The Army’s arrival in Kaiserslautern on March 20, 1945, marked the beginning of a decadeslong relationship that would see the U.S. military shape the economy and identity of the city and surrounding area like nowhere else in Europe.
“We have been given authority to relook at some of the funding and how we travel to see what might be possible for this weekend,” Jessica Tackaberry, Department of Defense Education Activity Europe spokeswoman, told Stars and Stripes on Wednesday night.