Book on USAREUR order of battle, 1976

[mike robel]

This is a good book, not too much, not too little. Some instances of detail, like how arty was organized - number of pieces per battery by type, but not for other type units.

Two things - the boards hung from the side of the M577 pictured on page 7 might have been map boards, but in the divisions in which I served (3AD, 5ID, and 8ID), those were duckboards - boards for use in the floor of the track extensions. Also, on page 59, two M88s are pictured, one towing the other, described as being one from F Troop and one from G Troop. Recovery vehicles in ACR troops were M578s, so these two were the M88s from H Company (the tank company) and the squadron maintenance section.

Brings a lot of facts together in an easily-digestible reference.

When CAV Troops got M60A1 Rise Passive in about 78, we also got M88s. For a while as Troop XO in B Troop I had both an M578 and the M88.

[mike robel]

Yeah, I've done that. My posts, my friends' posts, posts I've visited. Friedberg/Ray Barracks is abandoned, Baumholder is empty, the 11thACR posts are gone... It is very sad. I visited Panzer Kaserne, where I was with my dad, in the 50s, near Boblingen, on our last tour. I feel like my home town has been torn down. The passing of the Seventh Imperial Army has been a slow, painful process. And regrettable for so many reasons. It has, unfortunately, marked a decline in the credibility and ability to influence events in the region. You could, at one time, drive anywhere in Germany, and spot the kasernes inhabited by US troops from the autobahn.

Jim
I never realized you lived in Boeblingen. I was in the 1 ID(F) there from 84-87, as you probably remember. You probably told me, but I obviously forgot.

[panzergator]

Mike, was Bob Sigl still in Fulda when you were there, or a sergeant E6 named Miller in regimental hq?