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United States Constabulary
Official Home Page
U.S. ARMY
OF OCCUPATION
1946 -  GERMANY AND AUSTRIA -  1952
 "We Served with Honor and Pride"

During W.W.II, Germany was destroyed.

     Following the end of the war the people of Germany had no leadership, no law or order, and there were many displaced persons.  The country was in desperate need of help.  The United States Constabulary along with the 1st Infantry Division formed the deterrent to Communism in Germany and Austria.  These were our first "Cold War Warriors".   These soldiers performed many of the functions that the German and Austrian governments could not perform.
     The United States Constabulary was phased out in December 1952 having accomplished its mission.  It had been truly one of the elite forces of the
U. S. Army and lived up to its motto, "Mobility, Vigilance, Justice".



  THE GERMANS REFERRED TO US AS:
THE "BLITZ-POLIZEI" or "LIGHTNING POLICE"
Some units referred to us as "Circle-C-Cowboys"
WE WERE THE UNITED STATES
  CONSTABULARY ARMY-1946-1952.

From the beginning, the Constabulary set high standards for itself. The troopers were to be selected from the best soldiers available, and it was desired that all of them be volunteers. They were to be trained as soldiers and policemen. They were to operate in an efficient, alert manner calculated to inspire confidence and respect in all persons they met, whether Germans, Allies, or Americans.


The father of the U.S. Constabulary.

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Major General Ernest N. Harmon
Commanding General
United States Constabulary
Organizer and first CG


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     We are looking for anyone who served in the U.S. Constabulary in Germany or Austria during 1946-1952.  The objectives of the association is to bring camaraderie among old and new friends.  This web site has been designed and created in a manner to easily help bring old friends together. 
     You can find names of many troopers and e-mail addresses. 
     If you are a trooper, as you go through the pages of our history, I am sure you will find it to bring back the memories you thought you have lost. 
Here is a way you can connect and bond with some of the most important years in your life, the years when you have served in the U.S. Constabulary.


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Click on the INDEX LINKS  below to read the History of the U.S. Constabulary and stories from the troopers.
The Newest material posted will follow in the last INDEX BLOCK.
 Be sure to check back again to catch the updates added to these pages.
Index A
Posted 1999-2002
 History Sq. Journals.
History of the U. S. Constabulary. 
U.S.Constabulary School History.
 Military Reviews / Museums.
 Maps, Zones, Charts, Unit Lineage.
U.S. Constabulary Horse Cavalry.
Occupation of Germany.
 Lightning Bolt 1947 Lt. Col. Irzyk. 
Looking for Army Dads-family.
Coburg, Germany 6 th Sqdn and
Fulda 81st Sqdn.
Kassel, Bamberg, Wetzler
                Trooper's Constabulary Days                      
Index B
Posted 2002-2003

 NY Herald European Edition.
Life Magazine.
Nuremberg Trial.
District Maps.
Military Pay Certificates.
U.S. CON. "A History" Book Published.
14th A/C Reg. 
National Reunion 9/6/01.
"Circle C" to vanish from Germany"
Trooper's Constabulary Days
Index C
Posted  2003-2005

 Peace keepers Manual 1946.
Recording of  US CON.Sq. -
History Constabulary School.
Post-War Germany.
Second Constabulary Regiment.
POST WAR BORDER OPERATIONS 1945 - 1946.
Shoulder Sleeve Insignia.
Big Wheel Club-Book of Memories
 by Jerry Johnson.
Establishment & Operations of the USCon.
COL (USA Ret) Benjamin L. Landis.
Trooper's Constabulary Days
Index D
Posted 2005-2006

U.S. CON in Post War Germany
1946-1952.
Brig. Gen. A R Irzyk- Nat'l Reunion 05.
Lt Gen Osman-Nat'l Reunion 9/05.
The Famous Patton Speech by
Charles M. Province.
  Ken Gott, USCON's past and today's war.
Col. Geo. Oliver-Const. Story for book.
Mil. Offi. Sonthofen visit Nat'l Reunion 05.
Georg-Friedrich-Kaserne Fritzlar, Germ.
Trooper's Constabulary Days
Index E
Posted Jan-April of 2006

Ph. Care Package, 1st Bn, 8th US Cav, 1st Cav, Baghdad, Iraq.
Kassel, Germany Photos 1945.
Reprint U.S.Constabulary by U.S. Army Center.
 Constabulary School in Sonthofen, Germany.
 History of the U.S. Constabulary-
 by Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
 Gilbert Clarke  -  Wiesbaden, Germany.
Marion Young  -  Sonthofen, Germany.
To Save A City, The Berlin Airlift -
>  Posted in the Lightning Bolt 2005.
Trooper's Constabulary Days
INDEX F
Posted May-July 2006
U.S. Constabulary Sq. DI.
   Cold War Fulda  & Cold War on the Iron Curtain.
Robert M. Hodges in Linz,
Austria-1946.
George Stathakes in Gablingen -
Germany, 1945-46.
Sy Leaderman of the14th A/C in
Fritzlar, Germany.
 Phil Sandoval Visits Fritzlar Kaserne in 2000.
 Troopers Constabulary Days and more...
                                                                     
INDEX_G
Posted Aug 2006- March 2007
 US Constabulary, Germany 46-52 by Kendall Gott
U.S. Army and Constabulary Operations.
George Thompson, Bio.42 Con. Squd. Tp B, 1945
The Terrible Turmoil of Postwar Germany and the
 U.S. Constabulary. by George Hofmann.
John Hankins, Med. Detach. 4thCon,Horsching, Austria
CON Force could build rapport between U.S., Iraqis
by the Army Times 12/25/06
U.S. Constabulary Lineages by Richard A. Rinaldi
Patch Barracks, Seventh Army Stuttgart, Germany
National Reunion Speech, Orlando, FL 2005
Looking for friends of  William Rendell, 14th A/C
US Constabulary Air Force
John A. Bandy Sergeant Major US Army[Ret][
INDEX H
Posted March - Aug. 2008
                                                              
Life Magazine Reports on U.S. Zone Occupied Germany 1947.
Gen. Irzyk, Albin F Ft. Riley, Kansas Ceremony of the Constabulary Museum.
US Constabulary 1946 -1950 History.
  Richard Cox-Coburg 1947, Missing West Point Cadet.
 Scrapbook collection by William Stovall 1946.
 Neil Aikin-Reg. HQ. Fritzlar 1947.
 Hank Doktorski-24th Constab. Sqdnd.
JAMES W. SELLSTROM - Freising and Munich 1946.
 ARMOR Magazine Cold War Mounted Warriors and
U. S. Constabulary in Occupied Germany.
 2nd Con. Regt. from July to Dec. 1946.
US Army in the Occupation of Germany 1944-1946.
INDEX I
 Posted Sept. 2008

Berlin, Germany - Diary by Lou Lynn.
  US Constabulary Handbook 1946.
Berlin Airlift 60 yr. Anniversary.
My Father's Eyewitness to History by Ronald Thompson

                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                             
                                  
      Must Read!..  Short Stories by Eight Ball..  Must Read!


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Cold War Museum
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MUSEUM PHOTOS
Fort. Riley Museum
Camp White Museum
Newsletter from the Commander Jim Deming
 Jan. 2008
Fort Riley, Kansas
US Constabulary Museum is now closed.

The Beginning
of the
U.S. Constabulary Association
by Ed Yetsko
Pictures of the Memorial Monument
Stuttgart, Germany 
Nov. 12, 2008
------------------------------------- Story by the Stars and Stripes
Unveiling of the
Memorial Stone for the
US Constabulary


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Title:  "History of the Ordensburg Sonthofen ".  A wonderful book to read that covers the history on Sonthofen, Germany, the Constabulary School.  It is now available in English.
 
Title: "THROUGH MOBILITY WE CONQUER" . A lot of the chapter is from the recollections of General Albin F. Irzyk. It is an interesting read, published by the "UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY PRESS". Albin F. Irzyk is a member of the US Constabulary Association. [Chapter 9 - U.S. Constabulary.]
 
Title:  "WHEN WHIPPOORWILLS CALLS".  In this true story of his life, John A. Bandy also writes of his U.S. Constabulary tour in Germany. This book may be purchased by Barnes and Noble.com.

Related Links
Sonthofen School and the U.S. Constabulary
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U.S. Army and Heritage Museum and Education Center
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US CONSTABULARY LINK OF GIsearch.com
Honor the men of the United States Constabulary in their 60th Anniversary,  July 1946 - July 2006.



 IN MEMORY

A Tribute to my Dad,
Gilbert Matherne

    I was touched by his past and needed to share with others this feeling of inspiration which lead me to create this Web Site.
I also want to thank the members of the U. S. Constabulary Association for giving me this opportunity of being their 
Assistant Historian and Web Page Editor.
  Dated-2000
Irene Moore


Gilbert Matherne
A Constabulary Soldier
My Dad's Homepage
 Headquarters Troop Rothwesten, Germany -1946 - 1947
and
14th A/C Reg. U.S. Constabulary
Fritzlar, Germany 1947 - 1949



United States Constabulary Insignia
       Zone Constabulary Forces of the European Theater of Operations
Worn from: 27 March 1946 - 15 December 1952.

       Red is for artillery and the lightning suggests firepower. 
Blue is the color of  infantry.
Yellow represents cavalry. 
The letter "C" represents "Constabulary."

Sent in by Wilfred J. Matherne
French Settlement, La.

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United States Constabulary Patches.

AWARDS
Military Site Award of the year 2001
Golden Web Award 2002-2003
Passed Internet Military Community Web Site Inspection 2002
Golden Web Award 2003-2004
United States Constabulary Association Web Editor's Award 1999-2001
United States Constabulary Association Web Editor's Award 2002-2003
United States Constabulary Association Web Editor's Award 2003-2005
United States Constabulary Association Web Editor's Award 2005-2007
United States Constabulary Association Web Editor's Award 2007-2009
United States Constabulary National Assistant Historian for USCON Constabulary Web Site assigned 2007

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