Just like the "United States Constabulary," a highly mobile U.S. Army police unit, which had its headquarters in Bamberg beginning in 1946, the 1st ID had security missions in the American sector ...

The United States had avoided being drawn into what was then known as "The Great War," which had been raging in Europe since 1914. ... the U.S. Army was a constabulary force of 127,151 soldiers.