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Here we are in the 'Hi - Ho!' club with a wall painting of
the Statue of Liberty to keep us company in 1946. --Bill
McCaskill
The 2/14 ACR Squadron Conference Room in 1966 and a nice
view of the March of Armor wall mural painted that year. The
design for the mural came from a Fort Knox training
yearbook. A border briefing is underway for Rec Services
ladies from the Franconia region of Germany prior to a visit
to Camp Wollbach and beyond. Just visible on the left is the
cavalry mural with the nudes. --Paul Palmer
Seen here, a view of the cavalry mural on the right side
from 1966. The trooper artist had great talent! The Dragoon
mannequin is from the 2 ACR; we are attached to them at the
time. --Paul Palmer
Troopers receiving honors to
the front, the cavalry mural in the background. The mural
lasted until 1985 when it was painted over as part of the
post wide modernization program. --Paul Palmer
While not exactly mural art,
the H Company HAWG had a long run as a unit motif. Seen here
as the unit TAC symbol in the mid 1980's, on the forward
slope of a turret in 1973 and with SFC Grossinger at Camp
Lee in 1977. --Randy Mitchell and Others
After the remodeling program
at Daley, Todd Stach of Troop E was given ample opportunity
to display his skills. Seen here in the Day Room, the
Blackhorse. --Todd Stach
The 11th ACR unit crest as
rendered by Todd Stach.
--Todd Stach
The Troop E Day Room. --Todd
Stach
V Corps symbol in the Troop E
Day Room.
--Todd Stach
A great eagle done by Todd near the entrance to the Troop E
barracks. --Todd Stach
As the Germans surveyed the
barracks buildings prior to bringing them down, they were
surprised to find so many trooper murals. The photographer
from the Saale Zeitung was brought in to record the art.
Seen here, a map of the key areas of the border area.
--Roland Ansorge / Sparkasse
Star Wars theme artwork as
found in a unit Day Room, artist unknown. --Roland Ansorge /
Sparkasse
In classic comic book art
format, the modern battlefield is visualized by a trooper
artist on an unknown wall.
--Roland Ansorge / Sparkasse
War through the ages as
captured by one soldier. To left, the edge of the modern
battlefield, in center, the Trojan Horse leading to Star
Wars.
--Roland Ansorge / Sparkasse
Found in a unit orderly room,
scouts and tankers dash to the battle in classic comic form.
--Roland Ansorge / Sparkasse
Update - Provided by Rick Laws
This picture was done by
SGT Paul Dana. When the barracks buildings had new
rooms billet rooms put in the attic area, units had to
scale back on dayrooms and training rooms. Fox Troop
had two adjoining rooms on the first floor of the
barracks that they used as a day room. The mural was in
this new dayroom, I think this was painted sometime in
1983. After the Sheridan's were turned in and the
Squadron was issued M60s. The picture doesn't show the
scale of the mural. It almost covers an entire wall of
a barracks room, floor to ceiling.
SGT Dana also painted the
entire hallway in the S4 building with murals of all the
presidents, the Apollo moon landing, Martin Luther King
and some other subjects. He probably was the one who
put the fancy lettering on your border certificate too.
Long after they left, the art
lingered on for Battery C 2-41 FA. --Roland Ansorge /
Sparkasse
The Americans and their art
are long gone but the tradition lives on as seen here on the
side of the former EM Club. This mural runs the length of
the building with scenes from WWII as the artist asks the
following generations to recall the lies and atrocities that
the war brought to Germany. --Erwin Ritter
.... but as we turn the corner
of the former EM Club, new art, free of politics but strong
on design and color indicates that new themes always grow
from old traditions. --Erwin Ritter |
