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15th
Constabulary Regiment
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| Regimental
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| 1st
Constabulary Squadron |
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1st Constabulary
Squadron
15th Constabulary Regiment
APO ?? US Army
Kaserne?, Knielingen, Germany
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Sector
occupied and patroled by the 1st Constabulary Squadron - December
1946
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| 14th
Constabulary Squadron |
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14th Constabulary
Squadron
15th Constabulary Regiment
APO 175? US Army
Ernst Ludwig Kaserne?, Darmstadt, Germany
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Sector
occupied and patroled by the 14th Constabulary Squadron - December
1946
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| 15th
Constabulary Squadron |
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| (Source: Customs of
the Fifteenth Constabulary Squadron, 1 July 1947) |
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Headquarters
15th Constabulary Squadron
15th Constabulary Regiment
APO 403 US Army
Panzer Kaserne, Schwetzingen, Germany
Lt. Col. Joseph G. Felber, Commanding
In the final stages of WWII, the 15th Cavalry Reconnaissance
Squadron was attached to XVI Corps and fought in the Battle
of the Ruhr Pocket. Combat terminated for the 15th Cavalry with
the fall of the Ruhr pocket. The Squadron moved east to the
Weser River and was assigned a military government and security
mission.
After VE-Day, the 15th Cav Rcn Sq was placed in Category II
as strategic reserve in the United States. Following the collapse
of Japan, however, the Squadron was recategorized as occupation
troops (Category I) in Germany.
In December 1945, the Squadron undertook the duties of District
Constabulary in the southern half of the Western Military District
(see map),
which comprised the province of Württemberg-Baden. In this
mission the 15th Cav Rcn Sq served as a model for that which
was to become the US Zone Constabulary.
On 1 May 1946, the Squadron was reorganized and redesignated
as the 15th Constabulary Squadron. After training in Constabulary
duties until 1 July 1946, the Squadron began operations in the
Landkreise of Heidelberg and Mannheim, less enclave
areas. By December 1946, the responsibility of the 15th Con
Sqdn had been increased by portions of the French Border and
the Landkreise of Tauberbischofsheim, Buchen and
Mosbach.
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Sector
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