Aschaffenburg, Germany, sometime in 1950: Master Sgt. William F. Garland, of Headquarters Company, 18th Infantry Regiment, his wife, Helen, and their three daughters, Glenda Lee, 7, Billie Joe, 6, and Sandra Elizabeth, 3, enjoy a quiet evening (in the presence of a Stars and Stripes photographer) in their brand new living room. The Garland’s apartment is one of the 156 newly constructed apartment units for servicemembers and their family in Aschaffenburg.

Read the article on the post-war construction boom on U.S. bases across Germany here.

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