(Page 1 of 2 Pages): On October 23, 24,and 25 1945, the 709th Military Police Battalion, departed Paris, France in three groups and proceeded to Frankfurt, Germany, then the Supreme Headquarters for the Allied Expeditionary Forces (SHAEF) commanded by General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower. Normal military police duties were quickly assumed in the devastated and dangerous city and skirmishes between members of the battalion and other US troops were not uncommon, attesting to the state of affairs. The battalion continued its discipline, law and order mission in the months following World War II. During this period Co A, 709th Military Police Battalion was billeted at the Bieberer Strasse Kaserne, Offenbachs. Among its many missions was a five months mission in late 1946 which tasked the battalion to provide security of the Litchfield War Crimes Trial at Bad Nauheim. On 5 December 1947, all elements of the battalion were relocated and the battalion was consolidation in the Gutleut Kaserne and all security in the city of Frankfurt was a 709th responsibility. March winds of 1953 brought a new mission to the 709th that required complex reorganization. The battalion assumed responsibility of Military Police service support in central West Germany. Headquarters 709th Military Police Battalion, Company A and elements of Company C, remained in Frankfurt. Co D was headquartered in Giessen with detachments in Butzbach, Bad Nauheim and Kassel.