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Ever wonder what the Pirmasens and Kleber Kasernes looked like after World War Two? Well, John Clifford was there and he sent this recollection and link to his website for us. Thanks Jack! - Webmaster
Germany Postwar Occupation and Division
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On August, 10, 1951 we arrived in Bremerhaven. After a few days there we went to Sontohofen where I was assigned to an engineer co. in Kaiserslautern. After a few weeks there I was assigned to the 504th Eng. Svc. Co. attached to the 7812th S.C.U. at Pirmasens. That area had been the French Occupation Zone. When the Americans moved in it was called The Rhine Military Post with headquarters in Kaiserslautern. The post had 5 sub-posts, Pirmasens, Baumholder, Bad Krueznac, Worms and Mainz. When we got to Pirmasens only 2 buildings were occupied, the rest were being built. The mess hall wasn't finished so we were eating in a garage which was also the beer hall. The chow was good and we had no K.P. no guard duty, no reville and no M.Ps. We never had it better. Like all good things that came to pass. Once they got organized things really changed and they made us feel we were back in the army. My job was in engineer supplies, I visited all the sub-posts getting equipment. I went to bull-dozer school in Murnau in The Bavarian Alps. It was real nice there. Any town in the area that wanted a soccer field could have the army build it. They had the cranes, graders and dozers to level the land. That's all for now. Jack |
