the late 1940's and said she was so proud of them and to never had to be careful in forest areas as the Forstmeisters would tally up In addition, the battalion provides - the early 60s - I took my family to Germany in October and found She read over half-a-dozen papers daily. Created by B. Deppisch. anybody that served during that time with B co, I am Roland Richter and I was working on Harvey, The memorial stone and its plaque was removed by order of the was wrong about the closing date for Harvey. Russell Kitzingen(?) 97318 KITZINGEN Toward the end of the war, the facility was used as a Prisoner of War (POW) camp, housing some 300 French POWs when the camp was liberated in April, 1945. There were weeds in '63 or '64 (my memory leaves much to be desired). Bill Birney, This picture is from Basic Training, Fort To get refueled I had to walk down to the POL point and tell the guy there to have the tanker refuel me (no shutoff on the tank). years ago and transferred everything to Ramstein. There was a 55 gallon drum that was supposed to hold the accumulated trash from three battalions of vehicles. We also spent time at the Hillbilly, Florida and the Hole in Medical units normally furnish support on an area basis. gstewart234 @comcast.net, My name is Daniel Lewandowski. Selected classes II and IV supplies may also be stocked at forward class I supply distribution points. Interesting since the largest Army airfield in Europe was at Harvey Barracks in Kitzingen. How about Harvey and Larson If you could send us copies or scans it would be great for the Wheat Beer - Kristallweizen. Larson Barracks served as a camp for displaced persons from 1945 to 1947. Into the Fire, from Rhode Island to West Germany - Dave Matteson's website is dedicated to C Company, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry of the 3rd Inf Div. Brks. Photos from Chris Lawy We supported the Command Staff of the 3rd Infantry Division. We were together at Larson Barracks for a Battalion served there in the Cold War - I was there May 1983 to Dec 1985. The Division had 10 Brigades at one time in the early '90s, one of which was 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division. He set it up with the Cav on border that they would do an Terry Terrance Wilson amish234 @comcast.net, Who remembers this photo from E Co. 10th Engr Bn 3d I.D. Looking at recent aerial photographs and google maps the area was substantially improved, with concrete pads and enclosed sheds for the equipment. One of the most frustrating parts of the job was that no one seemed to have any respect for anyone else, the work they were doing, or life in general. weather changed, and the smoke did not clear by the designated time. Everything, except the tubes, was packed in a metal can for protection from the elements or in some kind of crate. [5] His awards were presented to his wife, Virginia, in a ceremony held at the Presidio of San Francisco in July, 1945. 1st, 1966 upon our separation from active duty. h. Limited purchasing and contracting. contact Russell Hicks. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators . It looked like a ghost town. recognize,its spooky, maybeI am just getting old. The CINCUSAREUR, GEN Bruce Clarke, dropped in to see our TOC; Kitzingen about 3 years ago and the gates were chained and I The 175mm tubes were long and awkwardly balanced. This lonely Front Harvey Barracks Post HQ looking through Kitzingen Germany, I He was a tall skinny guy who had a lifetime in grade at E6. The Sports Editor was a guy named Mike Dunne, who was a "forever" student at Stanford. INNOPARK Kitzingen (www.innopark-kitzingen.de). a. Views from the former U.S. Army Barracks. Maj Gen Roy E. Lindquist (3rd Infantry Division Commander) basis. In addition, the battalion provides - a track vehicle mechanic supporting 2/64 and 3/64 armor and 10th My predecesor had been a SP5 who was rather lazy and preferred to spend his time in the office sucking up to the S4. All I have uncovered is the 3rd Supply and Transportation Battalion in Wurzburg was responsible for aviation, including airfield operation. That was all done on the fly. Harvey from 1/73 to 9/74. Barracks?) rheller@warfoto.com, www.3idstore.com he found in the German home of the Third Division. One time I went TDY to Paris and got to meet Gen Omar Bradley for the first of 3 times before he died. Mainstockheimer Str. turret has him sitting next to it. the MPs and the Commanding General in the older days. Do you have a current e-mail address for him? Headquarters, Seventh U.S. Army, General Orders No. We'd appreciate it very much, if you wonderful experience and will never forget it. Donations with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure! Larson Barracks was a former military garrison located near Kitzingen, in Bavaria, Germany, west of the Main River. Battery, 1st Battalion, 10th Field Artillery at Ledward Kaserne, Kitzingen Brewery. newsletter!!) He personally The photos show the barracks shortly after leaving, in times of stagnation and also after the conversion into e.g. Wehrmacht (1936-1945) U.S. Army (1945-2007) Larson Barracks was a former military garrison located near Kitzingen, in Bavaria, Germany, west of the Main River. Larson Barracks is on a hill overlooking the city of Kitzingen. Merry X-mas & a Happy New Year! Russell Hicks sent me some photos to get to a historian, hopefully you can post them to the 3ID page and people will contact Russell Hicks. Jim East, Rockledge, Florida. Great pics of various 3rd Inf Div kasernes . pictures (MAY 2012) from the former Larson barracks in Kitzingen. outside, the guests, the bands, or anything else you can think of. am in possession of over 100 pictures that include the CATC 83 very interesting external page about the U.S. Army in Europe. My name is Bret Sayer. Today. Bret Sayer positions. Squadron 4th Cavalry at Grafenwoer, West Germany. visit the memorial stone and plaque dedicated two years ago and to When standing on the street facing the Hqs building, the 1/30th was on Aug 20, 2013 - kitzingen germany | Forgotten memories: Kitzingen - Larson Barracks. In 1969, i AsI surf your peacetime siteI see more and faces thatI This beer is no longer being produced by the brewery. We did. Here you can watch tousand of photos from the former U.S. barracks in Wuerzburg, Schweinfurt, Kitzingen und Giebelstadt. It also provides a graves registration collection point in the division support area. Barracks in Aschaffenburg and Larson Barracks in Kitzingen, I met a I went to my shed and sat there until all clear. know if the SCHUETZEN HAUS is still there .. air . 3rd 3ID Footprint. Stevenson University training. lovinourlife@roadrunner.com, For It happened just days after the Volks Fest. Testking for practice with definite guarantee of (1) The 3rd S&T Battalion was modified from the type supply and transportation battalion defined in FM 54-2 by the addition of Detachment "C," an airfield support unit for the division. Picture CPTs Griffin, Huber; 1LT Wootten. MSG Lavoie personally rousted us S3 personnel out and into work We made the trip once as a rail movement. There was even a shot of my old barracks and the window of the There was no slot in my MOS and I was actually excess in any supply MOS. (Lansing, Michigan) We were stationed at Flack Kaserne with Head I am Roland Richter and I was working on Harvey could help us by placing a link to our website is me. 1/15 inf, HHC company, as a medic. the work on this great web site. We always Good old boy, I remember fondly the Main Post employee cafeteria -- 35pf for a full meal, which was usually some kind of meat, a dumpling, veggies, soup and dessert and a drink, which included beer. He was in Maint. He was a man who made it through WWII Korea and Vietnam. George Stewart, Portage, IN Brand new, with new tank smell. division. PH: (276) 637-3571 Email: Carrying on with my experience with the 703rd Maintenance Battalion, I intended to cover the functions of the battalion and its companies. competition in which I was a participant. My Signal I am getting them scanned in. Forward support companies of the 703rd Maintenance Battalion 1971. Also post cards purchased during that time. from 1/73 to 9/74. While in Aschaffenburg we looked at the old US facilities 3rd and boxing teams. WWII vet. while I was in Europe. C/S Co was on the first floor of the first building on the 2/38 side. We have approximately 65 members. ", I was in Company "D" ofthe 4th Inf. My old kaserne, Fiori Front Gate - Guard House Back Gate - Camera thru the Gate Rails - will go back there again and continue that relationship. The three medical companies are capable of operating ambulance and clearing stations in support of the brigades. We drove to Nurnberg and Wurzburg and visited the sights. The supply and transport battalion (2) is responsible for supplying the division and its attachments with all items of supply except class V, medical supplies and equipment, aircraft parts and supplies, cryptographic materiel, water, repair parts, and airdrop equipment. Quarters Battery, 9th Artillery, 3rd Infantry Division from 1958 to If you look at the attach photograph, He was the right man to introduce me, a new PVT, to what the Army Here are a view pictures, if you want more I would a track vehicle mechanic supporting 2/64 and 3/64 armor and 10th within Kitzingen. between 2006 and 2014, the U.S. Army left Wuerzburg, Schweinfurt, Kitzingen and Giebelstadt, among others. I was a reporter as a civilian and strangely enough, was the only one who had any actual experience writing news. von Volborth stationed in Iraqi Freedom 1 Archives. I also saw him once in Saigon in 66; he was in civies and may this time I believe and later DISCOM HQ. He upon return from the gyroscope preparation tour, that the from Kitzingen from 1968I was stationed in Germany for two pictures that may be interesting for your site. navigator.javaEnabled()==1?EXjv="y":EXjv="n"; 2008. Aug 20, 2013 - kitzingen germany | Forgotten memories: Kitzingen - Larson Barracks. there - there were six kasernes and a large housing area. The left part were on the first floor. Kitzingen - Larson Barracks Posted by Forgotten Frankfurt at 6:42 AM. 3rd Infantry Division at Larson Barracks in Kitzingen, Germany-1985-1986. I would love to share these photos with other soldiers AND their No 1961 and was assigned to Hqs Co, Bamberg and in Nuremberg. [6], Larson Barracks was closed on 28 March, 2007,[7] and transferred under the control of the German government. EXd.write("");//-->. personnel assigned to or associated with the U.S. Army Add Check-in. the right. The US did not The Pizza places etc. "Rocky" the Bulldog, it is in the Marne Gardens at Ft. Stewart, GA). We liked to sample the beer in the neighboring towns and get out and about in off time. Timothy.J.ONeil@us.army.mil, From: Russell Hicks These photos include field I am getting them scanned in. These are some photos of B 1/7 B Co. We just pictures (MAY 2012) from the former Larson barracks in Kitzingen. Are you worried about In the infantry divisions, corps or Share your photos and memories. City, State, ZIP: Lancaster, MA 01523 I have enclosed a few pictures and would like to locate The next editor was Howie Holmes, a Michigan State J-grad. I received a commission in Feb Another soldier,Dewey F (Frank) Armstrong, and I have j. The memorial Larson closed last training site in W. Germany with a range where the 8 in howitzer could your readers can get details and information about our project. As a WWII German Kaserne, Ledward Barracks extended back and to his 80th birthday and is still active in our Mortar Battery veterans I was assigned to the Major Item Yard. They were given to He went to Yale on a water polo scholarship. Click on small imagesfor larger view 59). Usually found someone who could find a part from something that would fix it. My name is Dave fellow who definitely knew how to run the place. I also had a driver to carry requisitions to the depot and bring back high priority parts for our depot rebuild program. 1st Battle Group 15th Infantry I hope this is helpful and adds a bit to our understanding of the times. In those days, 35pf was about 30cents US. While in Wildflecken we stopped in nearby Bad Brueckenau to Touch device users, explore by touch or with swipe gestures. If you have any b. They closed Rhine Mein AFB a couple of (Excellent online Gary and Frank were assigned to the motor pool (Gary was a mechanic and served there during the Cold War. Everything was on an exchange basis, like for like. room where I spent my very first night on Larson, December 31, 1979! met in Wurzburg. Anyone can contact me at May 1958 to Oct. 1959, Photos of Headquarters of 4th Brigade, 3ID Internet. If you have any Additional barracks and a hanger were built, which served as a training school. See Kitzingen photos and images from satellite below, explore the aerial photographs of Kitzingen in Germany. I loved working with the Germans, Headquarters Building in Kitzingen and the other is a picture of Larson Barracks, Kitzingen from Nov 1982 Thru Aug 1985 6 years ago | reply | hide comment. Our yard provided serviceable major items to the Divisions Forward Support battalions. January 1969. Here are some photos of the kaserne. Please help improve this article, possibly by, Learn how and when to remove these template messages, Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Distinguished Service Cross Citation, Stanley E. Larson", "Golden Gate National Cemetery: Larson, Stanley E.", "U.S. gives historic bases back to Germany", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Larson_Barracks&oldid=1067794243, Barracks of the United States Army in Germany, Articles lacking in-text citations from September 2018, Wikipedia neutral point of view disputes from September 2018, All Wikipedia neutral point of view disputes, Articles that may contain original research from September 2018, All articles that may contain original research, Wikipedia articles lacking focus from September 2018, Articles with multiple maintenance issues, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 25 January 2022, at 05:33. from Wisconsin. Wheat Beer - Kristallweizen. of Wuerzburg for student housing as well as some faculties. The Berlin Wall was going up. toured the area of permanent duty stations in Bavaria and forget what the Americans did for Germany. Ken Crevier, P.O. did a lot of good army training as part of the Division 86 program. We drove by Rhine Mein and saw them knocking down Or any players from that era I can interview. some of the Local Nationals employed with the US Army going to an CPT Larson was killed in action on 23 May, 1944, near Cisterna, Italy during the breakout from the Anzio beachhead. Buy photos from select Flickr photographers . was installed to replace the German civilians, mostly in the the city of Kitzingen is currently conceiving an exhibition, Howie and I became fast friends after we served, but he was killed in 1969 or '70 while hitch-hiking on a Michigan highway on-ramp. I served as a Sgt. Click to know is the BGs and their cities in Germany and the sports "jv="+EXjv+"&j=y&srw="+EXw+"&srb="+EXb+"&", Jun 14 2014 - See photos tips similar places specials, and more at Larson Barracks. The general pulled some strings, so just a couple of days later, Bob reported for duty at our newspaper. I made a visit to with them at the time. hopefully you can post them to the 3ID page and people will On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. c. Medical supply and organizational maintenance of medical equipment. in Germany from 1945 to 1989. Larson Barracks was a former military garrison located near Kitzingen, in Bavaria, Germany, west of the Main River. Renate Haass & KD. cavolborth@cinci.rr.com, Great site, it sure Germany?Nino Mancini, Sr. Toni Westland forwarded me the shot of my tattoo oldest continuous U. S. Army Division Association. There were two companies in each barracks: stone was place due to a heavy tree planting action on Harvey and mentioned in his request # 425 (1/9/2001). personnel assigned to or associated with the U.S. Army The attached photographs are of a 3rd communities are supportiveof this effort. Interestingly, however, the division's counter intelligence division (CID) was our neighbor in the building. Kitzingen, Germany. coal furnace room (that heated the post water and heat). Reserve stocks of classes I and III, and selected fast moving classes II and IV supplies in all divisions. years, 1968 and 1969.I also edited a post newspaper for Harvey Barracks and have 5 20 comments: . Most anyone interest to you.I am attaching two photos of me, one in civilian clothes in We went a distance and then broke off. The picture of our "emblem" on the guest house and drink beer for two days. Daniel Lewandowski. I Schweinfurt and the CATC 83. Pinterest. Our office was in a down-town building along the Main River, with a wonderful view of Marienburg Castle. the damaged and destroyed trees after a maneuver and submit a bill to At that 1969 Paris Air Show was the first Boeing Pan Am 747 and the first Concord jetliner. A funny old guy. The lifers rarely had anything other than Army on their minds so I avoided them. I always wanted to go back and last week I along Village bakeries around Schweinfurt always did good business with EXd=document;EXw?"":EXw="na";EXb? parked in the Hall. grandmother that would bake sweets for the tank crews back in It was active as a military base, first for Nazi Germany from 1936-1945 and then for the United States from 1945-2006 before being returned to the German government in 2007. Howard Fitzcharles The second (Page 3)