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Drake Kaserne (Frankfurt am Main) Drake Kaserne. (Frankfurt am Main) Drake Kaserne became the headquarters of the U.S. Army's 3d. Armored Division when it "Gyroscoped" from Fort Knox, Kentucky to Germany in the spring of 1956. It remained so until the Division was deactivated on 17 JAN 1992.
On 17 January 1992, the 3rd Armored Division officially ceased operations in Germany with a ceremony held in Frankfurt at Division Headquarters Drake Kaserne. "Sir, this is my final salute. Mission accomplished," said Maj. Gen. Jerry Rutherford, the division commander.
Drake Kaserne is on the north and Kennedy Allee is on the south, leading to the Flughafen, or airport. At the bottom of this page is a reference guide to the numbered points on the map and to other special spots. Be sure to print out a copy of this map for your next trip back to Frankfurt!
Drake Kaserne Main Gate, Frankfurt am Main, 1958 (3rd Armd Div, Germany 1958) Drake Ksn was home of Headquarters, 3rd Armored Division.
Had to go across the street from the Kaserne to the Gasthaus. 492 503rd S & T Bn shops and motor pools. Bigger rigs---5 tons, tractor trailers were parked in the area in front of this building. 493 Lower 143rd shop offices (Mr. English and then later Mr. Wade were the warrants who were in charge of the maintenance). It was also a small welding ...
Drake Kaserne is on the north and Kennedy Allee is on the south, leading to the Flughafen, or airport. At the bottom of this page is a reference guide to the numbered points on the map and to other special spots. Be sure to print out a copy of this map for your next trip back to Frankfurt!
Kaserne of the German 81st Infantry Regiment, Frankfurt a.M. Artillerie Kaserne, Frankfurt-Bonames, later redesignated as Drake Kaserne Administration Building of the I.G. Farbenindustrie in the late 1930s, Frankfurt - later known as the IG Farben Hochhaus by US troops - on 16 April 1975, the building was redesignated as the Creighton W. Abrams ...
