I was stationed at Bismark Kaserne while in the U.S. Army from June 1986 - April 1988.
I was in D co. 38th Signal Battalion, First Platoon.
My rank was SP4/E4 and my MOS was 31M (Multi Channel Communications).
I got out of the army when I left Gmund in '88.
Click here for a short bio and picture of me.
If you knew me then or were there, email me at; paredes@sprynet.com
If you are wondering what has happened to the millitary installations;
Bismark Kaserne became a campus of the University of Maryland,
but it was closed and remains empty as of June 2002 (see below)
Hardt Kaserne is known to be "a asylum seekers site. People from Romania and
the east countries gain(ed) refuge there." (After the wall "fell") The Hardt housing area "is
still an apartment area." And Mutlangen storage area is just that,
"it is now a storage area for farmers (hay and other stuff)."
- All quotes from
Daniel Laizure
*note Daniel use to have the website Schwabisch Gmund Online, I had heard he moved back to Germany, his web address is now active again but it no longer contains Schwabisch Gmund information.
Links
- I have only included sites that are written in English.
Search engines to find current and former soldiers
Find other soldiers you served with at
Classmates.com.
This is the BEST site I know of for searching for Others.
You can search by location, time in service, or by name. It will cost $36 if you want to email someone but that is for a 1 year membership and it is worth it!
I have found and gotten return email from 3 so far!
Find others you were stationed with, at this free site;
GISearch.com.
There are 2 different spellings of Schwabisch Gmund, be sure to check both!
Find others you were stationed with at this free site;
Military.com.
Note; 38th Signal is not listed, and there is no way to tell which company a person is from.
Chat Groups, Mailing Lists
Join the VERY active yahoo chat group;
Pershing Missile.
Talk with others who served at Bismark, Hardt and Mutlangen. Check out the photos from club members.
History, General information
Pershing Missle.org
provides information, pictures, video clips, news articles and a lot more about the history of the Pershing Missile System and the people that served with it. Archives cover information from the Pershing 1 through the Pershing 1A and to the end with the Pershing II and it's elimination under the INF treaty.
A History of Bismark and Hardt Kasernes.
Bismark Kaserne History Home Page
Some Really Good pictures of Bismark.
56th Field Artillery
the Millitary.com unit page
The Pershing Weapon System and It's Elimination
A WHOLE lot of information on the Persing Missile.
If you Download the video, send me a review; is it worth the wait?
Pershing missile Units (Prior to reorganization of 56th FA)
Pershing unit crests, and some good photos of P1 Missiles.
Pershing to Plowshares
An old news release (?) about arrested protesters.
Thermonuclear weapon data
killoton yield of variouus nuclear bombs and how many produced from golbal security .org
Thermonuclear weapon data
More neuclear warhead data... this from Robert Jonston's archive
What's the
weather like in Schwabisch Gmund?
Personal Pages of Former Pershing Soldiers
Jason Carr's mousetrap.
A soldier from A 1/41st (2/9th) and a few of his fellow soldiers who served there.
Patches, Crests, Insignia, Medals
The Cold War Official Certificate and Commerative Medal;
The OFFICIAL Certificate can be ordered, it takes at least 2 months to recieve. Details are at; US Army Human resourses Command web site.
The medal may be worn by any individual for service in a component of the Armed Forces (including the
National Guard and Reserve Forces) and by civilian employees of the Government who contributed to the
historic victory in the Cold War for a period of a year or more between the inclusive dates of 2 SEP 1945 and 26
DEC 1991.
Cold War Vetrans News Release
No Official cold war medal for us, only Cold war recognition certificate... Thanks for trying Senator H. Clinton!
Foxfall Medals has a
Large Cold war medal and ribbon bar with or w/out lapel pin and minature medal. Plus some other medals and ribbons.
The Cold War Museum has the
Full? size medal.
Medals of America's Cold war ribbon design and colors are different than the others, but they have the 1st signal Bgde patch, other unit patches, crests, service medals, insignia, cups, rings, nametags, and display cases.
H. J. Saunders U.S. Military Insignia Has the Cold war medal, the 56TH Artillary Brigade patch, 1st signal brigade patch, 304th and 307th unit crests, as well as other unit patches, crests, service medals, and insignia.
The Battle zone.com Has the 56TH Artillary Brigade patch (but no picture of it),1st signal Bgde patch, plus other unit patches, crests, service medals, insignia, cups, rings, nametags, and dogtags.
56th FA Patches, 38th Signal crest, and the signal corp insignia.
Want to see some of my pictures of
Schwabisch Gmund?
Go to my Photo Gallery
WoW graphic from Clip Art Universe
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