McNair Barracks

Built in the 1930s, the structure originally housed the Telefunken headquarters and factory, until 1941 a joint venture of Siemens & Halske (S & H) and Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft.

In addition to three infantry battalions, these installations accommodated several other smaller units, such as an Artillery Battery, motor pools, stockade, snack bar, theater, a church and a few other places.

In the four years between the inactivation of the air group at Berlin Tempelhof Airport and fall 1994, 31 installations were closed, including the Andrews and McNair barracks, the American military hospital, and the General Lucius D. Clay Headquarters.

[9] Beginning in 2015, the barracks were being converted into upscale apartments, designed by the Berlin architects firm Tchoban, for eventual sale by S+P Real Estate GmbH, and named after the American movie actress Marilyn Monroe.

[10] Another section of the McNair Barracks has been converted into a museum, featuring soldiers' uniforms and signs from the borders of the different sectors of divided Berlin.

The men and women who lived there were entitled to the Army of Occupation Medal with Germany clasp; technically, Berlin had remained occupied territory.