[Old Teufel Hunden]

"Two years in the US Army during the Korean War. But the Lion was stationed in Paris."

I don't know that we have ever had any major military bases in France after WWII. Most of the soldiers stationed in Europe in the 50's were in Germany. There must have only been a handful of Army personnel in France in the 50's. Now I wonder how he got that post? Old Joe wouldn't have had anything to do with it, would he???

[Ditto]

Actually a pretty large presense in France until the late 60s when France withdrew from NATO. Truman called Eisenhower back into the service in 1951 to head SHAPE (Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe) and Ike
established his HQ outside Paris.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Headquarters_Allied_Powers_Europe