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62nd Highway Patrol (MP) – Germany   1948-1958 

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62nd Highway Patrol Unit – Germany

Connect to our 62nd Highway Patrol website homepage: http://www.62HP.org

U.S. Army in Europe  1945-1989

From Occupation Army to "Keepers of the Peace".  Walter Elkins, webmaster.  A wealth of information on this site.

U.S. Army Constabulary

24th Constabulary Squadron.  Interesting site, we can relate to many of their duty assignments.

14th Armored Cavalry Regiment

The AC patrolled and worked in the same remote border areas as many of us. 

3rd. Bn. of the 14th AC - Bad Hersfeld

Northern most patrol area of Fulda Gap border area near where I processed Soviet Military Missons entering FDR from DDR.

14th AC Regiment History

 Cold War period.

U.S. Army Europe (USAREUR)

Official Homepage of the U.S. Army in Europe.

United States European Command

EUCOM / NATO information and news.

709th Military Police Battalion

USAEUR.  Some Highway Patrolmen were transferred to the 709th when the HP was deactivated in 1958.

709th Military Police Bn. Association

 Brad Mitton's Guardians Association.

1st Military Police Group  (62nd MP Co.)

62nd MP Co. in Okinawa.  Bob Escher’s (our former web site host) website.

U.S. Army Military Police School

Fort Leonard Wood, MO.

Military Police Association

Norm Hoewischer (member of the 62nd HP) is the founder and webmaster of this site which also contains the MP Registry.

Stars and Stripes

European Digital Edition.  Other area editions available from this link.

U.S. Army Homepage

Official homepage of the U.S. Army.

Department of Defense Almanac

Numerous Department of Defense links available from this site.

U.S. Army Center for Military History

Information on individual Medal of Honor awards and other Unit History available from this site.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Links to further information concerning WW II campaign operations involving the 62nd Military Police Company Campaign Participation Credit listed in the Unit's Lineage and Honors (History) may be found at:

Southern France:

http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/documents/237ADT.htm

Rhineland:

http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/brochures/rhineland/rhineland.htm

Ardennes-Alsace: (The Ardennes are in Belgium, Alsace is in France, and a region named the Lorraine is located between them.)

http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/brochures/ardennes/aral.htm

Military District of Washington    MDW

MDW is the Army Forces Component and core staff element of the Joint Force Headquarters in the Nations Capital Area.

Arlington National Cemetery

A lot of information, links, historic photos, etc. may be found at this site.

 

 

German Autobahn Page    English version

Past, present and future of the German autobahn system.  You may also look at some of the old abandoned roads our units formerly patrolled.   Deutsch version

Maps of cities and towns in Germany

You may pull up many different areas here.

Map of occupation zone following WW II

Occupation zone borders and territories regarding former Nazi Germany following WW II.

The German States

States Länder of present day Germany.

German National Flag

Flag and information - Bundesrepublik Deutschland.

Subnational Flags   (Germany)

The state flags and information from Bundesrepublik Deutschland.

 

 

Military Police of the Vietnam War

Jim Stewart's photo tribute to a later generation of "troopers".