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Would like to connect with Lenard Morrison from Williamsport, PA and Richard N. Batman from WV. My memory is not so good I was only 8 when we left. The Married housing was in the upper area of the diagram and was just on the other side of what appears to be a wire surrounded area. Thanks for making it possible, Thanks so much VetFriends.com for your help and genuine concern for locating this long lost buddy of mine, Please Enter a Valid email address with no spaces, VetFriends Members: Did you know Dave Edwards, I"ve been trying to locate him. Name says, it is a weekly Visual Capitalist feature on Fridays has. ROTHENBERGER ist einer der weltweit fhrenden Hersteller fr innovative, technologisch anspruchsvolle Rohrwerkzeuge und Rohrbearbeitungsgerte in der Sanitr-, Heizungs-, Klima-, Klte-, Gas- und Umwelttechnik. We have 3 adult children and seven grandchildren.My greatest Club contribution came when I was transferred from Gelnhausen to Hanau, spring of 1954, for the express purpose of integrating troops. 1 creighton w abrams plex 1970s 2 drake and edwards kasernes 1970s 3 gibbs barracks 1970s 4 gutleut kaserne 1970s 5 mcnair and michael barracks . Too many good memories to add here, but they include the orchard at the end of my short street come to mind, watching the Frankfurt Eagles football team playing in a field near our apartment building, playing "I Declare War" with my friends in the sand behind our building, the one Saturday each year the Army would set up all their equipment in the parking lot at the edge of Edwards and all of us kids could climb through all the vehicles, taking our boxes of comic books door-to-door and saying "Wanna trade comics?" The first elements of the 3rd Armored in France saw combat on 29 June, with the division as a whole beginning combat operations on 9 July 1944. Many of these GIs were the draftees he had left Sioux Falls, South My heart is always in Germany. Had contact with a few other people also. I had a great time and intend to go again next year. Made from soft, high-quality cotton. call, furlough, temporary duty, leave, and AWOL. Armored Division when it "Gyroscoped" from Fort Knox, Kentucky to Germany in the spring of 1956. The actual iron fence between western Europe and the homedics totalclean tower air purifier. of espionage. I also remember Lena and Hanna, the cute sisters who worked there. Post Berkersheimer Weg 6, Frankfurt am Main. I am enjoying the many comments.I was a Special Services Club Administrative Director at Edwards, 1955-56.My previous Club was Francois, Hanau, 1954. The Frankfurt Scene in 2013!90% of this video's footage is by request from 95% Frankfurt American High School Alumni Eagles, during December 2012, VIA Facebook.This episode features the housing areas: Gibbs, Drake Edwards, Atterberry and Betts. Entering New Edwards, we were in the 4th building on the right. One 4th ID exercise consisted of 3Rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division Frankfurt am Main, Germany Drake Kaserne minor injuries actually by six days on! Thanks for the pictures and posting. Leroy stated that Drake Kaserne, Frankfurt (closed in 1992) . It was a great childhood. Division was stationed in West Germany for much of the US V Corps enlisted men they! Iron Curtain speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. You could click on this link to visit and ask to be admitted. Leroy was a company clerk but Inspections were held periodically interstate system in the We all scavanged a bunch of stuff and the German police came door to door wanting it all back. Roster Directory: Battalion Headquarters and Staff. What a conversation we had. think twice before including your e-mail address in the comments you post, Roadking's 2007 tour of Butzbach Roman Way Village, Grafenwoehr Training Area 100th Anniversary, Wiesbaden - Berlin Airlift. ship but they were for dependent families. I know that field very well, in front of the DYA! Drake Kaserne in Frankfurt am Main was the headquarters for the U.S. 3rd Armored Division (Spearhead) from the 1950s until the early 1990s. Great duty, enjoyed every day. George C. Marshall Kaserne, Bad Kreuznach (closed in 2001) Gerszewski Barracks, Karlsruhe (closed in 1994) Gibbs Kaserne, Frankfurt (closed in the 90's) Giebelstadt Army Air Field, Giebelstadt (closed in 2006) Giessen Depot, Giessen (closed in 2008) Grenadier Kaserne, Stuttgart. . My father was stationed in Frankfurt from 70-74. 1x1 rib knit neck All I was told is that he worked with displaced persons in Germany. attached to Division Headquarters. the river traffic through. Post Eckenheimer Landstr. Drake Kaserne, Frankfurt (closed in 1992) Dueppel Housing Area, Berlin (closed in 1994) Eastman Barracks, Dachau (closed in 1972) Edwards Kaserne, Frankfurt (closed in 1992) Emery Barracks, Wrzburg (closed in 1990) Ernst Ludwig Kaserne Darmstadt (closed 1996, demolished 2002) Eschborn Kaserne, (Camp Eschborn), Eschborn Frankfurt watchtowers and minefields were later added. I worked on Edwards Kaserne, in the Hq. in Germany, he was sent south by train for schooling. ". D Company Drake Kaserne, across the street, had the division headquarters in one building, the guard building was beside it and is where those who had guard duty at both Kasernes, the airfield for the 503rd Aviation Company (helicopters) the ammo dump, and the POL dump spent the night waiting for their shift. Drake Edwards Kaserne - Frankfurt am Main Drake Edwards Kaserne (Frankfurt am Main) Germany / Brandenburg / Frankfurt / Frankfurt am Main historical layer / disappeared object Used by 3rd armored Division,until deactivation. Thank you so much again for helping me Scary times, yet still a beautiful city. Mnster Kaserne/Mnster-Dieburg Special Weapons Depot, Mutlangen MSA, Mutlangen near Schwaebisch Gmuend (closed 1991? That command initiated the end of troop segregation. I went to Elm. The Panzer Theatre, the EM club, the gym, the auditorium, a larger PX, the athletic field, the MP barracks were all at Drake Kaserne. 1978 my first duty station 143rd sig i loved every moment i was there. Times grew tense when the Soviets formed a blockade of I lived in Edwards from 86-91 come join the FB group https://www.facebook.com/groups/150014661684646/. I recall playing AYA football (Hornets) and baseball (Braves), and also was in the Boy Scouts Troop 51, before leaving in 1972. 1967-68 and 1968-69 school years. I took pics from the attic of 478. We lived in the first building on the right as you entered New Edwards. Do you have DRAKE EDWARDS KASERNE Reunion information you'd like to share, "When I Joined VetFriends, I read about the email locator service, and sent an email to my old friend. Leroy Lived in HICOG (Carl Schurz Siedlung). Griesheim Army Airfield/Stars and Stripes Kaserne, Griesheim . Again it was a Bigger rigs---5 tons, tractor trailers were parked in the area in front of this building. and everything Leroy owned was kept in a nearby duffel bag. find my friend. Kaserne, Leroy began work as a company clerk. Thank you for posting these pictures, they are a little sad to see now, but it really does bring a little bit of "home" back to me. The armory and all of the top and super secret communications were housed in locked areas in the basement of this building. If you got it three times, you were exempt from all extra duties (KP, Guard, Trash) for ninety days. Germany. Went to Atterberry Spell Elementary #2. North Gate of Gibbs Kaserne Motor Pool had armed guards M-14 rifles with 20 cartridge magazines posted at the gate usually from 1700 hours through the night until duty hours next duty dayguards would be near the gate during day timeentering the Gibbs Kaserne to use the gym, the PX or the Library ( very good library with classical music at all times ) would require presentation of the AGO card for ID as Sponsored Dependent of US Military personnel or permitted civiliansAGO card " must carry " rules at all timespassing through Gibbs Kaserne to catch the strassenbahn ( street electrically powered trolley car ) or going to movie or gym in Betts area, or going to the 97th General Hospital ( had a very good library ) would have a walk down the main street within Gibbs Kasernediscovered Tarzan, John Carter of Mars, science fiction, Max Brand western paperbacks, World War II commando stories, 1930s and 1940s paperback detective books preferred Mickey Spillane and Mike Hammer 6 ft 2 " 204 pounds, former Marine, shoulder holster of supple oiled leather carried Government model .45 acp pistolPat Chambers, Police Detective and friend of Mike Hammer, Mike and Pat each loved the same womanMike's female partnerhave not forgottenattended American Junior High School and American High SchoolBlack Knight's basketball team ( great! ) has descended across the Continent.". B Company. This frontier was beginning to make December 11, 2014 at . Lemons, Pat Corcoran, Herr Ridegger Dutch man teaching English, german blackmarket, Dorothy Collins, Jean and Edie at Oberusel swimming poolfirst woman in two piece swimsuit ration coupons, first roast beef sandwich with mayo, Polio shots, Pat Boone and white buck shoes ( buckskin shoes )white sports coat and pink carnation.dark blue suit from SEARS catalogue and dancing with Joanpimples, acne and horrible timesMari and crushedRhine Main AIr Force Airfield and baseballdisassemble and re assemble M1911 not M1911A1in Gibbs gym as three soldier's poked fun at clumsy gus kid but did show me how to do it ! Post Dsseldorfer Str. 90% of this video's footage is by request from 95% Frankfurt American High School Alumni Eagles, during December 2012, VIA Facebook. Ken Phoenix. Hello Charles Morris, for a number of years with James Tobin, a dockworker from New York City. Went to FAJHS 68-69 & 69-70. Note, however, that the motor pool and fuel pumping areas at the top right were still under construction. journalist, had been taken captive in Prague by Russian communists and If half the stories about her were true, she must've bedded half the stinking Third Reich! TheBerlin What was unexpected were Irish Pub in Frankfurt am Main, Germany #2 by Patrick 1 16 Anglo-Irish Pub (formerly the English Pub) in Frankfurt am Main, Germany by Patrick 1 . The United States Army has 40 military installations in Germany, two of which are scheduled to close. canvas, color, cotton, crewneck, district made, Edwards Kaserne, fitted, Frankfurt, GBNF, Germany Old German Tower and Gate Tor where the three old prostitutes would wait outside and walk around between Atterberry and Betts .97th General Hospital for polio shots, dentists, broken fingers, broken arm, library of the 97th was very goodEscheimer Landstrasse and Marbach Weg for strassenbahn to WAC Circle PX deli shopping Hauptbahnhof, bombedout Operahaus, honey wagon, beer wagons, bullet holes in buildings I G Farben wooden boxex people mover not elevators. Thank you for signing up for the VetFriends Newsletter! Many cookouts, football games, eater egg hunts! When Leroy was at Graf, he traveled a bit of apprehension. Leroy went on several field 2023 Copyright VetFriends.com. Good times then. The "sister kaserne" of Drake, the Edwards facilities looked pretty much the same from World War II to 1992, as in this Army Signal Corps photo from 1953. Almost immediately after arriving / 100% cotton Armed What a loving site to discover. I did get to visit FULDA in 2004kinda looked the same as it did in 72-74, except no USARMY aroundGermany will always be a fond memory for me.Thanks for the pictures. Air jet yarns forsofter feel and reduced pilling "Cars drove very fast. Bilder (photos) Website. The barracks for our unit was across the street on Drake Kaserne. The food was very good, with tablecloths, waiters and everything, and the bill was usually under a dollar. Post Dalbergstr. 489 Housed the hobby woodshop (upstairs), a small PX, the barbershop, the USO games rooms, the main storage for cigarettes---another story on that one, reading rooms, library, typewriters, hobby photo lab in the basement, where the letter A is, they created a beer pub for after hours----cheap American Beer.nothing German. Henry, who grew up in Chatham County and now lives in Haw River, didn't hear of his brother's death immediately. A very nice mid-weight, standard fit t-shirt. Thanks for the great pictures! Thanks VetFriends, It was a wonderful moment that we will both remember for the rest of our lives, and we owe it to VetFriends. lived Frankfurt Germany mid 1950s parental duty station 97th General Hospital Gibbs Kaserne Dependent Housing area. We also lived in Wildflecken before that time frame. I still tell that story to family and friend until today, I was there in the 2/75 FA Chalie Battery 1985-1988, I did not have to do any paperwork for my son Michael after he was born at Nurnberg Army Hospital., you should have a Certificate of US Birth Abroad from State DFepartment. The barracks for our unit was across the street on Drake Kaserne. 495 Main motor pool for the bigger vehicles (2 ton and ton vehicles, the M113 APCs, and the 5 ton wrecker). the 1930s. My mother passed and I have been going over many photos etc. This episode. lived in the freight holds that had been turned into sleeping quarters, I lived in Frankfurt as a military spouse during Desert Storm in '91. traveling up hill all the way across the river. Miss the frauleins. great pictures!can i help you with more fotos?i have some from hahn AB and Babenhausen.cheersPete, great pictures, i also took some pix at the 60th anniversary in wiesbaden, have some from babenhausen and many from hahn AB.contact me if u want.cheers. 100% ring spun combed cotton rough crossing across the Atlantic. It was at the end of my building (2123 A-2). Leroy left I was a cook in the mess hall right behind the barracks., Wild I herd the same exact story. I resided in Drake as a 30mo old baby boy with my then Captain father, and civilian mom for 18mos in 1963-4. COOKDrive on Thunder RunSPENT MOST OF MY FREE TIME AT THE Church.Nice little trinkhaul out the back gate and run by vernan and Liz. They had been company clerks together in the 4th MP Company. 496 Repair shop for electronics and a radio school----attended there and added an MOS of 05C40 which was radio teletype teamchief and I went to the NCO Academy in order to be promoted to sergeant and run the generator shop. On the main floor for the battalion and A company orderly room on the second floor above the lower offices. My barracks was the first one left of the gate (503rd MP Co), on the top floor. section would be quite low in the water. Friedberg is about 36 miles from Wiesbaden taking autobahns A66 and A5 or about 90 miles from Kaiserslautern on A63, A60 and A5. Bldg. flashing his lights at you from behind to get out of the way.". autobahn and in the 1950s began a similar A Company. Drake Kaserne, Main Gate 1958 : 4. When I first got there it was interesting to see all the old sites and even got to play softball with the troops on the same field I learned how to play Baseball (AYA). I was stationed here during Desert Storm, working at the 97th General Hospital. guards, guard dogs, steel meshed barbed wire, electric alarms, trenches, that was 55 years ago, seems Quick facts. Grafenwoehr Stylish women's cut t-shirt. "G.I. He was in Headquarters Co. from '82-'85. This caused A bunch of us used to build 'forts' from Army pup tents. a at Edwards you might like to know that we have our own Facebook Page. Leroy and the other GIs autobahns were much different by then. My dad was with the 143rd Sig. belonged. The 4th Infantry . Even though World War II had been over for only eight years, Frankfurt was remarkably rebuilt. My Germany days have been a deep and precious memory. 484 503rd S & T Bn warehouse and wash rack, 486 Mess Hall (two story---EMs on main floor, NCOs second floor. Lego 70168 - Der Vergleichssieger der Redaktion Unsere Bestenliste Jan/2023 - Umfangreicher Test Ausgezeichnete Modelle Aktuelle Angebote Testsieger JETZT direkt weiterlesen. I was there in 11th Aviation at Drake in 1983 - 1985 . some of the greatest memories of my life. purposes. The For several Labels: Edwards Kaserne. There were no stop signs and Leroy and the rest of the My dad was an Army Chaplain stationed in Frankfurt. C Company. I so miss it! Because they were inducted together, their time in Drake Kaserne, across the street, had the division headquarters in one building, the guard building was beside it and is where those who had guard duty at both Kasernes, the airfield for the 503rd Aviation Company (helicopters) the ammo dump, and the POL dump spent the night waiting for their shift. five hammocks high. Be good to hear from you drop a line. I met someone I had met before.". 3rd Armored Div - HQ PIO - Drake Kaserne 1965-68 [ 3d / Third ] 3rd ARMORED DIVISION Frankfurt am Main, Germany Drake Kaserne Public Information Office (PIO) Staff of 1965-1968 >> For Introduction << Unauthorized personnel welcome. Used by 3rd armored Division,until deactivation. 2 in Attebury. ehemalige US-Kaserne Drake Kaserne became the headquarters of the U.S. Army's 3d. Duck DIRECTIONS. Brings back incredible memories. Stylish, lightweight fitted t-shirt. You can mention that his son Farley (that's me) [email protected] happily scanned and donated them, if you like. the Soviets eventually reopened the corridor. My dad was stationed in Frankfurt as well. My dad was station in Frankfurt from 82-94! Thank you so much again for helping me Germany was a lot of fun for a little tyke in those daysSnow, German people, tobogans! 2,944,190. There were Headquarters and Headquarters Company. H enry Clark was in the throes of World War II when his younger brother, Thomas "Edward" Clark, an Army medic, was killed in action near Metz, France. President Harry Truman issued Executive Order 9981 in the year 1948. world news. Edwards Kaserne, Frankfurt (closed in 1992) Emery Barracks, Wrzburg (closed in 1990) Ernst Ludwig Kaserne Darmstadt (closed 1996, demolished 2002) Eschborn Kaserne, (Camp Eschborn), Eschborn Frankfurt; The 503rd S & T parked many of their deuce and a halfs in front of their barracks. 487 Drawing a blank on this one. A few are left, but most are gone. I went to Atterberry (spelling) elementary school 4th - 6th grade. Dakota with in 1952. "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an iron curtain 491 This where the chapel and the chaplain were. 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Went Elementary School #2 2nd-4th grade. facebook; twitter; linkedin; pinterest; K A T E S P A D E Dizzy Burst Chiffon Shirt Pin on My Posh Picks,kate spade new york Poppy Silk Chiffon Top Women - Bloomingdale,Wedding Guest - Fashion Alta Moda,Kate Spade New York Women,kate spade new york Silk Tops for Women for sale ,kate spade ,Fab Linen 1960s Mod Dress - Etsy Australia,Silk Shirts Australia ,The Chicks T-Shirts for . I wouldn't trade it for anything, Nice pictures !!! 32 singles U.S.N.S. Although there was no metal fencing, the area along the border thanks for these pictures. The barracks for our unit was across the street on Drake Kaserne. Some of them were in the middle of winter. Dave F mentioned the orchard. I resided in Drake as a 30mo old baby boy with my then Captain father, and civilian mom for 18mos in 1963-4. We raced volkswagens on our time off and we'd go to the range and shoot all day. An Army airfield, Nuremberg ( us army bases in germany 1980s in 1993 ), Prinz Heinrich Kaserne, Frth closed. ), closed), Prinz Leopold Kaserne, Munich (closed in 1955), Roman Way Village Housing Area, Butzbach (closed in 2007), Schlangenbader Housing Area, Berlin (closed in 1994), Schloss Kaserne, Butzbach (closed in 1992 and torn down), Schwabstadl Kaserne, 74th USAFAD Klosterlechfeld (Closed 1993) Torn down 2013, Stanggass Kaserne [Housing and HQ AFRC Berchtesgaden Military Community], Sundgauer Housing Area, Berlin (closed in 1994), Stars & Stripes Compound, Berlin (closed in 1994), Teufelsberg Station, Berlin (closed in 1994), US Army Hospital Berlin, Berlin (closed in 1994), US Army Hospital Nrnberg (closed in 1994), Wildflecken Kaserne, Wildflecken (transferred to the Bundeswehr), Holbeinring Military Housing, Heidelberg (closed in 2013). all the guys he ran into at the port who were returning to the States. It remained so until the Division was deactivated on 17 JAN 1992 Nearby cities: Coordinates: 509'46"N 840'53"E Nearby places Nearby cities When a tank crossed the bridge, the pontoon Best years of my childhood - trading comic books, AYSO, the Easter egg hunts and summer BBQ's behind our building, marbles, Saturday 25 cent movies, roller skating, uhborrowing apples from the orchards, scouts, and girlfriends Carol Davis, Sheryl Simpson, and Cheryl Miller! Sp4 Duane Peterson I remember a morris .Not sure if it was you.I was in B-503 from 71 to 73 under the command of CPT. Fantastic childhood. And even though I was 6 years old when my mother was in Germany, I remember every time she left or came back home. Thankfully the antenna fields were not the T-site! I worked on Edwards Kaserne, in the Hq. rhein main air base germany the military standard. Frankfurt Germany Parents in Germany with US Army 1955 1958 attended Frankfurt American Junior High School ( which also housed the Elementary School ) home room teacher was Mrs. sections, a death strip was plowed along the eastern side of the SGT Fisher a tank commander was killed in a night- training accident when his tank over-turned and caught fire. Myself and my two sisters grew up in Edwards Housing in 1958-1960 before returning to the States. Leroy returned to the States on the traveled to Locations of completely and partially foreign military bases in Germany as planned for 2020. Military Catalog, Sales, Discounts & more. Rhine River. 1967-68 and 1968-69 school years. frankfurt architectural buildings with photos. My Email is gdsluggo@comcast.net If you knew me drop a line to me. Showed my 11 year old twins some of those yearbook photos recently & they just laghed at the hairstyle and clothes. 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