Arial view - 50's McNair Kaserne 32nd Signal emblem
A cold war look at the former home of the 32nd Signal Battalion, the 201st Signal Company, the 17th Signal Battalion, and some other groups.
 
The 80s
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1982

The following 2 images are courtesy of Brian Klein.
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1982 image
Brian in the drivers seat of a deuce-and-a-half. 		1982 image
Thought you might enjoy this picture. It was taken out of a ground floor window (HHC 17th ?). I can't remember the name of the guy standing under the awning that owned that car.
1986

The following 2 images are courtesy of Jonna Kaatz.
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1986 image
"I had to dig out my photos trying to find one of our rooms.
As you can see they updated the heating system- no old style heaters- new modern ones!
And they updated our rooms to a nice cool BLUE!!
The windows are the same, the way they painted the rooms-SAME!
Gotta love the Army- if it works why change.
We also used our window sills for beer, pop, and all the stuff that needed to be refrigerated.
After a few months in country we were able to buy a used fridge from someone leaving to go home for a few bucks. . When I left I also sold the fridge. Wonder how many people got to use that thing??"		 1986 image
"I also found 1 of our shelter that was hauled around on the back of a deuce 1/2. I was a 31M. No computers yet in my day either.

Jonna goes on:
"I was stationed there in 1986-7. Let me tell ya it didn't change much from the time you where there!! I was w/ the 17th Signal Bt. B CO.
The pictures you had posted where great and boy did they bring back memories. The one that shouted out at me was the "shoe tree".
It was still in use when I left and my room looked out on it, so every day I got a good view of it. Needless to say, I left my boots there when I came back to "the world".
Our name for the old Kaserne was McNasty State Penitentiary."
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