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U.S. ARMY INSTALLATIONS - KAISERSLAUTERN
 

MAPS
Installation Maps - late 1970s

1. Kleber Kaserne and Daenner Kaserne, late 1970s (228 KB)

2. Kaiserslautern Army Depot, Panzer Kaserne and Ordnance Service Center, late 1970s (372 KB)

3. Kapaun Barracks and Pulaski Barracks, late 1970s (270 KB)

4. Landstuhl Medical Center and Marceau Kaserne, late 1970s (KB)

5. Einsiedler Medical Depot, 1961 (165 KB)
Click here for modified map - late 1960s (214 KB)

6. WACom Installations, Kaiserslautern, 1953 (130 KB)

7. Miesau Army Depot, 1988 (106 KB)

8. Vogelweh, early 1960s (106 KB)

9. Kapaun Bks, 1957 (106 KB)
     

1980

Topographical maps of Kaiserslautern and surrounding area. These maps are reproduced from the "U.S. Military Installation Atlas" published by the 37th Transportation Group in 1980.

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Click here for a list of the installations.

Kaiserslautern West (346 KB)

Kaiserslautern West (364 KB)

PHOTOS
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Kaiserslautern

 

A. Daenner Kaserne




 

US Army Kasernes on west side of Kaiserslautern (Mike Smith)
 

1. High altitude view of Panzer Kaserne and Ordnance Service Center, 1971

2. High altitude view of Kaiserslautern Army Depot, 1971

3. High altitude view of Daenner Kaserne, 1971

4. High altitude view of Vogelweh, 1960s
 
5. Kaiserslautern, prob late 1950s

 
 

 
 
Kleber Ksn

   

Kleber Kaserne, mid-1960s (John Buckley, 370th Engr Co)

Kleber Kaserne, recent (Mike Smith)
 

Kleber Kaserne, recent (Mike Smith)
 

1. Kleber Ksn, mid-1960s


2. Kleber Ksn, mid-1960s

3. Kleber Ksn, mid-1960s


4. Kleber Ksn, mid-1960s

 
 
Kapaun Bks

   

1. Kapaun Parade field

2. Kapaun PX, 1956

3. PX entrance, 1956

4. Movie theatre

5. Parade Field 1993

6. PX and Snack Bar

7. Close up

8. Movie theatre

9. 83rd Trans Co barracks

10. Barracks

11. Barracks

12. Parking lot

13. Motor pool gate

14. M4 in the TTP

15. Motor pool

16. Trailer transfer point

17. Trailer transfer point


18. TTP Office


19. Armed Forces Day static display

Christmas menu 1955

20. Kapaun Bks


21. Bldg 2795


22. Barracks


23. Side of bdlg used by Signal Support

24. Maintenance shop


25. Main gate, Kapaun Bks


 



 
Army Depot

   

Kaiserslautern Army Depot, recent (Mike Smith)
     
Eselsführt QM Facility

   

Eselsführt Quartermaster Facility, recent aerial (Bing)
 

Eselsführt Quartermaster Facility after closure (Thomas Neser, Germany)
 

1. Main gate
 

2. QM Facility

3. Warehouse or shop bldg
 
       
Other Installations

   

1. Officers Club


2. BOQ


 

3. Panzer Ksn, around 1960


4. AFN Kaiserslautern, Vogelweh, prob 1964

5. Club Ka-Zabra, Vogelweh, prob 1964

6. Vogelweh Commissary, around 1960

7. 5th Avenue


8. Gym (KB)


9. Baseball Field

 



 
Landstuhl      

Landstuhl Medical Center, recent (Mike Smith)
 

1. Landstuhl Army Hospital, early 1970s


 



 
Miesau      

1. Miesau Army Depot

2. Miesau Army Depot

3. Miesau Army Depot

4. Miesau Army Depot

5
. Miesau Army Depot

6. Miesau Army Depot

 
       

TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES
NOTE: I plan to post extracts from the "Troop Units" section of the telephone directories sometime in the near future - if I see that there is any interest.

1. WACom Telephone Directory, 1 June 1953

2. Kaiserslautern Sub Area Telephone Directory, 1 Dec 1956



3. Kaiserslautern Sub Area Telephone Directory, 1 Mar 1958




4. USAFE Ramstein AB Telephone Directory, Jan 1971
     

HISTORIES & MISC. INFORMATION
 
(Source: STARS & STRIPES, August 1, 1970)
Kaiserslautern Support Activity (KSA)

The Kaiserslautern Support Activity (SUPACT), located at Bldg 1001 in the Vogelweh Housing Area, was recently (July 1970) activated as a new housekeeping sub-unit of the Rhineland Pfalz Support District. The new unit supports over 250 installations (ranging in size and scope from a post chapel to the large Kaiserslautern Army Depot) in the Kaiserslautern area by providing servicemen, DoD employees and their families with the necessities and comforts of life.

Other support activities under the Rhineland Pfalz Support District that have been formed are at Baumholder, Bad Kreuznach, Mainz, Pirmasens, Worms and Zweibruecken.

CO of KSA is Lt Col Robert W. Muldrow. KSA provides services to dependent schools, housing areas, chapels, hobby shops, theaters, NCO and officer clubs, libraries and bowling centers. KSA also operates the Army Community Center at Vogelweh, 33 Special Services actvities as well as a laundry and furniture reupholstery and repair center.

The communities supported by KSA are Kaiserslautern, Landstuhl, Miesau and Einsiedlerhof.

Related Links:
1st Signal Battalion "First Circus", 1970s - very well done site featuring the 1st Signal Battalion at Kleber Kaserne (Broken Link)
  440th Signal Battalion, Kaiserslautern, 1964-67 - Patrick Mahoney's site with many pictures dedicated to the 440th Sig Bn. (After you click on the link, scroll the start page to the far right to see the actual welcome page)  
  45th Finance Section - A Google Group webpage for veterans of the 45th Finance Section in Kaiserslautern, 1965-1970.