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Army Communciations Zone, Europe
Advance Section, Com Z
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| 1956 |
(Source: STARS & STRIPES, Dec 9, 1956) |
Verdun Air Section To Get New Field
French forces will join U.S. troops Dec 16 to mark the opening of the new Verdun Army Airfield.
The Verdun air section has long anticipated the move to new quarters and less antiquated flying facilities for Advance Section L19s, L20s and helicopters.
The new air terminal, officially named Verdun-Rozelier, will feature a modern administration building, and two spacious hangars, replacing the one small hangar and offices at the former locale, a French flying club.
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| 1958 |
| (Source: STARS & STRIPES, July 30, 1958) |
Advance Section
The Communications Zone is divided into the following major subordinate commands: |
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Advance Section |
Verdun |
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Base Section |
Poitiers |
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Seine Area Comd |
Paris |
supports US elements of international headquarters in and around Paris and Fontainebleau |
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Orleans Installation |
Orleans |
supports Com Z Headquarters |
CG of the Advance Section is Brig Gen Robert J. Fleming. The Hqs is located in Verdun, France.
The mission of ADSEC is to supply the 7th Army and USAFE in Germany.
The command supervises a vast network of depots and communications stretching across northeastern France and into Western Germany.
The purpose of the supply depots in France is to provide wartime support of the 7th Army and USAFE.
The depots in ADSEC serve as backup for like depots in Germany -- Toul Engineer Depot backs up the Engineer Depot in Kaiserslautern; the Metz QM Depot supports the (Nahbollenbach) QM depot in Germany...
Advance Section was originally set up in Paris in 1950 as part of the major effort of organizing a new, more secure line of communications through France to replace the Bremerhaven line of communications which had been established during the early days of the Occupation Period.
ADSEC units employ 16,000 French workers. In Verdun, site of the headquarters and other activities, one of every five working adults is employed by the US Army. |
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