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I don't remember the names of the ABN or Air Force units. The information contained in this edition was relevant to the 1977 time period. The General Information Guide was prepared by Frankfurt Army Community Services to provide a convenient guide to facilities and services within Frankfurt Military Community. The 386 personnel of HQ ENGCOMEUR and the 140 personnel of the 18th Fin had to be moved to temporary quarters in the IG Farben building and the nearby gymnasium. One wing of the six-wing annex was completely gutted; three others and the main front section of the two-story structure were heavily damaged. Having grown up in rural Virginia, which was still segregrated, it was the first time I had seen a diverse student body.
The mission of the units stationed at McNair Kaserne reflected these changing attitudes. When open hostilities broke out in Europe in 1939, the anti-aircraft unit was removed and a unit of the German Highway Patrol Police moved into McNair. The Police force remained quartered at the kaserne until the end of the war, with the mission of controlling and supervising movement of military and civilian vehicles in the Frankfurt-Hoechst areas. In 1776, Germany's 81st Infantry Regiment was billeted on what is now referred to as Gutleut Kaserne. These Germans, known also as Hessens, were the allies of the British during the United States Revolution of 1776. These hired soldiers were led from Gutleut to the United States by Count Frederick I I of Hessen, and fought until 1784.
Waldstadion (Frankfurt)
Sort of a lasting impression for a 19/20 year old. Last week I met with three others who were stationed there. One actually worked in the engineering unit and lives in Lansing, Il.
This is where the engineers had their billets. Also the guard was posted from a lower room of this building. I worked for Capt. Yakerson in the redeployment section of NACOM.
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Hitler's rise to power was reflected throughout Germany with increased military preparedness and the formation of special guard units. One such unit reoccupied the empty buildings of the kaserne and remained until 1937. Holzhausen School Building, recent The Commando Building (Bertramstrasse - located behind the Main Post Exchange) was formerly a German women's teachers college. During the war it was used by the German Luftwaffe as a recruiting center. In the immediate post-war period the building housed US Naval Affairs, Germany; later it was occupied by the 66th CIC, the EUCOM provost marshal; and the Joint Export-Import Agency. About 1,000 square feet of the total 47,457 sq ft of the building will be retained as storage space for the JEIA.
The other two live in East Moline and Effingham, Ill. Know of two others (one living in St. Louis area and one in West Palm Beach) also in my unit. This was sort of a 50th reunion as we all were sent stateside in 1956. The Handbook USFET places the headquarters of US Naval Forces, Germany in the Bertram Strasse, just north of what would later become the Main Shopping Center. The USFET Frankfurt Telephone Directory of April 1946, identifies that location as the "Academy" Building. I believe that what was initially known as the Academy Building was at some point redesignated as the "Commando" Building.
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During the run to the final, 81,000 watched Eintracht beat FK Pirmasens - an attendance record that still stands. In the summer of 1927, the board of the powerful "I.G. Farbenindustrie" voted on buying additional property from the Rothschilde in Frankfurt for the construction of their office imperium. Occupied by the US Forces at the end of World War II, the General Creighton W. Abrams Building in Frankfurt am Main, West Germany, has been used continuously by the US Army for the past forty-two years. The tract of land on which the Abrams Building is situated has been in continuous use for 600 years. In the 14th century, a fortress, the Grüneburg ("Green Fortress"), was constructed in the area of the present-day Grüneburg Park.
Forgotten Memories - Dan Nisto has created a wonderful Photo Page that he keeps updating as he visits abandoned, and now almost forgotten US military installations in Germany. V Corps History - to view the excellent History document, select Library, then History, and finally, V Corps History Revised November 2001. The file (over 3 MB; but worth it) is in PDF format and will require the Adobe Reader.
Click on image to view a larger resolution of the map and access information on the location of units and facilities at Edwards Barracks in the mid-1960s. The original stadium was opened on 21 May 1925, after four years of construction, its total cost having been 3.7 million marks (equivalent to €14 million today). The site of a former military shooting range was chosen as the location of the sports park, which also included a fairground and integrated cycling and swimming stadium was designed. The stadium had a capacity of 35,000 spectators. The grandstands consisted mainly of earthworks, including the former bullet trap for the south grandstand.
His command offices are located on the 11th floor. The other two floors occupied by the District contain administrative offices. Years later I met a communications individual who was stationed in Frankfurt (I.G. Farben building) in the 1980s and told me there was not a baseball field by the PX! My father was a German linguist (US Army CIC.) In the early 1950s we were in Augsburg. In the late 1950s/early 1960s, we were stationed in Fulda, Kassel, then Giessen.
In December 1960, an ice rink was opened within the oval of the velodrome. Here, the ice hockey team of Eintracht Frankfurt played their home games until 1981. Beginning Saturday, May 7th, The Home Depot’s Kids Workshops will return to in-store programming in U.S. stores.
With the possiblity of war increasing, the Special Guards were relocated and the kaserne again changed hands. That year, an anti-aircraft unit, whose purpose was defending Frankfurt from enemy bombs, took up residence in the kaserne. In addition to family quarters, the 96-room hotel has two VIP suites, a nursery and a lobby in each section. A central hotel parking court separates the two buildings. Where you show the gym on the map there also was another long building to the East on the street.
Frankfurter Bilder Website - the team of photographers working on this website has collected over 4000 great photos of the city since they started taking pictures in 1996. Currently they are working on documenting the former US military facilities and dependent housing areas. To find the US Army related pics, type the keyword "USARMY" into the textbox next to the SUCHEN button . Another "must see" for anyone stationed in or near Frankfurt who wants to "walk down memory lane ..." The kaserne remained vacant for only one short year.
The new arena was officially opened at the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup, the test run for the 2006 World Cup. Both the opening match (Germany 4–3 Australia) and the final (Brazil 4–1 Argentina) were hosted at the stadium. The first final of the newly introduced Women's European Cup was held at the stadium in May 2002, and the home team of 1. FFC Frankfurt beat Swedish side Umeå IK 2–0 to lift the trophy. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
Map of facilities in the Hq Frankfurt Military Post area. The map was included in the "Guide to Frankfurt Military Post" published by the Command Section, Hqs FMP in 1949. The renovated and enlarged Waldstadion was reopened on 14 May 1955 after 19 months of construction work. The stadium once more hosted national team matches as well as some important games for Eintracht Frankfurt, who reached the final round of the German National Championships in 1959.
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