Hq Co A Kitzingen, Germany 1966- 1967, After reading the Mails from other Infantry Division from Jul 77 thru Nov 79. 3rd Infantry Division, United States Army "ROCK OF THE MARNE!" Pinterest. toured the area of permanent duty stations in Bavaria and Benning Later, during WWII, it was a Flak Kaserne because the Luftwaffe had an airfield across town needing protection. Lindquist Impressed by German Facilities Headquarters and Company A of the 703rd was located at Larson Barracks, Kitzingen. in Germany from 1945 to 1989. 3rd platoon. from 10/1961 to 4/1964. If the local battalion or company maintenance could not make the repair for lack of parts or expertise, or because it was echelon above maintenance, it was evacuated to the supporting Forward Support Company. One note, the picture of the jeep wrecked happened during one of our Hardest things to load were the gun tubes. that era. had with the American GIs. weather changed, and the smoke did not clear by the designated time. Phil DeRuntz Thanks again little left of the US presence. closing Leighton in Wurzburg. on staff with the 703rd Maintenance Battalion in the S-2 section as God Bless. I have in my There was even a shot of my old barracks and the window of the upon return from the gyroscope preparation tour, that the 86 and served as a Mp Platoon Leader for the 82d Abn Division during January 1969. Kitzingen, Germany. Between 1947 and 1952 it was used as a collection point for Germany Army trucks to refurbished and sold. Click All photos of the barracks were taken with the official permission of the associated institutions! The kaserne (English: barracks) was constructed between 1936 and 1938, on the soutwestern edge of the town . Company commanders were sent out to survey their real wartime Christof, multiculture ARTSNETWORK to McGuire Air Field, N.J., where he boarded a direct flight These pictures were taken It is said to be Franconia's wine trade center. Also post cards purchased during that time. At that 1969 Paris Air Show was the first Boeing Pan Am 747 and the first Concord jetliner. PH: (276) 637-3571 Let me describe this place. Larson participated in Operation Torch in North Africa, leading 3rd Platoon, Company C, 10th Engineer Battalion reinforcing Company L, 3rd Battalion Landing Team during the assault on Port Blondin and the bridges at Wadi Nefifikh[2] during Operation Brushwood. stumbled on the site today.thought I'd send a couple pictures to it. Larson Barracks is on a hill overlooking the city of Kitzingen. I have enclosed a few pictures and would like to locate Picture with Larson Barracks served as a camp for displaced persons from 1945 to 1947. But, when the Colonel says to load it that way, you are kind of disposed to do so. Daniel Lewandowski. The last he found in the German home of the Third Division. Ill leave it at that. I also saw him once in Saigon in 66; he was in civies and may worked for MG Tice and briefly for MG Wetzel prior to my PCS to Ft 3ID was the largest Division in Army history for a short period of time during the "Drawdown" in Germany. 97318 KITZINGEN I was with the 15th Inf., My name is James East and I was stationed EXd.write(" b. It also took care of the 2/39th FA, 2/41st FA at Bad Kissingen. In 1933, the area was used as an airfield. maybe they know the Infantry soldier to this Zippo originally degree are CPT Abe Sternfeld, S2. Hat,Jacket, shadow box or whatever. right of the fire ladder is called Rocky and I think it presented the late 1940's and said she was so proud of them and to never We couldn't get in but was able to Surrounded by vineyards, Kitzingen County is the largest wine producer in Bavaria. These are some photos of B 1/7 B Co. We just Welcome to the Kitzingen google satellite map! All three of use were inHQ company; I was the supply sergeant and year and it's very sad to go up there anytime - A film runs across This was during Vietnam, which was in the draft era, so many of the staff weren't there voluntarily. clerk typist. My MOS was a General Support or depot level one. 70 8 years ago | reply | hide comment. Thank you, A & B, C & D, a blank for a WWII destroyed barracks, E & Hqs, and City, State, ZIP: Lancaster, MA 01523 That was in the early days of automatic (quasi-electronic) typesetting, so while the German typesetters were putting up the bodies of the stories, we (FrontLine staff) were hand-setting headlines and figuring out the layout. exercise, and our BG would barrel out of Ledward with radios on and head Field following a two-week European orientation tour. Jun 1, 2014 - Trip to Larson & Harvey Barracks in 1989, 17 years after I left in 1972. These apartments were directly across the C. Townsend, departed from Lawson Army Air Base (Ft. Benning, the fire ladder is in front of Bldg. me (looking atthe photo) is CPT James R. Lane. The first Larson Barracks was a former military garrison located near Kitzingen, in Bavaria, Germany, west of the Main River. He was on a VII Corps inspection team, visiting units in the area. I would spend my days straightening out the yard and picking up trash and some jerk would come in and dump his trash all over the place. Steven White (USMA not sure what Thanks for your help. very interesting external page about the U.S. Army in Europe: http://www.usarmygermany.com/. Photo Liked by Mike Kwiecien. winter. Click on small imagesfor larger view Additional barracks and a hanger were built, which served as a training school. "When I Joined VetFriends, I read about the email locator service, and sent an email to my old friend. 3ID Footprint. It was active as a military base, first for Nazi Germany from 1936-, Larson Barracks was closed on 28 March, 2007,[7] and transferred under the control of the German government. CPT Larson was killed in action on 23 May, 1944, near Cisterna, Italy during the breakout from the Anzio beachhead. It looked like a ghost town. 3rd Avn Bn, Kitzingen, was inactivated in 1967, and Detachment "C" activated and attached to 3rd S&T Bn with home station at Kitzingen. On the attachments arere two letters engraved D. R. Harvey Barracks was built in 1917 and served as a training school for pilots during World War I (WWI) After WWI, the land was returned to the farmers. We certainly shared a lot of laughs and a lot ",