Black with Gold Letters
Measurements 5"x2"
“The United States military presence at the Babenhausen Kaserne extended from 1945 to 2007. Initially displaced Europeans were housed in the Kaserne. In 1950, the 36th Artillery Group was activated with artillery and other units from Southern Germany. Babenhausen citizens then stood side-by-side with, and supported the U.S. military for over the next half century.
The units remained at full readiness during the Cold War, the period of the Iron Curtain, and the era of the Berlin Wall that came down in November 1989 and led to the reunification of Germany. The Kaserne was a staging site during the Middle East military operations in 1991 and was finally closed in 2007.
Thousands of U.S. soldiers, civilians, and Babenhausen residents contributed to the success of the mission to defend the Free World and later expand liberty eastward throughout Europe. Those Americans that served here warmly remember the hospitality and kindness of the German people and especially the citizens of Babenhausen.“
