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  2. William Orlando Darby - Wikipedia

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    William O. Darby (February 8, 1911 – April 30, 1945) was a career United States Army officer who fought in World War II, where he was killed in action at age 34 in Italy. He was posthumously promoted to brigadier general. Darby was the founding commander of the First Ranger Battalion, which evolved into the United States Army Rangers.

  3. List of United States Army installations in Germany - Wikipedia

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    Wildflecken Kaserne Wildflecken: transferred to Bundeswehr: Wiley Barracks Neu-Ulm: closed 1991 Wilkins Kaserne Ludwigsburg: Will Kaserne: Munich: transferred to Bundeswehr: 1968 now known as Fürst-Wrede-Kaserne W.O. Darby Kaserne Fürth: closed 1995 Wolfgang Kaserne Hanau: closed 2008 Würzburg Hospital Würzburg: closed 2008 Yorkhof Kaserne ...

  4. Darby Military Community - Wikipedia

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    The base was formally dedicated on 15 November 1952 as Camp Darby, and is named in memory of Brigadier General William O. Darby, Assistant Division Commander of the 10th Mountain Division, who was killed by enemy artillery on 30 April 1945 on the shore of Lake Garda, Italy.

  5. 6615th Ranger Force - Wikipedia

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    The 6615th landed at Peter Beach in the port of Anzio, on January 22, 1944.It suffered very few casualties and moved into the city itself. After the U.S. VI Corps occupied Anzio, the corps commander, Major General John P. Lucas and the 3rd Division commander, Major General Lucian Truscott, met with Colonel Darby and decided to have the Rangers sneak behind the German lines and capture the town ...

  6. Kaserne - Wikipedia

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    The largest single unit combat force in Germany, the First Brigade of the U.S. 3rd Armored Division was housed at Ayers Kaserne, Kirch-Göns, Germany, also known as "The Rock". While several dozen kasernes with NATO forces were once spread across the American sector of Germany , after the end of the Cold War , many have since closed, and some ...

  7. 32nd Signal Battalion (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The 32nd Signal Battalion (Corps) was reactivated at Cambrai-Fritsch Kaserne, Darmstadt, Germany, under V Corps USAREUR, 28 January 1955. The 322nd Signal Battalion, a reserve unit, then stationed and operating for V Corps at Cambrai-Fritsch, was inactivated and, in place, became the soldiers and equipment of the 32nd Signal Battalion (Corps).

  8. List of barracks in Munich - Wikipedia

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    Korpsnachrichten-Kaserne 1934–1994 Saar-Kaserne; Jensen Kaserne (U.S. Army use) Waldmann-Kaserne (Bundeswehr use) Funkkaserne 1936–1992 Prinz-Eugen-Kaserne 1937–2009 Lohengrin-Kaserne (Nazi Germany) Peterson Kaserne (U.S. Army use) McGraw Kaserne: 1945–1992 parts were used from the Reichszeugmeisterei (Nazi Germany) Kronprinz-Rupprecht ...

  9. 84th Field Artillery Regiment - Wikipedia

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    The 3rd Missile Battalion, 84th Artillery Regiment was formed at Fort Sill in 1963 and deployed to Heilbronn, West Germany under the 56th Field Artillery Group. It was initially equipped with four Pershing 1 nuclear missiles, upgraded to six in 1964 and eight in 1965 and in 1969 replaced these with 36 Pershing 1a missiles. The battalion was ...