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Die Fernmeldetruppen unterstanden direkt 5th Signal Command in Worms
This is an anachronism: 5th Signal Command did not exist during the 1950s–1960s French basing period. The command was activated in 1974, long after the U.S. withdrawal from France in 1967.
Full reasoning
The page is describing the U.S. military presence in France from 1952 to 1967. But official U.S. Army histories state that 5th Signal Command was activated on July 1, 1974. An Army article on the command’s inactivation says its heritage traces back to the U.S. Army Signal Command Europe, organized in 1958, and separately notes that 5th Signal Command itself was activated only in 1974 and moved to Worms afterward. Another official Army article likewise says the 5th Signal Command had been in Germany since its activation in 1974.
So the communications units in France during the 1950s and 1960s could not have been directly subordinate to 5th Signal Command. The article appears to have confused the later 5th Signal Command with its earlier predecessor organizations in Europe.
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- MEDIA ADVISORY: 5th Signal Command Inactivation Ceremony | Article | The United States Army
The command traces its heritage to the U.S. Army Signal Command Europe, organized under U.S. Army Europe General Order dated March 20, 1958 ... 5th Sig. Cmd. was activated July 1, 1974, in Schwetzingen, before moving to Worms the following month.
- 5th Signal Command Introduces Full Spectrum | Article | The United States Army
US Army 5th Signal Command, who has been a resident in Germany since its activation in 1974 and known by other names in Europe since World War II ...
TASCOM Theater Area Support Command
The expansion of TASCOM is wrong. U.S. Army sources expand TASCOM as “Theater Army Support Command,” not “Theater Area Support Command.”
Full reasoning
This is an abbreviation error in the glossary. Multiple U.S. Army sources use TASCOM = Theater Army Support Command (or Theater Army Support Command, Europe), not Theater Area Support Command.
For example, the Army Sustainment bulletin explicitly refers to the “U.S. Theater Army Support Command, Europe (TASCOM)”. Another U.S. Army history page says ADSEC was redesignated as “Theater Army Support Command, Europe” on 28 February 1960. That directly contradicts the glossary entry on the page.
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- Implementing Logistics Doctrine in Europe | Article | The United States Army
IN APRIL 1969 the old U.S. Army Communications Zone (COMMZ), Europe, was reorganized and redesignated the U.S. Theater Army Support Command, Europe (TASCOM) ...
- Army Medical Logistics Command > USAMMC-E > History
ADSEC re-designated as Theater Army Support Command, Europe on 28 February 1960 and TASCOM, 4th Logistical Command.
POL Petrol, Oil, Lubrication
The glossary expansion is incorrect. In U.S. military usage, POL stands for “petroleum, oil, and lubricants,” not “petrol, oil, lubrication.”
Full reasoning
This glossary entry does not match standard U.S. military usage. Army and Army Corps of Engineers sources consistently define POL as “petroleum, oil, and lubricants”.
For example, the U.S. Army Quartermaster Museum uses the phrase “Petroleum, oil and lubricants (POL)”, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ POL-MCX materials use “Petroleum, Oil, and Lubricants (POL)”. That directly contradicts the page’s wording “Petrol, Oil, Lubrication.”
2 sources
- The POL Story: To Keep ‘Em Running — Petroleum | U.S. Army Quartermaster Museum
Petroleum, oil and lubricants (POL) shipments from these refineries are delivered to South Vietnamese ports ...
- Omaha District > About > Centers of Expertise > Fueling Systems (POL-MCX)
Petroleum, Oil, and Lubricants Mandatory Center of Expertise (POL-MCX)
Rocquencourt: Hauptquartier SHAPE (Camp des Loges)
SHAPE was headquartered at Rocquencourt, but “Camp des Loges” is the wrong site name here. Camp des Loges was associated with USEUCOM near Saint-Germain-en-Laye, not SHAPE’s headquarters at Rocquencourt.
Full reasoning
This entry conflates two different headquarters sites.
Official NATO history states that SHAPE was activated in Rocquencourt, France, and that SHAPE later closed its facility at Rocquencourt in March 1967 before moving to Belgium. Separately, an official U.S. European Command history page identifies Camp des Loges as the site of USEUCOM’s headquarters near Paris, which it was leaving during the 1967 move to Germany.
So while Rocquencourt is the correct place for SHAPE, the parenthetical “Camp des Loges” is incorrect because Camp des Loges referred to the USEUCOM site, not the SHAPE headquarters entry being listed here.
3 sources
- Allied Command Operations (ACO) | NATO Topic
Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) was activated on 2 April 1951, in Rocquencourt, France ... In 1967 ... SHAPE was relocated to Mons, Belgium.
- SHAPE History | 1966-1967: SHAPE Finds a New Home
SHAPE closed its facility at Rocquencourt near Paris on 30 March 1967 ...
- A Moment in USEUCOM History Countdown to the 70th Anniversary: The Big Move 55 Years Ago | United States European Command
U.S. European Command says goodbye to its headquarters at Camp des Loges near Paris, France.