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 Hanau Engineer Depot, 1948 |
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| 1945 - 1954 | |||
| (Source: STARS & STRIPES, July 1, 1954) | |||
| In 1945 the US Army took over a former German Army engineer depot and bridging school near Hanau to make it their main engineer supply point in the US Occupatopn Zone in Germany. After the end of WWII in Europe as the US Army redeployed most of its units back to the US, engineer units from all over Europe turned in their equipment to the depot prior to redeployment. By 1947 more than 175,000 tons of material was being stored, classified, reconditioned and re-issued as the depot performed its supply mission. The Hanau Engineer Depot served as the hub of the Army's engineer supply system in Europe from 1947-1952. At its peak, the depot was staffed with 1600 military personnel and employed over 3,600 civilians. Storage capabilities included 420,000 square feet of covered warehouses and another 2,500,000 square feet of outside open storage space. In line with the plan to move all depots behind the Rhine River, the decision was made to close the Hanau Engineer Depot once the newly constructed Rhine Engineer Depot (Kaiserslautern) was ready. In 1952, the Hanau depot became a sub-depot of the Rhine Engineer Depot. In late 1953, the Hanau depot began shipping all of its remaining stocks to the Rhine Engineer Depot and the new Com Z engineer depots at Toul and Chinon in France. The final closing of the Hanau depot was announced recently by USAREUR. As of July 1, there is only a small skeleton crew of 3 officers, 12 enlisted men and 41 civilians working at the depot. |
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