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| 360th Signal Battalion History | |||
| 1967 | |||
| (Source: Email from Heiko Stehmeier, Germany) | |||
Just serfing on the Net I tried to find some information regarding my time in the armed forces. I am a retired Staff Sergeant in the German Air Force and served in the signal troops from 1964 - 1968. I was stationed at the Rifle Range Garlstedt from 1967 till 1968. Garlstedt is located at the direct road between Bremen and Bremerhaven. I was leader of a German radio site with 12 soldiers.
If you would find a minute for a short answer to a "Kraut" who tried his best, preferrably with a possible contact to the old Garlstedt "Asbach Site" (as we called it because we did not like any alcoholics!). |
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| (Source: Email from Vance Feiler) | |||
| I was there from 1968 to 1970. Cemetery 58. 5th Artillery Group Hdqrtrs. I believe we were a tropo site w/ SSB as well. I also believe this site was a warhead depot. Pretty tense time around there mid 1968. Cannot remember too much. Good duty, lived on the economy. Did a lot of other crypto work as well. This was in Bueren. Company hdqrtrs (I believe it was Co. B.) was quite ways away. We had Dutch and Belgian troops at the location to provide security and other functions. Constant truck convoys in and out of the locations. Did maneuvers with the Brits as well. Don't really remember other site numbers. We carried a lot of traffic being a group Hdqrtrs. The full bird there and I were familiar with each other. Pretty stract outfit. We also had the portable rig / back up generators (large 80kw diesels, 3 of them) and of course the generator wagon for the transportable gear. Dual safes for the crypto and security. Had trained site dog as well. It was good duty 3 or 4 on and 3 off. I was Asst.NCOIC. Got home Xmas eve. '70. |
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| (Source: Email from Bill Lichtenberg) | |||
| I was a Training Specialist in Co C Sig Bn 360 and 447 from 1968-70. I was orignally in Co C Sig Bn 360 but it was disbanded sometime in 1969 and moved into the barracks area of Staging Area. I was a clerk in S-2 until the new company was set up and I was assigned to Sig Bn 447 as Training person. I originally was the TTY operator of the Co. The CO set me up in my own office and I sent out training schedules to all the sites. I had lots of papers to shuffle but enjoyed my duty and got along great with all the personell. I remember the Mail Clerk, James Johnson, APO 09069; S-1 Robert Moore; Sgt Draper, motor pool; Top SGT Wagner; Company Clerk Poff. Site Personnel Gerber, Site SGT. Connell SC. We had one of the best Microwave sites in the net. I would enjoy hearing from anyone who remembers me in the company. I am now 62 and those times are remembered and great! I never went into electronics, Typewriters were obsolete and it was a new world with the computers. I worked for 30 years in Building maintenance. Specializing in High Rise buildings. My wife was a school teacher and we have 4 children, 10 Grandchildren and still going. I cannot remember all of the Sites, whenever I needed anyone I would ask the German operator for Mannheim, Baumholder etc. If you need a list of the sites, I am still in contact with the Nodel chief, I will ask him for the list, if he remembers, it seems like we had quite a large net. I am going to ask him about Company C -- I remember it was Company C, Sig Bn 360 first and then changed to 447. |
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| 1971 | |||
| (Source: STARS & STRIPES, April 21, 1971) | |||
| Brief mention was made in an article in the S&S issue cited above of the Custodial Radio Control Station at Garlstedt. Although no unit is named in the article, I believe it was part of Company C, Sig Bn 360 (headquartered at the Staging Area, Bremerhaven). The article does mention that the STRATCOM-Eur radio site was located on the German tank training area at Garlstedt and that seven military personnel were assigned to the CRCS. |
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| (Source: Email from Dana A. Ross) | |||
| I was stationed at the Garlstedt Signal Site from 1971-1973. SFC Norman Edmunds was the NCOIC then also. The German Signal Site was still there and the Fire Station. I don't think I met SSG Stehmeier (see email above) but I was closely acquainted with the Hasselbrock family in Garlstedt and the Bushman family in Osterholz-Scharmbeck. The Garlstedt Signal Site was a very isolated post during the early 70s. Located between a cow pasture and a conservation area, it was the training area for German Tank and Artillery Units. There were no mess or recreation facilities. All support came from Bremerhaven Staging Area (about 32km from Garlstedt). 8-14 men lived in the barracks and we all had the option to move off base. The Hasselbrock family ran a roadside Gasthaus next to the base and that was where we got our meals. SFC Edmunds had created a good relationship with the host nation in Osterholz-Scharmbeck and many of the citizens came to the base on Tuesday's for German-American Night to watch movies and socialize. Work there was always long and boring but important. In late 1972 the 360th was changed to the 447th Signal Bn. The station closed right after I returned to the States and it was moved to Bremerhaven. The 2AD (FWD) built a totally new base and moved into Garlstedt after the Signal Site moved. I visited the Hasselbrock family in Garlstedt in 1979 and still write to them and the Bushman family today. Several of the soldiers from the unit have contacted me over the years. In all I think it was a memorable assignment. I would like to hear from anyone stationed there in the early 1970s. I was later stationed at Linderhofe with the 518th Signal Company from Jan 76 to Dec 79, working first in the Company S-2 then as the ANCOIC at Buren Communications Site. Although isolated, it was great duty. I played a lot of ping-pong (finally got the last place trophy). Ed Armour, the civilian tech, played a lot; Shwarz, Tutchler, Hagler and Ned Ross. Al Grob, Don Guinard, Jim Maillot at Buren. It would be great to hear from them. |
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| 1972 | |||
| (Source: STARS & STRIPES, Jan 5, 1972) | |||
| The Linderhofe radio station, operated by Co A, 360th Signal Bn, is located about 40 miles southwest of Hannover. (The nearest American installation large enough to provide logistical support for the remote site is Kassel, 87 miles to the south.) There are 63 military personnel and two civilians stationed at Linderhofe. |
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| (Source: STARS & STRIPES, Nov 13, 1972) | |||
| Signal Battalion 360 has been deactivated and its subordinate (lettered) companies have been redesignated. A Company, Sig Bn 360 has joined the Sig Bn 447 as C Co, Sig Bn 447, Linderhofe. B Company, Sig Bn 360 is now D Co, Sig Bn 447, Giessen. C Company, Sig Bn 360 has been redesignated as E Co, Sig Bn 447, Bremerhaven. Concurrent with these changes, the former C Co, Sig Bn 447 has been redesignated as D Co, Sig Bn 68, Karlsruhe. In addition to the above, SCC Facility Pirmasens at Husterhoeh Kaserne was redesignated as USASTRATCOM-EUR Signal Facility, Pirmasens. |
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