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29th Signal Battalion
516th Signal Group

Looking for more information from military/civilian personnel assigned to or associated with the U.S. Army in Germany from 1945 to 1989. If you have any stories or thoughts on the subject, please email me (webmaster).


Battalion History (19..-1963)

Newspaper articles


 
Battalion History
19.. - 1963
(Source: )
29th Signal Bn DUI
 
If you have more information on the history or organization of the 29th Signal Battalion, please contact me.

 
(Source: Email from George Linthicum)
I was assigned to A Company, 29th Sig Bn in October 1953 and stayed until Aug. 1956 when I rotated.

Later, I served with D Company, 26th Sig Bn from November 1961 until April 1964, first as Cable Plt Sgt until
December 1963, when it was deactivated, and then I was transferred to C Company as a Plt Sgt and acting 1st Sgt. I left in April 1964 to go to OCS where I graduated in October 1964.

 
(Source: Email from Walt Robinson)
I served with Company B of the 29th Signal Bn from April 1955 through July 1957. Company B was on TDY in Southwest France, St. Jean D'Angely, and was responsible for telephone cable construction on the military bases in France. My mission with the company was that of a telephone cable splicer.

I was on a team of 5 or 6 splicers and about the same number of support personnel. We worked most of then U.S. Bases in the region. If memory serves me correctly, all U.S.Military came to an end in 1958.

I have spent a good amount of time searching for information regarding the 29th Signal Battalion and am happy to find  this site. Would be happy to share any other information if needed. Contact me any time

 
(Source: Email from Bill Weldon, Company C, 1956-57)
I served in Co. C, 29th Sig. Bn. (Cons) from June 1956 to Nov. 1957. I was stationed at Gerszewski Barracks in Karlsruhe, Germany. I was the Operations NCO for the Company, with the rank of Sgt. 

Co. C's last major project, while I was there, was the underground communication ring around the ammunition depot near Fischbach Germany.

My wife, who followed me to Germany, and I lived off post at 21 Bernhard Strasse in Karlsruhe. Our first son was born at the Military hospital in
Heidelberg. I was present in the major maneuver "Lion Noir" near Viernhiem in March 1957.

 
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Related Links:
29th Signal Battalion - official homepage of the 29th Sig Bn, currently stationed at Fort Lewis, WA