- Kelley Barracks
Kelley Barracks is a U.S. military installation in
Stuttgart -Möhringen inGermany .Located ten miles southeast of Stuttgart, Kelley Barracks was built in 1938 and was known by the German Army as Hellenen Kaserne. Shortly after the end of World War II it was renamed in honor of Staff Sergeant
Jonah E. Kelley , ofKeyser, West Virginia ,311th Infantry , 78th Infantry Division, who was posthumously awarded theMedal of Honor for actions occurring atKesternich , Germany on 30 and 31 January 1945 during theBattle of the Hurtgen Forest .In 1951, Kelley Barracks became the home of Headquarters VII Corps and continued as Corps Headquarters until the 1990s.
Beginning in
February 2007 , Kelley Barracks was designated to house the Transition Team ofUnited States Africa Command , until a more suitable headquarters on the continent of Africa is selected.ee also
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Patch Barracks
*List of United States Army installations in Germany External links
* [http://www.kelleytheatre.de/ Stuttgart Theater Centre/Kelley Theatre]
* [http://www.stuttgart.army.mil Home page of the US Army Garrison Stuttgart]
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