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If you read, or try to read the history of 331st C.R. Co., you encounter a lot of unanswered questions in the recorded information. For example if you read the History of the 502nd Group in Germany (http://members.aol.com/asavets/502nd/502hist.htm ) you will find mention of outstations and sites but you will not find mention of the company involved.

 For example, from the History of the 502nd Group

At this time, the 502d Group assumed control of the 302d and 307th Communications Reconnaissance Battalions which were already in country. During the early part of 1955, the 502d maintained detachments at Rothwesten, Tulan, Bahrdorf, and Sollingen. The Rothwesten and Sollingen Detachments were later redeployed to Luchow and Schonigen in late 1956.

I was a radio repairman stationed with the 331st C.R. Co. in 1954, I was with the main detachment near
Konigslutter also known Sollingen or 31 Fox. Being a radio repairman, I was taken to the outstations in order to familiarize me with locations in case of an emergency. I was at Tulau, Bahrdorf and Wesendorf in the summer of 1954. The 331st moved from Giessen in April 1955 to Rothwesten. The site near Konislutter (Sollingen) was not activated in 1955 and I do not believe the site at Tulau was activated in 1955.

For a 1950 - 1952 114/331  read Len Bittners bio at  lbittner

 What follows is brief history of the 114/331/307/319 lineage:

April 1942 Constituted as 114th Signal Radio Company
13 July 1942 114th SRI Co. was activated at Camp Crowder, MO.

10 January 1946 114th SRI Co. was reorganized and re-designated as the 114th Signal Service Co.

25 October 1951 The 114th SS Co. Converted and re-designated as the 331st Communications Reconnaissance Company and allotted to Regular Army
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27 December 1951 307th Communications Reconnaissance Battalion was activated and assigned to USASAE. The first Battalion Commander was Lt. Col. Samuel R. Ross, Arty.

24 January 1952 First personnel assigned to 307th CR Bn.

31 January 1952 307th CR Bn. moved to QM Depot at Giessen

04 February 1952 331st CR Co. and the 353rd CR Co. were assigned to 307th CR Bn. The 353rd CR Co. was latter to become Company A, 307th CR Bn. and the 331st CR Co. was to become Company B, 307th CR Bn.

April 1954 The site at Sollingen (31 Fox) was activated : other operational outstations included ; Lubeck, Wesendorf, Bahrdorf (there may have been more outstations)

Nov 1954 The site at Sollingen (and possibly Bahrdorf) was closed down, and returned to Giessen for the winter

April 1955 The 331st CR Co. moved from Giessen to Rothwesten. The site at Bahrdorf was activated , the sites at Lubeck, Wesendorf were active. (There may have been more outstations), Sollingen (31 Fox) was not activated this year

Oct/Nov 1955 Bahrdorf site was deactivated for the winter and returned to Rothwesten

25 June 1955 The 331st Communications Reconnaissance Co. was reorganized and re-designated as Company A, 307th Communications Reconnaissance Battalion.

15 April 1956 The Bahrdorf site was reactivated. Other operational outstations were : Lubeck, Altefeld, Fulda, Wasserkuppe, Darmstadt, Fritzlar, Wesendorf

1 July 1956 Company A, 307th Communications Reconnaissance Bn. was re-designated as Company A, 307th Army Security Agency Battalion

13 September 1956 Detachment at Fritzlar was discontinued

October 1956 All of the detachment at Wesendorf and part of the detachment at Bahrdorf were returned to Rothwesten.

26 May 1957 Altefeld detachment was deactivated

15 October 1957 The 307th USASA Bn. was deactivated (in Germany); and the 319th USASA Bn was formed from the men and officers of the 307th. The reorganization resulted in the addition of Company C, 319th USASA Bn. which was formed and located in Rothwesten. At the same time, the 184th USASA Co. was organized and assigned to the 319th USASA Bn. Early in 1958 a team was dispatched from Rothwesten to determine the feasibility of opening an operational site in the Eschwege area. After the team's reports had been evaluated, it was decided to open such a site on Mt. Meissner. This was accomplished in September 1958 when a team from Company C, 319th USASA Bn. and the 2nd Operations Platoon of the 279th USASA Company, which was attached to Headquarters Company of this battalion moved to the present location at Mt. Meissner. On 24 March 1959 The 2nd Operation Platoon of the 279th USASA Company was assigned to Headquarters Company, 319th USASA Bn. and the site at Mt. Meissner came under control of Headquarters Company. This control was later assumed by Company C, 319th USASA Bn. 12 August 1958 Company B, 319th USASA Bn. moved its headquarters from Rothwesten to the operational area in Lubeck. This move shortened their command and supply lines as some of the facilities at the Port of Bremerhaven are utilized by Company B, 319th USASA Bn. 01 October 1958 The 182nd USASA Company was attached to the 319th USASA Bn. 04 February 1959 Rothwesten operation site was moved to new location on antenna field. March 1959 Two additional sites, one at St. Andreasburg and one at Bad Sachsa, were opened and operated by the personnel of Company C, 319th USASA Bn. 04 April 1959 Renovation of the Heidwinkel Ammunition Area was completed during the spring of 1959, and on 04 April 1959, Company A, 319th USASA Bn. moved its headquarters from Rothwesten to Heidwinkel in order to be closer to its operational personnel. 07 April 1960 279th USASA Detachment was attached to the 319th USASA Bn. 15 May 1960 182nd USASA Company reassigned to the 318th USA SA Bn. 07 April 1961 279th USASA Detachment was detached from the 319th USASA Bn., but remained in Rothwesten until July when it moved to Offenbach Kaserne. July 1961 Co. B, 319th USASA Bn. personnel moved from the old houses on Juergen- Wullenewever Strasse and Zwingli Strasse in Lubeck to the two new apartment houses on Blankensee Alle in Lubeck. 01 June 1962 Bad Sachsa closed down, Personnel and equipment integrated with St. Andreasburg site. 25 June 1962 Major John J. Masters assumed command of the 319th USASA Bn. from Col. Gruver, who departed this unit for duty as Executive Officer of the 507th USASA Group 19 July 1962 Lt. Col. Eldon J. Burgett, AIS assumed command of the 319th USASA Bn. Fall of 1962 Headquarters of Company C, 319th USASA Bn. moved to Mt. Meisner in order to shorten their Command lines. At the close of this history , the 319th USASA Bn. (Corps) still has its headquarters at Rothwesten. However, this headquarters is merely the center of an area of responsibility that stretches from the B altic Sea to Southern Germany and from near the Dutch border to the East - West German border. The Battalion presently has sites at Lubeck, St. Andreasburg, Heidwinkel and Mt. Meissner as well at Rothwesten. It has detachments at Handorf, Frankfurt, Wurzburg, Darnstadt and Bad Kreuznach. The distance that these sites are removed from headquarters poses a continuing problem, both in command and supply activities, but these problems will be solved as the problems that have faced the battalion since its activation, have been solved so that this unit may continue to serve, as it has in the past, the support of the US Army and the nation it represents. 21 June 1966 Co. B, 319th USASA Bn. was redesignated as Co. C, 318th USASA Bn. and reassigned to 318th USASA Bn. At the same time Co. C, 319th USASA Bn. was redesignated as Co. B, 319th USASA Bn. 03 May 1971 The 319th USASA Bn. was discontinued as a part of major reorganization of USASA in Europe which led to consolidation due to advances in technology and requireme nt to effect greater manpower and dollar savings. 21 September 1978 Redesignated as the 331st Army Security Agency Company and activated in Germany.