, I could go on. That the SS had a "detention" facility there as well. 1 Feb 1963, reorganized and redesignated as 1st Bn, 34th Inf. The Bayern-Kaserne is a military facility in Munich, Germany, originally named General-Wever-Kaserne. I recall that Cunningham wanted the 24th division to come out on top in every possible athletic competition in the European theater. I am inclined to think that may have been the sales pitch for Himmler to get funding for it.The mention of how the Kaserne avoided being bombed is the way I heard it from Germans in Munich. If anyone can help me with photo's of the Freimann Kaserne, I would be grateful. Good friends and many good times as well as bad. Some of the spillover from Viet Nam and the racial problems in US cities affected the military in Europe during this period and everyone (officers, career and non-career soldiers) was doing what he thought he had to do to survive. With the sun bouncing off snow, it was quite warm -enough to strip to a t-shirt. 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