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

 

Contacting the Webmaster

comments / acknowledgements

 

 

Every effort has been made to make this website as accurate, informative, and comprehensive in content as possible. To the many of you who have submitted information, facts, and data in support of this goal, you have my sincere gratitude.  

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any suggestions or if you have found any information that should be corrected.   I will welcome any pertinent material to be added to our pages.  Your assistance will be always be greatly appreciated and your complaints will also always be taken under advisement.  Pulling this all together, puting it online, and keeping it maintained is a time and labor intensive undertaking.  I hope you enjoy the site.  Please note the acknowledgements to recognize major contributors to this site.

I may be contacted at: webmaster@62HP.org

My time with the Highway Patrol was a memorable part of my life.  It was far too short.  It was the best duty of my entire military experience.  Should you desire to know more about my background, please visit my faculty webpage at: http://www.nvcc.edu/home/llinville/, then click on the Academic, Professional, & Personal Data link.

Acknowledgements:

This Highway Patrol website would not have been possible without the original work of several other individuals.

First and foremost, I acknowledge and thank the tireless worker that gathered and collected the majority of unit material, our association founder, "The White Mice" editor, and Association President Emeritus, Edward F. Smith.  Ed's work as executive director/administrator  was done on behalf of all of us from the old  Highway Patrol unit.  His efforts in locating former members, establishing our association, coordinating the reunions, following up on information, and editing our newsletter have been superb.  The results of his efforts have had a tremendous impact on each of the active members.  

The next acknowledgement and thank you must go to the tireless worker, Bob Escher, Webmaster of the 1st Military Police Group Website, http://www.62ndmpco.org/.  Bob's pioneering efforts in establishing a webpage for his group which included the 20th MP, the 62nd MP, the 895th MP, and other attached units in Okinawa provided the first Internet site for posting information about our original unit, the 62nd Military Police Highway Patrol Company in Germany.  Bob graciously assembled and formatted unit information and material, and originally provided a link and host location for the story of the 62nd in Germany.  This information now seems to have since been removed from their site.

I would also like to thank the members of the Highway Patrol that have provided input, articles, stories, pictures, and other  memorabilia to Ed and myself.  Our website now contains a listing of all known former members of the Highway Patrol unit in Germany (and where available, e-mail links) to them.  If you can provide any assistance in this endeavor, particularly by providing information on dates of service and/or  duty stations for yourself, friends, or colleagues; or if you can add any captions or information for our many photos that are now displayed, it will be greatly appreciated. 

Larry Linville

                     Webmaster@62HP.org   

Many of the pictures and news articles have appeared previously in The White Mice [or Die Weißen Mäuse] newsletters [another benefit for members].  We need your continued input and support to provide future newsletter articles.  If you were a member of the Highway Patrol in Germany, and have not yet joined the association as an active member, you are missing out on a variety of benefits and fellowship.  Please consider joining.  Click to go to the  62nd Military Police (Highway Patrol) Association information page

Important Notice:  If there are any pictures, references or information contained in this web site that are copyrighted by someone else, or that are the sole property of a company or individual, and you do not wish to have it on this site, contact the webmaster and this item will be removed immediately.