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Throughout the Cold War, the division headquarters company, the 503rd Administrative Company, 503rd Adjutant General Company, and 503rd MP Company were based at Drake Kaserne in Frankfurt, with 143rd Signal Battalion and other support units stationed across the street at Edwards Kaserne in Frankfurt, West Germany.
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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.
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!
1955 - 1992 (list is complete) (1) On 17 January 1992, the 3rd Armored Division officially ceased operations in Germany. The division colors were then returned to the United States. The 3rd Armored Division held a four-day celebration in early April, 1957 to commemorate the division's 16th Anniversary.
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.
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 ...
