Nord-Kaserne, also known as Adolf-Hitler-Kaserne, was renamed Emery Barracks (also called Emery Kaserne) on 18 May 1943 (HQ USAREUR General Order #42, 18 May 1953), in honor of 1LT Robert M. Emery of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers who served with the 1st Infantry Division and was killed in action on 8 November 1942, near Djebel Mrdajajdo in Algeria. U.S. After 9 days at sea, we arrived at the port in Bremerhaven Germany. There were so many of us who arrived at one time they had to place a bunch of cots in the upstairs training room for us to sleep. The use of local materials led to the unique character of the buildings. The first address you sent me is my buddy. 3. find my friend." I had a great time and intend to go again next year. Do you have 6-52 ADA WUZBURG GERMANY (EMERY BARRACKS Reunion information you'd like to share, "When I Joined VetFriends, I read about the email locator service, and sent an email to my old friend. The MHCS provided outpatient mental health and counseling services to Division personnel and their dependents, and its headquarters was located upstairs in the River Building, aka "das MP-Gebaeude." I was assigned to a job which involved traveling to outlying areas from Wurzburg and inspecting arms rooms and ammo dumps. I can still remember looking out the window by the street which ran by the Main River and seeing a car coming slowly down the street with the hood up with a mechanic standing on the front bumper and leaning under the hood while making some adjustments to the engine. 2.
Robert studied Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 1931 to 1934, enrolling in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC). They "lived" or more clearly they were housed there awaiting completion of their asylum processes. Some Historical Information on Wertheim Emery Barracks, Wurzburg, Germany, June 1964 - October 1966 After graduating from Radio-Teletype School at Fort Gordon GA. in June 1964, Phillip D. Baker and I were flown to New York where we were put on a troop ship the "William O Darby" for the trip to Germany. What I lived in was an old rock structure shaped like an old mobile home about 7 or 8 ft. wide and maybe 30 ft. long with three rooms. Later, in the spring of 1974, I returned to work at the River Building on a permanent basis as NCOIC of the unit (while living "on the economy" in a town a few kilometers north of Wuerzburg). Already tagged . A 600-meter runway was built on the former grass airfield. He was later commissioned into the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. We were stationed in Germany in 1975 through 1978. With the end of the Cold War and the resulting drawdown of US forces in Europe, US troops began to withdraw from Wertheim in the spring of 1992. Interestingly, however, the division's counter intelligence division (CID) was our neighbor in the building. I usually had to walk a couple of miles a day to pick up the vehicle and then take it back in the evenings. U.S.
There was also a small gasthaus on the ground floor in the south corner of the building (in the photo, the right side of the building by the greenery), and some of us would occasionally get together there for happy hour after our weekly meetings. Thank you for signing up for the VetFriends Newsletter! Athough the former Fliegerhorst was a large airfield, the main role of the Army installation Wertheim was to serve as a home station for ground units. [2] (War Department, General Orders No. I remained there for about a month, receiving a complete orientation to MHCS practices and procedures, and undergoing intensive training on providing mental health services in an overseas military environment. The MHCS offices fronted on Ludwigskai, and each room had large windows that overlooked the peaceful Main River, which ran only about 40 or 50 yards in front of the building. When one removed the plywood piece, it revealed an inlaid swatzika, indicating that the River building certainly had some significant role during the war. We sat at one end of a long table toward the rear of the room, and we were dressed in fatigues - so we were obviously American soldiers. I hesitated and then decided I would rather have the sergeant come looking for me rather than being made an example of in front of everyone, so I went back up to the training room and waited, but no one ever came. It's been nearly 40 years since we parted. I'd like to provide some additional information about that location. We raced volkswagens on our time off and we'd go to the range and shoot all day. It was little building that was thrown up on the edge of the parking lot to a larger apartment building which housed almost exclusively military couples and prostitutes. I never bothered to get up after that until I was visiting some friends who were in a normal four man room downstairs when a sergeant came by making a duty roster. During my time, we were told that the building was the former Gestapo headquarters in Germany, but I cannot confirm that. Emery was buried in Plot H, Row 12, Grave 10, in the North Africa American Cemetery in Carthage, Tunisia.[3]. In December 1937 the Fliegerhorst (airfield) received its first occupants, a Stuka unit. ". Fliegerhorst Wertheim lies above the city of Wertheim and was constructed beginning in 1936. Already tagged. The Northern Kaserne, located at Wurzburg, Germany (map coordinates: (UTM) 32U MA639178), is designated Emery Barrackls. I remained with the MHCS until my ETS in May 1975 (I was originally due to ETS in January 1975, but I obtained a 4-month extension). I did map the distance from Leighton Barracks to the Provost Marshal's office and it was 2.4 miles. 38).
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I just came across your page on Wuerzburg and I was especially interested in the section about the River Building, which housed the 3rd ID Provost Marshal and served as Division MP headquarters. Timeline Photos. 38 (English: Tank Communications Detachment No. What a conversation we had. Trees and flowering shrubs lined the Ludwigskai, there was a lovely Baroque church atop the bluff almost directly across the river from us, and we would often see rowing teams sculling on the water past our windows. Div.) He said we were like brothers and then all of a sudden, we lost all contact. The game room was adjacent, so I played pool most of the day. It was one helluva beautiful view! (HQ USAREUR GO #42, 18 May 1953) closed in … It turned out that the three men were WWII comrades-in-arms, members of a panzer unit in the Waffen SS - they were reminiscing about the war and talking about "the good old days." He is so thankful I called and we exchanged addresses and he wants to come and visit.
I have very fond memories of Wuerzburg and especially of the River Building. A helicopter outfit was the first unit to occupy the base. Emery Barracks was closed in 1990. I was also able to locate the Military Police barracks where I stayed a couple of months before my wife was able to come over. MILITARY UNITS - 6-52 ADA WUZBURG GERMANY (EMERY BARRACKS VetFriends Veteran ID Card Quick Links. We finished our beers and were getting ready to leave when one of the men produced a traditional, lidded beer stein and set it on the table.
The unit, along with others, had storage units in the basement. I'm the first to ever contact him. 3. Already tagged. Faces in the Crowd. Other Albums. Thanks for making it possible, Thanks so much VetFriends.com for your help and genuine concern for locating this long lost buddy of mine, Please Enter a Valid email address with no spaces, VetFriends Members: Updated about 7 years ago. Are you looking for someone who is or was in 6-52 ADA WUZBURG GERMANY (EMERY BARRACKS? We talked on the phone several times in the last few years, and finally we were able to meet in El Paso, TX for a short visit. The order of battle officer was collocated with the G-2 up at Leighton Barracks, and there were NCOs up near the East German border. After the war the Fliegerhorst was used as a displaced persons camp for forced laborers in Germany and as a refugee camp. On June 12 1952, the US Army took over the facility and renamed Peden Barracks. [1] At the end of World War II, the facility was occupied by the US Army.
These were jail cells. As I recall, we were on the third floor, but I can't be sure now - it may have been the second floor. We wonder about the rest that served with us in the artillery unit we served in. Along with the grass airfield, extensive barracks were built, too, with a casino, billets, staff buildings, etc. 2,750,745, MILITARY UNITS - 6-52 ADA WUZBURG GERMANY (EMERY BARRACKS. It was a wonderful moment that we will both remember for the rest of our lives, and we owe it to VetFriends. Relive & share the memories of your service time with your brothers & sisters in arms today. See more ideas about Wurzburg, Germany, Troops. Sign up to receive our newsletter regarding Veterans, Reunions, Military, Veteran Benefits, Military Pictures, Jokes, Military History, My friend and I both spoke German fairly well, and we began eavesdropping on their conversation. He couldn't believe it when I told him I had not yet been assigned to a squad when he asked what squad I was in. Source: Hanno Englaender Military Catalog, Sales, Discounts & more. Some of our records got misplaced for a while and some of us were forgotten about for 2 or 3 weeks. (me), counterintelligence officers, and supply and maintenance. find my friend. Unbelievably, the next morning I was at exactly the same place when I heard "fall in", so I turned around and went back to bed. Untitled Album. Since 1992 it has served as the Asylbewerberheim des Freistaats Bayern (English: Asylum-seekers' Home of the Free State of Bavaria), housing up to 450 people from as many as 35 different nations. Fortunately he had also become a member and responded to my email.
Robert MacNab Emery was born 5 September 1911, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, to Brigadier General Ambrose Robert Emery and Elizabeth Christie MacNab. His father, a life-long soldier, was Commander of the Infantry Replacement Training Center at Camp Wheeler, Georgia, during World War II. (Souce: Email from William J. Articles incorporating text from Wikipedia, Military installations of the United States in Germany, https://books.google.com/books?id=cWwwAQAAIAAJ, "Distinguished Service Cross Citation, Robert M. Emery", http://www.homeofheroes.com/members/02_DSC/citatons/03_wwii-dsc/army_ef.html, "American Battle Monuments Commission: Robert M. Emery", https://www.abmc.gov/node/391563#.WefvbrpFyHl, https://military.wikia.org/wiki/Emery_Barracks?oldid=4516774. It may sound strange but it has brought back some memories that were not always that pleasant at the time, but it has been pleasant to look back on those times. © 2020 Copyright VetFriends.com. Des Roches, 1st Lt, 3rd MI Det.
EMERY BARRACKS - The Northern Kaserne, located at Wurzburg, Germany (map coordinates: (UTM) 32U MA639178), is designated Emery Barrackls. First of all, I can confirm that the River Building is identified correctly in the photo shown on the page (the caption asks if someone can provide that confirmation). Late one afternoon in spring 1975, shortly before the end of my tour, a colleague and I stopped in for a beer after work. Thank you so much again for helping me The 3rd MI Detachment was headquartered there and housed the C.O., the X.O. I saw that you might be looking for any information regarding the River Building in Wurzburg Germany which housed some elements of the 3rd Infantry Div. Given the men's backgrounds and evident continuing interests, and the fact that they were openly discussing those interests mere feet away from two uniformed American military members, and the fact that the gasthaus itself was right next door to (indeed, under) the 3rd ID military police headquarters, we found the whole incident quite bizarre, ironic, and amusing!