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For the civil airport use of this facility after 2007, see: Kitzingen Airport Harvey Barracks/Kitzingen Army Airfield is a former United States Army 3rd Infantry Division (3rd ID) facility in Germany, located about 3,5 km east-northeast of Kitzingen (Bavaria), about 390 km southwest of Berlin and 202 km north-northwest of Munich.
During the Cold War, Kitzingen was a staging area for the U.S. European Command's air defenses against possible Soviet air and nuclear attack. Two U.S. Army Bases, Larson Barracks and Harvey Barracks, were located in the town. For many years it housed the 2nd Brigade of the Third infantry division.
Harris Barracks Coburg: closed 1991 Harvey Barracks Kitzingen: closed 2007 Hawkins Barracks Oberammergau: transferred to Bundeswehr: 1975 formerly an Army Intelligence center; was transferred to Bundeswehr as an administration school in 1975. A NATO Special Weapons School still exists on the grounds. Heidelberg Army Airfield Heidelberg
Larson Barracks was a former military garrison located near Kitzingen, in Bavaria, Germany, west of the Main River. It was active as a military base, first for Nazi Germany from 1936-1945 and then for the United States from 1945-2006 before being returned to the German government in 2007.
The 17th Signal Battalion of the United States Army was a MSE (Mobile Subscriber Equipment) equipped signal battalion based in Kitzingen, Germany (Larson Barracks).The battalion was one of three that made up the 22nd Signal Brigade, based in Darmstadt, Germany.
Company B inactivated 2005-11-09 at Larson Barracks in Kitzingen. Company A inactivated 2006-03-31 at Conn Barracks in Schweinfurt . Company C and HHC inactivated 2006-04-10 at Larson Barracks .
From the late 1950s until the early 1960s, the 8th Infantry Division was organized as a partially Airborne Pentomic division, with two of its five battle groups (the 1st Airborne Battle Group, 504th Infantry, [13] and 1st Airborne Battle Group, 505th Infantry) [14] on jump status.
In 1934, an adjacent farm was impounded and barracks were constructed which later became Grenadier Kaserne. [2] After World War II the U.S. Army operated Grenadier Kaserne through the end of the Cold War , operated largely as a logistical support activity for the Stuttgart Military Community – which covered 13 installations over an area the ...