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ON THE LINKS BELOW TO VIEW SPECIFIC TOPICS (SOME PAGES MAY TAKE A WHILE TO LOAD ON YOUR INITIAL VISIT DUE TO PICTURES) PROLOGUE WHY I DID THIS PROJECT AND WHO HELPED (I COULD NOT HAVE DOME IT ALONE) PRIOR TO WORLD WAR II1936-1939 HOW THE LAND WAS USED PRIOR TO WORLD WAR II WORLD WAR II "DULAG LUFT" 1939-1945 THE PRISONER OF WAR INTERROGATION CENTER OBERURSEL POST WORLD WAR II (1945-1953) HOW THE POST WAS USED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE WAR Camp King and the BND AMERICAN MILITARY UNITS (1953-1995) AMERICAN TENANT UNITS ON THE POST PHYSICAL PLANT HOW THE BUILDINGS WERE UTILIZED IN THE 1970'S AND 1980'S (NUMEROUS PICTURES) SCHOOLS WHERE WE WERE EDUCATED THE FRANKFURT AMERICAN MILITARY COMMUNITY OUR EXTENDED AMERICAN COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES HOW WE SPENT OUR TIME (A LOT OF PICTURES) EMPLOYMENT HOW WE EARNED MONEY AS DEPENDENTS TELEVISION, RADIO AND THE STARS AND STRIPES NEWSPAPER TYPES OF MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT POST SECURITY, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND TERRORISM HOW WE WERE PROTECTED AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS TERRORISM THE PEOPLE AND CITY OF OBERURSEL A BRIEF VIEW OF OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PEOPLE OF OBERURSEL AND BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF THE CITY POST CLOSURE AND FUTURE WHAT THE POST IS TODAY- THE SEWO'S PLAN FOR THE LAND AND BUILDINGS (PICTURES) FIS'ERS OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH FIS'ERS A TERM USED BY CAMP KINGERS TO DESCRIBE OTHER KIDS THAT ATTENDED FRANKFURT INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL EPILOGUE MY FINAL THOUGHTS BIBLIOGRAPHY WHERE I OBTAINED THE INFORMATION ON THE POST
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IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO PERISHED GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
EVEN AFTER ALL THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS WE ARE STILL STANDING PROUDLY GOD BLESS AMERICA (PICTURE COURTESY OF PATTY RITTER, TAKEN AT THE LOWERY PARK ZOO, TAMPA, FLORIDA) COME STOP INTO THE CYBER TRINKHALLE FOR A QUICK CYBER BEER.
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 CROPPED FROM CAMP KING PLAQUE COURTESY OF FRED SCHLOSS (WORDS ATTRIBUTED TO LYRICS FROM WEST POINT)
WELCOME TO CAMP KING: CAMP KING IS LOCATED NORTH OF FRANKFURT, IN OBERURSEL, TAUNUS, GERMANY. IT WAS INITIALLY AN AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL. DURING WORLD WAR II IT BECAME DULAG LUFT, AS WELL AS AN INTERROGATION STATION FOR DOWNED ALLIED PILOTS, AUSWERTESTELLE WEST. THE US ARMY TOOK CONTROL AFTER W.W.II AND MADE THE SITE INTO AN INTELLIGENCE POST. THE GEHLEN ORGANIZATION WAS BASED ON THIS POST AS WELL AS THE EUROPEAN COMMAND INTELLIGENCE CENTER. LATER, IT BECAME A TRANSPORTATION POST. SINCE THE AMERICAN DRAW DOWN OF FORCES, IT HAS BECOME A GERMAN HOUSING AREA. TO ME IT IS WHAT I CONSIDER TO BE MY HOME. COME VISIT MY CHILDHOOD HOME AND DISCOVER ITS FASCINATING HISTORY, DISPEL RUMORS AND DISCOVER SECRETS.
PICTURE OF CAMP KING FROM THE HISTORY OF CAMP KING BY JACK C. SPRATT, ARTIST UNKNOWN
PICTURE OF CAMP KINGS MAIN GATE IN THE LATE 1940'S OR EARLY 1950'S, COURTESY OF ROLLAND G. HATFIELD THIS WEB SITE IS FROM A PROJECT I COMPILED, WITH A LOT OF HELP, CALLED: THE HISTORY OF CAMP KING, OBERURSEL, TAUNUS, GERMANY, 1936-2000; WITH AN EMPHASIS ON DEPENDENT LIFE IN THE 1970'S AND EARLY 1980'S
CLICK HERE FOR MARIA SHIPLEY'S POD CASTS FROM CAMP KING AND OBERURSEL AN AUDIO TOUR OF CAMP FROM THE U-BAHN STATION TO THE HILL. SOME NEAT HISTORICAL TIDBITS ARE IMBEDDED.
I AM ATTEMPTING TO KEEP A CURRENT E-MAIL LISTING. SEND ME AN E-MAIL IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED TO THE LIST. ALL ARE WELCOME. I HAVE DIVIDED THE LISTINGS BETWEEN CAMP KING KIDS AND OTHERS: CLICK ON THE MAIL BOX
TO CONTACT ME FRANZ GAJDOSCH AS MENTIONED IN THE PROLOGUE, I CONSIDER FRANZ GAJDOSCH AS THE RESIDENT HISTORIAN OF CAMP KING. HERE IS HIS STORY TAKEN FROM HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY "I JOINED THE WAFFEN-SS" MEMORIES MANY PEOPLE HAVE SUBMITTED THEIR MEMORIES OF THE POST BOTH DURING WWII AS WELL AS AFTER. THESE ARE THEIR MEMORIES. PLEASE CONTACT ME IF YOU WANT YOUR MEMORIES ADDED. COMMANDERS 1939-1968 A LISTING OF THE COMMANDERS OF THE POST FROM DULAG LUFT AKA AUSWERTESTELLE WEST THROUGH THE 513TH AND BEYOND. CLICK HERE TO SEE PICTURES TAKEN IN NOVEMBER OF 2002 THANKS TO GARY CAREY FOR PROVIDING PICTURES OF HOW THE POST LOOKED IN NOVEMBER OF 2002 CLICK HERE TO SEE MY FAVORITE PICTURES MY FAVORITE HISTORICAL PICTURES SUGGESTED READINGS BOOKS THAT HAVE HELPED ME COMPLETE THE SITE OR I HAVE READ TO GAIN OTHER INFORMATION ABOUT CAMP KING, INTELLIGENCE AND/OR POW'S. A TRIBUTE TO A FRIEND A DEDICATION TO KELLY FITZHUGH, A TRUE FRIEND MY FAVORITE LINKS: INFORMATION FROM THESE LINKS HAS BEEN USED TO COMPILE THIS SITE: SEWO THE CITY OF OBERURSEL SITE IN REFERENCE TO THE REDEVELOPMENT OF CAMP KING (GREAT HISTORY IN GERMAN) OBERURSEL WEBSITE GREAT PICTURES AND INFORMATION ON OBERURSEL (IN ENGLISH AND GERMAN CLICK ON THE ENGLISH OR AMERICAN FLAG {ON THE LINKED PAGE} TO CHANGE LANGUAGES) 1st TMCA WEBSITE GREAT HISTORY OF THE 4TH TRANSCOMS PREDECESSOR 513th MILITARY INTELLIGENCE BRIGADE HOME PAGE WEB PAGE OF THE 513TH MILITARY INTELLIGENCE BRIGADE. GREAT UNIT HISTORY OF THE 513TH FEDERATION OF AMERICAN SCIENTIST GREAT INFORMATION ON THE GEHLEN ORGANIZATION. EXCELLENT RESEARCH AND FORMAT MEMORIES OF OBERURSEL; QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS A LINK TO THE CIA WEBPAGE WHERE I FOUND THE ARTICLE BY ARNOLD M. SILVER. THESE SITES ARE GREAT SITES ABOUT CAMP KING/ DULAG LUFT OR THE FRANKFURT AMERICAN MILITARY COMMUNITY: (IF YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS FOR ADDITIONS TO THIS SECTION, PLEASE LET ME KNOW US Army Germany A great site about the entire United States Army in Germany Frank DA Cruz Frankfurt Page great pictures of Frankfurt in the 1970's Holly Mistlebauer's Frankfurt Page. This page brought back a lot of memories for me. Great Pictures!!!! 570th MP Platoon A link off Walter Elkins Great Site US Army Europe. CAMP KING KIDS A SITE FOR KIDS THAT ONCE LIVED ON THE POST YAHOO GROUPS CAMP KING KIDS A GREAT SITE FOR FINDING FRIENDS, CHATTING, OR RESEARCHING. IT IS A LIST SERVER THAT RESENDS E-MAILS/POSTS TO THE SITE DENNIS M PARKER'S WORLD WAR II DIARY AND LOG THIS SITE IS A DIARY OF A WWII PILOT WITH THE 325TH FIGHTER GROUP. EXCELLENT POW ART AS WELL AS A DIARY MOOSBURG POW CAMP STALAG VIIA A GREAT SITE DEDICATED TO MOOSBURG. ALSO A REALLY GOOD DESCRIPTION OF THE TREATMENT AT DULAG LUFT CAN BE FOUND AT THIS LINK: NAME RANK AND SERIAL NUMBER BY BILL LIVINGSTONE FRANKFURT HIGH SCHOOL AN EXCELLENT SITE. IT HAS A LOT OF PICTURES AND INFORMATION. ALSO REUNION INFORMATION. FAHS.ORG FRANKFURT HIGH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ANOTHER GREAT FRANKFURT SITE AFN AMERICAN FORCES NETWORK EUROPE. BOTH TV AND RADIO ARMED FORCES RECREATION CENTERS EUROPE RECREATION CENTERS (GREAT PICTURES OF BAVARIA) IG FARBEN BUILDING HISTORY A GREAT SITE THAT SHOWS THE IG FARBEN/ABRAMS BUILDING AND GIVES IT'S HISTORY (GREAT PICTURES AND AWESOME NARRATION) WWW.B24.NET A SITE FOR AIRCREWS FROM WORLD WAR II US ARMY CENTER FOR MILITARY HISTORY A GREAT SITE TO CONDUCT HISTORY RESEARCH.
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