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24th Infantry Division
Victory Division
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Division History

Organization

Roster (Augsburg, Nov 1959)

Organization Day 1965

Page 2
Brigades
 Div Arty

Page 3
Div Trains
 DISCOM

REFORGER

24th Inf Div (Fwd)

Related Links
2nd Sq, 9th Cav
Trp D, Schleissheim AAF

24th MP Co





 
Division History

24th Infantry Division, 1958 - 1970 (YouTube)
 
24th Infantry Division Airborne patch

Main gate, Gablingen Kaserne, 1960

Rear gate, Gablingen Kaserne, 1960
1960
(Source: Email from John Slattery)
I was with the 24th Infantry Div during 1960 and 1961. At the time, I had responsibility for officers payroll. Later went on to become fixed wing pilot in reserves. 

Gablingen Ksn
Augsburg
 

1. Static display at Gablingen

2. Airfield tower

3. Covered storage for tracked vehicles
  

4. Open house display

5. Jeep-mounted MGM-21A missiles

 
 
(Source: Email from Gary Clark)
I found your site about the 24th Div, and didn't find my first unit. When I first arrived in Augsburg in early 1961 I was assigned to Co 'D', 2nd BG, 2nd Inf at Gablingen Ksn.

In 1962, 2nd BG, 2nd Inf became the 2nd BG, 19th Inf. Later the 2nd BG, 19th Inf became the 2nd Bn, 19th Inf and Co 'D' was disbanded. I was transferred to the 24th MP Co at that time.

I have attached a MP pic to go with the Airborne that you show.
24th MP Company Brassard
 
1962
(Source: The Victory Division 1941-1962, Special publication for Organziation Day 1 Oct 1962)
 

Historical summary - 1961/62

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MG B. F. Taylor
CG 24th Inf Div
BG William C. Garrison
Div Arty Cdr
Col Gordon T. Kimbrell
Asst Div Cdr
Col Patrick D. Mulcahy
Chief of Staff
 
 
 
Division Organization
 
1958 (PENTOMIC)
(Source: )
24th Infantry Division - ORGANIZATION 1958:

(Webmaster Note: Station location is based on information obtained from the US Army Station List for June 1959. If a unit was originally located at a different post in 1958, I will note it separately.)
UNIT STATION
  Headquarters Company Flak Ksn, Augsburg
  2nd BG, 2nd Infantry Gablingen
  1st BG, 19th Infantry Augsburg
  1st BG, 21st Infantry Munich
  2nd BG, 28th Infantry Munich
  1st BG, 34th Infantry Augsburg
  HHB, 24th Infantry Artillery Munich
  1st FA Bn (RKT/HOW), 34th Arty Munich
  1st How Bn, 13th Arty Augsburg
  3rd Engineer Battalion Henry Ksn, Munich
  24th Signal Bnttalion Gablingen
  2nd Rcn Sq, 9th Cavalry Augsburg
  3rd Med Tk Bn, 34th Armor Munich
  Hqs, 24th Inf Div Trains and Band Augsburg
  24th Medical Battalion Augsburg
  31st Transportation Battalion Munich
  396th Trans Co (Lt Trk) Augsburg
  518th Trans Co (Lt Trk) Augsburg
  533rd Trans Co (Lt Trk) Augsburg
  596th Trans Co (Lt Trk) Augsburg
  24th Administration Company Augsburg
  24th Aviation Company Augsburg
  724th Ordnance Battalion Augsburg
  24th QM Company Augsburg
1963 (ROAD)
24th Infantry Division - ORGANIZATION 1963

(Webmaster Note: Station location is based on information obtained from the US Army Station List for December 1963.)
UNIT STATION
  Hq/Hqs Company Flak Ksn, Augsburg
  3rd Engineer Battalion Henry Ksn, Munich HHC, B, C, & D Cos
  A Company Flak Ksn, Augsburg  
  E Company Gablingen Ksn, Augsburg  
  24th MP Company Flak Ksn, Augsburg
  24th MI Det (Div) (attached) Reese Bks, Augsburg 7th Army asset
  24th Signal Bn Flak Ksn, Augsburg HHC, A & B Co
  24th Aviation Battalion Gablingen Ksn, Augsburg  
       
  1st Bde, 24th Inf Div Reese Bks, Augsburg
  2nd Bde, 24th Inf Div Sheridan Ksn, Augsburg
  3rd Bde, 24th Inf Div Warner Ksn, Munich
  1st Mech Bn, 19th Infantry Reese Bks, Augsburg
  2nd Mech Bn, 19th Infantry Gablingen Ksn, Augsburg
  3rd Mech Bn, 19th Infantry Henry Ksn, Munich
  1st Mech Bn, 21st Infantry Warner Ksn, Munich
  2nd Mech Bn, 21st Infantry Warner Ksn, Munich
  1st Mech Bn, 34th Infantry Sheridan Ksn, Augsburg
  2nd Mech Bn, 34th Infantry Sheridan Ksn, Augsburg
  5th Bn, 32nd Armor Will Ksn, Munich
  1st Bn, 70th Armor Gablingen Ksn, Augsburg
  2nd Bn, 70th Armor Sheridan Ksn, Augsburg
  3rd Bn, 70th Armor Henry Ksn, Munich
  2nd Sq, 9th Cavalry Warner Ksn, Munich
  D Troop Schleissheim AAF
       
  HHB, 24th Inf Div Artillery Will Ksn, Munich
  2nd Bn, 7th FA Sheridan Ksn, Augsburg
  3rd Bn, 11th FA Will Ksn, Munich
  1st Bn, 13th FA Sheridan Ksn, Augsburg
  1st Bn, 34th FA Will Ksn, Munich
  1st Bn, 35th FA Henry Ksn, Munich
       
  Hqs, 24th Inf Div Spt Comd & Band Sheridan Ksn, Augsburg
  24th Medical Battalion Infantry Bks, Augsburg HHC, A, B and C Cos
  24th Sup & Trans Battalion Sheridan Ksn, Augsburg HHC, A and B Cos
  596th Trans Co (Lt Trk) Warner Ksn, Munich
  724th Maint Battalion Reese Bks, Augsburg HHC, A & C Co
  B Company Sheridan Ksn, Augsburg  
  D Company Gablingen Ksn, Augsburg  
  E Company Henry Ksn, Munich  
  24th AG Admin Company Sheridan Ksn, Augsburg
1964 (ROAD)
24th Infantry Division - ORGANIZATION 1964

(Webmaster Note: shows only battalion-size units and larger; Source: 7th Army Annual Historical Report for 1964)
Click here to see 24th Infantry Division organization for 1 August 1964.
1966 (ROAD)
24th Infantry Division - ORGANIZATION 1966

(Webmaster Note: shows only battalion-size units and larger; Source: 7th Army Annual Historical Report for 1966)
Click here to see 24th Infantry Division organization for 1 July 1966.
1959
(Source: Thanksgiving Day Menu, Flak Kaserne Mess , Augsburg, Germany, 26 Nov 1959)
 

ROSTERS

24th Infantry Division Units at Flak Ksn, Augsburg in 1959:
HQ, 24th Inf Div - 1
HQ & HQ Company, 24th Inf Div - 1 2 3 4
24th Signal Battalion - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
24th Adminstration Company - 1 2 3
24th Inf Div Band - 1
 
Organization Day, 1965
 
1965
(Source: Victory! 24th Infantry Division Organization Day 1965, special edition)
 


 
24th Military Police Company
 
(Source: Email from Richard Burch)
During late 1957, there was a realignment of military units in the Far East. The 24th Infantry Division was reassigned from Korea to Germany to replace the 11th Airborne Division.

The 24th Infantry Division upon arrival in Germany was assigned an additional mission, that of also fielding airborne units for about two years.

The 24th Infantry Division was headquartered at Warner Kaserne with the Division Headquarters Company and 24th Military Police Company. Other Division units were located in Will Kaserne and Henry Kaserne, located in North Munich, not far from Warner Kaserne. (Webmaster note: division headquarters, including the MP detachment, was located in Augsburg, not Munich.)

The 24th MP Company supported the Division Provost Marshal by providing a law enforcement mission as well as training for the role of a Division combat MP Company. The company's war mission was evacuating and guarding EPWs/CIs from division to corps; providing law-enforcement assistance in the division's area of operation (AO) providing convoy security; LOC security; AS; R&S; L&O; and other missions as assigned by the Division PM.

Other missions may include augmentation for security of the division main CP, ASP's and other critical facilities.

The 24th MP Company provided a MP Station and MP Patrols on post and gate guard security for the Division installation.

The 24th Infantry Division remained in Germany until September 1968, when it redeployed two brigades to Fort Riley, Kansas, as part of the REFORGER (Return of Forces to Germany) program. One brigade was maintained in Germany.
 
(Source: Email from Richard Burch)
Provost Marshal Office, 24th Infantry Division

The C2 of the 24th Infantry Division MP Company extends downward from the tactical commander to the Division Provost Marshal (PM).

The Division Provost Marshal (PM) is the Division Commander's special staff officer. Under normal circumstances, he works for the chief of staff. The Division PM has OPCON of the Division MP Company and MP assets that have been provided by the corps. The Division MP Company Commander directs the employment of company assets.

Through the company headquarters, the Commander provides administrative, maintenance and logistical support to the PM section and to the company's platoons that are dispersed throughout the division's area of operations (AO). These sections are mobile to support the platoons without delay despite the extended distances that may be separating them.

The 24th MP Security Platoon & Co Headquarters was located in Warner Kaserne, north side of Munich, Germany. (Webmaster note: checked STATION LISTS for 1958, 1959 and 1960... all indicate that the 24th MP Det was headquartered at Augsburg.)
 
1960
(Source: Information from Richard Pratt via Dick Burch)
In November 1960, I was assigned to the 24th MP Detachment (not company at that time.) This detachment was attached to Headquarters and Headquarters Company 24th Infantry Division headquartered at Flak Kaserne, Augsburg not Warner in Munich. A platoon of the Detachment was stationed at Warner Barracks, but the Detachment headquarters as well as the Division Provost Marshal (Major, later Lt Colonel Mack during the time I was there) was sited at Flak Kaserne.

In late 1962 or early 1963, the Division was changed from its previous designation ("pentomic") to "mechanized." At that time, the detachment was redesignated as a company and our manpower and equipment increased. (For example, we were issued several jeep mounted recoiless rifles at this time.)

I rotated back to CONUS at the end of May 1963.
 
Related Links:
  24th Infantry Division in Europe, 1958-1970 Bob Rowen's wonderful site dedicated to the 24th Inf Div; Bob served with the 24th Infantry Division Public Information Section in 1963-64.