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SIGNAL CORPS
Signal Corps
SIGNAL CORPS

ARMY LINEAGE SERIES

Compiled by

Rebecca Robbins Raines

CENTER OF MILITARY HISTORY

UNITED STATES ARMY

WASHINGTON, D.C., 2005
 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

 Signal Corps / compiled by Rebecca Robbins Raines.

 p. cm. 

 Army Lineage series

 1. United States. Army. Signal Corps—History. I. Raines, Rebecca Robbins, 1952—

II. Title. III. Series.

 UG573.S486 2005

 358’.243’0973—dc22 2005017459

CMH Pub 60–15
ARMY LINEAGE SERIES

Jeffery J. Clarke, General Editor

Jeffrey J. Clarke

Richard G. Davis

John W. Elsberg

Chief Historian

Chief, Field Programs and Historical 

Services Division

Editor in Chief

Advisory Committee

(As of October 2004)

Jon T. Sumida

University of Maryland

Eric M. Bergerud

Lincoln University

Mark Bowden

Philadelphia Inquirer

Lt. Gen. Franklin L. Hagenbeck

Deputy Chief of Staff

for Personnel

Lt. Gen. Anthony R. Jones

U.S. Army Training and Doctrine

Command

Brig. Gen. Daniel J. Kaufman

U.S. Military Academy

Adrian R. Lewis

University of North Texas

Brian M. Linn

Texas A&M University

Howard P. Lowell

National Archives and Records 

Administration

Col. Craig Madden

U.S. Army War College

John H. Morrow, Jr.

University of Georgia

Reina J. Pennington

Norwich University

Ronald H. Spector

George Washington University

Brig. Gen. Volney Warner

U.S. Army Command and General

Staff College

U.S. Army Center of Military History

Brig. Gen. (Ret.) John S. Brown, Chief of Military History

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Foreword

That the Army requires effective communications in an era known as the 

Information Age is axiomatic. Established in 1860 with the appointment of the 

fi rst signal offi cer, the Signal Corps has had permanently organized units since late 

in the nineteenth century. Their growth in size and numbers over time highlights 

the increasingly specialized nature of warfare and the rise of sophisticated

communications technology.

This volume, compiled by Rebecca Robbins Raines, serves as a companion to 

her narrative branch history, Getting the Message Through, published by the Center 

in 1996. Together these volumes provide an invaluable reference tool for anyone 

interested in the institutional or organizational history of the Signal Corps.

Successful military organizations depend upon the pride of their members to 

sustain their standards. The Army Lineage Series, of which this volume is the most 

recent addition, is designed to enhance the esprit de corps of United States Army 

units. The lineages, honors, and heraldic items included in this volume should 

increase the historical awareness and hence the pride of signal Soldiers. Thus it will 

contribute to the esprit de corps of the Signal Corps and instill within its members a 

greater appreciation for the history and heritage of their branch.

Washington, D.C. JOHN S. BROWN

3 March 2005 Brigadier General, U.S. Army (Ret.)

 Chief of Military History

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Preface

The Signal Corps in the twenty-fi rst century bears little resemblance to the 

organization founded by Maj. Albert J. Myer in 1860. Although the United States 

Army was the fi rst in the world to have a separate communications branch, the 

legislation authorizing its establishment provided for neither permanent personnel 

nor units. Soldiers were detailed to signal duty from their regularly assigned units. 

During the Civil War small signal parties served with the various military departments, 

but they were disbanded at the end of the confl ict. For the next thirty years, the 

Signal Corps remained a small organization whose members were scattered among 

the Army’s many posts to provide communications and take weather observations. 

The necessity for having a separate Signal Corps continued to be debated in the 

halls of Congress and within the Army itself. Communications still was not widely 

recognized as a military specialty in and of itself.

The earliest permanent signal units were formed in the National Guard during the 

1880s. New York and Illinois were among the fi rst states to have such organizations. 

It took the Regular Army a little longer to follow suit. Signal companies designated 

A through H entered the force structure in 1898 and 1899. From this modest start, 

the Signal Corps continued to grow during the twentieth century as the United States 

and its Army assumed global responsibilities. The rise of telecommunications also 

meant that signaling duties became increasingly complex and an integral part of 

military operations. Today, the Signal Corps consists of approximately sixty-eight 

thousand men and women. Moreover, information dominance in the form of superior 

communications is considered to be sine qua non to modern warfare. The Signal 

Corps has indeed come a long way from Major Myer’s original one-man branch.

The purpose of this volume is to present in compact form offi cial organizational 

history information for Signal Corps units at battalion level and above that are 

organized under Tables of Organization and Equipment (TOE). This compilation 

features lineage and heraldic data for 176 signal units—7 commands, 1 center, 3 

depots, 17 brigades, 8 groups, and 140 battalions. They consist of all active and 

inactive Regular Army and Army Reserve TOE units at battalion level and above 

on the rolls of the Army since 1963. The lineages are current through 30 June 

2001. Also included are Army National Guard units, battalion and above, that were 

federally recognized and in the force structure as of 15 June 2001. Smaller units, 

such as separate companies and detachments, are not included because they are not 

authorized their own heraldic items. Units organized under Tables of Distribution 

and Allowances (TDA) do not appear because, in accordance with longstanding 

Army policy, lineage and honors are determined for TOE units only.

The lineage and honors of a unit are signifi cant because they represent the 

organization’s history and accomplishments. As such, they are a means to enhance 

troop morale and foster esprit de corps. The lineage outlines a unit’s history; the 

honors consist of both the decorations and campaign participation credit earned 

by the unit. Offi cial Lineage and Honors Certifi cates are prepared by the Force 

Structure and Unit History Branch of the U.S. Army Center of Military History 
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(hereafter referred to as the Center). These highly stylized documents serve as a 

unit’s birth certifi cate, its service record, and its deed to organizational property 

and historical fi les. The unit lineages in this volume are adapted from the offi cial 

certifi cates. The data has been compressed to save space, but the information is 

similar to that on the certifi cates, which accounts for the technical language used. 

A glossary appears at the end of the volume to assist the reader in understanding 

these terms. The lineage begins with the offi cial designation of the unit, followed 

by its special designation, if one has been approved by the Center. The recorded 

events in the life of a unit are restricted to a few specifi c actions, such as activation, 

inactivation, and redesignation. Campaigns and decorations for each unit are those 

earned by the unit itself or its lineal predecessor.

In regard to unit decorations, the general orders announcing each award are 

shown parenthetically along with the specifi c unit cited. For those awards that the 

Army has approved but for which it has not yet published orders, the approval 

announcement, usually in the form of a memorandum from the Military Awards 

Branch of the U.S. Army Human Resources Command, is cited. With the creation of 

the Army Superior Unit Award in 1985, the Army established its fi rst peacetime unit 

decoration. This action, coupled with the passage by Congress in 1996 of legislation 

authorizing the approval of retroactive awards, has resulted in a signifi cant increase 

in the honors earned by signal units. For example, in 2001 the 96th Signal Battalion 

received a retroactive Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for its service with the 96th 

Infantry Division on Okinawa during World War II. This volume includes those unit 

awards approved by the Military Awards Branch as of 1 July 2001. Thus participation 

by signal units in actions related to the Global War on Terrorism is not refl ected.

Organizational history during the 1990s is anything but static. With the 

introduction of multiple component units, for example, the Army made a signifi cant 

change in the way units are structured. They can now contain soldiers—and even 

entire elements—from more than one component. Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 93d Signal Brigade, a Regular Army unit stationed at Fort Gordon, 

Georgia, was one of the fi rst to convert to “multi-compo” status. Since October 1999, 

nearly one-third of the positions within the unit have been designated as National 

Guard or Army Reserve. These slots are fi lled by full-time or drilling Guardsmen 

and Reservists. The conversion to multicomponent status will not ordinarily affect 

a unit’s lineage and honors, but it will have a signifi cant impact on how many units 

function. Another signal unit in the vanguard of change is the 124th Signal Battalion. 

As the organic signal element of the 4th Infantry Division, it has been part of the test 

bed for the Army’s digitization initiative to transform itself into a twenty-fi rst century 

fi ghting force using information technology to maximize combat effectiveness. 

Now in 2005, as this book goes to press, the upcoming implementation of the Chief 

of Staff’s modular force redesign will mean further organizational changes for the 

Signal Corps and the rest of the Army.

Descriptions of the shoulder sleeve insignia, distinctive unit insignia, and 

other heraldic items approved for the units are included with the lineages. In some 

instances the text relating to the heraldic items is not as comprehensive as in the 

original letters of approval, amendment, or redesignation sent to the units. Minor 

changes in the heraldic material have been made to meet the need for brevity in this 

volume. Color illustrations are included for shoulder sleeve insignia, unit crests and 
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shields, and distinctive unit insignia for those units for which these items have been 

approved. While the majority of distinctive unit insignia consist of the shield and 

motto of the unit’s coat of arms, there are a number of variations. At the beginning 

of this section is a brief account of the evolution of these heraldic items.

The compilation of this volume has taken place in fi ts and starts over the course 

of twenty-fi ve years, and its preparation would not have been possible without 

the efforts of many people. Ms Dana Purdy, a student fellow at the Center during 

the early 1980s, conducted the initial research that formed the basis for the unit 

bibliographies. These bibliographies are not intended to be comprehensive, but 

include both published unit histories, when available, as well as periodical articles 

that discuss more current unit operations and training. The Army Communicator, 

produced at the Signal Center and School at Fort Gordon, Georgia, is the primary 

source of the latter. After this project underwent a signifi cant dormant period, 

two individuals helped bring it back to life. In 1995, Danny M. Johnson, then 

the historian for the Army Signal Command at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, and Dr. 

Carol E. Stokes, then the command historian at the Signal Center and School, lent 

indispensable assistance and support. Both of these individuals, now retired, are 

staunch champions of the Signal Corps and its history.

 To my colleagues in the Force Structure and Unit History Branch (formerly the 

Organizational History Branch) of the Center, I owe a very great debt of gratitude. 

Their friendship, support, and camaraderie—in addition to their professionalism 

and expertise—have been invaluable through the years. Former branch chiefs Janice 

E. McKenney and the late John B. Wilson taught me much of what I know about 

organizational history. I was very fortunate to benefi t from their vast knowledge and 

experience in this fi eld, and their retirements during the 1990s left some big shoes to 

fi ll. Dr. Robert K. Wright, Jr., a branch alumnus who later served as Chief, Historical 

Resources Branch, until his retirement in 2002, has been a mentor to me and many 

other historians at the Center—as well as being a former Signal Corpsman. The 

current branch members Edward N. Bedessem, Romana M. Danysh, Stephen E. 

Everett, Stephen L. Y. Gammons, and Jennifer A. Nichols uphold the branch’s 

tradition of hardworking and fi rst-rate historians. They make my job as branch chief 

much easier. Dr. Richard A. Gorell, former chief of the Field Programs and Historical 

Services Division, generously granted me the time away from the pressing daily 

duties of branch chief that I needed to fi nish up the loose ends of the project. The 

current chief, Dr. Richard G. Davis, has been equally supportive in the fi nal stages 

of preparation. Special kudos go to James B. Knight, the Center’s librarian until his 

retirement in July 2004, who deserves my sincere thanks and deep appreciation for 

his patience and good humor in allowing me to accumulate a vast array of overdue 

books and periodicals. His successor, Patricia A. Ames, carries on his tradition of 

outstanding service.

The heraldic illustrations and descriptions provided by The Institute of Heraldry 

are an important part of this volume and help make the Army Lineage Series 

distinctive. The Force Structure and Unit History Branch is very grateful to former 

director, Thomas B. Proffi tt, for his assistance. Since Mr. Proffi tt’s retirement, his 

successor, Fred Eichorn, has continued the Institute’s outstanding support for this 

series. Sherry O’Connor provided the heraldic descriptions, reviewed the author’s 

text thereof, and graciously answered my questions on heraldic terminology and 
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usage. She taught me a great deal. After Sherry left the Institute, Bonnie Henning 

continued my heraldic education and saw the project through to completion. She 

was a tremendous help in the project’s latter stages and a pleasure to work with. The 

credit for the striking illustrations goes to Joseph Spollen, chief of the Design and 

Illustration Branch, and Carl Hickey of the Institute’s Technical Department who 

supervised their production.

Other individuals who contributed to the fi nal product include: Lt. Col. Sherman 

L. Fleek and Maj. Les’ Melnyk of the Historical Services Offi ce, National Guard 

Bureau. Because determining the lineage and honors of National Guard units 

presents probably the most complex task for the organizational historian, it could 

not be accomplished without the Bureau’s assistance. I must also thank Elizabeth 

Zippert of the Bureau’s Force Management Division, who helped enormously by 

providing copies of Organizational Authorities and a computer print out of the 

Guard’s current force structure. Denise E. Harris, Chief, Board Section, Military 

Awards Branch, and Pamela R. Rivera of that offi ce verifi ed the status of pending 

unit awards. This information was very helpful and much appreciated.

No book at the Center would be possible without the efforts of the editors 

and production staff who bring it all together. As the book’s editor, Glenn R. 

Schwegmann brought his careful attention to detail to bear and discovered many 

previously undetected inconsistencies. His excellent work made this a much better 

volume. The author also wishes to thank John W. Elsberg, Catherine A. Heerin, 

Keith R. Tidman, Arthur S. Hardyman, John Birmingham, Henrietta M. Snowden, 

and Beth F. MacKenzie for all their hard work.

Last and far from least I thank my husband, Dr. Edgar F. Raines, Jr., for his 

unfailing love and support. He deserves a special award for patiently listening to long 

and involved discussions of lineage issues over lunches and sometimes dinners—a 

service above and beyond the call of duty or vows of matrimony.

I hope that this volume, along with my earlier branch history, Getting the 

Message Through, published in 1996, will serve as educational tools for both 

soldiers and civilians about the institutional and organizational history of the Signal 

Corps. I had originally intended to prepare a fairly detailed introduction to this 

volume, but time and resource constraints caused a change in plans. Consequently, 

an extensive narrative treatment of the Corps’ organizational history remains to be 

written. Nevertheless, the lineages contained herein provide insight into the branch’s 

organizational evolution over time and serve as a snapshot of what the Signal Corps 

looks like as it nears its one hundred and fi ftieth anniversary.

Because the Center of Military History is responsible for the determination and 

publication of unit lineages and honors under Army Regulation 870-5, comments are 

invited and should be addressed to the Center, ATTN: DAMH-FPO, Fort McNair, 

DC 20319-5058.

In the end, despite the assistance of all those listed above, any mistakes, errors, 

or omissions are solely the responsibility of the undersigned.

Washington, D.C. Rebecca Robbins Raines

8 April 2005
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Contents

Page

HERALDIC ITEMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix

LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Signal Corps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

1st Signal Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

5th Signal Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

6th Signal Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

7th Signal Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

9th Signal Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

311th Signal Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

335th Signal Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

1st Signal Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

216th Signal Depot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

801st Signal Depot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

803d Signal Depot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

1st Signal Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

2d Signal Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

3d Signal Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

7th Signal Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

11th Signal Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

15th Signal Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

22d Signal Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

29th Signal Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

35th Signal Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

93d Signal Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

106th Signal Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

142d Signal Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

160th Signal Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

228th Signal Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

261st Signal Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

359th Signal Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

516th Signal Brigade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
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1st Signal Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

4th Signal Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

7th Signal Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

12th Signal Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

21st Signal Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

199th Signal Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

332d Signal Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

505th Signal Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

1st Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

4th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

5th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

6th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

7th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

8th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

9th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

10th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

11th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

13th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

16th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

17th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

24th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

25th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

26th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

28th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

29th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

30th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

31st Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

32d Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

33d Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

34th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

35th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

36th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

37th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

38th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
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39th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

40th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

41st Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

43d Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

44th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

50th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

51st Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

52d Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

53d Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

54th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

56th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

57th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

58th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

59th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

60th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

62d Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

63d Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

65th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

67th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

68th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

69th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

72d Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

73d Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

75th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

77th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

78th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

82d Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

83d Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

86th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

94th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

96th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

97th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

98th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

99th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
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102d Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

103d Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

105th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

108th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

111th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

112th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

114th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

115th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

121st Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

122d Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

123d Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

124th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

125th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

127th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

129th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

133d Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

134th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

135th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260

136th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

138th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

141st Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

142d Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

143d Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

144th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

146th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

151st Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

154th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

156th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

163d Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

179th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

181st Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291

190th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

198th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

202d Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
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212th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304

230th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306

234th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308

240th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311

249th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314

250th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316

279th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319

280th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322

302d Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325

304th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327

306th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329

307th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331

318th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333

319th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335

324th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337

325th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339

327th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341

352d Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345

360th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346

361st Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348

366th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350

369th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352

379th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355

392d Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357

417th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359

421st Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362

422d Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363

426th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366

440th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368

442d Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371

447th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373

459th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375

460th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377

501st Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
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503d Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383

504th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384

509th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386

511th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388

523d Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390

551st Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392

560th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394

711th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396

835th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399

845th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401

850th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403

980th Signal Battalion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405

GLOSSARY OF LINEAGE TERMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407

UNIT INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411

A color illustration of the regimental insignia of the Signal Corps appears as the 

frontispiece. It is also included with the color illustrations of heraldic items approved 

for Signal Corps commands, brigades, groups, and battalions appear between pages 

xx and 1.

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Heraldic Items

Heraldic items for Army units include coats of arms, shoulder sleeve insignia, 

and distinctive unit insignia. Designed on the basis of a unit’s offi cial lineage and 

honors, they refl ect each organization’s history, traditions, ideals, mission, and 

accomplishments. Heraldic items also serve as identifying devices and contribute to 

unit cohesiveness and esprit de corps.

 While the custom of bearing various symbols on shields, helmets, and fl ags 

existed in antiquity, heraldry was not introduced until the Middle Ages, when the 

increased use of armor made it diffi cult to distinguish friend from foe on the battlefi eld. 

Heraldic designs included mythological beasts, emblems commemorative of heroic 

deeds, and other identifying marks to which specifi c symbolism was ascribed. These 

heraldic devices were placed on a surcoat worn over the armor, from which the term 

coat of arms was derived. Gradually, a formal system of heraldry evolved, complete 

with rules for design, use, and display.

 At the present time Army regiments and separate battalions are authorized coats 

of arms. A complete coat of arms consists of a shield, a crest, and a motto. The 

shield, the most important element of the coat of arms, contains the fi eld or ground 

on which the charges or symbols are placed. The crest was originally placed on top 

of the helmet of the chief or leader to enable his followers to recognize him during 

battle. Today the crest is placed upon a wreath of six skeins or twists composed of 

the principal metal and primary colors of the shield, alternately, in the order named. 

This wreath or torse represents the piece of cloth that the knight twisted around the 

top of his helmet and by means of which the actual crest was attached. Mottoes have 

been in use longer than coats of arms. Many of the older ones originated from war 

cries. Usually of an idealistic nature, they sometimes allude to a well-known event 

in the history of the unit.

 The elements of the coat of arms are embroidered on the organizational fl ag 

(color), the central element of which is the American eagle. The shield of the coat of 

arms is the eagle’s breast, a scroll bearing the motto is held in his beak, and the crest 

is placed above his head. A crest to the coat of arms is authorized for Regular Army 

units that have war service or campaign credit. Army National Guard units display 

the crest of the state or states in which they are located, and a special crest has been 

designed for all Army Reserve units.

 The currently authorized embroidered shoulder sleeve insignia had their origin 

during World War I. They serve the same purpose as the corps symbols (badges) 

used during the Civil War and the War with Spain. Most corps badges were of simple 

design and could be cut from a single piece of cloth. These emblems, such as a fourleaf clover, a star, or a spearhead, were easily remembered and readily identifi ed. 

Not only were they worn by soldiers on their headgear, they were also incorporated 

into the design of unit fl ags.

The fi rst shoulder sleeve insignia is believed to have been worn by the men of 

the 81st Division during World War I. On their voyage to France they adopted as 

their insignia the fi gure of a wildcat, which they used as a distinctive marking for the 

division’s equipment. Wear of this insignia was offi cially approved on 19 October 

1918 by a telegram from the adjutant general, American Expeditionary Forces, to 

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the division commander. Insignia for other units of the American Expeditionary 

Forces were later authorized and designs offi cially approved. Designs varied greatly. 

Many had their origin in devices already in use for organizational and equipment 

markings. Others were based on monograms and geometric fi gures alluding to a 

unit’s numerical designation. Symbols associated with traditions, geographical 

locations, and unit mission were also included in some designs.

 Since World War I the authorization of shoulder sleeve insignia has expanded. 

Under the current system, separate brigades and higher echelons are authorized 

shoulder sleeve insignia for wear by soldiers assigned to the units. The insignia 

also appear on the organizations’ distinguishing fl ags. Over time, the designs have 

become more elaborate and complex owing to the increased number of authorized 

insignia and the availability of embroidery machinery for the production of various 

types of textile insignia. During the Vietnam era the policy governing the wear of 

subdued insignia on work uniforms was established.

 Distinctive unit insignia, manufactured in metal and enamel and worn by all 

unit personnel, are authorized for separate battalions and higher echelons. The type 

of distinctive unit insignia currently in use was fi rst authorized during the 1920s 

for regiments and certain other units. As in the case of shoulder sleeve insignia and 

coats of arms, authorization expanded as changes in the organization of the Army 

took place. The designs are based on symbols refl ecting each unit’s lineage, battle 

honors, traditions, and mission and usually incorporate the organization’s motto. 

Distinctive unit insignia for most regiments and battalions include the same design 

elements as their coats of arms.

 Today, as in the past, insignia displayed on fl ags and worn on uniforms are 

highly visible items of identifi cation. These heraldic items serve to distinguish 

specifi c organizations and their members and are signifi cant factors in establishing 

and maintaining unit esprit de corps.
Signal Corps
5th Signal Command

1st Signal Command
7th Signal Command

6th Signal Command
9th Signal Command

311th Signal Command
335th Signal Command

1st Signal Brigade
2d Signal Brigade

3d Signal Brigade
7th Signal Brigade

11th Signal Brigade
15th Signal Brigade

22d Signal Brigade
29th Signal Brigade

35th Signal Brigade
93d Signal Brigade

106th Signal Brigade
142d Signal Brigade

160th Signal Brigade
228th Signal Brigade

261st Signal Brigade
359th Signal Brigade

516th Signal Brigade
1st Signal Group

4th Signal Group
12th Signal Group

21st Signal Group
1st Signal Battalion
4th Signal Battalion

5th Signal Battalion
6th Signal Battalion

8th Signal Battalion
9th Signal Battalion
10th Signal Battalion
11th Signal Battalion
13th Signal Battalion
16th Signal Battalion
17th Signal Battalion

24th Signal Battalion
25th Signal Battalion
26th Signal Battalion
28th Signal Battalion
29th Signal Battalion
30th Signal Battalion
31st Signal Battalion
32d Signal Battalion
33d Signal Battalion
34th Signal Battalion
35th Signal Battalion
36th Signal Battalion
37th Signal Battalion
38th Signal Battalion
39th Signal Battalion
40th Signal Battalion
41st Signal Battalion
43d Signal Battalion
44th Signal Battalion
50th Signal Battalion
51st Signal Battalion
52d Signal Battalion
53d Signal Battalion
54th Signal Battalion
56th Signal Battalion
57th Signal Battalion
58th Signal Battalion
59th Signal Battalion
60th Signal Battalion

63d Signal Battalion
67th Signal Battalion
68th Signal Battalion
69th Signal Battalion
72d Signal Battalion
73d Signal Battalion
77th Signal Battalion
78th Signal Battalion
82d Signal Battalion
83d Signal Battalion
86th Signal Battalion
96th Signal Battalion
97th Signal Battalion
99th Signal Battalion

98th Signal Battalion
102d Signal Battalion
103d Signal Battalion
105th Signal Battalion
108th Signal Battalion
111th Signal Battalion
112th Signal Battalion
115th Signal Battalion
121st Signal Battalion
122d Signal Battalion
123d Signal Battalion
124th Signal Battalion
125th Signal Battalion
127th Signal Battalion
129th Signal Battalion
133d Signal Battalion
134th Signal Battalion
135th Signal Battalion
136th Signal Battalion
138th Signal Battalion
141st Signal Battalion
142d Signal Battalion

143d Signal Battalion
144th Signal Battalion

146th Signal Battalion
151st Signal Battalion
154th Signal Battalion
156th Signal Battalion
163d Signal Battalion
179th Signal Battalion
181st Signal Battalion
190th Signal Battalion
198th Signal Battalion
202d Signal Battalion
212th Signal Battalion
230th Signal Battalion
234th Signal Battalion
240th Signal Battalion
249th Signal Battalion
250th Signal Battalion
279th Signal Battalion
280th Signal Battalion
302d Signal Battalion
304th Signal Battalion
306th Signal Battalion
307th Signal Battalion
318th Signal Battalion
319th Signal Battalion
324th Signal Battalion
325th Signal Battalion
327th Signal Battalion
360th Signal Battalion
361st Signal Battalion

366th Signal Battalion
369th Signal Battalion
379th Signal Battalion
392d Signal Battalion
417th Signal Battalion
422d Signal Battalion
426th Signal Battalion
440th Signal Battalion
442d Signal Battalion
447th Signal Battalion
459th Signal Battalion
460th Signal Battalion
501st Signal Battalion
504th Signal Battalion
509th Signal Battalion
523d Signal Battalion
551st Signal Battalion
560th Signal Battalion
711th Signal Battalion
845th Signal Battalion
850th Signal Battalion
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA
SIGNAL CORPS

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Argent, within a bordure tenné a baton fesswise or and suspended therefrom a signal fl ag gules charged at center with a square 

of the fi rst, in chief a mullet bronze.

Crest: On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné a dexter hand couped 

at the wrist, clenched, palm affronte, grasping three forked lightning fl ashes, all proper, fl ashes argent.

Motto: PRO PATRIA VIGILANS (Watchful for the Country).

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The signal fl ag suspended from a baton is adopted 

from a badge that originated in 1865 and was called the Order 

of the Signal Corps. The bronze battle star represents formal recognition for participation in combat. It adorned a signal fl ag and 

was fi rst awarded to Signal Corps soldiers in 1862.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

Description: A gold color metal and enamel device that consists of a gold 

eagle grasping a horizontal baton from which is suspended a red 

signal fl ag with a white center, enclosing the fl ag from a star at 

the bottom, a wreath of laurel all gold and at top left and right 

a white scroll inscribed PRO PATRIA at left and VIGILANS at 

right in gold.

Symbolism: The gold eagle holds in his talons a golden baton, from which descends a signal fl ag. The design originated in 1865 from a meeting of Signal Corps offi cers, led by Major Albert J. Myer, the 

chief signal offi cer, in Washington, D.C. The badge was a symbol of faithful service and good fellowship for those who served 

together in war and was called the Order of the Signal Corps. 

The motto PRO PATRIA VIGILANS (Watchful for the Country) was adopted from the Signal School insignia and serves to 

portray the cohesiveness of Signal soldiers and their affi liation 

with their regimental home. The laurel wreath depicts the myriad 

of achievements through strength made by the Corps since its 

inception. The battle star centered on the wreath represents formal recognition for participation in combat. It adorned a signal 

fl ag and was fi rst awarded to Signal Corps soldiers in 1862. The 

battle star typifi es the close operational relationship between the 

combined arms and the Signal Corps.
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS

COMPANY

1st SIGNAL COMMAND

HERALDIC ITEMS

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA

Description: On an orange disc within a white border three white rings graduating in size and having a common tangent at the base, the smallest circle surrounding a blue roundel, all surmounted by a vertical blue lightning fl ash issuing from lower border and extending 

to top border.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The blue lightning fl ash on target symbolizes the 1st 

Signal Command’s ability to carry on all functions of its mission 

with speed and accuracy. The white rings refer to the emanating 

effect of transmitting radio waves through space. The single lightning fl ash further distinguishes the 1st Signal Command.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

None approved.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 19 April 1967 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Signal Command. Activated 25 April 1967 at Fort Riley, Kansas. 

Inactivated March 1969 at Fort Riley, Kansas.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

None.

DECORATIONS

None.

1st SIGNAL COMMAND BIBLIOGRAPHY

No published histories.
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS

COMPANY

5th SIGNAL COMMAND

(Dragon Warriors)

HERALDIC ITEMS

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA

Description: On an orange shield with a white border a stylized green demidragon with red eye emitting two black lightning fl ashes.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The demidragon alludes to the unit’s area of operations in Germany.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

Description: A silver color metal and enamel device that consists of fi ve lightning fl ashes converging at center on a silver disc with three concentric black circles, all encircled by an orange scroll inscribed 

PROFESSIONAL at top and COMMUNICATIONS in base in 

silver letters.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with 

the Signal Corps. The disc with black lines alludes to the globe, 

and the lightning fl ashes form lines of longitude that symbolize 

the far-reaching scope of the unit’s mission. The lightning also 

resembles a target, indicating accuracy and effi ciency. The fi ve 

lightning fl ashes refer to the unit’s numerical designation.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (active)

Constituted 1 July 1974 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 5th Signal Command, and activated in Germany.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

None.
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 7

DECORATIONS

None.

5th SIGNAL COMMAND BIBLIOGRAPHY

Baker, Jerry. “European Signal Force Drawdown.” Army Communicator 18 (Summer 1993): 59.

Cowan, Raymond G. Background and History of the 5th Signal Command, 1958–

1977. Worms, West Germany: Signal Corps, 5th Signal Command, 1978.

“5th Signal Command.” Army Communicator 1 (Summer 1976): 44–45.

G6 Staff Members. “State of the Art Network Provides Faster and More Reliable 

Information to the Warfi ghter.” Army Communicator 28 (Fall 2003): 16–19.

Gehring, Stephen P. From the Fulda Gap to Kuwait: U.S. Army, Europe, and the 

Gulf War. Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1998.

Hasenauer, Heike. “Grecian Firebolt.” Soldiers 49 (September 1994): 37–40.

Hitt, Joe. “7th Signal Brigade Joins 5th Signal Command.” Army Communicator 7 

(Winter 1982): 37.

Johnson, Danny M. “5th Signal Command Finds First Joint European Network Operations Drill to be a ‘Dragon.’” Army Communicator 28 (Spring 2003): 58–59.

———. Military Communications Supporting Peacekeeping Operations in the Balkans: The Signal Corps at Its Best. Mannheim, Germany: Headquarters, 5th 

Signal Command, 2000.

“McKnight Takes 5th Signal Command.” Army Communicator 4 (Winter 1979): 59.

Rolak, Bruno J. History of the U.S. Army Communications Command (1964–1976). 

Fort Huachuca, Ariz.: United States Army Communications Command, 1976.

Rolak, Bruno J., and George R. Thompson. History of the United States Army Communications Command From Origin Through 1976. Fort Huachuca, Ariz.: United States Army Communications Command, 1979.

White, Hank. “Grecian Firebolt 1994: A Real Test for Network Managers.” Army 

Communicator 20 (Winter 1995): 45–51.
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS

COMPANY

6th SIGNAL COMMAND

HERALDIC ITEMS

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA

Description: An orange hexagon, one point up, bearing a blue falcon’s head, 

eye white, and charged on the neck with a lightning fl ash point 

up, also white.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The six sides of the device refl ect the designation 

of the command. The unit’s motto, VOICE OF THE DESERT, 

is signifi ed by the desert falcon, which symbolizes vigilance, 

speed, and clarity of communications. Blue stands for devotion 

to duty and loyalty. The lightning fl ash represents speed and 

electronic communication.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

Description: A silver color metal and enamel device that consists of an orange 

disc bearing a brown falcon’s head charged on the neck with a 

silver lightning fl ash point up, issuing from and encircled by a 

blue motto scroll inscribed VOICE OF THE DESERT at top in 

silver letters and superimposed at bottom by two silver stylized 

scimitars crossed diagonally.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The falcon is associated with Saudi Arabia and the 

region as a respected hunting bird and desert inhabitant. With 

the lightning fl ash, it symbolizes the speed and clarity of communications required of the 6th Signal Command’s mission. The 

crossed scimitars stand for desert service and the command’s 

readiness for duty during its mission in Saudi Arabia. Blue denotes devotion to duty and loyalty.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 1 July 1974 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 6th Signal Command, and activated at Fort Shafter, Hawaii. Inactivated 

30 November 1977 at Fort Shafter, Hawaii.

Activated 4 December 1990 at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Inactivated 1 June 1992 

at Fort Huachuca, Arizona.
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 9

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

Southwest Asia

Defense of Saudi Arabia

Liberation and Defense of Kuwait

Cease-Fire

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST 

ASIA 1990–1991 (Headquarters, 6th Signal Command, cited; DA GO 34, 1992)

6th SIGNAL COMMAND BIBLIOGRAPHY

Brinkerhoff, John R., Ted Silva, and John A. Seitz. The Signal Support Dilemma: 

The 335th Signal Command. United States Army Reserve in Operation Desert 

Storm. N.p.: ANDRULIS Research Corp., 1992.

Pace, Emily Charlotte. “USAISC Before, During and After Desert Storm.” Army 

Communicator 16 (Summer 1991): 13–17.

Public Affairs Offi cer, 6th Signal Command. Headquarters United States Army 6th 

Signal Command: A Decade of Service to the Nation, 1964–1974. San Francisco: United States Army 6th Signal Command, 1974.

Raines, Rebecca Robbins. Getting the Message Through: A Branch History of the 

U.S. Army Signal Corps. Army Historical Series. Washington, D.C.: Center of 

Military History, United States Army, 1996.

Rolak, Bruno J., and George R. Thompson. History of the United States Army Communications Command From Origin Through 1976. Fort Huachuca, Ariz.: United States Army Communications Command, 1979.

Stokes, Carol E., ed. The U.S. Army Signal Corps in Operation Desert Shield/Desert 

Storm. Fort Gordon, Ga.: Offi ce of the Command Historian, U.S. Army Signal 

Center and Fort Gordon, 1994.

Stokes, Carol E., and Kathy R. Coker. “Getting the Message Through in the Persian 

Gulf War.” Army Communicator 17 (Summer–Winter 1992): 17–25.
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS

COMPANY

7th SIGNAL COMMAND

HERALDIC ITEMS

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA

None approved.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

Description: A silver color metal and enamel device that consists of a dark 

blue disc bearing seven silver lightning fl ashes radiating from 

behind a silver eagle displayed between an orange motto scroll 

bearing in silver letters the words DIFFICILE EST SUMMISSO 

ESSE inclosing the base from wing tip to wing tip.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The blue refers to the atmosphere from the Atlantic to the Pacifi c Oceans and from the Caribbean to the Bering 

Seas through which the unit operates. The eagle suggests vigilance and dedication to duty and country. The seven lightning 

fl ashes refer to the unit’s mission of communication and to its 

numerical designation.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 1 July 1975 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 7th Signal Command, and activated at Fort Ritchie, Maryland. Inactivated 1 October 1993 at Fort Ritchie, Maryland.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

None.

DECORATIONS

None.
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 11

7th SIGNAL COMMAND BIBLIOGRAPHY

Britsch, Ellen A. “7th Signal to Upgrade Phone System.” Army Communicator 8 

(Summer 1983): 10–11.

Davenport, Vernon, Jr. “Blueprints for the Future.” Army Communicator 15 

(Spring–Summer 1990): 58.

Hinton, Albert F., and D. Jean Maire. “7th Signal Command: The Army’s Voice in 

CONUS.” Army Communicator 1 (Fall 1976): 51–52.

Jackson, Ruth. “Tower Power.” Army Communicator 4 (Fall 1979): 20–22.

Rolak, Bruno J. History of the U.S. Army Communications Command (1964–1976). 

Fort Huachuca, Ariz.: United States Army Communications Command, 1976.

Rolak, Bruno J., and George R. Thompson. History of the United States Army Communications Command From Origin Through 1976. Fort Huachuca, Ariz.: United States Army Communications Command, 1979.

Rossiter, Charles. “Communicate to Operate.” Army Communicator 3 (Spring 

1978): 55.

———. “7th Signal Command Keeps Us on the Move.” Army Communicator 3 

(Summer 1978): 38–39.

“The 7th Signal Command ATC is Unique.” Army Communicator 10 (Winter 1985): 

38–39.

“A Towering Job.” Army Communicator 5 (Spring 1980): 60.
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS

COMPANY

9th SIGNAL COMMAND

HERALDIC ITEMS

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA

Description: On a shield divided diagonally from upper left to lower right 

with white above and orange below, a globe with grid lines and 

outlines in orange above and white below and superimposed 

thereon from upper left to lower right a yellow lightning fl ash all 

within a yellow border.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The globe indicates the worldwide nature of the 

communications controlled by the command, and the lightning 

fl ash depicts its dynamic and strategic capabilities.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

Description: A gold color metal and enamel device that consists of three gold 

swords on a black background one vertical and two saltirewise 

between and encircled by six orange lightning fl ashes and surmounted by a white globe having gold grid lines, all beneath 

an arched gold scroll bearing the inscription VOICE OF THE 

ARMY in black letters.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The swords are indicative of the military establishment supported by the command and refer to operational readiness. The globe and lightning fl ashes, adopted from the shoulder 

sleeve insignia, symbolize the worldwide aspects of communications and the organization’s dynamic and strategic capabilities.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (active)

Constituted 14 February 1918 in the Regular Army as the 9th Service Company, 

Signal Corps. Activated 19 April 1918 in Hawaii. Redesignated in June 1922 as Service Company Number 9, Signal Corps. Redesignated 12 May 1925 as the 9th Signal 

Service Company. Redesignated 24 April 1943 as the 972d Signal Service Company.

Reorganized and redesignated 8 January 1944 as the 972d Signal Service Battalion. Inactivated 18 October 1948 at Fort Shafter, Hawaii. Redesignated 14 May 

1958 as the 972d Signal Battalion.
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Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 972d Signal Battalion, activated 

23 June 1958 at Tobyhanna Signal Depot, Pennsylvania. Reorganized and redesignated 4 May 1965 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 972d Signal Battalion. Inactivated 20 October 1967 in Vietnam. Activated 10 May 1968 at Fort Lewis, 

Washington. Inactivated 29 November 1969 in Vietnam.

Redesignated 16 September 1997 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

9th Signal Command, and activated at Fort Huachuca, Arizona.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Central Pacifi c

Vietnam

Defense

Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase II

Counteroffensive, Phase III

Counteroffensive, Phase V

Counteroffensive, Phase VI

Tet 69/Counteroffensive

Summer–Fall 1969

Winter–Spring 1970

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered PACIFIC 

THEATER (972d Signal Service Battalion cited; GO 392, Central Pacifi c Base 

Command, 23 October 1945)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1966–1967 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 972d Signal Battalion, 

cited; DA GO 54, 1968)

9th SIGNAL COMMAND BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bergen, John B. Military Communications: A Test for Technology. United States 

Army in Vietnam. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States 

Army, 1986.

Rienzi, Thomas M. Communications-Electronics, 1962–1970. Vietnam Studies. 

Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1972.

Thompson, George Raynor, Dixie R. Harris, Pauline M. Oakes, and Dulany Terrett. 

The Signal Corps: The Test (December 1941 to July 1943). United States Army 

in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, 1957.
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS

COMPANY

311th SIGNAL COMMAND

HERALDIC ITEMS

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA

Description: On a blue shield with a white border a yellow phoenix arising 

from a red fl ame, all above an orange demiglobe grid lined blue 

in base.

Symbolism: The phoenix arising from the fl ame represents rebirth and is indicative of a new command. The orange demiglobe symbolizes 

the worldwide capabilities of the organization. The blue background alludes to the sky and the transmission of voice, picture, 

and data via satellite.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

Description: A silver color metal and enamel device that consists of a silver 

broad arrow upon a blue background between two silver lightning bolts chevronwise conjoined at the top, all above an orange 

demiglobe with silver grid lines. Attached at base a blue scroll 

inscribed THE THEATER VOICE in silver.

Symbolism: Orange and white (silver) are the colors traditionally associated 

with the Signal Corps. The lightning bolts signify the harnessed 

power of communications. The arrowhead represents combat 

readiness and points to the sky, symbolizing the transmission of 

data via satellite. The globe symbolizes the worldwide capability 

of the organization. The motto highlights the unit’s mission as 

the theater’s communication link.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

AR

LINEAGE (active)

Constituted 26 January 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters, 3112th Signal Service Battalion. Activated 1 February 1944 at Fort Monmouth, 

New Jersey. Reorganized and redesignated 7 June 1945 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3112th Signal Service Battalion. Inactivated 5 December 1946 

in Germany.

Redesignated 27 March 1952 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

311th Signal Group, and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps. Activated 10 

April 1952 at Baltimore, Maryland. (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 
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1952 as the Army Reserve.) Reorganized and redesignated 26 April 1954 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 311th Signal Group. Inactivated 20 February 1963 at Baltimore, Maryland.

Redesignated 16 June 1996 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 311th 

Signal Command, and activated at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Normandy

Northern France

Rhineland

Ardennes-Alsace

Central Europe

DECORATIONS

None.

311th SIGNAL COMMAND BIBLIOGRAPHY

“Army Signal Command Directs Worldwide Signal Exercise.” Army Communicator

24 (Fall 1999): 6. Discusses Grecian Firebolt 1999.

Birmingham, Crista M., and Patrick A. Swan. “GF ’03 Tests New Communication 

Capabilities for Homeland Defense, Global War on Terrorism.” Army Communicator 28 (Fall 2003): 28–30. Grecian Firebolt 2003.

“Grecian Firebolt 2002 Tests Interoperability in Homeland Defense Communications Scenario.” Army Communicator 27 (Fall 2002): 28.

“Practical Training for Thirty-fi ve Units in LOGEX 61.” Army Reservist 7 

(July–August 1961): 12–13.

Siemieniec, Jack. “Grecian Firebolt Connects, Supports Multiple Exercises.” Army 

Communicator 26 (Fall 2001): 2–4.

———. “Grecian Firebolt Puts Web to Use.” Army Communicator 26 (Fall 2001): 

10.
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS

COMPANY

335th SIGNAL COMMAND

HERALDIC ITEMS

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA

Description: A dark blue vertical rectangle arched at top and bottom with a 

white border having in base the polar section of an orange globe 

with white grid lines and issuant therefrom two white-edged orange lightning fl ashes with points converging at top center.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with 

the Signal Corps. Dark blue signifi es the atmosphere, and the 

lightning fl ashes and globe are symbolic of the unit’s worldwide 

communication capability.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

Description: A gold color metal and enamel device that consists of two quadrates conjoined with point up, the left quadrate of white and 

the right of black, surmounted by two orange lightning fl ashes 

chevronwise and extending above and below the quadrates. In 

base a green open wreath of live oak, all above a semicircular 

gold scroll folded back at the base of each fl ash and inscribed 

READY LIGHTNING in black letters; areas between quadrates 

and fl ashes at top and quadrates and live oak in base pierced.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The white and black quadrates and the lightning 

fl ashes symbolize the organization’s day and night mission to 

direct and coordinate the operations, training, administration, 

and logistics support of assigned and attached units. The live 

oak, the state tree of Georgia, symbolizes ever-ready strength in 

reserve and alludes to the organization’s origin and home station 

in Atlanta, Georgia.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

AR

LINEAGE (active)

Constituted 13 February 1953 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 335th Signal Group. Activated 28 February 1953 at Atlanta, 

Georgia. Reorganized and redesignated 31 December 1953 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Detachment, 335th Signal Group. Reorganized and redesignated 30 
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June 1954 as Headquarters, 335th Signal Group. Reorganized and redesignated 31 

March 1955 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 335th Signal Group. 

Ordered into active military service 15 October 1961 at Atlanta, Georgia; released 

3 August 1962 from active military service and reverted to reserve status. Location 

changed 19 April 1971 to East Point, Georgia. Reorganized and redesignated 15 

March 1972 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 335th Signal Group.

Redesignated 16 October 1984 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

335th Signal Brigade. Reorganized and redesignated 16 April 1986 as Headquarters 

and Headquarters Company, 335th Signal Command.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

None.

DECORATIONS

None.

335th SIGNAL COMMAND BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bowman, George F. “335th Signal Command Shines at Bright Star ‘94.” Army 

Communicator 19 (Summer 1994): 21–23.

Brinkerhoff, John R., Ted Silva, and John A. Seitz. The Signal Support Dilemma: 

The 335th Signal Command. United States Army Reserve in Operation Desert 

Storm. N.p.: ANDRULIS Research Corp., 1992.

Currie, James T., and Richard B. Crossland. Twice the Citizen: A History of the 

United States Army Reserve, 1908–1995. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief, 

Army Reserve, 1997.

Harrell, Rickey E. “TCMC: Charting the Course of Future Theater Communications.” Army Communicator 20 (Winter 1995): 2–4. Discusses the command’s 

theater communications management cell.

Majewski, Greg. “Army Reserve Signal Command Receives Networking Award.” 

Army Communicator 28 (Winter 2003): 48–49

Mauldin, Curtis A. “An Important Part of the Rapid Deployment Force.” Army 

Communicator 14 (Winter 1989): 33.

Reed, Anthony. “Grecian Firebolt 2000: Army Signal Command Sponsors Army’s 

Largest Communications Exercise.” Army Communicator 25 (Fall 2000): 16–

17.

Smalls, Michael. “The 335th Signal Command in Action at Bright Star ‘95: ‘An 

Olympic Performance.’” Army Communicator 21 (Summer 1996): 8–9.

Ward, Jim. “335th Theater Army Signal Command Spearheads Reserve Signal 

Global Revolution in Telecommunications, ‘Shrinking Planet,’ Satellites Give 

Commander Vision of Unit’s Role,” Army Communicator 23 (Spring 1998): 

59–60.

———. “Grecian Firebolt ’98 Makes Active/Reserve Signal Community One 

Team.” Army Communicator 23 (Summer 1998): 39–41.

Wilson, Ronnie, et al. “Go Between Circuits V.” Army Communicator 7 (Summer 

1982): 50–53.
1st SIGNAL CENTER

HERALDIC ITEMS

None approved.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 1 July 1968 in the Regular Army as the 1st Signal Center. Activated 

22 November 1968 in Vietnam. Inactivated 24 February 1969 in Vietnam.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

Vietnam

Counteroffensive, Phase VI

Tet 69/Counteroffensive

DECORATIONS

None.

1st SIGNAL CENTER BIBLIOGRAPHY

No published histories.
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS

COMPANY

216th SIGNAL DEPOT

HERALDIC ITEMS

None approved.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 11 May 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 216th Signal 

Depot Company. Activated 25 January 1943 at the Lexington Signal Depot, Avon, 

Kentucky. Inactivated 6 March 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey.

Redesignated 21 January 1955 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

216th Signal Depot, and allotted to the Regular Army. Activated 10 March 1955 at 

Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Inactivated 24 June 1966 at the Sacramento Army Depot, 

California.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Normandy

Northern France

Rhineland

Ardennes-Alsace

Central Europe

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN 

THEATER (216th Signal Depot Company cited: GO 148, Communications Zone, 

U.S. Forces, European Theater, 27 July 1945)

216th SIGNAL DEPOT BIBLIOGRAPHY

Thompson, George Raynor, and Dixie R. Harris. The Signal Corps: The Outcome 

(Mid-1943 through 1945). United States Army in World War II. Washington, 

D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1966.
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS

COMPANY

801st SIGNAL DEPOT

HERALDIC ITEMS

None approved.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

AR

LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 17 December 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 583d 

Signal Depot Company. Activated 12 January 1944 at Camp Crowder, Missouri. 

Inactivated 30 June 1946 in France.

Redesignated 9 December 1947 as the 801st Signal Depot Company and allotted 

to the Organized Reserves. Activated 22 December 1947 at Raleigh, North Carolina. 

(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; 

redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Reorganized and redesignated 1 

September 1950 as the 801st Signal Base Maintenance Company.

Reorganized and redesignated 30 September 1953 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 801st Signal Base Depot. Reorganized and redesignated 30 June 

1954 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 801st Signal Depot. Location 

changed 11 October 1955 to Charlotte, North Carolina. Ordered into active military 

service 15 October 1961 at Charlotte, North Carolina; released from active military 

service 8 August 1962 and reverted to reserve status. Inactivated 31 January 1968 at 

Charlotte, North Carolina.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Northern France

Rhineland

Ardennes-Alsace

Central Europe
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DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered FRANCE 

AND BELGIUM (583d Signal Depot Company cited; GO 197, Theater Service 

Forces, European Theater, 14 August 1945)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered GERMANY 

(583d Signal Depot Company cited; GO 53, Western Base Section, U.S. Forces, 

European Theater, 26 June 1946)

801st SIGNAL DEPOT BIBLIOGRAPHY

583d Signal Depot Company History. N.p., 1945.
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS

COMPANY

803d SIGNAL DEPOT

HERALDIC ITEMS

None approved.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

AR

LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 18 December 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3911th Signal Base Depot. Activated 25 January 

1945 on New Guinea. Inactivated 31 May 1946 in the Philippine Islands.

Redesignated 26 April 1948 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 803d 

Signal Base Depot, and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps. Activated 20 May 

1948 at New York, New York. (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 

as the Army Reserve.) Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1955 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 803d Signal Depot. Inactivated 31 January 1968 at 

New York, New York.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Luzon

DECORATIONS

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (3911th Signal Base Depot Company cited; DA GO 47, 

1950)

803d SIGNAL DEPOT BIBLIOGRAPHY

No published histories.
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS

COMPANY

1st SIGNAL BRIGADE

(First To Communicate)

HERALDIC ITEMS

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA

Description: On a shield divided into three vertical stripes, one blue between 

two orange, the blue center stripe surmounted by an unsheathed 

sword point to top with the hilt yellow and the blade consisting of 

a white three-jagged bolt of lightning, all within a yellow border.

Symbolism: The orange fi eld of the shield and the yellow border are adopted 

from the authorized shoulder sleeve insignia of the former Strategic Communications Command. The lightning bolt, which also 

appeared on the Strategic Communications Command shoulder sleeve insignia, is depicted on the distinctive unit insignia 

(badge) of the 1st Signal Brigade. In this instance, the lightning 

bolt, a symbol of communication, has been used as a sword blade 

and attached to a hilt, the sword thus referring to both the tactical 

and support missions of the organization. The blue vertical stripe 

with “sword” (adopted from the authorized shoulder sleeve insignia for the United States Army, Vietnam) alludes to the unit’s 

numerical designation.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

Description: A silver color metal and enamel device that consists of a silver 

barbed arrowhead, the tip conjoined with orange fl ames issuing 

at base from each side of the arrowhead, and a lightning bolt 

superimposed in black.

Symbolism: The one bolt of lightning (streak of electricity) alludes to communications and to the numerical designation of the organization. The barbed arrowhead with superimposed lightning bolt 

refers to both the tactical and strategic support missions of the 

organization. The fl ames allude to fi re being the oldest source of 

signal communication at a distance and thus the fi rst. The orange 

symbolizes “fi re by night,” and the black “smoke by day.”
24 SIGNAL CORPS

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (active)

Constituted 26 March 1966 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Signal Brigade. Activated 1 April 1966 in Vietnam.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

Vietnam

Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase II

Counteroffensive, Phase III

Tet Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase IV

Counteroffensive, Phase V

Counteroffensive, Phase VI

Tet 69/Counteroffensive

Summer–Fall 1969

Winter–Spring 1970

Sanctuary Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase VII

Consolidation I

Consolidation II

Cease-Fire

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1966–1967 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Signal Brigade, cited; 

DA GO 17, 1968)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1967–1969 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Signal Brigade, cited; 

DA GO 48, 1971)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1970–1972 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Signal Brigade, cited; 

DA GO 6, 1974)

1st SIGNAL BRIGADE BIBLIOGRAPHY

Arnold, Emmett R. “Signal Communications in Vietnam.” Military Review 47 

(March 1967): 92–96.

Bergen, John D. Military Communications: A Test for Technology. United States 

Army in Vietnam. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States 

Army, 1986.

Betterton, Charles A. “Communications-Vietnam.” Army Digest 22 (February 

1967): 44–47.
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Eckhardt, George S. Command and Control, 1950–1969. Vietnam Studies. Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1974.

Eggenspargar, James, ed. The First Signal Team. Taipei, Formosa: China Color 

Printing Company, 1971.

1st Signal Team. Vietnam, 1969.

Grissom, Kenneth R., II, ed. The Jagged Sword, A History of the 1st Signal Brigade. 

Information Offi ce, 1st Signal Brigade, Republic of Vietnam, c. 1970. Special 

issue of brigade’s quarterly magazine.

Hasenauer, Heike. “Grecian Firebolt.” Soldiers 49 (September 1994): 37–40.

Hay, John H., Jr. Tactical and Materiel Innovations. Vietnam Studies. Washington, 

D.C.: Department of the Army, 1974.

Heiser, Joseph M., Jr. Logistic Support. Vietnam Studies. Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1974.

The History of the 1st Signal Brigade (USACC). Seoul: Public Affairs Offi ce, Headquarters, 1st Signal Brigade, 1974.

Loudermilk, Jack. “‘First’ Time Deployment in Korea.” Army Communicator 10 

(Winter 1985): 24–28.

McKinney, John B. “Signal Planning Needs Innovators.” Army 18 (March 1968): 

35–42.

———. “They Communicate and Shoot.” Army 18 (September 1968): 54–60.

Myer, Charles R. Division-Level Communications, 1962–1973. Vietnam Studies. 

Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1982.

Pearson, Willard. The War in the Northern Provinces, 1966–1968. Vietnam Studies. 

Washington: Department of the Army, 1975.

Raines, Rebecca Robbins. Getting the Message Through: A Branch History of the 

U.S. Army Signal Corps. Army Historical Series. Washington, D.C.: Center of 

Military History, United States Army, 1996.

Rienzi, Thomas M. Communications-Electronics, 1962–1970. Vietnam Studies. 

Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1972.

Rolak, Bruno J., and George R. Thompson. History of the United States Army Communications Command From Origin Through 1976. Fort Huachuca, Ariz.: United States Army Communications Command, 1979.

St. Clair, Jim. “The Defense of Vung Chua Mountain.” Signal 23 (March 1969): 

10–12.

Siemieniec, Jack. “Grecian Firebolt Connects, Supports Multiple Exercises.” Army 

Communicator 26 (Fall 2001): 2–4.

Sokalski, Walt. “Splendid Isolation: Duty on the ‘Backbone.’” Army Communicator

6 (Spring 1981): 30–32.

Teifel, Gordon F. Buddies Together, Cung Than Thien, First Signal Brigade. Saigon: 

Nai Suvit Phongsasvithes, 1971.
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS

COMPANY

2d SIGNAL BRIGADE

HERALDIC ITEMS

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA

Description: Centered upon a diamond shape two vertical orange lightning 

fl ashes on and over a white globe with blue grid lines, all on a 

white fi eld enclosed by an orange border.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The lightning fl ashes are an allusion to the basic 

mission of the organization, and the color blue refers to the unit’s 

capability to support the combat mission. The two fl ashes simulate the Roman numeral II and suggest the unit’s numerical designation. The globe alludes to the worldwide scope of the unit’s 

mission and the unit’s affi liation with the former U.S. Army 

Communications Command.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

Description: A gold color metal and enamel device that consists of a dark 

green disc within an annulet divided horizontally orange and 

gold, the orange half inscribed EXCELLENCE in gold letters, 

and the lower gold half forming an open wreath of laurel. On 

the upper part of the disc, and extending on to the annulet, a 

gold Vietnamese hat that bears three horizontal orange bands, 

the center band cut at regular intervals. In base surmounting the 

wreath and extending over the lower part of the hat an orange 

fl eur-de-lis.

Symbolism: Orange is a color traditionally associated with the Signal Corps. 

The fl eur-de-lis, emblem of France, refers to the unit’s initial activation in that country and to its World War II service in the 

European Theater. The distinctive Vietnamese hat stands for service in Vietnam. The three orange bands on the gold hat allude 

to the fl ag of the Republic of Vietnam. The center band is broken 

to represent minus signs in reference to the negative charge of 

electrical impulses. The three bands stand for lines of communication and refer to the unit’s major mission of providing and 

expanding electrical communications systems and facilities. The 

wreath of laurel is the traditional award for high achievements 

and alludes to the motto EXCELLENCE. Green refers to the 

jungles and terrain of Vietnam.
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LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (active)

Constituted 24 October 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 3348th Signal Service Group, and activated in 

France. Inactivated 13 March 1946 in France.

Activated 9 May 1946 at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. Redesignated 14 March 

1947 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 2d Signal Service Group. Allotted 1 March 1949 to the Regular Army. Reorganized and redesignated 16 December 1949 as Headquarters, 2d Signal Service Group. Reorganized and redesignated 

25 March 1953 as Headquarters, 2d Signal Group. Inactivated 4 April 1955 at Camp 

Gordon, Georgia.

Redesignated 27 April 1961 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 2d 

Signal Group. Activated 21 June 1961 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Inactivated 23 

October 1971 at Fort Lewis, Washington. Activated 1 June 1974 in Germany.

Redesignated 1 October 1979 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d 

Signal Brigade.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

European-African-Middle Eastern Theater, Streamer without inscription

Vietnam

Defense

Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase II

Counteroffensive, Phase III

Tet Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase IV

Counteroffensive, Phase V

Counteroffensive, Phase VI

Tet 69/Counteroffensive

Summer–Fall 1969

Winter–Spring 1970

Sanctuary Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase VII

Consolidation I

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1965–1967 (Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 2d Signal Group [Army], 

cited; DA GO 17, 1968)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1967–1968 (Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 2d Signal Group, cited; 

DA GO 54, 1968)
28 SIGNAL CORPS

2d SIGNAL BRIGADE BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bergen, John D. Military Communications: A Test for Technology. United States 

Army in Vietnam. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States 

Army, 1986.

Carland, John M. Combat Operations: Stemming the Tide, May 1965 to October 

1966. United States Army in Vietnam. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military 

History, United States Army, 2000.

Inge, Nick. “Vital Links Between Ports, U.S. Army Europe and CENTCOM.” Army 

Communicator 28 (Fall 2003): 4–6. Unit’s support to Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Johnson, Danny M. Military Communications Supporting Peacekeeping Operations in the Balkans: The Signal Corps at Its Best. Mannheim, Germany: Headquarters, 5th Signal Command, 2000.

Myer, Charles R. Division-Level Communications 1962–1973. Vietnam Studies. 

Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1982.

Neindorf, David F. 2d Signal Group, 1946–1978. Mannheim, Germany, 1978.

Raines, Rebecca Robbins. Getting the Message Through: A Branch History of the 

U.S. Army Signal Corps. Army Historical Series. Washington, D.C.: Center of 

Military History, United States Army, 1996.

Rienzi, Thomas M. Communications-Electronics, 1962–1970. Vietnam Studies. 

Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1972.

Rolak, Bruno J. History of the U.S. Army Communications Command (1964–1976). 

Fort Huachuca, Ariz.: United States Army Communications Command, 1976.

Rolak, Bruno J., and George R. Thompson. History of the United States Army Communications Command From Origin Through 1976. Fort Huachuca, Ariz.: United States Army Communications Command, 1979.

“Units Renamed.” Army Communicator 4 (Fall 1979): 60.
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS

COMPANY

3d SIGNAL BRIGADE

HERALDIC ITEMS

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA

Description: On an orange shield and within a white border a blue star fi mbriated white between three white lightning fl ashes.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with 

the Signal Corps. The star, a reference to Texas, the “Lone Star 

State,” is the place of the unit’s initial activation and refers to 

guidance and achievement. The lightning fl ashes, symbolic of 

the speed of communications, also refer numerically to the present designation of the brigade. The color blue is indicative of 

support to the Infantry and other combat forces.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

Description: A gold color metal and enamel device that consists of three blue 

discs conjoined—two above one and centered—thereon a red 

triangular area with one point down bordered by three gold lightning fl ashes with points conjoined, and in base on a semicircular 

gold scroll the motto TRIPLE THREAT in blue letters.

Symbolism: The three roundels represent rounds of ammunition and, together 

with the colors blue, gold, and scarlet, refer to the organization’s 

mission to support the combat arms: Infantry, Armor, and Artillery. The three lightning fl ashes denote the unit’s triple-threat 

capability in the performance of its mission, adding emphasis to 

the motto TRIPLE THREAT.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (active)

Constituted 16 September 1979 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Signal Brigade, and activated at Fort Hood, Texas.
30 SIGNAL CORPS

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

Southwest Asia

Defense of Saudi Arabia

Liberation and Defense of Kuwait

Cease-Fire

DECORATIONS

None.

3d SIGNAL BRIGADE BIBLIOGRAPHY

Kennedy, Randy. “3rd Signal Brigade.” Army Communicator 12 (Summer 1987): 

52–53.

Martin, Patrick, Rosielynn Banzon, and John Cox. “Hood Signaleers Test Teamwork in Road Runner ’00 Exercise.” Army Communicator 25 (Spring 2000): 

39–41.

Slupik, Jean M. “3d Signal Brigade on REFORGER.” Army Communicator 13 

(Winter 1988): 26–31.

Stallings, Caroline. “3d Signal Brigade Provides ‘Voice of Phantom Warriors’ in 

5-Month Exercise Series.” Army Communicator 26 (Fall 2001): 16–18.

White, David E. “REFORGER ‘87: A Commander’s Report.” Army Communicator

12 (Fall 1987): 12–13.

Windon, Michael Leon, “3d Signal Brigade Conquers Voice, Data and Video.” Army 

Communicator 28 (Summer 2003): 22–23.
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS

COMPANY

7th SIGNAL BRIGADE

HERALDIC ITEMS

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA

Description: A shield arched at top and base and divided chevronwise blue 

(ultramarine) and white, a seven-stepped orange area (one step 

in center and three on either side) issuing from base onto the 

white area, and in chief two orange diagonal lightning fl ashes 

with both ends pointed emitting from the top step of the orange 

stepped area, all within a white border.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The blue area alludes to the troposphere, the lower 

part of the atmosphere that extends, more or less, seven miles 

above the surface of the earth; the stratosphere forms the atmosphere’s upper part. The seven steps of the orange area—antenna, wavelength, frequency, modulation, selectivity, volume, and 

control—also allude to the numerical designation of the brigade. 

The two lightning fl ashes or impulses symbolize transmitting 

and receiving radio and radar signals and communication. The 

white pointed area simulates the “bending” or breaking of electric waves (beams) in the troposphere and the scattering of a portion of them back to earth.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

Description: A silver color metal and enamel device that consists of a silver 

knight’s helmet facing front and bearing a crest of three ostrich 

plumes, one orange between two white, all upon a fi eld of four 

silver lightning fl ashes pilewise and contained on the two sides 

and bottom by a blue serpentine scroll inscribed with the motto 

VOICE OF FREEDOM in silver letters, the scroll ending at either side next to the white plumes.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The background of lightning fl ashes represents 

the function of signal communications. The knight’s orange and 

white plumed helmet on the wavy blue band, simulating a winding river, is a reference to the brigade’s unoffi cial “Order of the 

Orange and White Knights of the Rhine.”
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LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (active)

Constituted 15 February 1970 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 7th Signal Brigade. Activated 24 February 1970 in Germany.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

None.

DECORATIONS

None.

7th SIGNAL BRIGADE BIBLIOGRAPHY

Curry, Michael L., and Wallace Ricks. “Data Transmissions Across the Seamless 

Network.” Army Communicator 18 (Fall–Winter 1993): 14–19.

Hamilton, Brian. “Atlantic Resolve: Order Out of Chaos, Or Creating Communications Links for a Joint Multinational Exercise.” Army Communicator 20 (Fall 

1995): 40–43.

Hasenauer, Heike. “Grecian Firebolt.” Soldiers 49 (September 1994): 37–40.

Hitt, Joe. “7th Signal Brigade Joins 5th Signal Command.” Army Communicator 7 

(Winter 1982): 37.

Hochstetler, R.R. “‘Weather’ Or Not.” Army Communicator 15 (Summer–Fall 

1990): 26–27. Discusses challenges posed by weather during REFORGER ’90.

Johnson, Danny M. Military Communications Supporting Peacekeeping Operations in the Balkans: The Signal Corps at Its Best. Mannheim, Germany: Headquarters, 5th Signal Command, 2000.

Rolak, Bruno J. History of the U.S. Army Communications Command (1964–1976). 

Fort Huachuca, Ariz.: United States Army Communications Command, 1976.

Rudd, Gordon W. Humanitarian Intervention: Assisting the Iraqi Kurds in Operation PROVIDE COMFORT, 1991. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States Army, 2004.

“7th Signal Brigade Helicopters Fight SNOW.” Army Aviation Digest 23 (March 

1977): 46.

Tegen, Carl M., and Roger L. Todd. “DGM Fielding in the 7th Signal Brigade.” 

Army Communicator 14 (Fall 1989): 26–29.

Williamson, Stan. “It Ain’t the Eiffel, but . . . .” Army Communicator 3 (Fall 1978): 

36.
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS

COMPANY

11th SIGNAL BRIGADE

(Desert Thunderbirds)

HERALDIC ITEMS

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA

Description: Centered on a white oblong shield with a yellow border, arched 

at top and bottom, a white globe with orange grid lines surmounted by a black thunderbird with yellow lightning bolts extending 

over the globe from its orange eye.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The globe signifi es the worldwide scope of the 

unit’s mission. The thunderbird, an American Indian symbol of 

great power that controls the skies and sees all that occurs on the 

ground, refers to the unit’s current southwestern location. The 

lightning, which issues from the thunderbird’s eye as in American Indian legend, denotes the speed and abilities of electronic 

communications. The black thunderbird and white background 

symbolize the night and day capability of the unit.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

Description: Two silver beacons, the baskets conjoined at the upper edge and 

the ladders reversed, with orange and silver fl ames, the three 

areas within the confi nes of the beacons black with the center 

area charged with a silver fl eur-de-lis, all above a silver motto 

scroll inscribed FLEXIBILITY–DEPENDABILITY in black 

letters.

Symbolism: Flaming beacons are among the oldest devices used for signaling and communications. Two have been used in reference to the 

sending and receiving of messages; the two poles also simulate 

the number “11,” the organization’s numerical designation. The 

three black areas and the fl eur-de-lis refer to the organization’s 

three campaigns in Europe during World War II.
34 SIGNAL CORPS

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (active)

Constituted 1 September 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 3103d 

Signal Service Battalion. Activated 20 December 1943 at Fort Monmouth, New 

Jersey. Inactivated 8 October 1945 at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey.

Consolidated 4 September 1964 with Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 11th Signal Group (constituted 1 May 1963 in the Regular Army and activated 

at Fort Lewis, Washington), and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Detachment, 11th Signal Group. Reorganized and redesignated 25 

April 1966 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 11th Signal Group.

Redesignated 1 October 1979 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

11th Signal Brigade.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Northern France

Rhineland

Central Europe

Southwest Asia

Defense of Saudi Arabia

Liberation and Defense of Kuwait

Cease-Fire

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN 

THEATER (3103d Signal Service Battalion cited; GO 12, Twelfth Army Group, 15 

March 1945)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST 

ASIA 1990–1991 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 11th Signal Brigade, 

cited; DA GO 17, 1992, as amended by DA GO 12, 1994)

11th SIGNAL BRIGADE BIBLIOGRAPHY

Ackerman, Robert K. “Tactical Signalers Learn to Pack Light, Travel Right.” Signal

54 (April 2000): 37–39.

———. “U.S. Forces Provide Deployable Communications to East Timor.” Signal

54 (April 2000): 44–45.

Alley, Lisa. “Thunderbird Brigade Overcomes Challenges of East Timor.” Army 

Communicator 25 (Fall 2000): 13–15.

Bell, T. Anthony. “Fire Stompers of the 11th Signal Brigade.” Army Communicator

18 (Summer 1993): 10–11.

———. “Signal on the Move.” Soldiers 48 (October 1993): 24–25.
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 35

Bergen, John D. Military Communications: A Test for Technology. United States 

Army in Vietnam. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States 

Army, 1986.

“Brrrr . . . It’s Jack Frost!” Army Communicator 4 (Spring 1979): 60. Refers to a 

joint readiness exercise in Alaska.

Conner, Carol. ”Signal Command Provides Commercial Communications in Afghanistan.” Army 53 (April 2003): 45–47.

Cox and Harris. “On the Level.” Army Communicator 13 (Spring–Summer 1988): 

52. Exercise “Level Road II.”

Davis, Richard, Jr. “Inside USACC’s ‘fi re brigade.’” Army Communicator 7 (Summer 1982): 5–11.

11th Signal Group (USACC) Ft. Huachuca, Ariz. N.p., 1973.

11th Signal Group (USACC) Ft. Huachuca, Ariz. N.p., 1974.

Gordon, Charles L. “Communications in Central America.” Army Communicator

10 (Summer 1985): 36–41.

Gourley, Scott. “Thunderbirds Ready to Stage to Any Theatre.” Jane’s Defence 

Weekly 29 (21 Jan 1998): 26–29.

Grossman, Larry, and Rudi Williams. “7000+ Service Members Test Systems in 

Summer’s Worldwide Signal Exercise.” Army Communicator 21 (Winter 1996): 

34–35. Discusses Exercise Grecian Firebolt ‘95.

“Gulf War Communications Quickly Fielded, Effi cient.” Signal 45 (August 1991): 

44–45.

Hake, Janet. “One of a Kind.” Soldiers 32 (January 1977): 48–49.

Hausenauer, Heike. “Grecian Firebolt.” Soldiers 49 (September 1994): 37–40.

Hinton, Al. “The Transportable Communications Center. “ Army Communicator 9 

(Summer 1984): 11–12.

Huffman, Larry. “Signal Provides Communications Support for Bright Star Exercise.” Army Communicator 21 (Summer 1996): 2–7.

Kennedy, Randy. “11th Signal Brigade.” Army Communicator 13 (Winter 1988): 

36–37.

Kollegger, James G. “Instant Communications to Anywhere.” Army Digest 21 (July 

1966): 32–35.

Meyer, Roger G. “Establishing Training Standards Through Initiative and Exercises.” Army Communicator 13 (Fall 1988): 44–47.

Pace, Emily Charlotte. “USAISC Before, During and After Desert Storm.” Army 

Communicator 16 (Summer 1991): 13–17. U.S. Army Information Systems 

Command (USAISC) successor to the U.S. Army Communications Command.

Raines, Rebecca Robbins. Getting the Message Through: A Branch History of the 

U.S. Army Signal Corps. Army Historical Series. Washington, D.C.: Center of 

Military History, United States Army, 1996.

Rawles, James W. “Voice in the Wilderness: Fort Huachuca’s 11th Signal Brigade 

Provides Strategic Communications Support for Army Operations.” Defense 

Electronics 20 (August 1988): 93.

Reed, Anthony. “Grecian Firebolt 2000: Army Signal Command Sponsors Army’s 

Largest Communications Exercise.” Army Communicator 25 (Fall 2000): 16–17.

Rienzi, Thomas M. Communications-Electronics, 1962–1970. Vietnam Studies. 

Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1972.
36 SIGNAL CORPS

Robinson, Clarence A., Jr. “Signal Brigade Mounts Plan for Far-Flung Contingencies.” Signal 47 (April 1993): 27–28.

Rolak, Bruno J. History of the U. S. Army Communications Command (1964–1976). 

Fort Huachuca, Ariz.: United States Army Communications Command, 1976.

Rolak, Bruno J., and George R. Thompson. History of the United States Army Communications Command From Origin Through 1976. Fort Huachuca, Ariz.: United States Army Communications Command, 1979.

Scales, Robert H., Jr. Certain Victory. Washington, D.C., Offi ce of the Chief of 

Staff, U.S. Army, 1993.

Scelza, Matthew. “Communications Brigade Receives High-Tech Repair Equipment.” Army Communicator 24 (Spring 1999): 38.

Schad, Dave. “Dial Eleven.” Soldiers 42 (March 1987): 42–44.

Schubert, Frank N., and Theresa L. Kraus, eds. The Whirlwind War. Washington, 

D.C.: Center of Military History, United States Army, 1995.

Siemieniec, Jack. “Grecian Firebolt Connects, Supports Multiple Exercises.” Army 

Communicator 26 (Fall 2001): 2–4.

Smith, Cornelius C., Jr. Fort Huachuca: The Story of a Frontier Post. Fort Huachuca, Ariz., 1978.

Stokes, Carol E., ed. The U.S. Army Signal Corps in Operation Desert Shield/Desert 

Storm. Fort Gordon, Ga.: Offi ce of the Command Historian, U.S. Army Signal 

Center and Fort Gordon, 1994.

Stokes, Carol E., and Kathy R. Coker. “Getting the Message Through in the Persian 

Gulf War.” Army Communicator 17 (Summer–Winter 1992): 17–25.

Thompson, George Raynor, and Dixie R. Harris. The Signal Corps: The Outcome 

(Mid-1943 through 1945). United States Army in World War II. Washington, 

D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1966.

Timberlake, Wrenne. “ISC Takes the Desert by Storm.” Army Communicator 16 

(Spring 1991): 16–18.

“Units Renamed.” Army Communicator 4 (Fall 1979): 60.

Volkert, Tim. “Joint Exercises Benefi t 11th Signal Brigade Troops.” Army Communicator 26 (Fall 2001): 4–5.

White, Hank. “Grecian Firebolt 1994: A Real Test for Network Managers.” Army 

Communicator 20 (Winter 1995): 45–51.
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS

DETACHMENT

15th SIGNAL BRIGADE

HERALDIC ITEMS

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA

None approved.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

Description: A gold color metal and enamel device that consists of a shield 

blazoned as follows: Per bend argent and tenné, in sinister chief 

a lamp of knowledge sable, fl ammant proper. Attached below the 

shield a gold scroll inscribed FIDELITER SERVIMUS (Faithfully We Serve) in black letters.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The lamp of knowledge represents the scholastic 

activities of the school at which the unit serves.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

TRADOC

LINEAGE (active)

Constituted 30 November 1940 in the Army of the United States as the 15th Signal Service Battalion. Activated 1 December 1940 at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. 

Redesignated 15 September 1941 as the 15th Signal Service Regiment. Redesignated 14 December 1942 as the 15th Signal Training Regiment. Disbanded 31 May 

1945 at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey.

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 15th Signal Training Regiment, reconstituted 23 September 1986 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 15th Signal Brigade, transferred to the United States Army 

Training and Doctrine Command, and activated at Fort Gordon, Georgia.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

None.

DECORATIONS

None.
38 SIGNAL CORPS

15th SIGNAL BRIGADE BIBLIOGRAPHY

Brigade Staff. “Getting the Job Done: Training with the 15th.” Army Communicator

13 (Fall 1988): 32–35.

Sheldon, John J., and Bozidar W. Brown. “Reorganizing Training at the Signal 

School.” Army Communicator 15 (Winter–Spring 1990): 26–28.

Thompson, George Raynor, and Dixie R. Harris. The Signal Corps: The Outcome 

(Mid-1943 through 1945). United States Army in World War II. Washington, 

D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1966.
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS

COMPANY

22d SIGNAL BRIGADE

HERALDIC ITEMS

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA

Description: A rectangular shaped shield arched at top and bottom and consisting of a white eagle’s head erased, eye and tongue blue, and 

beaked and crowned gold above in base two white lightning 

fl ashes crossed saltirewise, all on an orange background and 

within a white border.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The lightning fl ashes symbolize communications 

and speed; crossed, they represent strength. The eagle, a symbol 

of vigilance and swiftness, is adopted from the city of Frankfurt’s 

coat of arms and refers to the unit’s former location in Germany.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

Description: A silver color metal and enamel device that consists of a silver 

pentagram, point up, bearing fi ve orange lightning fl ashes converging in center from each point of the pentagram above a horizontal orange scroll inscribed EAGER ELITES in silver letters.

Symbolism: Orange and white (silver) are the colors traditionally associated 

with the Signal Corps. The lightning fl ashes are indicative of 

communications and speed; converging in center they refl ect accuracy and purpose. The pentagram is adopted from the V Corps’ 

devices and refl ects the brigade’s support mission to the corps.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (active)

Constituted 14 November 1945 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 22d Signal Service Group. Activated 13 December 

1945 in Germany. Inactivated 20 June 1948 in Germany.

Redesignated 27 September 1951 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

22d Signal Group, and allotted to the Regular Army. Activated 1 November 1951 in 

Korea. Reorganized and redesignated 15 April 1954 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 22d Signal Group. Inactivated 13 May 1955 in Korea.

Activated 19 August 1963 in Germany. Reorganized and redesignated 15 October 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 22d Signal Group. Reor-
40 SIGNAL CORPS

ganized and redesignated 15 September 1965 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Detachment, 22d Signal Group. Inactivated 13 November 1967 in Germany.

Redesignated 16 March 1981 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 22d 

Signal Brigade, and activated in Germany.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

Korean War

UN Summer–Fall Offensive

Second Korean Winter

Korea, Summer–Fall 1952

Third Korean Winter

Korea, Summer 1953

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 

1952–1953 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 22d Signal Group, cited; 

DA GO 78, 1953)

Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1995–1996 (Headquarters 

and Headquarters Company, 22d Signal Brigade, cited; DA GO 25, 2001)

22d SIGNAL BRIGADE BIBLIOGRAPHY

Hamilton, Brian. “Atlantic Resolve: Order Out of Chaos, Or Creating Communications Links for a Joint Multinational Exercise.” Army Communicator 20 (Fall 

1995): 40–43.

G6 Staff Members. “State of the Art Network Provides Faster and More Reliable 

Information to the Warfi ghter.” Army Communicator 28 (Fall 2003): 16–19.

Harris, Louis. “Signal Regiment Supports Task Force Hawk in Albania.” Army 

Communicator 24 (Winter II 1999): 31–34.

Howard, Richard A. “22d Signal Uses TACSAT to the Fullest Extent.” Army Communicator 18 (Fall–Winter 1993): 40–43.

Johnson, Danny M. Military Communications Supporting Peacekeeping Operations in the Balkans: The Signal Corps at Its Best. Mannheim, Germany: Headquarters, 5th Signal Command, 2000.

Rolak, Bruno J. History of the U.S. Army Communications Command (1964–1976). 

Fort Huachuca, Ariz.: United States Army Communications Command, 1976.

Turner, William R., ed. Consolidated Unit History 22d Signal Group, 29 October 

1974. N.p., 1974.
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS

DETACHMENT

29th SIGNAL BRIGADE

HERALDIC ITEMS

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA

None approved.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

Description: A gold color metal and enamel device that consists of a shield 

blazoned: Azure, an annulet emitting eight lightning fl ashes gyronwise or. Attached below the shield a blue scroll doubled and 

inscribed INSTANTANEOUS CONTACT in gold.

Symbolism: Ultramarine blue and gold are the colors representative of the 

parent organization, the 928th Signal Battalion, Air Support 

Command. The annulet in the center of the shield represents the 

center of signal operations, and the lightning fl ashes radiating in 

all directions are symbolic of the various phases of signal activities. The motto INSTANTANEOUS CONTACT expresses the 

mission of the unit.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

TRADOC

LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 28 February 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 928th 

Signal Battalion. Activated 27 June 1942 at Mitchel Field, New York. Redesignated 

17 April 1944 as the 928th Signal Battalion, Separate, Tactical Air Command. Disbanded 1 March 1945 in the Pacifi c area.

Reconstituted 4 August 1945 in the Army of the United States as the 928th 

Signal Battalion, Separate, Tactical Air Command. Headquarters, 928th Signal Battalion, Separate, Tactical Air Command, redesignated 12 September 1966 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 29th Signal Group; concurrently allotted to 

the Regular Army and activated in Thailand. Inactivated 30 June 1971 in Thailand.

Redesignated 23 September 1986 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 29th Signal Brigade, transferred to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command, and activated at Fort Gordon, Georgia. Inactivated 1 August 1990 

at Fort Gordon, Georgia.
42 SIGNAL CORPS

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

New Guinea

Leyte

DECORATIONS

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (928th Signal Battalion, Tactical Air Command [Separate], 

cited; DA GO 47, 1950)

29th SIGNAL BRIGADE BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bergen, John D. Military Communications: A Test for Technology. United States 

Army in Vietnam. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States 

Army, 1986.

Rienzi, Thomas M. Communications-Electronics, 1962–1970. Vietnam Studies. 

Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1972.

Sheldon, John J., and Bozidar W. Brown. “Reorganizing Training at the Signal 

School.” Army Communicator 15 (Winter–Spring 1990): 26–28.

Thompson, George Raynor, and Dixie R. Harris. The Signal Corps: The Outcome 

(Mid-1943 through 1945). United States Army in World War II. Washington, 

D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1966.
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS

COMPANY

35th SIGNAL BRIGADE

HERALDIC ITEMS

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA

Description: On a rectangular shaped device arched at the top and bottom, 

quartered orange and white, a blue lion’s head jessant of two 

lightning fl ashes saltirewise—one white and one orange—all 

within a blue border.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The lion, a symbol of courage and fi erceness, is 

blue in allusion to the unit’s Airborne designation. The lightning 

fl ashes symbolize communications, and their saltirewise position implies strength.

TAB

Description: Immediately above and touching the shoulder sleeve insignia 

a blue arc tab containing the inscription AIRBORNE in white 

letters.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

Description: A gold color metal and enamel device that consists of an orange 

sun of twelve rays charged with a gold bell. The sun is surmounted on either side by two white lions, respectant and sitting on an 

orange scroll inscribed UTMOST OF OUR ABILITY in gold 

letters. The space between the sun and scroll and behind the lion 

is black.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with 

the Signal Corps. The design commemorates the unit’s service in World War II for which it was awarded the Meritorious 

Unit Commendation. The two lions are from the coat of arms 

of Burma and stand for participation in the Central Burma and 

India-Burma campaigns. The lion is also one of India’s state 

emblems; it forms the capital of one of the great stone pillars 

erected by Emperor Asoka about 350 B.C. The sun with twelve 

rays is from the fl ag of China; the bell, an ancient instrument for 

signaling, is of a type used in the Orient where bells were fi rst 

introduced and are widely used today. The sun and bell refer to 

the installation and operation of telephone communications during the China Offensive in 1945.
44 SIGNAL CORPS

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (active)

Constituted 11 January 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 931st Signal Battalion. Activated 15 January 1943 at Esler Field, Louisiana. Reorganized and 

redesignated 15 December 1943 as the 931st Signal Battalion, Separate, Tactical Air 

Force. Reorganized and redesignated 12 June 1944 as the 931st Signal Battalion. 

Inactivated 29 December 1945 in India.

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 931st Signal Battalion, redesignated 

28 March 1967 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 35th Signal Group, 

and allotted to the Regular Army. Activated 25 April 1967 at Fort Bragg, North 

Carolina. Reorganized and redesignated 16 December 1979 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 35th Signal Brigade.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Central Burma

India-Burma

China Offensive

Southwest Asia

Defense of Saudi Arabia

Liberation and Defense of Kuwait

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered PACIFIC 

THEATER (931st Signal Battalion Aviation [Special] cited; GO 212, Army Air 

Forces, India Burma Theater, 14 September 1945)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST 

ASIA 1990–1991 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 35th Signal Brigade, 

cited; DA GO 12, 1994)

35th SIGNAL BRIGADE BIBLIOGRAPHY

Blanton, Nancy C. “Go Between Circuits III.” Army Communicator 5 (Summer 

1980): 19–23.

Charest, Jeff. “35th Signal Reorganizes.” Army Communicator 3 (Winter 1978): 

16–17.

Crocker, Robert W. “Go Between Circuits IV.” Army Communicator 6 (Summer 

1981): 50–53.

Guidotti, John A. “The 35th Signal’s New Go-to-War Concept.” Army Communicator 16 (Fall–Winter 1991): 20–23.

Kennedy, Randy. “35th Signal Brigade.” Army Communicator 12 (Fall 1987): 

30–33.
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Raines, Rebecca Robbins. Getting the Message Through: A Branch History of the 

U.S. Army Signal Corps. Army Historical Series. Washington, D.C.: Center of 

Military History, United States Army, 1996.

Robinson, Clarence A., Jr. “Airborne Corps’ Style Shapes Vital Communications 

Security.” Signal 51 (March 1997): 17–21.

Rottman, Gordon L. “The 35th Signal Brigade (Airborne).” Trading Post 40 

(July–September 1981): 56

Scheips, Paul J. The Role of Federal Military Forces in Domestic Disorders, 1945–

1992. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States Army, 2005

Stokes, Carol E., ed. The U.S. Army Signal Corps in Operation Desert Shield/Desert 

Storm. Fort Gordon, Ga.: Offi ce of the Command Historian, U.S. Army Signal 

Center and Fort Gordon, 1994.

Stokes, Carol E., and Kathy R. Coker. “Getting the Message Through in the Persian 

Gulf War.” Army Communicator 17 (Summer–Winter 1992): 17–25.

Whittaker, Chris. “Logistics and Maintenance in an Airborne Signal Brigade.” Army 

Communicator 22 (Winter 1997): 23–24.

Wilson, Ronnie, et al. “Go Between Circuits V.” Army Communicator 7 (Summer 

1982): 50–53.
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS

COMPANY

93d SIGNAL BRIGADE

HERALDIC ITEMS

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA

Description: Centered upon a blue disc a white nine-pointed star, and centered 

thereon in a triangular form three orange lightning fl ashes.

Symbolism: The colors blue and white are a reference to the organization 

that is served by the unit. Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the Signal Corps. The lightning fl ashes 

refer to the signal communications mission of the organization. 

The outward points of the star connote signals transmitted, and 

the inward points connote signals received. The nine points and 

three fl ashes allude to the unit’s numerical designation.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

Description: A gold color metal and enamel device that consists of the organization’s shield and motto emblazoned: Azure over a lightning 

fl ash in bend argent, and a torch (bronze metal) proper, infl amed 

of the last, in sinister three mullets palewise or.

Motto: LOYALTY, HARMONY, ACCURACY.

Symbolism: The blue background denotes loyalty to country, friends, promises, and duty. The lightning fl ash is indicative of communications and accuracy. The stars and torch are taken from the fl ag 

of the state of Indiana. The three stars are symbolic of the unit’s 

early affi liation with the New England Telephone and Telegraph 

Company, the Indiana Bell Telephone Company, and its site of 

activation at Camp Crowder, Missouri. The motto LOYALTY, 

HARMONY, ACCURACY alludes to the outstanding characteristics manifested from the fi rst days of the unit’s existence and 

throughout the performance of all its duties.
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LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (active)

Constituted 3 November 1941 in the Regular Army as the 93d Signal Battalion. 

Activated 15 May 1942 at Camp Crowder, Missouri. Inactivated 3 January 1946 at 

Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia. Activated 24 February 1955 at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Inactivated (less Company D) 21 September 1972 in Germany. (Company D 

concurrently inactivated at Fort Hood, Texas.)

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 93d Signal Battalion, redesignated 

16 March 1981 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 93d Signal Brigade, 

and activated in Germany. Inactivated 15 December 1991 in Germany.

Activated 16 February 1998 at Fort Gordon, Georgia.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Northern France

Rhineland

Ardennes-Alsace

Central Europe

Southwest Asia

Defense of Saudi Arabia

Liberation and Defense of Kuwait

Cease-Fire

DECORATIONS

None.

93d SIGNAL BRIGADE BIBLIOGRAPHY

Brohm, Gerald P., and Jerry W. McElwee. “Communications Agility in a Multinational, Heavy/Light Corps.” Army Communicator 15 (Summer–Fall 1990): 

46–53. Discusses the brigade’s participation in REFORGER ’90.

DeGroot, Vincent. “93d Signal Paves Way for Information Superhighway.” Army 

Communicator 24 (Winter 1999): 36.

Dyer, George. XII Corps, Spearhead of Patton’s Army. Baton Rouge: Army and 

Navy Publishing Company, 1947.

“Gerstein Made Impact on 93d Signal Brigade.” Army Communicator 28 (Summer 

2003): 53–55.

Henry, Cora. “Gallant Warriors: 93d Signal Brigade Trains Soldiers for Missions.” 

Army Communicator 23 (Fall 1998): 4–6.

“93d Signal Brigade Activates at Gordon.” Army Communicator 23 (Spring 1998): 

41.

Powell, Dallas, Jr. “Active Component Signal Unit Passes First Year as Multicomponent Unit.” Army Communicator 25 (Winter 2000): 11–13.
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Raines, Rebecca Robbins. Getting the Message Through: A Branch History of the 

U.S. Army Signal Corps. Army Historical Series. Washington, D.C.: Center of 

Military History, United States Army, 1996.

Reed, Anthony. “Grecian Firebolt 2000: Army Signal Command Sponsors Army’s 

Largest Communications Exercise.” Army Communicator 25 (Fall 2000): 16–17.

Rhem, Kathleen. “93d Signal Brigade Brings Communications to Devastated Region.” Army Communicator 24 (Spring 1999): 32–34. Describes unit’s involvement after Hurricane Mitch in Central America.

Rhodes, Brad. “Lessons in Commercial-Off-The-Shelf.” Army Communicator 25 

(Spring 2000): 36–38. Discusses the brigade’s participation in Grecian Firebolt 

’99.

Siemieniec, Jack. “Grecian Firebolt Connects, Supports Multiple Exercises.” Army 

Communicator 26 (Fall 2001): 2–4.

“Signal Soldiers Diagnose Tangled Technical Issues.” Signal 45 (August 1991): 

37–39.

Stokes, Carol E., ed. The U.S. Army Signal Corps in Operation Desert Shield/Desert 

Storm. Fort Gordon, Ga.: Offi ce of the Command Historian, U.S. Army Signal 

Center and Fort Gordon, 1994.

Stokes, Carol E., and Kathy R. Coker. “Getting the Message Through in the Persian 

Gulf War.” Army Communicator 17 (Summer–Winter 1992): 17–25.

Ward, Jim. “Grecian Firebolt ’98 Makes Active/Reserve Signal Community One 

Team.” Army Communicator 23 (Summer 1998): 39–41.
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106th SIGNAL BRIGADE

HERALDIC ITEMS

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA

Description: On an orange rectangle arched at top and bottom with a white 

border, two diagonally crossed white lightning fl ash swords are 

between two blue arcs issuing from either side.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The two blue arcs simulate the Atlantic and Pacifi c Oceans and the Isthmus of Panama, and refer to the unit’s 

location during the 1990s and its far-reaching mission and capabilities. The swords are crossed to indicate strength and support, with the blades in the form of lightning fl ashes to symbolize 

electronics and speed, underscoring the vital part of communications in military preparedness.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

Description: A silver color metal and enamel device that consists of a blue 

disc charged with an orange sunburst, encircled at top by an 

orange scroll inscribed TROPIC and at bottom by a like scroll 

inscribed COMMUNICATORS, all in silver letters, and overall 

two diagonally crossed silver lightning fl ash swords, the hilts 

passing beneath the scroll at bottom.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The blue disc alludes to the globe and the worldwide scope and impact of the unit’s mission. The sunburst refers 

to the unit’s location in the tropics during the 1990s; its multidirectional rays also denote the far-reaching capabilities of the 

unit. The swords are crossed to indicate strength and support, 

with the blades in the form of lightning fl ashes to symbolize 

electronics and speed, underscoring the vital part of communications in military preparedness.
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LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 12 February 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 932d Signal Battalion. Activated 15 February 1943 at Birmingham, Alabama. Reorganized 

and redesignated 20 April 1944 as the 932d Signal Battalion, Separate, Tactical Air 

Command. Inactivated 13 October 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey (organic elements concurrently disbanded).

Headquarters, 932d Signal Battalion, Separate, Tactical Air Command, redesignated 24 April 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 106th Signal 

Group, and allotted to the Regular Army. Activated 12 August 1963 in France. Inactivated 13 November 1967 in Germany.

Redesignated 16 October 1991 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

106th Signal Brigade, and activated in Panama. Inactivated 15 October 1997 in 

Panama.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Normandy

Northern France

Rhineland

Ardennes-Alsace

Central Europe

DECORATIONS

None.

106th SIGNAL BRIGADE BIBLIOGRAPHY

Hasenauer, Heike. “Grecian Firebolt.” Soldiers 49 (September 1994): 37–40.

Rolak, Bruno J., and George R. Thompson. History of the United States Army Communications Command From Origin Through 1976. Fort Huachuca, Ariz.: United States Army Communications Command, 1979.

Vann, Irvin, Michael Welsh, and Greg Lucas. “Joint Communications in Fuertes 

Caminos ‘92.” Army Communicator 18 (Spring 1993): 13–16. Discusses signal 

support for a road-building project in Honduras.
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142d SIGNAL BRIGADE

HERALDIC ITEMS

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA

Description: On a white square with one angle up four orange barbed lightning 

fl ashes arranged per cross and surmounted by a scarlet saltire, all 

within an orange border.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with 

the Signal Corps. The red saltire is adopted from the Alabama 

state fl ag and refers to the unit’s location. The radiating lightning fl ashes and arrowheads symbolize the command control, 

training, and logistic support provided by the unit. The lightning 

fl ashes also refer to speed and communications. The shape of the 

insignia alludes to an early radio antenna.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

Description: A gold color metal and enamel device that consists of a diamondshaped fi gure divided vertically into black and white areas surmounted by four orange lightning fl ashes points inward saltirewise and extending beyond the diamond shape. Issuing from 

a center disc four gold arrows crosswise, all between at top a 

semicircular gold scroll behind the ends of the lightning fl ashes, 

folded back at each end and inscribed FOR STATE, and in base 

a scroll of the like inscribed AND NATION, all in black letters 

with pierced areas between the diamond shape and scroll.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with 

the Signal Corps. The diamond shape alludes to an early radio 

antenna, and the colors black and white refer to the night and 

day effi ciency of the organization. The arrows and disc symbolize the command control, training, and logistic support provided 

by the unit. The lightning fl ashes saltirewise represent the unit’s 

speed in communications. The saltire is adopted from the Alabama state fl ag and alludes to Decatur, Alabama, the original 

home station of the unit.
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LINEAGE AND HONORS

ARNG

LINEAGE (Alabama)

Constituted 25 October 1960 in the Alabama Army National Guard as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 142d Signal Group. Organized and federally recognized 1 November 1960 at Decatur. Ordered into active Federal service 

11 June 1963 at Decatur; released 16 June 1963 from active Federal service and 

reverted to state control. Ordered into active Federal service 10 September 1963 

at Decatur; released 12 September 1963 from active Federal service and reverted 

to state control. Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1978 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 142d Signal Brigade.

Home Station: Decatur

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

None.

DECORATIONS

None.

142d SIGNAL BRIGADE BIBLIOGRAPHY

Carney, David. “Multicomponent After One Year: How’s It Working?” Army Communicator 25 (Fall 2000): 31–32.

———. 142d Signal Brigade ‘lifts bosses.’” Army Communicator 28 (Spring 2003): 

38.

———. “142d Signal Brigade Paves Path in First Brigade Multicomponent Change 

of Command.” Army Communicator 25 (Fall 2000): 30–31.

———. “Reserve Component Signaleers Provide Real-Life and Battlefi eld-Scenario Communications for Pacifi c Strike Exercise.” Army Communicator 26 

(Spring 2001): 26–28.

———. “The 20-Year Transformation of the Multi-Compo 142d Signal Brigade.” 

Army Communicator 28 (Spring 2003): 39–40.

“Signal Troops Train in Germany.” The National Guardsman 28 (January 1974): 5.

Toland, Ray B. “Training to the Army Standard.” Army Communicator 9 (Winter 

1984): 13–14.
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160th SIGNAL BRIGADE

HERALDIC ITEMS

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA

Description: A vertical rectangle arched at top and base and having in base 

the upper portion of a blue globe with white grid lines. Above 

the globe on an orange background two yellow lightning fl ashes, one issuant from either side, with their points crossed at the 

upper center, all within a white border.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The color blue refers to the unit’s ability to support 

the combat mission. The yellow lightning fl ashes are an allusion to the basic mission of the organization and, along with the 

globe, denote the worldwide scope of the unit’s mission. They 

also indicate the unit’s affi liation with the former U.S. Army 

Communications Command.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

Description: A gold color metal and enamel device that consists of a gold oriental semidragon facing to the left on an orange wedge shape 

with point in base, all between a pair of black wings conjoined, 

each wing charged with a gold fl eur-de-lis and fl anked with a red 

lightning fl ash, all below an arched gold scroll inscribed FINEST 

OF THE FIRST in red letters.

Symbolism: Orange is a color traditionally associated with the Signal Corps. 

The wings charged with two fl eurs-de-lis allude to service in the 

Rhineland and Central Europe. The red lightning fl ashes symbolize the Meritorious Unit Commendation awarded to the unit 

for service during World War II. The oriental semidragon symbolizes the unit’s combat service in Vietnam.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 6 March 1945 in the Army of the United States as the 3160th Signal 

Service Battalion and activated in France. Inactivated 20 June 1947 in Germany.
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Redesignated 3 December 1954 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 

160th Signal Group, and allotted to the Regular Army. Activated 28 January 1955 

in Germany. Inactivated 1 October 1961 in Germany. Activated 25 March 1963 at 

Fort Hood, Texas. Inactivated 3 June 1972 at Oakland, California. Activated 1 July 

1974 in Germany.

Redesignated 1 October 1979 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

160th Signal Brigade. Inactivated 22 August 1991 in Germany.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Rhineland

Central Europe

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN 

THEATER (3160th Signal Service Battalion [long lines] cited; GO 32, Theater Service Forces, European Theater, 28 February 1946)

160th SIGNAL BRIGADE BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bergen, John D. Military Communications: A Test for Technology. United States 

Army in Vietnam. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States 

Army, 1986.

Headquarters, 160th Signal Group Unit History. Karlsruhe, Germany, 1979.

History of the 160th Signal Group. N.p., 1974.

Raines, Rebecca Robbins. Getting the Message Through: A Branch History of the 

U.S. Army Signal Corps. Army Historical Series. Washington, D.C.: Center of 

Military History, United States Army, 1996.

Rienzi, Thomas M. Communications-Electronics, 1962–1970. Vietnam Studies. 

Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1972.

Rolak, Bruno J. History of the U.S. Army Communications Command (1964–1976). 

Fort Huachuca, Ariz.: United States Army Communications Command, 1976.

Rolak, Bruno J., and George R. Thompson. History of the United States Army Communications Command From Origin Through 1976. Fort Huachuca, Ariz.: United States Army Communications Command, 1979.

“Units Renamed.” Army Communicator 4 (Fall 1979): 60.

Vietnam

Counteroffensive, Phase II

Counteroffensive, Phase III

Tet Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase IV

Counteroffensive, Phase V

Counteroffensive, Phase VI

Tet 69/Counteroffensive

Summer–Fall 1969

Winter–Spring 1970

Sanctuary Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase VII

Consolidation I

Consolidation II

Cease-Fire
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228th SIGNAL BRIGADE

HERALDIC ITEMS

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA

Description: Centered on a blue shield arched at the top and bottom a broad 

orange bar arched at top and bottom. Centered overall a white 

bayonet surmounted above the hilt by a white crescent bearing 

two orange lightning fl ashes, all within a white border.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with 

the Signal Corps. Blue and white, the colors associated with the 

Infantry and the South Carolina Army National Guard, refer to 

the unit’s heritage and war experience. The bayonet suggests 

the unit’s long military history, which began as an Infantry unit 

in 1907. The white crescent is taken from the fl ag of the unit’s 

home state. The lightning fl ashes allude to the unit’s mission and 

motto.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

Description: A silver color metal and enamel device that consists of three stylized mountain peaks divided horizontally blue and green in back 

of a white crescent bearing an orange lightning fl ash throughout 

and surmounted vertically by a silver bayonet, the blade between 

two silver fl eurs-de-lis within the crescent and the guard below 

the crescent, all enclosed at sides and base by a wavy silver scroll 

passing over the hilt of the bayonet and inscribed STRENGTH 

IN ELECTRONICS in black letters.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. Blue and white are the colors associated with the 

South Carolina Army National Guard. A bayonet is indicative of 

Infantry. The fl eur-de-lis of France and the wavy scroll, which 

simulates water, refer to the heritage and service of the organization. As a unit of the 1st Regiment of Infantry in 1916, the organization served on the Mexican border. As a unit of the 118th 

Infantry during World War I, it participated in the Somme Offensive, Ypres-Lys, and Flanders 1918 campaigns in France, and 

in the Northern France and Rhineland campaigns during World 

War II. The white crescent from the fl ag of South Carolina represents the home state of the organization and, with the lightning 

fl ash, alludes to both the unit’s motto and its overall mission. The 
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stylized mountain peaks refer to the Blue Ridge Mountains and 

allude to Spartanburg, the unit’s home station, located at the foot 

of the mountains.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

ARNG

LINEAGE (South Carolina)

Organized in 1907 in the South Carolina National Guard at Spartanburg as Company I (Hampton Guards), 1st Regiment of Infantry. Redesignated 1 April 1915 as 

Company F, 1st Regiment of Infantry. Mustered into Federal service 1 July 1916 at 

Camp Moore, South Carolina; mustered out of Federal service 6 December 1916 at 

Camp Moore, South Carolina. Ordered into Federal service 17 April 1917; drafted 

into Federal service 5 August 1917. Redesignated 12 September 1917 as Company 

F, 118th Infantry, an element of the 30th Division. Demobilized 1 April 1919 at 

Camp Jackson, South Carolina.

Reorganized and federally recognized 22 August 1923 in the South Carolina 

National Guard at Spartanburg as Company F, 118th Infantry, an element of the 30th 

Division. Inducted into Federal service 16 September 1940 at Spartanburg. (118th 

Infantry relieved 24 August 1942 from assignment to the 30th Division.) Inactivated 

15 January 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey.

Reorganized and federally recognized 3 February 1947 at Spartanburg as Headquarters Company, 218th Infantry, an element of the 51st Infantry Division. Converted and redesignated 1 April 1959 as Headquarters Company, 151st Transportation Battalion, an element of the 51st Infantry Division. Converted and redesignated 

1 April 1963 as Headquarters Detachment, 51st Quartermaster Battalion, and relieved from assignment to the 51st Infantry Division.

Consolidated 1 January 1968 with Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 

228th Signal Group (organized and federally recognized 30 April 1964 in Saluda), 

and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 

228th Signal Group, at Spartanburg. Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1980 as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 228th Signal Brigade.

Home Station: Spartanburg

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War I

Somme Offensive

Ypres-Lys

Flanders 1918

World War II

Northern France

Rhineland
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 57

DECORATIONS

None.

228th SIGNAL BRIGADE BIBLIOGRAPHY

American Battle Monuments Commission. 30th Division, Summary of Operations 

in the World War. Washington: Government Printing Offi ce, 1944.

Brawders, Jean Marie. “CAPSTONE Effects Training Changes.” National Guard

40 (November 1986): 30–34.

Brinkerhoff, John R., Ted Silva, and John A. Seitz. The Signal Support Dilemma: 

The 335th Signal Command. United States Army Reserve in Operation Desert 

Storm. N.p.: ANDRULIS Research Corp., 1992.

Crocker, Robert W. “Go Between Circuits IV.” Army Communicator 6 (Summer 

1981): 50–53.

Davis, Nora Marshall. History of the 118th Infantry (Palmetto Regiment). Columbia, S.C., 1935.

51st Infantry Division, Ready to Strike, 1956. N.p., 1956.

Hasenauer, Heike. “Grecian Firebolt.” Soldiers 40 (September 1994): 37–40.

Historical and Pictorial Review, 30th Infantry Division, Army of the United States, 

Fort Jackson, South Carolina, 1941. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing 

Company, 1941.

Historical Annual, National Guard of the State of South Carolina, 1938. Baton 

Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1938.

Murphy, Elmer A., and Robert S. Thomas. The Thirtieth Division in the World War. 

Lepato, Alaska: Old Hickory Publishing Company, 1936.

Reed, Anthony. “Grecian Firebolt 2000: Army Signal Command Sponsors Army’s 

Largest Communications Exercise.” Army Communicator 25 (Fall 2000): 16–17.

Royall, Sam J. History of the 118th Infantry, American Expeditionary Force, France. 

Columbia, S.C.: State Company, 1919.

Siemieniec, Jack. “Grecian Firebolt Connects, Supports Multiple Exercises.” Army 

Communicator 26 (Fall 2001): 2–4.

Stevens, Larry. “Signal Support at Gallant Eagle 86.” Army Communicator 11 (Fall 

1986): 18–20.

Theodore, Peter C. “Viewpoint: 67th Signal Battalion.” Army Communicator 2 

(Spring 1977): 57–58.

“228th Signal Grows to Brigade Level.” National Guard 34 (December 1980): 7.

Ward, Jim. “Grecian Firebolt ’98 Makes Active/Reserve Signal Community One 

Team.” Army Communicator 23 (Summer 1998): 39–41.

White, Hank. “Grecian Firebolt 1994: A Real Test for Network Managers.” Army 

Communicator 20 (Winter 1995): 45–51.
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261st SIGNAL BRIGADE

HERALDIC ITEMS

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA

Description: A lozenge that consists of four lozenges conjoined, the upper 

of colonial blue and bearing a white fi ve-pointed star and each 

of the remaining three divided into white and orange areas by a 

zigzag partition line, all within a buff border.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. Colonial blue and buff are adopted from the fl ag of 

the state of Delaware. The single star alludes to Delaware as the 

fi rst state to sign the Constitution and also indicates the capital 

city of Dover, the unit’s home station. The pattern formed by the 

conjoined lozenges is indicative of precise planning and represents the unit’s capabilities. The white and orange zigzag simulates electrical fl ashes and refers to the technology of a communications system and the unit’s mission.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

Description: A silver color metal and enamel device that consists of four 

orange lightning fl ashes issuing vertically from a blue lozenge 

charged with a white star between four white vertical arching 

lightning bolts, all above an orange scroll inscribed FORESEE 

in silver letters.

Symbolism: Orange and white (silver) are the colors traditionally associated 

with the Signal Corps. The four white lightning bolts represent 

the four “Cs” of a modern military signal organization: command, control, communications, and computers. The diamond 

shape and blue color refer to the Delaware state fl ag, and the star 

refers to Dover, the state capital and the unit’s home station. The 

orange lightning fl ashes represent the unit’s mission to disseminate and direct communications efforts over a wide area.
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LINEAGE AND HONORS

ARNG

LINEAGE (Delaware)

Constituted 25 February 1943 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters 

and Headquarters Battery, 68th Antiaircraft Artillery Brigade. Activated 10 August 

1943 on New Caledonia. Inactivated 28 February 1946 in Japan.

Redesignated 16 May 1946 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 261st 

Antiaircraft Artillery Brigade, and allotted to the Delaware National Guard. Organized and federally recognized 5 December 1949 at Wilmington. Redesignated 1 

April 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 261st Artillery Brigade. Location changed 31 January 1968 to Dover.

Converted and redesignated 1 January 1970 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 261st Signal Command. Reorganized and redesignated 1 June 1971 

as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 261st United States Army Strategic 

Communications Command. Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1974 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 261st Signal Command.

Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1996 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 261st Signal Brigade.

Home Station: Dover

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Northern Solomons

Luzon

DECORATIONS

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 68th Antiaircraft 

Artillery Brigade, cited; DA GO 47, 1950)

261st SIGNAL BRIGADE BIBLIOGRAPHY

Beveridge, Reid K. “First State Guardsmen Provide BrightStar ‘85 Communications.” National Guard 39 (Nov 1985): 20–23.

Beveridge Reid K., and Charles J. Anderson. “The One-Army Reality.” Army Communicator 10 (Fall 1985): 40–51.

Duncan, William H. “Wiring Gallant Eagle: The Force Isn’t Total Until It Is Able to 

Talk.” Army 37 (Nov 1987): 36–43.

“GALLANT EAGLE ‘84: The Army’s Role in CENTCOM.” National Guard 39 

(Feb 1985): 10–14.

Grossman, Larry, and Rudi Williams. “7000+ Service Members Test Systems in 

Summer’s Worldwide Signal Exercise.” Army Communicator 21 (Winter 1996): 

34–35. Discusses Exercise Grecian Firebolt ‘95.
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“Guard Unit Exercise.” Army Communicator 1 (Fall 1976): 59.

Hasenauer, Heike. “Grecian Firebolt.” Soldiers 49 (September 1994): 37–40.

Lee, James M., and Dennis C. Hall. “WESTCOM-Spanning the Pacifi c.” National 

Guard 34 (May 1985): 14–16.

Reilly, Belinda. “National Guard Takes on High Frequency Training in Delaware.” 

National Guard 46 (May 1992): 18, 21.

Siemieniec, Jack. “Grecian Firebolt Connects, Supports Multiple Exercises.” Army 

Communicator 26 (Fall 2001): 2–4.

Stevens, Larry. “Signal Support at Gallant Eagle 86.” Army Communicator 11 (Fall 

1986): 18–20.

“Team Spirit.” National Guard 36 (March 1982): 38.

White, Hank. “Grecian Firebolt 1994: A Real Test for Network Managers.” Army 

Communicator 20 (Winter 1995): 45–51.
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359th SIGNAL BRIGADE

HERALDIC ITEMS

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA

Description: On a rectangle arched at the top and bottom with a golden yellow 

border, the background quartered orange and white with a blue 

globe outlined and gridlined white. Overall issuing from upper 

left to lower right a golden yellow lightning fl ash.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The lightning fl ash symbolizes the unit’s mission 

and connotes speed and accuracy. The blue globe signifi es the 

unit’s worldwide capabilities.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

Description: A gold color metal and enamel device that consists of a yellow diamond with a green border and bearing at its center a 

blue disc surmounted by a horizontal white lightning fl ash, all 

within and surmounting a continuous orange scroll, lined scarlet, the upper area inscribed COMMAND and the lower area 

COMMUNICATE in gold letters.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The yellow diamond with the green border and 

the blue disc are adopted from the national fl ag of Brazil and allude to the unit’s service in Brazil during 1944–1945. The color 

scarlet refers to the award of the Meritorious Unit Commendation streamer for that service. The lightning fl ash symbolizes the 

basic mission of the organization.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

AR

LINEAGE (active)

Constituted 10 October 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters 

and Headquarters Detachment, 3359th Signal Service Battalion. Activated 1 November 1944 in Brazil. Inactivated 21 October 1945 in Brazil.

Redesignated 16 September 1955 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 359th Signal Group, and allotted to the Army Reserve. Activated 1 November 

1955 at New York, New York. Inactivated 1 March 1963 at New York, New York.

Activated 31 January 1968 at Syracuse, New York. Reorganized and redesignated 15 March 1972 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 359th Signal 
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Group. Reorganized and redesignated 16 September 1987 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 359th Signal Brigade. Location changed 18 September 

1995 to Fort Gordon, Georgia.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

American Theater, Streamer without inscription

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AMERICAN 

THEATER (3359th Signal Service Battalion cited; GO 3, Army Service Forces, Offi ce of the Chief Signal Offi cer, 26 May 1945)

359th SIGNAL BRIGADE BIBLIOGRAPHY

Blanton, Nancy C. “Go Between Circuits III.” Army Communicator 5 (Summer 

1980): 19–23.

Carroll, Bill. “Gagetown ’87.” Army Communicator 13 (Winter 1988): 48–49. Field 

exercise held in New Brunswick, Canada

———. “Testing Rapid Deployment.” Army Communicator 8 (Summer 1983): 

35–38.

Crocker, Robert W. “Go Between Circuits IV.” Army Communicator 6 (Summer 

1981): 50–53.

Hasenauer, Heike. “Grecian Firebolt.” Soldiers 49 (September 1994): 37–40.

“28 Units Play Logistical CPX.” Army Reserve Magazine 17 (November–December 

1971): 24.

Ward, Jim. “Grecian Firebolt ’98 Makes Active/Reserve Signal Community One 

Team.” Army Communicator 23 (Summer 1998): 39–41.

Wilson, Ronnie, et al. “Go Between Circuits V.” Army Communicator 7 (Summer 

1982): 50–53.
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516th SIGNAL BRIGADE

HERALDIC ITEMS

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA

Description: On an orange vertical rectangle arched at top and bottom with a 

white border, two white diagonally crossed lightning fl ashes superimposed by a stylized black South Pacifi c spear issuing from 

base.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. Black represents strength, solidity, and twentyfour-hour military preparedness. The lightning fl ashes, indicative of communications and electronics, are crossed to symbolize strength. The fl ashes form two arrowheads pointing inward, 

suggesting the processing of signal communications. The spear 

refl ects the fi ghting aspect, suggesting the unit’s aggressiveness 

and its heritage and home location in Hawaii.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

Description: A gold color metal and enamel device that consists of a blue 

disc encircled by a black scroll issuing from a gold conch shell 

detailed black at bottom and bearing the motto VOICE OF THE 

PACIFIC at the top in gold letters, and interlaced with three gold 

stylized South Pacifi c spears, one vertical and two diagonal. Issuing to top from the center point of the spears two orange lightning fl ashes.

Symbolism: Orange is a color traditionally associated with the Signal Corps. 

Black represents strength, solidity, and twenty-four-hour military preparedness. Blue is symbolic of the water of the Pacifi c. 

The disc alludes to a globe and refers to the worldwide aspect of 

the unit’s mission. The lightning fl ashes are indicative of communications and electronics. The spears are adopted from the 

state seal of Hawaii, recalling the heritage and home location of 

the unit, thus emphasizing the vital role communications play in 

total military preparedness. The conch shell refers to the unit’s 

location and is reminiscent of early means of communication in 

the Pacifi c.
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LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (active)

Constituted 10 October 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters 

and Headquarters Detachment, 3367th Signal Service Battalion. Activated 25 November 1944 on New Guinea. Inactivated 27 February 1947 in the Philippine Islands.

Redesignated 19 August 1947 as the 516th Signal Service Battalion (organic 

elements concurrently constituted). Activated 12 September 1947 on Guam. Inactivated 27 January 1950 on Guam (organic elements concurrently disbanded).

Redesignated 14 January 1954 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 

516th Signal Group, and allotted to the Regular Army. Activated 10 February 1954 

in Germany. Inactivated 13 November 1967 in Germany.

Redesignated 16 October 1992 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

516th Signal Brigade, and activated at Fort Shafter, Hawaii.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

New Guinea

Leyte

Luzon

Southern Philippines

DECORATIONS

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (3367th Signal Service Battalion cited; DA GO 47, 1950)

516th SIGNAL BRIGADE BIBLIOGRAPHY

McMullen, Seth, and Bill McPherson. “Hawaii ‘Team Signal’ Supports Tribute to 

WWII Vets.” Army Communicator 21 (Winter 1996): 48–49.

McPherson, Bill. “Donahue Takes Command of 516th.” Army Communicator 28 

(Fall 2003): 70–71. Colonel Brian J. Donahue becomes brigade commander.

———. “‘The East Timor Tapes’: Interview with COL Randolph Strong, U.S. 

Forces East Timor Commander.” Army Communicator 25 (Fall 2000): 6–12. 

Colonel Strong served as both commander of the 516th Signal Brigade and the 

U.S. Forces East Timor.

———. “516th Signal Brigade Soldiers Support Balikatan.” Army Communicator

25 (Summer 2000): 19–20. An exercise held in the Philippines.

———. “Signaleers Support East Timor Operation.” Army Communicator 25 (Fall 

2000): 2–5.

Rolak, Bruno J., and George R. Thompson. History of the United States Army Communications Command From Origin Through 1976. Fort Huachuca, Ariz.: United States Army Communications Command, 1979.

Siemieniec, Jack. “Grecian Firebolt Connects, Supports Multiple Exercises.” Army 

Communicator 26 (Fall 2001): 2–4.
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1st SIGNAL GROUP

HERALDIC ITEMS

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

Description: A gold color metal and enamel device that consists of a stylized 

green evergreen tree bordered by two white lightning fl ashes, 

all terminating at a central apex and issuant from the center of a 

semicircular orange scroll in base. The scroll bears the inscription EXPECTATIONS EXCEEDED in gold letters, and the ends 

turn upward on the sides, forming three curves around the trailing points of the fl ashes.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The lightning fl ashes suggest the communications 

function of the 1st Signal Group. The single evergreen tree at 

center refers to the numerical designation of the group. It further 

alludes to the natural beauty of Fort Lewis, one of the unit’s former stations, and to the western hemlock, the offi cial tree of the 

state of Washington.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 24 January 1946 in the Army of the United States as the 1st Signal 

Service Group. Activated 1 February 1946 at Camp Crowder, Missouri. Redesignated 13 February 1946 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 1st Signal 

Group. Reorganized and redesignated 29 March 1949 as Headquarters, 1st Signal 

Service Group, and allotted to the Regular Army. Inactivated 20 August 1952 in 

Camp San Luis Obispo, California.

Redesignated 9 June 1953 as Headquarters, 1st Signal Group. Activated 1 July 

1953 at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. Reorganized and redesignated 10 June 1955 

as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 1st Signal Group. Inactivated 9 December 1957 at Fort Huachuca, Arizona.

Activated 1 May 1960 in France. Inactivated 15 September 1979 at Fort Hood, 

Texas.
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CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

None.

DECORATIONS

None.

1st SIGNAL GROUP BIBLIOGRAPHY

No published histories.
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4th SIGNAL GROUP

HERALDIC ITEMS

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

Description: A gold color metal and enamel device that consists of an orange 

equilateral triangle one point up. Contained between two gold 

stars in base a gold sea lion holding a gold sword erect in his 

right paw. The triangle surmounting four white lightning fl ashes 

all enclosed and supported by a gold laurel wreath, its branches 

bound together by a red band.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The four lightning fl ashes in base are symbolic of 

the basic signaling function and allude to the unit’s numerical 

designation. The two stars represent the unit’s participation in the 

Leyte and Luzon campaigns of World War II. The sea lion and 

triangle, symbols adopted from the seal of the president of the 

Philippines, refer to the award of the Philippine President Unit 

Citation. The laurel wreath tied in the scarlet color of the streamer 

represents the Meritorious Unit Commendation received for service in the Asiatic-Pacifi c Theater by an element of the group.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 29 March 1945 in the Army of the United States as the 4025th Signal Service Group. Activated 1 June 1945 in the Philippine Islands. Redesignated 30 

June 1947 as the 4th Signal Service Group. Inactivated 1 June 1949 in the Philippine 

Islands.

Redesignated 7 March 1951 as Headquarters, 4th Signal Service Group, and 

allotted to the Regular Army. Activated 20 March 1951 in Germany. Reorganized 

and redesignated 1 April 1953 as Headquarters, 4th Signal Group. Reorganized and 

redesignated 20 October 1953 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th 

Signal Group. Reorganized and redesignated 15 November 1954 as Headquarters 

and Headquarters Detachment, 4th Signal Group. Reorganized and redesignated 15 

November 1956 as the 4th Signal Group. Reorganized and redesignated 19 August 

1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 4th Signal Group. Reorganized and redesignated 15 October 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Signal Group.
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Reorganized and redesignated 25 September 1965 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 4th Signal Group. Inactivated 13 November 1967 in Germany. 

Activated 31 July 1971 in Korea. Inactivated 15 May 1975 in Korea.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Leyte

Luzon

DECORATIONS

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (4025th Signal Service Group cited; DA GO 47, 1950)

4th SIGNAL GROUP BIBLIOGRAPHY

Hughes, Howard A. History of the 4th Signal Service Group, Philippines Command, 

1947–1949. N.p., 1949.

Rolak, Bruno J. History of U.S. Army Communications Command (1964–1976). 

Fort Huachuca, Ariz.: United States Army Communications Command, 1976.

Rolak, Bruno J., and George R. Thompson. History of the United States Army Communications Command From Origin Through 1976. Fort Huachuca, Ariz.: United States Army Communications Command, 1979.

Thompson, George Raynor, and Dixie R. Harris. The Signal Corps: The Outcome 

(Mid-1943 through 1945). United States Army in World War II. Washington, 

D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1966.
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS

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7th SIGNAL GROUP

HERALDIC ITEMS

None approved.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 6 August 1965 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 7th Signal Group. Activated 10 September 1965 in Germany. 

Inactivated 2 June 1969 in Germany.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

None.

DECORATIONS

None.

7th SIGNAL GROUP BIBLIOGRAPHY

No published histories.
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12th SIGNAL GROUP

HERALDIC ITEMS

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

Description: A gold color metal and enamel device that consists of a rectangular base divided diagonally from upper left to lower right, the 

upper area gold and the lower area orange, within at top three 

parallel boxed cables connected at the sides by fi eld splices, all 

of scarlet. Immediately above in base a convex arched insulated 

portion of black, surmounted along the diagonal division line 

by a white lightning fl ash, the top bearing two gold fi ve-pointed 

stars and extending over the left side and the tip terminating at 

the inner edge of the black insulation, which is inscribed LOUD 

AND CLEAR in gold letters.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The color red refers to the Meritorious Unit Commendation received by the organization for the North Apennines 

and Po Valley campaigns in Italy during World War II; the two 

campaigns are represented by the stars. The splices signify electrical continuity and imply a high incidence of electrical use, as 

well as to symbolize the direction and coordination aspects of the 

unit’s mission. The lightning fl ash represents the vitality of the 

group, and the three red cables on the yellow (gold) area allude to 

Vietnam and denote the area where the organization served.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 1 March 1945 in the Army of the United States as the 935th Signal 

Battalion, Separate, Tactical Air Command. Activated 1 April 1945 in Italy. Inactivated 24 December 1945 at Camp Pinedale, California (organic elements concurrently disbanded).

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 935th Signal Battalion, Separate, 

Tactical Air Command, redesignated 1 September 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 12th Signal Group, and allotted to the Regular Army. Activated 24 September 1963 in Germany. Inactivated 1 December 1966 in Germany.

Activated 1 July 1969 in Vietnam. Inactivated 27 February 1972 at Fort Lewis, 

Washington. Activated 1 July 1974 in Germany. Inactivated 1 July 1975 in Germany.
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 71

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

North Apennines

Po Valley

Vietnam

Summer–Fall 1969

Winter–Spring 1970

Sanctuary Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase VII

Consolidation I

Consolidation II

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered NORTHERN 

ITALY (935th Signal Battalion, Separate, Tactical Air Command, cited; GO 147, 

Twelfth Air Force, 3 July 1945)

12th SIGNAL GROUP BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bergen, John D. Military Communications: A Test for Technology. United States 

Army in Vietnam. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States 

Army, 1986.

Rienzi, Thomas M. Communications-Electronics, 1962–1970. Vietnam Studies. 

Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1972.

Rolak, Bruno J. History of the U.S. Army Communications Command (1964–1976). 

Fort Huachuca, Ariz.: United States Army Communications Command, 1976.
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS

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21st SIGNAL GROUP

HERALDIC ITEMS

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

Description: A gold color metal and enamel device that consists of a sword 

pointed up with gold hilt and white blade between two orange 

lightning fl ashes that originate at the sword’s pommel and terminate on either side of its point, all entwined by an S-shaped gold 

scroll extending from upper left to lower right and bearing the 

inscription EDGE OF THE SWORD in black letters.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The lightning fl ashes fl anking the sword represent 

the signal function in support of the military mission. The motto 

is indicative of the spirit of the organization.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 22 June 1965 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 21st Signal Group. Activated 1 September 1965 at Fort Bragg, 

North Carolina. Inactivated 27 November 1971 at Fort Lewis, Washington.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

Vietnam

Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase II

Counteroffensive, Phase III

Tet Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase IV

Counteroffensive, Phase V

Counteroffensive, Phase VI

Tet 69/Counteroffensive

Summer–Fall 1969

Winter–Spring 1970

Sanctuary Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase VII

Consolidation I
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DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1966–1968 (Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 21st Signal Group, cited; 

DA GO 73, 1968)

21st SIGNAL GROUP BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bergen, John D. Military Communications: A Test for Technology. United States 

Army in Vietnam. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States 

Army, 1986.

Pearson, Willard. The War in the Northern Provinces, 1966–1968. Vietnam Studies. 

Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1975.

Raines, Rebecca Robbins. Getting the Message Through: A Branch History of the 

U.S. Army Signal Corps. Army Historical Series. Washington, D.C.: Center of 

Military History, United States Army, 1996.

Rienzi, Thomas M. Communications-Electronics, 1962–1970. Vietnam Studies. 

Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1972.
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199th SIGNAL GROUP

HERALDIC ITEMS

None approved.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

AR

LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 20 June 1946 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters 

and Headquarters Platoon, 199th Signal Service Group, and activated at Fort Richardson, Alaska. Reorganized and redesignated 5 August 1946 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Detachment, 199th Signal Service Group. Inactivated 10 January 

1948 at Fort Richardson, Alaska.

Redesignated 6 August 1953 as Headquarters, 199th Signal Group, and allotted 

to the Army Reserve. Activated 1 September 1953 at Pasadena, California. Inactivated 10 November 1955 at Pasadena, California. Redesignated 4 May 1959 as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 199th Signal Group. Activated 20 May 

1959 at San Jose, California. Inactivated 29 February 1968 at San Jose, California.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

None.

DECORATIONS

None.

199th SIGNAL GROUP BIBLIOGRAPHY

“USAR Units Named for LOGEX 65.” Army Reserve 11 (January 1965): 8.
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332d SIGNAL GROUP

HERALDIC ITEMS

None approved.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

AR

LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 12 May 1959 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 332d Signal Group. Activated 25 May 1959 at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. Inactivated 15 March 1963 at Fort Snelling, Minnesota.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

None.

DECORATIONS

None.

332d SIGNAL GROUP BIBLIOGRAPHY

No published histories.
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505th SIGNAL GROUP

HERALDIC ITEMS

None approved.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 28 July 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Detachment, 3146th Signal Service Group. Activated 29 July 1944 in 

France. Inactivated 10 July 1946 in Germany.

Redesignated 30 December 1946 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 505th Signal Service Group, and activated at Fort Shafter, Hawaii. Inactivated 

18 October 1948 at Fort Shafter, Hawaii.

Redesignated 4 February 1952 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

505th Signal Group, and allotted to the Regular Army. Activated 5 March 1952 at 

Camp San Luis Obispo, California. Reorganized and redesignated 23 November 

1953 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 505th Signal Group. Inactivated 10 September 1965 in Germany.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Northern France

Rhineland

Central Europe

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN 

THEATER 1944 (Headquarters Detachment, 3146th Signal Service Group, cited; 

GO 212, U.S. Forces, European Theater, 13 July 1946)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN 

THEATER 1944–1945 (Headquarters Detachment, 3146th Signal Service Group, 

cited; GO 212, U.S. Forces, European Theater, 13 July 1946)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN 

THEATER 1945 (Headquarters Detachment, 3146th Signal Service Group cited; 

GO 212, U.S. Forces, European Theater, 13 July 1946)

505th SIGNAL GROUP BIBLIOGRAPHY

Smith, Cornelius C., Jr. Fort Huachuca: The History of a Frontier Post. Fort Huachuca, Ariz., 1977.
1st SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Per bend argent and tenné.

Crest: On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné and issuing of the fi rst 

a torch bearing a fl eur-de-lis gules and fl amed or charged with an 

arrowhead vert.

Motto: IN MEDIAS RES (Into the Midst of Things).

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps.

 The fl eur-de-lis alludes to Europe where the unit fought during 

World War II; its color refers to the award of the Meritorious 

Unit Commendation streamer for service in the European Theater. The torch and arrowhead represent Operation Torch, indicating the unit’s assault landing in the Algeria-French Morocco 

campaign during World War II.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 18 October 1927 in the Regular Army as the 59th Signal Battalion. 

Activated 1 February 1941 at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Reorganized and redesignated 

7 August 1941 as the 1st Signal Armored Battalion. Redesignated 24 January 1942 

as the 1st Armored Signal Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 24 July 1944 as 

the 1st Signal Battalion. Inactivated 29 September 1945 in Germany.

Activated 1 October 1961 in Germany. Inactivated 30 June 1993 in Germany.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Algeria-French Morocco (with arrowhead)

Sicily

Rome-Arno

Southern France

Rhineland

Ardennes-Alsace

Central Europe

Southwest Asia

Defense of Saudi Arabia

Liberation and Defense of Kuwait

Cease-Fire
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Company C additionally entitled to:

World War II

Naples-Foggia

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN 

THEATER (1st Signal Battalion cited: GO 389, Seventh Army, 10 August 1945)

1st SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Hitt, Joe. “7th Signal Brigade Joins 5th Signal Command.” Army Communicator 7 

(Winter 1982): 37.

Stokes, Carol E., ed. The U.S. Army Signal Corps in Operation Desert Shield/Desert 

Storm. Fort Gordon, Ga.: Offi ce of the Command Historian, U.S. Army Signal 

Center and Fort Gordon, 1994.

Stokes, Carol E., and Kathy R. Coker. “Getting the Message Through in the Persian 

Gulf War.” Army Communicator 17 (Summer–Winter 1992): 17–25.

Thompson, George Raynor, and Dixie R. Harris. The Signal Corps: The Outcome 

(Mid-1943 through 1945). United States Army in World War II. Washington, 

D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1966.

Thompson, George Raynor, Dixie R. Harris, Pauline M. Oakes, and Dulany Terrett. 

The Signal Corps: The Test (December 1941 to July 1943). United States Army 

in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, 1957.
4th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Argent, issuant from base four mountains tenné, and spanning 

each peak a lightning fl ash gules. In chief a bear’s head erased 

sable.

Crest: None approved.

Motto: WE GET THE MESSAGE THROUGH.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The functions of the organization are implied by 

the four mountains representative of California, the state of the 

unit’s original activation, and connected by the signal or lightning 

fl ashes, implying immediate contact. The bear’s head, which further refers to the grizzly of California, symbolizes a policy equal 

to the great strength of the bear and also was employed in ancient 

times as an emblem of ferocity in the protection of kindred.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (USMA)

Constituted 27 August 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 4th Signal Battalion. Activated 5 September 1942 at Camp Young, California. Redesignated 1 December 1942 as the 4th Armored Signal Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 20 June 

1944 as the 4th Signal Battalion. Inactivated 29 September 1945 in Germany.

Activated 15 January 1946 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Reorganized and 

redesignated 27 September 1949 as the 4th Signal Battalion, Corps. Allotted 25 October 1951 to the Regular Army. Reorganized and redesignated 13 December 1954 

as the 4th Signal Battalion. Inactivated 27 April 1956 in Japan. Activated 25 April 

1960 in Korea. Inactivated 1 January 1966 in Korea.

Activated 1 May 1966 at West Point, New York.
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CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Rhineland

Central Europe

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN 

THEATER (4th Signal Battalion cited; GO 38, XIII Corps, 31 May 1945)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 

1950–1951 (4th Signal Battalion, Corps, cited; DA GO 38, 1952)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 

1951–1952 (4th Signal Battalion, Corps, cited; DA GO 53, 1952)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 

1952–1953 (4th Signal Battalion, Corps, cited; DA GO 55, 1953)

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered INCHON–

HUNGNAM (4th Signal Battalion cited; DA GO 8, 1952)

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 

1951–1954 (4th Signal Battalion, Corps, cited; DA GO 82, 1954)

4th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Appleman, Roy E. South to the Naktong, North to the Yalu: June–November 1950. 

United States Army in the Korean War. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief 

of Military History, Department of the Army, 1961.

Company C, 4th Signal Battalion, European Theater of Operations. Hanover, Germany: Gerbruder Janecke, 1945.

Nall, Thomas, ed. History of the Fourth Signal Battalion. Bad Wildungen, Germany, 1945.

“One if by Land,” A Pictorial Story of the 4th Signal Battalion in Korea. Tokyo: 

Hosokawa Printing Company, 1952.

Rios, Carol E. “Those Crazy Signal Joes.” Army Communicator 12 (Winter 1987): 42–

43. Title refers to nickname applied to battalion members during Korean War.

Westover, John G. Combat Support in Korea. Washington, D.C.: Combat Forces 

Press, 1955.

Korean War

UN Defensive

UN Offensive

CCF Intervention

First UN Counteroffensive

CCF Spring Offensive

UN Summer–Fall Offensive

Second Korean Winter

Korea, Summer–Fall 1952

Third Korean Winter

Korea, Summer 1953
5th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Tenné, fi ve fl eurs-de-lis—one, two, and two—at the points of an 

imaginary pentagon azure, fi mbriated argent.

Crest: None approved.

Motto: WE MOVE FAST.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with 

the Signal Corps. The fi ve fl eurs-de-lis symbolize the numerical designation of the unit and the battle honors awarded the 

unit for service in France during World War I. Voided blue, they 

also represent fi ve major engagements in Europe during World 

War II.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

Description: Superimposed on an orange pentagon edged in silver, one point 

up, fi ve silver fl eurs-de-lis. Across the base a silver scroll bearing the motto WE MOVE FAST in orange letters.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with 

the Signal Corps. The fi ve fl eurs-de-lis on the pentagon symbolize the numerical designation of the unit and the battle honors 

awarded to the unit for service in Europe in World Wars I and II.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (5th Infantry Division) (inactive)

Constituted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army as a Signal Corps battalion. Organized 10 July 1917 at Leon Springs, Texas, as the 9th Field Battalion, Signal Corps. 

Reorganized and redesignated 3 August 1917 as the 9th Field Signal Battalion. Assigned 1 December 1917 to the 5th Division (later redesignated as the 5th Infantry 

Division). Reorganized and redesignated 12 February 1921 as the 5th Signal Company. Inactivated 27 October 1921 at Camp Alfred Vail, New Jersey. Activated 2 

October 1939 at Fort Sheridan, Illinois. Inactivated 20 September 1946 at Camp 

Campbell, Kentucky.

Activated 6 July 1948 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Inactivated 30 April 

1950 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Activated 1 March 1951 at Indiantown Gap 

Military Reservation, Pennsylvania. Inactivated 1 September 1953 at Indiantown 

Gap Military Reservation, Pennsylvania. Activated 25 May 1954 in Germany. Inactivated 1 June 1957 at Fort Ord, California.

Redesignated 19 February 1962 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

5th Signal Battalion, and activated at Fort Carson, Colorado (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated). Inactivated 15 December 1970 at Fort Carson, 
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Colorado. Activated 21 August 1975 at Fort Polk, Louisiana. Inactivated 16 December 1992 at Fort Hood, Texas.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War I

St. Mihiel

Meuse-Argonne

Alsace 1918

Lorraine 1918

DECORATIONS

None.

5th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

American Battle Monuments Commission. 5th Division, Summary of Operations in 

the World War. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Offi ce, 1944.

Barta, Edward J. Red Diamond’s First Fifty, A History of the 5th Infantry Division, 

1917–1967. Fort Carson, Colo.: Information Offi ce, 1967.

Blumenson, Martin. Breakout and Pursuit. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the 

Army, 1961. 5th Infantry Division cited.

Cole, Hugh M. Ardennes: The Battle of the Bulge. United States Army in World 

War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States 

Army, 1965. 5th Infantry Division cited.

———. The Lorraine Campaign. United States Army in World War II. Washington, 

D.C.: Historical Division, Department of the Army, 1950. 5th Infantry Division 

cited.

5th Infantry Division, Fort Ord, California. San Antonio: Newsfoto Publishing 

Company, 1956.

Fifth Infantry Division Historical Section. The Fifth Infantry Division in the ETO. 

Atlanta: Albert Love Enterprises, 1945. Reprint, Nashville, Tenn.: Battery 

Press, 1981.

Historical and Pictorial Review, 5th Infantry Division, United States Army, Fort 

Custer, Michigan, 1941. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Company, 

1941.

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Offensive. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the 

Army, 1973. 5th Infantry Division cited.

Myer, Charles R. Division-Level Communications 1962–1973. Vietnam Studies. 

Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1982.

Stevenson, Kenyon. The Offi cial History of the Fifth Division, U.S.A., During the 

Period of Its Organization and of Its Operations in the European World War, 

1917–1919: The Red Diamond (Meuse) Division. Washington, D.C., Society of 

the Fifth Division, 1919.

World War II

Normandy

Northern France

Rhineland

Ardennes-Alsace

Central Europe
6th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Per chevron wavy tenné and argent, issuant from base a demi–sea 

lion azure bearing in dexter paw a Luzon fi ghting spear and in sinister paw a New Guinea sword club of the fi rst. On a chief of the second, three lightning fl ashes—two saltirewise and one fesswise—of 

the fi rst enfi led with a pierced mullet of six points of the third.

Crest: None approved.

Motto: SOLDIERS–COMMUNICATORS.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The battalion’s historic descent from the 6th Signal 

Company, which was organic to the 6th Infantry Division during 

World War II, is depicted by the six-pointed mullet. The sea lion 

with weapons refers to the unit’s campaign service in Luzon and 

New Guinea during World War II. The amphibious assault landings 

at New Guinea and the Lingayen Gulf, Philippine Islands, are depicted by the spear and sword club. The lightning fl ashes allude to 

the battalion’s command of multichannel communications facilities 

and its provision of a swift division-level communication system.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

Description: A silver color metal and enamel device that consists of three 

silver lightning fl ashes—one fesswise and two saltirewise—surmounted by a blue demi–sea lion in pale, charged on its mane 

with a silver pierced mullet of six points, and grasping in its dexter paw an orange Luzon fi ghting spear and in its sinister paw 

an orange New Guinea sword club. The device within a silver 

scroll inscribed SOLDIERS–COMMUNICATORS in orange 

letters.

Symbolism: Orange and white (silver) are the colors traditionally associated 

with the Signal Corps. The battalion’s historic descent from the 

6th Signal Company, which was organic to the 6th Infantry Division during World War II, is depicted by the six pointed mullet. 

The sea lion with weapons refers to the unit’s campaign service 

in Luzon and New Guinea during World War II. The amphibious 

assault landings at New Guinea and the Lingayen Gulf, Philippine Islands, are depicted by the spear and sword club. The 

fl ashes allude to the battalion’s command of multichannel communications facilities and provision of a swift division-level 

communication system.
84 SIGNAL CORPS

LINEAGE AND HONORS

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LINEAGE (6th Infantry Division) (inactive)

Constituted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army as a Signal Corps battalion. Organized 25 July 1917 at the Presidio of Monterey, California, as the 8th Field Battalion, Signal Corps. Reorganized and redesignated 3 August 1917 as the 8th Field 

Signal Battalion. Assigned 19 November 1917 to the 4th Division. Reorganized and 

redesignated 17 February 1921 as the 4th Signal Company. Inactivated 21 September 1921 at Camp Lewis, Washington.

Activated 15 September 1937 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Relieved 16 October 

1939 from assignment to the 4th Division and assigned to the 6th Division (later redesignated as the 6th Infantry Division). Redesignated 1 June 1940 as the 6th Signal 

Company. Inactivated 10 January 1949 in Korea. Activated 4 October 1950 at Fort 

Ord, California. Inactivated 3 April 1956 at Fort Ord, California. Relieved 15 May 

1958 from assignment to the 6th Infantry Division, assigned to the United States 

Military Academy, and activated at West Point, New York. Inactivated 1 May 1966 

at West Point, New York.

Redesignated 24 November 1967 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 6th Signal Battalion; concurrently assigned to the 6th Infantry Division and 

activated at Fort Campbell, Kentucky (organic elements concurrently constituted and 

activated). Inactivated 25 July 1968 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Activated 16 April 

1986 at Fort Richardson, Alaska. Inactivated 15 July 1994 at Fort Richardson, Alaska.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War I

Aisne-Marne

St. Mihiel

Meuse-Argonne

Champagne 1918

Lorraine 1918

World War II

New Guinea (with arrowhead)

Luzon (with arrowhead)

DECORATIONS 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered PACIFIC 

THEATER (6th Signal Company cited; GO 108, 6th Infantry Division, 14 June 

1945)

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (6th Infantry Division cited; DA GO 47, 1950)
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 85

6th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

American Battle Monuments Commission. 4th Division, Summary of Operations in 

the World War. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Offi ce, 1944.

Bach, Christian A., and Henry N. Hall. The Fourth Division, Its Services and 

Achievements in the World War. Garden City, N.Y.: Country Life Press, 1920.

Pictorial Review, Sixth Infantry Division, “The Sightseeing Sixth.” United States 

Army. Atlanta: Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1941.

6th Infantry Division, Public Relations Section. The 6th Infantry Division in World 

War II, 1939–1945. Washington, D.C.: Infantry Journal Press, 1947.

Smith, Robert Ross. The Approach to the Philippines. United States Army in World 

War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department 

of the Army, 1953. 6th Infantry Division cited.

———. Triumph in the Philippines. United States Army in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, 

1963. 6th Infantry Division cited.
7th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

None approved.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 1 September 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 3101st 

Signal Service Battalion. Activated 20 April 1944 at Camp Crowder, Missouri. Inactivated 5 February 1946 in India.

Redesignated 10 November 1948 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 7th Signal Service Battalion. Activated 16 December 1948 on Guam. Reorganized and redesignated 13 June 1949 as Headquarters, 7th Signal Service Battalion. 

Inactivated 27 January 1950 on Guam.

Redesignated 12 January 1951 as the 7th Signal Service Battalion; concurrently 

allotted to the Regular Army and activated at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. Reorganized and redesignated 21 May 1953 as the 7th Signal Battalion. Inactivated 1 July 

1966 in France.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Central Burma

DECORATIONS

None.

7th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

No published histories.
8th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Bendy of four tenné and argent, a Mercury’s foot azure, sandal 

of the second between two lightning fl ashes issuant respectively 

from dexter and sinister chiefs to fess or. In base an electronics 

symbol silver.

Crest: None approved.

Motto: CELERITAS–DILIGENTIA (Speed–Diligence).

Description: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The four stripes represent the unit’s World War 

II campaign honors. Blue, the color for Infantry, indicates the 

World War II decoration awarded for support of the 8th Infantry 

Division. Mercury’s winged sandal symbolizes the unit’s basic 

function, the swift delivery of messages. The electronics symbol 

alludes to the technical skill involved in the fulfi llment of the 

organization’s mission.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (8th Infantry Division) (inactive)

Constituted 1 July 1916 in the Enlisted Reserve Corps as a Signal Corps battalion. Organized 17 July 1917 at Monmouth Park, New Jersey, as the 10th Reserve Field Signal Battalion. Ordered into active military service 30 October 1917 at 

Camp Dodge, Iowa; concurrently redesignated as the 320th Field Signal Battalion. 

Assigned 19 December 1917 to the 8th Division. Demobilized 17 February 1919 at 

Camp Lee, Virginia.

Reconstituted 24 March 1923 in the Regular Army as the 8th Signal Company 

and assigned to the 8th Division (later redesignated as the 8th Infantry Division). 

Activated 1 July 1940 at Camp Jackson, South Carolina. Inactivated 10 November 

1945 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Activated 17 August 1950 at Fort Jackson, 

South Carolina.

Reorganized and redesignated 1 August 1957 as the 8th Signal Battalion (organic elements constituted 16 July 1957 and activated 1 August 1957 in Germany). 

Inactivated 16 November 1991 in Germany.
88 SIGNAL CORPS

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Normandy

Northern France

Rhineland

Central Europe

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN 

THEATER (8th Signal Company cited; GO 32, 8th Infantry Division, 14 February 

1945)

Luxembourg Croix de Guerre, Streamer embroidered LUXEMBOURG (8th Infantry Division cited; DA GO 59, 1969)

8th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Blumenson, Martin. Breakout and Pursuit. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the 

Army, 1961. 8th Infantry Division cited.

Eighth Infantry Division, A Combat History by Regiments and Special Units. Baton 

Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1946.

Greisbach, Marc F., ed. Combat History of the Eighth Infantry Division in World 

War II. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1954.

Historical and Pictorial Review, 8th Motorized Division, United States Army, Fort 

Jackson, 1942. 3 vols. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Company 

1942.

History and Roster, 320th Field Signal Battalion, United States Army. Richmond, 

Va., c. 1919.

Hogan, Jerry H., and Lorry R. Ruth. “Signal Communications for the Division in the 

Field.” Army Communicator 2 (Spring 1977): 40–43.

Thompson, George Raynor, and Dixie R. Harris. The Signal Corps: The Outcome 

(Mid-1943 through 1945). United States Army in World War II. Washington, 

D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1966.
9th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Per fess wavy argent and tenné, a lion rampant counterchanged, 

and in dexter chief a mullet interlaced vert.

Crest: On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné a plate embattled 

bearing a lightning bolt bendwise, overall, surmounted in saltire 

by a winged foot tenné.

Motto: WITH SPEED AND CERTAINTY.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The lion represents the unit’s two Belgian Army 

citations, and its placement atop the wavy partition line symbolizes the unit’s action at the Ludendorff Bridge on the Rhine during World War II. The green star denotes an assault landing in 

North Africa during World War II by elements of the 9th Signal 

Company.

 The crest is adapted from the badge of the former 9th Signal 

Company. The winged foot and lightning bolt refer to swift communications service, the function of the unit. The battlements 

have been added to the white disc to denote the battalion’s eight 

World War II campaigns.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

Description: A gold color metal and enamel disc. On a white background an 

orange lightning fl ash issuing from dexter surmounted by an orange winged foot.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The lightning and winged foot, the badge of the 

former 9th Signal Company, refer to swift communications service, the function of the unit.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (9th Infantry Division) (inactive)

Constituted 8 July 1918 in the Regular Army as the 209th Field Signal Battalion 

and assigned to the 9th Division. Organized 31 July 1918 at Camp Sheridan, Alabama. Demobilized 5 February 1919 at Camp Sheridan, Alabama.

Reconstituted 24 March 1923 in the Regular Army as the 9th Signal Company 

and assigned to the 9th Division (later redesignated as the 9th Infantry Division). 
90 SIGNAL CORPS

Activated 1 August 1940 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Inactivated 15 January 

1947 in Germany.

Activated 12 July 1948 at Fort Dix, New Jersey. Reorganized and redesignated 

1 December 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 9th Signal Battalion 

(organic elements constituted 13 November 1957 in the Regular Army and activated 1 December 1957 at Fort Carson, Colorado). Inactivated 31 July 1962 at Fort 

Carson, Colorado. Activated 1 February 1966 at Fort Riley, Kansas. Inactivated 25 

September 1969 in Hawaii.

Activated 21 June 1972 at Fort Lewis, Washington. Inactivated 15 July 1991 at 

Fort Lewis, Washington.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Algeria-French Morocco (with arrowhead)

Tunisia

Sicily

Normandy

Northern France

Rhineland

Ardennes-Alsace

Central Europe

DECORATIONS

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered REMAGEN 

BRIDGEHEAD (9th Signal Company cited; WD GO 68, 1945)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN 

THEATER (9th Signal Company cited; GO 53, 9th Infantry Division, 18 April 1945)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1966–1967 (9th Signal Battalion cited; DA GO 48, 1968)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1967–1968 (9th Signal Battalion, 9th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1969)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1968–1969 (9th Signal Battalion, 9th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 13, 1974)

Belgian Fourragere 1940 (9th Signal Company cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at the Meuse River 

(9th Signal Company cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes 

(9th Signal Company cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1966–1968 (9th Signal Battalion cited; DA GO 31, 1969)

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1969 (9th Signal Battalion cited; DA GO 59, 1969)

Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966–1969 (9th Signal Battalion cited; DA GO 59, 1969)

Vietnam

Counteroffensive, Phase II

Counteroffensive, Phase III

Tet Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase IV

Counteroffensive, Phase V

Counteroffensive, Phase VI

Tet 69/Counteroffensive

Summer–Fall 1969
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9th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bergen, John D. Military Communications: A Test for Technology. United States 

Army in Vietnam. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States 

Army, 1986.

Blumenson, Martin. Breakout and Pursuit. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the 

Army, 1961. 9th Infantry Division cited.

Dierking, Barbara A., Donald R. Love, and Isabelle J. Swartz, comps. History of the 

9th Infantry Division: The Old Reliables. Fort Lewis, Washington, [1977–1979] 

Fulton, William B. Riverine Operations, 1966–1969. Vietnam Studies. Washington, 

D.C.: Department of the Army, 1973.

Garland, Albert N., and Howard McGaw Smyth. Sicily and the Surrender of Italy. 

United States Army in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of 

Military History, United States Army, 1965. 9th Infantry Division cited.

Hall, Dennis C. “‘There’s Nothing Here But Communications, Sir!’” Army Communicator 4 (Fall 1979): 37–41.

Harrison, Gordon A. Cross-Channel Attack. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the 

Army, 1951. 9th Infantry Division cited.

Historical and Pictorial Review, Ninth Division (Special Units), United States Army, 

Fort Bragg, North Carolina, 1941. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing 

Company, 1941.

Howe, George F. Northwest Africa: Seizing the Initiative in the West. United States 

Army in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, 1957. 9th Infantry Division cited.

Mittelman, Joseph B. Eight Stars to Victory: A History of the Veteran Ninth U.S. 

Infantry Division. Columbus, Ohio: F.J. Heer Printing Company, 1948.

Myer, Charles R. Division-Level Communications, 1962–1973. Vietnam Studies. 

Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1982.

Raines, Rebecca Robbins. Getting the Message Through: A Branch History of the 

U.S. Army Signal Corps. Army Historical Series. Washington, D.C.: Center of 

Military History, United States Army, 1996.

Reysen, Frank, ed. Delta Division, 1969. N.p., 1969.

———. 9th Infantry Division, 1918–1968. Vietnam, 1968.

Rienzi, Thomas M. Communications-Electronics, 1962–1970. Vietnam Studies. 

Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1972.

Rios, Carol. “Vietnam Challenges the Signal Corps.” Army Communicator 13 (Winter 1988): 24–25.

Thompson, George Raynor, and Dixie R. Harris. The Signal Corps: The Outcome 

(Mid-1943 through 1945). United States Army in World War II. Washington, 

D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1966.
10th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Per fess dancetty azure and tenné, overall two swords in saltire 

points up argent, their blades in the form of lightning bolts.

Crest: On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné a wreath of oak leaves 

or enclosing a mountain peak azure capped of the fi rst, and overall two lightning fl ashes in saltire of the second.

Motto: VOICE OF THE MOUNTAIN.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The unit’s service in Italy during World War II is 

symbolized by the dancetty partition line, which alludes to the 

Po Valley and mountains of Italy. The mountain symbols further 

refer to the unit’s early designation as a mountain signal company and to its association with Colorado. The crossed swords with 

lightning bolt blades denote the presence of the signal battalion 

within the division.

 The crest symbolizes the unit’s World War II service in the North 

Apennines and Po Valley campaigns in Italy. The lightning fl ashes signify the Signal Corps’ mission and refer to the numerical 

designation of the unit.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (10th Mountain Division) (active)

Constituted 27 August 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 110th Signal 

Company. Activated 9 September 1942 at Camp Carson, Colorado. Reorganized 

and redesignated 15 July 1943 as the 110th Signal Platoon and assigned to the 10th 

Light Division (later redesignated as the 10th Mountain Division). Reorganized and 

redesignated 6 November 1944 as the 110th Mountain Signal Company. Inactivated 

15 November 1945 at Camp Carson, Colorado.

Redesignated 18 June 1948 as the 10th Signal Company. Allotted 25 June 1948 

to the Regular Army. Activated 1 July 1948 at Fort Riley, Kansas.

Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 10th Signal Battalion (organic elements constituted 14 June 1957 and 

activated 1 July 1957 in Germany). Inactivated 14 June 1958 at Fort Benning, Georgia. Activated 1 February 1986 at Fort Drum, New York.
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 93

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

North Apennines

Po Valley

DECORATIONS

None.

10th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Casewit, Curtis W. Mountain Troopers! The Story of the Tenth Mountain Division. 

New York: Crowell, 1972.

Fisher, Ernest F., Jr. Cassino to the Alps. United States Army in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States Army, 1977. 10th Mountain Division cited.

Girard, Jeff. “Supporting Split-Based Operations.” Army Communicator 25 (Winter 

2000): 16–20.

Harper, Frank. Night Climb: The Story of the Skiing Tenth. New York: Longmans, 

Green and Company, 1946.

Hartley, William B., and M. R. Morton, eds. Tenth Infantry Division. Atlanta: Albert 

Love Enterprises, 1944.

Jantzen, Linda. “10th Signal in Mogadishu, Somalia.” Army Communicator 18 

(Summer 1993): 3–7.

Johnson, Danny M. Military Communications Supporting Peacekeeping Operations in the Balkans: The Signal Corps at Its Best. Mannheim, Germany: Headquarters, 5th Signal Command, 2000.

Newbern, Pam. “Warfi ghter: 10th Mountain Division’s Winter Training Exercise. 

Army Communicator 28 (Summer 2003): 17–20.

Story of the 10th Infantry Division. Dallas: Taylor Publishing Company, 1957.

Templeton, Kenneth S. 10th Mountain Division, America’s Ski Troops. Chicago: 

1945.

10th Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas. Marceline, Mo.: Walsworth Publishing 

Company, 1954.

Washington, Roger, and Lori McCreary. “10th Signal Battalion Performs Its First 

MSE Slingload.” Army Communicator 19 (Fall 1994): 14–15.
11th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Tenné, between two pallets a lightning fl ash all argent, and a 

chief nebuly sable surmounting the pallets and terminating in 

chief two arrows, points up counterchanged.

Crest: None approved.

Motto: SURE AND READY.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The two vertical white bars, simulating pillars for 

support, the nebuly, heraldic symbol for clouds, and the lightning 

fl ash symbolize the basic mission of the battalion. The two vertical 

bars further allude to the numeral “11,” the numerical designation of the organization. The arrows, their barbs penetrating space, 

symbolize Air Defense, the former function of the battalion.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

Description: A silver color metal and enamel device that consists of an orange pale between two silver pallets, nebuly at top, each pallet 

charged with a black vertical arrow point up. On the orange background a silver lightning fl ash. All are within a three-segmented 

silver scroll inscribed SURE on the dexter segment, AND on the 

middle segment, and READY on the sinister segment in black 

letters.

Symbolism: Orange and white (silver) are the colors traditionally associated 

with the Signal Corps. The two vertical bars, simulating pillars for 

support, the nebuly, heraldic symbol for clouds, and the lightning 

fl ash symbolize the basic mission of the battalion. The two vertical 

bars further allude to the numeral “11,” the numerical designation of the organization. The arrows, their barbs penetrating space, 

symbolize Air Defense, the former function of the battalion.
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 95

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 1 July 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 3181st Signal 

Service Battalion. Activated 5 July 1944 at Camp Kohler, California. Reorganized 

and redesignated 1 December 1946 as the 3181st Signal Service Company. Reorganized and redesignated 29 April 1947 as the 11th Signal Service Battalion. Inactivated 12 April 1950 on Okinawa.

Redesignated 7 June 1954 as Headquarters, 11th Signal Battalion, and allotted 

to the Regular Army. Activated 15 July 1954 at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Inactivated 

9 December 1957 at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Redesignated 31 December 1966 as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 11th Signal Battalion, and activated in 

Germany (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated). Inactivated 15 

June 1993 in Germany.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Ryukyus

DECORATIONS

None.

11th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Patrick, Harold L. “11th Air Defense Signal Battalion.” Army Communicator 2 

(Winter 1977): 49.

Smith, Cornelius C., Jr. Fort Huachuca: The Story of a Frontier Post. Fort Huachuca, Ariz., 1978.

Thompson, George Raynor, and Dixie R. Harris. The Signal Corps: The Outcome 

(Mid–1943 through 1945). United States Army in World War II. Washington, 

D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1966.
13th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Per fess dancetté abased of two argent and tenné, issuant from 

base overall a cubit arm palewise proper grasping seven lightning fl ashes—three and four sable—in chief a Korean temple 

azure.

Crest: On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné a scimitar and an 

offi cer’s sword points down saltirewise proper surmounted by 

a Philippine sun per fess gules and argent; overall two arrows 

saltirewise or surmounted by a taeguk fi mbriated and charged 

with a bugle horn of the like garnished and stringed sable.

Motto: VOICE OF COMMAND.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The two mountains are symbolic of the mountainous areas of the Pacifi c in which the unit provided communications for the 1st Cavalry Division during World War II. They also 

represent the invasions of the Bismarck Archipelago and Leyte. 

The arm grasping the lightning fl ashes alludes to the mission of 

the unit to enable information and orders to be sent and received. 

The seven lightning fl ashes commemorate the seven decorations 

awarded the unit for service in World War II and Korea. The 

temple refers to action in Korea during the Korean War.

 World War II service is represented by the sunburst, adapted 

from the Philippine fl ag and divided in scarlet and white, signifying courage and honor. The thirteen scarlet and thirteen white 

points of the sunburst allude to the unit’s designation. The arrows recall assault landings by the unit during World War II. 

The taeguk symbolizes service in the Korean War and the many 

decorations awarded for that service, including the Republic of 

Korea Presidential Unit Citation. The offi cer’s sword refers to 

the unit’s awards in recognition of Vietnam service. The horn 

represents the signal mission and refl ects the unit’s service in 

Southwest Asia. Gold signifi es excellence.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 97

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (1st Cavalry Division) (active)

Constituted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army as a Signal Corps battalion. Organized 14 July 1917 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, as the 7th Field Battalion, Signal 

Corps. Reorganized and redesignated 3 August 1917 as the 7th Field Signal Battalion. Assigned in December 1917 to the 15th Cavalry Division; relieved 12 May 

1918 from assignment to the 15th Cavalry Division. Disbanded 16 September 1921 

at Fort Bliss, Texas.

Reconstituted 19 September 1932 in the Regular Army and consolidated with 

the 1st Signal Troop (organized 16 September 1921 at Fort Bliss as the 13th Signal 

Troop and assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division; redesignated 13 December 1923 as 

the 1st Signal Troop); consolidated unit designated as the 1st Signal Troop, an element of the 1st Cavalry Division. Redesignated 25 March 1949 as the 13th Signal 

Company.

Reorganized and redesignated 15 October 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 13th Signal Battalion, an element of the 1st Cavalry Division (organic elements constituted 22 August 1957 and activated 1 November 1957 in Korea).

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

New Guinea

Bismarck Archipelago (with arrowhead)

Leyte (with arrowhead)

Luzon

Korean War

UN Defensive

UN Offensive

CCF Intervention

First UN Counteroffensive

CCF Spring Offensive

UN Summer–Fall Offensive

Second Korean Winter

Vietnam

Defense

Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase II

Counteroffensive, Phase III

Tet Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase IV

Counteroffensive, Phase V

Counteroffensive, Phase VI

Tet 69/Counteroffensive

Summer–Fall 1969

Winter–Spring 1970

Sanctuary Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase VII

Southwest Asia

Defense of Saudi Arabia

Liberation and Defense of Kuwait

Cease–Fire
98 SIGNAL CORPS

DECORATIONS

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered PLEIKU PROVINCE 

(13th Signal Battalion cited; DA GO 40, 1967)

Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered FISH HOOK (13th Signal Battalion cited: DA GO 43, 1972)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered ADMIRALTY 

ISLANDS (1st Signal Troop cited; GO 8, 1st Cavalry Division, 1 February 1945)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered PHILIPPINES 

1944 (1st Signal Troop cited: GO 21, 1st Cavalry Division, 22 February 1945)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered PHILIPPINES 

1944–1945 (1st Signal Troop cited; GO 205, 1st Cavalry Division, 28 October 1945)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 

1950–1951 (13th Signal Company cited; DA GO 53, 1952)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1965–1967 (13th Signal Battalion cited; DA GO 17, 1968)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1968 (13th Signal Battalion cited; DA GO 39, 1970)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1968–1970 (13th Signal Battalion cited; DA GO 50, 1971)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1970 (13th Signal Battalion cited; GO 1541, U.S. Army, Vietnam, 6 May 1971)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST 

ASIA1990–1991 (13th Signal Battalion cited; DA GO 27, 1994)

Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1987–1989 (13th Signal 

Battalion cited; DA GO 15, 1990)

Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1989–1990 (13th Signal 

Battalion cited; DA GO 6, 1992)

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (1st Signal Troop cited; DA GO 47, 1950)

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 

WAEGWAN–TAEGU (13th Signal Company cited; DA GO 35, 1951)

Chryssoun Aristion Andrias (Bravery Gold Medal of Greece), Streamer embroidered KOREA (13th Signal Company cited; DA GO 2, 1956)

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1965–1969 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company and Company 

A, 13th Signal Battalion, cited; DA GO 59, 1969)

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1969–1970 (13th Signal Battalion cited: DA GO 42, 1972 as amended 

by DA GO 11, 1973)

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1970–1971 (13th Signal Battalion cited; DA GO 42, 1972)

Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969–1970 (13th Signal Battalion cited; DA GO 42, 1972)

Company A additionally entitled to:

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BINH THUAN 

PROVINCE (Company A, 13th Signal Battalion, cited; DA GO 2, 1973)
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 99

13th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Appleman, Roy E. South to the Naktong, North to the Yalu: June–November 1950. 

United States Army in the Korean War. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief 

of Military History, Department of the Army, 1961. 1st Cavalry Division cited.

Bergen, John D. Military Communications: A Test for Technology. United States Army 

in Vietnam. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States Army, 

1986.

Cannon, M. Hamlin. Leyte: The Return to the Philippines. United States Army in 

World War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, 1954. 1st Cavalry Division cited.

Coleman, J. D., ed. The 1st Air Cavalry Division, Memoirs of the First Team, Vietnam, August 1965–December 1969. Tokyo: Dai Nippon Printing Company, 

1970.

1st Cavalry Division, Information Section. 1st Cavalry Division. “The First Team.” 

Korea 1959. Tokyo: Tosho Insatsu, 1959.

The First Team...The First Cavalry Division in Korea, 18 July 1950–18 January 

1952. Atlanta: Albert Love Enterprises, 1952.

Gregory, Robyn M. “Signal Corps Names Divisional Battalion Commander.” Army 

Communicator 16 (Summer 1991): 26. Lt. Col. Marilyn A. Quagliotti became 

the fi rst female commander of a divisional signal battalion on 29 May 1991.

Hay, John H., Jr. Tactical and Materiel Innovations. Vietnam Studies. Washington, 

D.C.: Department of the Army, 1974.

Hermes, Walter G. Truce Tent and Fighting Front. United States Army in the Korean War. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United 

States Army, 1966. 1st Cavalry Division cited.

Hymoff, Edward. The First Air Cavalry Division: Vietnam. New York: M. W. Lads 

Publishing Company, 1967.

Johnson, Danny M. Military Communications Supporting Peacekeeping Operations in the Balkans: The Signal Corps at Its Best. Mannheim, Germany: Headquarters, 5th Signal Command, 2000.

Mahr, Warren C., comp. The First Cavalry Division on Hokkaido, January 1952–

June 1954. Atlanta: Albert Love Enterprises, 1954.

Martin, Patrick, Rosielynn Banzon, and John Cox. “Hood Signaleers Test Teamwork in Road Runner ’00 Exercise.” Army Communicator 25 (Spring 2000): 

39–41.

Miller, John Jr. CARTWHEEL: The Reduction of Rabaul. United States Army in 

World War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, 1959. 1st Cavalry Division cited.

Myer, Charles R. Division-Level Communications, 1962–1973. Vietnam Studies. 

Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1982.

Raines, Rebecca Robbins. Getting the Message Through: A Branch History of the 

U.S. Army Signal Corps. Army Historical Series. Washington, D.C.: Center of 

Military History, United States Army, 1996.

Rienzi, Thomas M. Communications-Electronics, 1962–1970. Vietnam Studies. 

Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1972.

Rogers, Charles A. Occupation Diary, First Cavalry Division. Tokyo: Toppan Printing Company, 1950.
100 SIGNAL CORPS

Smith, Robert Ross. Triumph in the Philippines. United States Army in World War 

II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the 

Army, 1963. 1st Cavalry Division cited.

Stallings, Caroline. “3d Signal Brigade Provides ‘Voice of Phantom Warriors’ in 

5-Month Exercise Series.” Army Communicator 26 (Fall 2001): 16–18.

Stanton, Shelby. The First Cav in Vietnam: Anatomy of a Division. Novato, Calif.: 

Presidio Press, 1987.

Terrett, Dulany. The Signal Corps: The Emergency. United States Army in World 

War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department 

of the Army, 1956.

Wright, Bertram C., comp. The 1st Cavalry Division in World War II. Tokyo: Toppan Printing Company, 1947.
16th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Tenné, a fess wavy azure fi mbriated argent, issuant from base 

palewise overall the heads of three Micronesian arrows with 

shafts barbed, each of six of the third.

Crest: On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné a palm frond palewise 

proper superimposed by two lightning bolts pilewise gules, and 

overall a sea lion or langued gules and holding in dexter fi n a 

dagger or.

Motto: COMMUNICATIONS FIRST.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The arrowheads are the types used in the Pacifi c 

area in which the unit made three assault landings during World 

War II. The wavy blue band alludes to the overseas location of 

the battalion at the time of its activation, and the total number 

of charges corresponds to the four battle honors earned by the 

organization.

 World War II campaigns in the Philippines and the award of the 

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation are represented by the sea 

lion. The palm frond refers to New Guinea and the Bismarck 

Archipelago. The lightning bolts allude to the unit’s mission and 

signify speedy communications. Gold and scarlet denote excellence and courage, respectively.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (active)

Constituted 9 October 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 16th Signal Operation Battalion. Activated 31 October 1942 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. 

Inactivated 20 February 1946 in Japan. Allotted 21 December 1950 to the Regular 

Army. Activated 10 February 1951 at Camp Gordon, Georgia. Reorganized and 

redesignated 2 June 1952 as the 16th Signal Battalion, Corps. Reorganized and redesignated 12 May 1954 as the 16th Signal Battalion.
102 SIGNAL CORPS

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

New Guinea (with arrowhead)

Bismarck Archipelago (with arrowhead)

Leyte (with arrowhead)

Luzon

DECORATIONS

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (16th Signal Operations Battalion cited; DA GO 47, 1950)

16th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Headquarters, 16th Signal Battalion. History of the 16th Signal Battalion. N.p., 

1961.

———. History of the 16th Signal Battalion. APO 39: 1962.

Kennedy, Randy. “3rd Signal Brigade.” Army Communicator 12 (Summer 1987): 

52–53.

Killebrew, Ben E. “’Communications First, Sir!’: The 16th Signal Battalion (Corps 

Area).” Army Communicator 3 (Winter 1978): 41.

Krueger, Walter. From Down Under to Nippon: The Story of Sixth Army in World 

War II. Washington, D.C.: Combat Forces Press, 1953.

Martin, Patrick, Rosielynn Banzon, and John Cox. “Hood Signaleers Test Teamwork in Road Runner ’00 Exercise.” Army Communicator 25 (Spring 2000): 

39–41.

Stallings, Caroline. “3d Signal Brigade Provides ‘Voice of Phantom Warriors’ in 

5-Month Exercise Series.” Army Communicator 26 (Fall 2001): 16–18.

Thompson, George Raynor, and Dixie R. Harris. The Signal Corps: The Outcome 

(Mid-1943 through 1945). United States Army in World War II. Washington, 

D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1966.
17th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Argent, issuant from base between two telegraph poles tenné a 

radio tower sable emitting in chief fi ve lightning fl ashes of the 

second.

Crest: None approved.

Motto: FONS COMMUNICATIONES (Fountain of Communications).

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The telegraph poles and radio tower symbolize 

the battalion’s functions. The fi ve lightning fl ashes represent the 

organization’s World War II battle honors.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (active)

Constituted 1 November 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 17th Signal Operations Battalion. Activated 30 November 1942 at Camp Crowder, Missouri. 

Inactivated 18 February 1946 at Camp Bowie, Texas. Redesignated 5 July 1950 as 

the 17th Signal Operation Battalion and activated in Germany. Allotted 15 December 1950 to the Regular Army. Reorganized and redesignated 20 October 1953 as 

the 17th Signal Battalion. Inactivated 25 September 1965 in Germany. Activated 16 

March 1981 in Germany.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Normandy

Northern France

Rhineland

Ardennes-Alsace

Central Europe

Company C additionally entitled to:

Southwest Asia

Defense of Saudi Arabia

Liberation and Defense of Kuwait

Cease-Fire
104 SIGNAL CORPS

DECORATIONS

None.

17th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Goda, Bryan S., and Robert M. Prudhomme. “Communications on a Mobile Battlefi eld in the 100 Hours War.” Army Communicator 16 (Spring 1991): 42–47. 

Company C cited.

Headquarters, 17th Signal Battalion. Unit History. Karlsruhe, Germany: Otto Erich, 

c. 1951.

Headquarters, 17th Signal Operation Battalion. Unit History. N.p., 1950.

Hogan, David W., Jr. A Command Post at War: First Army Headquarters in Europe, 

1943–1945. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States Army, 

2000.

Johnson, Danny M. Military Communications Supporting Peacekeeping Operations in the Balkans: The Signal Corps at Its Best. Mannheim, Germany: Headquarters, 5th Signal Command, 2000.

Technical Historical Report. N.p., 1947.

Thompson, George Raynor, and Dixie R. Harris. The Signal Corps: The Outcome 

(Mid-1943 through 1945). United States Army in World War II. Washington, 

D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1966.
24th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Per chevron argent and azure (light blue), two lightning fl ashes 

chevronwise conjoined at the center with points to base tenné 

fi mbriated of the fi rst, and in chief an oyster shell sable charged 

with a pearl proper.

Crest: None approved.

Motto: VOICE OF VICTORY.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The lightning fl ashes refer to the unit’s function. 

The oyster shell with the pearl signifi es the unit’s presence in 

Hawaii on 7 December 1941. The light blue represents the battalion’s service in Korea.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (24th Infantry Division) (inactive)

Constituted 6 January 1905 in the Regular Army as Company L, Signal Corps, 

and organized at Benicia Barracks, California. Redesignated 1 December 1916 as 

Company B, 3d Field Battalion, Signal Corps. Redesignated 29 August 1917 as 

Company B, 3d Field Signal Battalion.

Consolidated 1 July 1921 with Company E, 53d Telegraph Battalion (see ANNEX) 

and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as the 11th Signal Company. Assigned 1 February 1922 to the Hawaiian Division (later designated as the 24th Infantry Division). Redesignated 1 October 1941 as the 24th Signal Company.

Reorganized and redesignated 5 June 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 24th Signal Battalion (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated 1 July 1958 in Germany). Inactivated 15 April 1970 at Fort Riley, Kansas. 

Activated 21 November 1975 at Fort Stewart, Georgia. Inactivated 15 February 

1996 at Fort Stewart, Georgia.

ANNEX

Constituted 9 April 1909 in the Regular Army as Company M, Signal Corps. 

Organized 27 April 1909 at the Presidio of San Francisco, California. Redesignated 

1 November 1916 as Company E, 3d Telegraph Battalion, Signal Corps. Redesignated 29 August 1917 as Company E, 3d Telegraph Battalion. Redesignated in 

October 1917 as Company E, 53d Telegraph Battalion.
106 SIGNAL CORPS

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Central Pacifi c

New Guinea (with arrowhead)

Leyte (with arrowhead)

Luzon

Southern Philippines (with arrowhead)

Korean War

UN Defensive

UN Offensive

CCF Intervention

First UN Counteroffensive

CCF Spring Offensive

UN Summer–Fall Offensive

Second Korean Winter

Korea, Summer 1953

Southwest Asia

Defense of Saudi Arabia

Liberation and Defense of Kuwait

Company C additionally entitled to:

Southwest Asia

Cease-Fire

DECORATIONS

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DEFENSE OF 

KOREA (24th Infantry Division cited; DA GO 45, 1950)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered PACIFIC 

THEATER (GO 153, 24th Infantry Division, 1945)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 

1950–1951 (24th Signal Company, 24th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 49, 1951)

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (24th Signal Company [24th Infantry Division], cited; DA 

GO 47, 1950)

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 

PYONGTAEK (24th Signal Company cited; DA GO 35, 1951)

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 

1953 (24th Infantry Division cited; DA GO 24, 1954)
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 107

24th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Appleman, Roy E. South to the Naktong, North to the Yalu: June–November 1950. 

United States Army in the Korean War. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief 

of Military History, Department of the Army, 1961. 24th Infantry Division cited.

Cannon, M. Hamlin. Leyte: The Return to the Philippines. United States Army in 

World War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, 1954. 24th Infantry Division cited.

Crawford, Gerald. “Special Training at the 24th.” Army Communicator 9 (Winter 

1984): 6–8.

Glines, C.V. “The Battle Log of Birdman Silver.” Air Force 71(December 1988): 

104–05. The 11th Signal Company became the caretaker for the pigeon, John 

Silver, after his heroic service during World War I.

Harvey, Lynn C. 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized),1963, ROAD Reorganization 

Day. Germany, 1963.

Hermes, Walter G. Truce Tent and Fighting Front. United States Army in the Korean War. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United 

States Army, 1966. 24th Infantry Division cited.

Leyte: Historical Report of the 24th Infantry Division Landing Team, 20 October 

1944–25 December 1944, Philippine Liberation Campaign. 67th Engineer Topographical Company, 1945.

Occupation History of the 24th Infantry Division in Japan. N.p., 1947.

Raines, Rebecca Robbins. Getting the Message Through: A Branch History of the 

U.S. Army Signal Corps. Army Historical Series. Washington, D.C.: Center of 

Military History, United States Army, 1996.

Smith, Robert Ross. The Approach to the Philippines. United States Army in World 

War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department 

of the Army, 1953. 24th Infantry Division cited.

———. Triumph in the Philippines. United States Army in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, 

1963. 24th Infantry Division cited.

Swindell, Archie C. 24th Infantry Division: Follow Me. Special Taro Leaf Historical Edition, Reactivation Day, 1960. Germany, 1960.

24th Infantry Division. The Twenty-fourth Infantry Division, A Brief History. Kyoto, 

Japan: Benrido Company, Ltd., 1947.

24th Infantry Division, A Brief History: The Story of the 24th Division’s Actions in 

the Korean Confl ict. Tokyo: Japan News, 1954.

24th Infantry Division, Information Section. 24th Infantry Division, 16th Anniversary. Tokyo: Tosho Printing Company, 1957.

Westover, John G. Combat Support in Korea. Washington, D.C.: Combat Forces 

Press, 1955.
25th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Argent, semé of golpes and a weathercock standing on four 

lightning fl ashes saltirewise tenné.

Crest: On a wreath argent and tenné issuing from a palm frond fesswise 

proper a demi-lion rampant or holding in dexter paw a lightning 

fl ash bent sinisterwise gules fi mbriated of the fi rst.

Motto: NEVER UNPREPARED.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The purple roundels are symbolic of the grapes 

typical of the Rhineland and Central Europe, where the battalion 

was awarded battle honors during World War II. The weathercock, signal of the wind’s direction, is used with four lightning 

fl ashes to symbolize communications in any quarter of the world.

 The lion, embodiment of strength and courage, commemorates 

the unit’s war service awards in World War II and Southwest Asia. 

The red lightning fl ash refl ects the color of the Meritorious Unit 

Commendation awarded to the organization for service in Southwest Asia. The palm frond is expressive of victory and represents 

the campaign participation credits earned in Southwest Asia.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 3 February 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 25th Signal 

Construction Battalion. Activated 14 April 1944 at Camp Forrest, Tennessee, as the 

25th Signal Light Construction Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 26 June 

1944 as the 25th Signal Heavy Construction Battalion. Inactivated 6 April 1946 in 

Japan.

Redesignated 20 November 1951 as the 25th Signal Construction Battalion and 

allotted to the Regular Army. Activated 1 December 1951 at Camp Edwards, Massachusetts. Reorganized and redesignated 20 October 1953 as the 25th Signal Battalion. Inactivated 1 October 1968 in Germany.

Activated 18 January 1971 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Inactivated 15 October 1993 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 109

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Rhineland

Central Europe

Asiatic-Pacifi c Theater, Streamer without inscription

Southwest Asia

Defense of Saudi Arabia

Liberation and Defense of Kuwait

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered 

SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990–1991 (25th Signal Battalion [less Company A] cited; 

DA GO 12, 1994)

25th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Kennedy, Randy. “35th Signal Brigade.” Army Communicator 12 (Fall 1987): 30–33.

Stokes, Carol E., ed. The U.S. Army Signal Corps in Operation Desert Shield/Desert 

Storm. Fort Gordon, Ga.: Offi ce of the Command Historian, U.S. Army Signal 

Center and Fort Gordon, 1994.

Stokes, Carol E., and Kathy R. Coker. “Getting the Message Through in the Persian 

Gulf War.” Army Communicator 17 (Summer–Winter 1992): 17–25.
26th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Tenné, on a fess between in chief a lightning bolt fesswise and a 

demisun issuing from base argent three telegraph poles wired by 

two wires throughout of the fi rst.

Crest: On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné, in front of a chevron, 

the point terminating in a fl eur-de-lis gules, two torches crossed 

in saltire of the fi rst, each emitting fi ve tongues of fl ame or.

Motto: WEATHER OR NOT.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The three telegraph poles refer to the unit’s former mission of installing, operating, and maintaining area signal 

centers as part of the Army area signal system. The lightning bolt 

alludes to all electric and electronic equipment used to accomplish the mission. The demisun, a symbol and source of energy 

and power, refers to both sunrise (day) and sunset (night) and indicates the unit’s round-the-clock service regardless of weather 

and conditions.

 The ten tongues of fl ame of the two torches represent the total 

of the combined campaigns credited the organization for service 

during World War II in Europe, represented by the fl eur-de-lis, 

and in Korea, represented by the chevron, an allusion to the 

mountainous terrain of that area. The color red of the fl eur-de-lis 

and chevron further alludes to the two Meritorious Unit Commendations awarded during these campaigns.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 13 July 1931 in the Regular Army as the 5th Construction Battalion, Signal Corps. Activated 10 February 1941 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, 

as the 5th Signal Construction Battalion. Redesignated 7 August 1941 as the 26th 

Signal Construction Battalion. Redesignated 14 May 1945 as the 26th Signal 

Light Construction Battalion. Inactivated 17 December 1945 at Camp Kilmer, 

New Jersey.
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 111

Redesignated 27 September 1951 as the 26th Signal Construction Battalion. Activated 2 November 1951 in Korea. Reorganized and redesignated 15 April 1954 as 

the 26th Signal Battalion. Inactivated 28 May 1955 in Korea. Activated 15 August 

1961 in Germany. Inactivated 15 October 1991 in Germany.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Normandy

Northern France

Rhineland

Ardennes-Alsace

Central Europe

Korean War

UN Summer–Fall Offensive

Second Korean Winter

Korea, Summer–Fall 1952

Third Korean Winter

Korea, Summer 1953

Southwest Asia

Defense of Saudi Arabia

Liberation and Defense of Kuwait

Cease-Fire

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN 

THEATER (26th Signal Construction Battalion cited; GO 117, Communications 

Zone, European Theater, 28 June 1945)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1953 

(26th Signal Construction Battalion cited; DA GO 1, 1954)

Company B additionally entitled to:

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1953–

1954 (Company B, 26th Signal Battalion [Construction], cited; DA GO 42, 1955)

26th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Stokes, Carol E., ed. The U.S. Army Signal Corps in Operation Desert Shield/Desert 

Storm. Fort Gordon, Ga.: Offi ce of the Command Historian, U.S. Army Signal 

Center and Fort Gordon, 1994.

Stokes, Carol E., and Kathy R. Coker. “Getting the Message Through in the Persian 

Gulf War.” Army Communicator 17 (Summer–Winter 1992): 17–25.

Thompson, George Raynor, Dixie R. Harris, Pauline M. Oakes, and Dulany Terrett. 

The Signal Corps: The Test (December 1941 to July 1943). United States Army 

in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, 1957.
28th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Per bend or and gules, a bend wavy per bend azure and of the 

fi rst, in base on a slip of grapevine point to base of the last, a 

Cross of Lorraine of the third. In chief a lion rampant of the second armed and langued of the third, sustaining a lightning fl ash 

azure.

Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard: On a wreath of the colors or and gules 

a lion rampant guardant proper holding in dexter paw a naked 

scimitar argent hilted or and in sinister an escutcheon argent on a 

fess sable three plates.

Motto: COMMUNICATE.

Symbolism: The unit’s participation in the Champagne and Lorraine campaigns of World War I is symbolized by the grape leaf and cross 

on the red fi eld. The wavy bend of blue and gold alludes to the 

Rhineland campaign of World War II. The upper fi eld of gold, 

symbolic of special achievement, denotes the award of the Meritorious Unit Commendation for service in the European Theater. 

The red lion is adapted from the arms of Luxembourg and represents award of the Luxembourg Croix de Guerre. The blue lightning fl ash identifi es the battalion’s communications functions.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia consists of elements of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

ARNG

LINEAGE (28th Infantry Division) (Pennsylvania)

Organized 12 September 1908 in the Pennsylvania National Guard at Pittsburgh 

as Company A, Signal Corps. Redesignated 1 October 1912 as Field Company A, 

Signal Corps. Redesignated 14 February 1916 as the Wire Company, Field Battalion, Signal Troops. Mustered into Federal service 29 June 1916 at Mount Gretna; 

mustered out of Federal service 18 January 1917 as Company B, Field Battalion, 

Signal Troops. Mustered into Federal service 23 July 1917 at Pittsburgh as Company B, 1st Field Battalion, Signal Corps; drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917. 

Reorganized and redesignated 11 October 1917 as Company B, 103d Field Signal 

Battalion, an element of the 28th Division. Demobilized 20 May 1919 at Camp Dix, 

New Jersey.
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 113

Reorganized and federally recognized 16 December 1921 in the Pennsylvania 

National Guard at Pittsburgh as the 28th Signal Company and assigned to the 28th 

Division (later redesignated as the 28th Infantry Division). Inducted into Federal 

service 17 February 1941 at Pittsburgh. Inactivated 27 October 1945 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi.

Reorganized and federally recognized 10 October 1946 at Pittsburgh. Ordered 

into active Federal service 5 September 1950 at Pittsburgh. (28th Signal Company 

[NGUS] organized and federally recognized 18 August 1953 at Pittsburgh.) Released 15 June 1954 from active Federal service and reverted to state control; Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from the 28th Signal Company (NGUS).

Expanded, reorganized, and redesignated 1 June 1959 as the 28th Signal Battalion with Headquarters at Pittsburgh. Location of Headquarters changed 1 August 

1961 to Coraopolis.

Home Area: Southwestern Pennsylvania

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War I

Champagne-Marne

Aisne-Marne

Oise-Aisne

Meuse-Argonne

Champagne 1918

Lorraine 1918

Company B (Beaver Falls) additionally entitled to:

War with Spain

Manila

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN 

THEATER (28th Signal Company cited; GO 37, 28th Infantry Division, 18 April 

1945)

Luxembourg Croix de Guerre, Streamer embroidered LUXEMBOURG (28th 

Signal Company cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

28th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

American Battle Monuments Commission. 28th Division, Summary of Operations 

in the World War. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Offi ce, 1944.

Colbaugh, Jack, ed. The Bloody Patch: A True Story of the Daring 28th Infantry 

Division. New York: Vantage Press, 1973.

Cole, Hugh M. The Ardennes: Battle of the Bulge. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the 

Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, 1965. 28th Infantry Division cited.

World War II

Normandy

Northern France

Rhineland

Ardennes-Alsace

Central Europe

Philippine Insurrection

Manila

Malolos
114 SIGNAL CORPS

Ent, Uzal W. The First Century of the 28th Infantry Division. Harrisburg, Pa.: Stackpole Books, 1979.

Gilbert, Eugene. The 28th Division in France. Nancy, France: Berger-Levrault, 

1919.

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Offensive. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 

1973. 28th Infantry Division cited.

———. The Siegfried Line Campaign. United States Army in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, 

1963. 28th Infantry Division cited.

Martin, Edward, comp. The Twenty-Eighth Division, Pennsylvania’s Guard in the 

World War. 5 vols. Norwood, Mass: Plimpton Press, 1924.

Miller, Dan. “Guard’s 28th Signal Battalion Key to Disaster Communications.” 

Army Communicator 22 (Fall 1997): 22–23.

“National Guard Unit Bones Up on MSE.” Army Communicator 21 (Winter 1996): 

43.

Pennsylvania in the World War. An Illustrated History of the Twenty-Eighth Division. 2 vols. Pittsburgh: States Publications Society, 1921.

Proctor, Henry George. The Iron Division, National Guard of Pennsylvania in the 

World War, the Authentic and Comprehensive Narrative of the Gallant Deeds 

and Glorious Achievements of the 28th Division in the World’s Greatest War. 

Philadelphia: John C. Winston Company, 1919.

“Riot Reaction Force: The Guard in the April Disorders.” National Guardsman 22 

(May 1968): 2–16.

28th Infantry Division. Historical and Pictorial Review of the 28th Infantry Division in World War II. Atlanta: Albert Love Enterprises, 1946. Reprint, Nashville: Battery Press, 1980.

Twenty-Eighth Infantry Division, United States Army, Camp Atterbury, Indiana, 

“Roll on 28th,” Pictorial Review, 1950–1951. Atlanta: Albert Love Enterprises, 

1951.
29th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Sable, a bend tenné fi mbriated argent between a telegraph pole 

and an X-frame of the third.

Crest: On a wreath of the colors argent and sable, in front of two lightning fl ashes in saltire tenné, a fl eur-de-lis azure. Centered overall 

a castle tower or.

Motto: CLEAR AND OPEN.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The pole and X-frame symbolize the type of work 

done by the organization. The motto CLEAR AND OPEN is a 

standard telephone phrase that indicates a circuit has been satisfactorily constructed or repaired.

 The unit’s World War II service in fi ve campaigns in France, Germany, and Central Europe is represented by the fl eur-de-lis and 

the castle tower. The lightning fl ashes, which denote the unit’s 

mission, and the tower allude to its original signal construction 

capability.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (active)

Constituted 20 March 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 29th Signal 

Construction Battalion. Activated 10 April 1942 at Camp Gordon, Georgia. Redesignated 14 May 1945 as the 29th Signal Light Construction Battalion. Reorganized 

and redesignated 15 August 1949 as the 29th Signal Construction Battalion. Allotted 

31 October 1950 to the Regular Army. Reorganized and redesignated 20 October 

1953 as the 29th Signal Battalion. Inactivated 12 August 1963 in France.

Activated 1 May 1983 at Fort Lewis, Washington.
116 SIGNAL CORPS

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Normandy

Northern France

Rhineland

Ardennes-Alsace

Central Europe

DECORATIONS

None.

29th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Barnes, Samuel A. “We, Too, Serve Proudly.” Army Communicator 2 (Summer 

1977): 41–45.

History of the 29th Signal Light Construction Battalion. N.p., c. 1947–57.

White, Hank. “Grecian Firebolt 1994. A Real Test for Network Managers.” Army 

Communicator 20 (Winter 1995): 45–51.
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS

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30th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Per bend dovetailed argent and tenné, on the last a terrestrial 

sphere with latitude and longitude lines, all of the fi rst. The equator is composed of nine telegraph poles sable.

Crest: On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné four lightning fl ashes 

barbed radiate pilewise of the fi rst, a Roman helm or garnished 

gules.

Motto: FORTITER ET STRENUE (Boldly and Strenuously).

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The line of telegraph poles at the equator represents communications encircling the world and the willingness 

of the unit to perform its mission in any part of the world.

 The lightning fl ashes symbolize electronic technology and rapid 

deployment and denote the battalion’s four World War II campaigns. The Roman helm suggests Italy and Rome and represents the Meritorious Unit Commendation earned by the unit 

during World War II. Gold is emblematic of high achievement.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (active)

Constituted 11 May 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 30th Signal 

Construction Battalion. Activated 17 August 1942 at Camp Atterbury, Indiana. Reorganized and redesignated 14 June 1944 as the 30th Signal Heavy Construction 

Battalion. (Company A inactivated 1 January 1946 in Italy.) Inactivated (less Company A) 10 June 1946 in Italy.

Redesignated 16 October 1992 as the 30th Signal Battalion and allotted to the 

Regular Army; Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment concurrently activated 

at Fort Shafter, Hawaii.
118 SIGNAL CORPS

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Naples-Foggia

Rome-Arno

North Apennines

Po Valley

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN 

THEATER (30th Signal Heavy Construction Battalion cited; GO 206, Peninsular 

Base Section, 1 August 1945)

30th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Hiland, Kim. “New Detachment Stands Up at 30th Signal Battalion.” Army Communicator 28 (Spring 2003): 59.

McMullen, Seth, and Bill McPherson. “Hawaii ‘Team Signal’ Supports Tribute to 

WWII Vets.” Army Communicator 21 (Winter 1996): 48–49.

O’Connor, Laurie. “30th Signal Battalion Activates $12 Million Technology Program.” Army Communicator 23 (Summer 1998): 42–43.
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS

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31st SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Tenné, three telephone wires bendwise interlaced with one of 

like palewise between two cornets, all argent.

Crest: None approved.

Motto: FIRMITER MANEO (I Remain Steadfast).

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The functions of the organization are illustrated by 

the taut telephone wires and two cornets (medieval signal horns). 

The numerical designation is indicated by the group of three 

wires and the single strand. The motto FIRMITER MANEO (I 

Remain Steadfast) is suggestive of the character of the personnel 

in the performance of their duties.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 11 May 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 31st Signal 

Construction Battalion. Activated 17 August 1942 at Camp Atterbury, Indiana. Reorganized and redesignated 12 October 1944 as the 31st Signal Heavy Construction 

Battalion. Inactivated 22 November 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey.

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 31st Signal Heavy Construction 

Battalion, redesignated 30 September 1966 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 31st Signal Battalion, and allotted to the Regular Army. Activated 1 December 1966 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. Inactivated 16 January 1967 at 

Fort George G. Meade, Maryland.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Central Burma
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DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered INDIA, 

JANUARY–MARCH 1944 (31st Signal Heavy Construction Battalion cited; GO 

62, United States Forces, India-Burma Theater, 19 March 1945)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered INDIA, 

APRIL–NOVEMBER 1944 (31st Signal Heavy Construction Battalion cited; GO 

62, United States Forces, India-Burma Theater, 19 March 1945)

31st SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Low, Theodore. Unit History, 31st Signal Heavy Construction Battalion. APO 431, 

1945

Organizational History of the 31st Signal Construction Battalion. 17 August 1942 

(Date of Activation) to 31 December 1942. Memphis, Tenn.: Headquarters, 31st 

Signal Construction Battalion, 1942.

Thompson, George Raynor, and Dixie R. Harris. The Signal Corps: The Outcome 

(Mid-1943 through 1945). United States Army in World War II. Washington, 

D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1966.
32d SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Paly argent and sable two piles tenné, issuant from dexter and 

sinister chief and meeting in nombril point, each charged with 

a war horn of the fi rst, those portions of the subordinaries that 

meet color fi mbriated silver.

Crest: On a wreath of the colors argent and sable a sun in splendor bears 

a fl eur-de-lis and environed by an annulet azure. Overall in base 

two daggers saltirewise points down of the fi rst gripped gules.

Motto: QUINQUE PER QUINQUE (Five by Five).

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The six pieces of the shield symbolize the unit’s 

service during World War II. Ancient armies were summoned 

to the levies and ordered to move at the signal of the war horns. 

As symbols of the military function, the two piles, recalling the 

organization’s signal duties in two theaters of operation during 

World War II, are each charged with a silver war horn.

 The fl eur-de-lis represents service in France and Central Europe 

during World War II. The sun highlights Asia and the Pacifi c and 

refers to the tropical nature of that area in which the unit also 

served. The blue annulet symbolizes unity and alludes to a globe 

and the worldwide scope of the Signal Corps’ mission. The daggers symbolize combat readiness and represent the unit’s Meritorious Unit Commendation and Army Superior Unit Award. Red, the 

color of courage and sacrifi ce, is adapted from these decorations.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (active)

Constituted 11 May 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 32d Signal 

Construction Battalion. Activated 25 March 1943 at Camp Crowder, Missouri. Redesignated 20 May 1945 as the 32d Signal Light Construction Battalion. Inactivated 

30 January 1946 on Okinawa.

Redesignated 3 December 1954 as the 32d Signal Battalion and allotted to the 

Regular Army. Activated 28 January 1955 in Germany.
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CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Normandy

Northern France

Rhineland

Ardennes-Alsace

Central Europe

Asiatic-Pacifi c Theater, Streamer without inscription

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN 

THEATER (32d Signal Heavy Construction Battalion [less Company B and Medical Detachment] cited; GO 69, First Army, 5 May 1945)

Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1990–1991 (32d Signal Battalion cited; DA GO 34, 1992)

Company B additionally entitled to:

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN 

THEATER (Company B, 32d Signal Heavy Construction Battalion, cited; GO 36, 

First Army, 1 March 1945)

32d SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Hall, Wray. “New Tropo System.” Army Communicator 8 (Winter 1983): 59.

Hamilton, Brian. “Atlantic Resolve: Order Out of Chaos, Or Creating Communications Links for a Joint Multinational Exercise.” Army Communicator 20 (Fall 

1995): 40–43.

Harris, Louis. “Signal Regiment Supports Task Force Hawk in Albania.” Army 

Communicator 24 (Winter II 1999): 31–34.

Hogan, David W., Jr. A Command Post at War: First Army Headquarters in Europe, 

1943–1945. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States Army, 

2000.

Johnson, Danny M. Military Communications Supporting Peacekeeping Operations in the Balkans: The Signal Corps at Its Best. Mannheim, Germany: Headquarters, 5th Signal Command, 2000.

Thompson, George Raynor, and Dixie R. Harris. The Signal Corps: The Outcome 

(Mid-1943 through 1945). United States Army in World War II. Washington, 

D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1966.
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS

DETACHMENT

33d SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Argent, three piles tenné, each charged with a bugle horn of the 

fi rst, stringed azure, a chief vairé gules and of the fi rst.

Crest: On a wreath of the colors argent and azure, issuing from the battlements of a tower of the fi rst masoned sable, a beacon of the 

last fi red proper.

Motto: IN ARDUIS FORTIS (Brave in Diffi culties).

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The three piles are representative of the entering 

wedge into enemy territory and of the piles used as foundations 

in construction work. The bugle horns, which illustrate the martial aspect of the organization, denote strength and fortitude. The 

divisions of the upper third of the shield represent the diffi culties overcome by the personnel in the performance of their functions and, being above all else, signify dominion and authority. 

In ancient times this shield design was often granted as a special 

reward for protection and wisdom, as well as for successful command in war. The numerical designation is indicated by the three 

piles and the three bugle horns. The motto IN ARDUIS FORTIS 

(Brave in Diffi culties) is expressive of the manner in which the 

personnel conduct their allotted duties.

 The battlements of the tower stand for the fortifi cations of Europe during World War II and refer to the battalion’s service in 

that theater for which it received the Meritorious Unit Commendation. The lighted beacon, which transmitted military information in medieval days, stands for the signal function. The two 

ladders, or footholds, indicate that the battalion served in both 

the European and the Asiatic-Pacifi c Theaters. The fl ames refer 

to the unit’s participation in World War II.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.
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LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 11 May 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 33d Signal 

Construction Battalion. Activated 14 December 1942 at Camp McCain, Mississippi. 

Reorganized and redesignated 1 June 1945 as the 33d Signal Light Construction 

Battalion. Inactivated 15 December 1945 in the Philippine Islands.

Redesignated 29 May 1963 as the 33d Signal Battalion and allotted to the Regular Army. Activated 16 September 1963 at Fort Richardson, Alaska. Headquarters 

and Headquarters Company, 33d Signal Battalion, reorganized and redesignated 16 

February 1973 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 33d Signal Battalion (organic elements concurrently inactivated). Inactivated 15 April 1986 at Fort 

Richardson, Alaska.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Normandy

Northern France

Rhineland

Ardennes-Alsace

Central Europe

Asiatic-Pacifi c Theater, Streamer without inscription

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN 

THEATER (33d Signal Construction Battalion cited; GO 148, Third Army, 22 June 

1945)

33d SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Kies, Donna. “Remembrance of Things Cold.” Army Communicator 11 (Summer 

1986): 48.

“Military Successfully Links Up With Alascom.” Alascom Spectrum 3 (1982): 19.

Raines, Rebecca Robbins. Getting the Message Through: A Branch History of the 

U.S. Army Signal Corps. Army Historical Series. Washington, D.C.: Center of 

Military History, United States Army, 1996.

Rolak, Bruno J. History of the U.S. Army Communications Command (1964–1976). 

Fort Huachuca, Ariz.: United States Army Communications Command, 1976.

Thrower, Allen, and Jon M. Chelgren. “USACC-Alaska Communicates in Spite of 

Awesome Obstacles.” Army Communicator 8 (Winter 1983): 48–51.
34th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Per fess argent and tenné, on a pale between in chief two fl eursde-lis a coconut palm tree fructed in base, all counterchanged; 

overall on a fess of the fi rst fi mbriated of the second a lightning 

fl ash throughout of the last.

Crest: None approved.

Motto: SKILL, ENDURANCE, SPIRIT.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with 

the Signal Corps. The six checkered divisions of the shield, together with the fl eur-de-lis and coconut palm tree, represent the 

campaign honors awarded the organization for service in the European and Asiatic-Pacifi c Theaters during World War II. The 

unit’s Meritorious Unit Commendation for service in the European Theater is depicted by the second fl eur-de-lis. The battalion’s historic construction mission is indicated by the white band 

across the shield to signify the cleared rights-of-way in pole line 

construction. The lightning fl ash represents the speed with which 

the organization facilitated lines of communication.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 11 May 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 34th Signal 

Construction Battalion. Activated 18 March 1943 at Camp Crowder, Missouri. Reorganized and redesignated 1 June 1945 as the 34th Signal Light Construction Battalion. Inactivated 25 January 1946 in Japan.

Redesignated 3 December 1954 as the 34th Signal Battalion and allotted to the 

Regular Army. Activated 28 January 1955 in Germany. Inactivated 15 November 

1991 in Germany.
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CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Normandy 

Northern France

Rhineland

Ardennes-Alsace

Central Europe

Asiatic-Pacifi c Theater, Streamer without inscription

Southwest Asia

Defense of Saudi Arabia

Liberation and Defense of Kuwait

Cease-Fire

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN 

THEATER (34th Signal Construction Battalion cited; GO 139, Third Army, 14 June 

1945)

34th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

History of the 34th Signal Battalion, Corps. Möhrigen, Germany, c. 1955.

Stokes, Carol E., ed. The U.S. Army Signal Corps in Operation Desert Shield/Desert 

Storm. Fort Gordon, Ga.: Offi ce of the Command Historian, U.S. Army Signal 

Center and Fort Gordon, 1994.

Stokes, Carol E., and Kathy R. Coker. “Getting the Message Through in the Persian 

Gulf War.” Army Communicator 17 (Summer–Winter 1992): 17–25.
35th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Tenné, fi ve lightning fl ashes radiate from the base point argent. 

On a chief of the last three telephone poles palewise connected 

by two wires throughout of the fi rst.

Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Army Reserve: On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné the Lexington Minuteman proper. The statue of the Minuteman Capt. John 

Parker (H. H. Kitson, sculptor) stands on the Common in Lexington, Massachusetts.

Motto: WE CARRY THE WORD.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The telephone poles are symbolic of the construction activities of the organization. The fi ve lightning fl ashes are 

symbolic of the unit’s fi ve battle honors for World War II. The 

lightning fl ashes also are symbolic of messages carried over the 

wires. The three poles and fi ve lightning fl ashes are suggestive 

of the numerical designation of the organization.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

AR

LINEAGE (active)

Constituted 11 May 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 35th Signal 

Construction Battalion. Activated 23 February 1943 at Camp Crowder, Missouri. 

Reorganized and redesignated 20 May 1945 as the 35th Signal Light Construction 

Battalion. Inactivated 5 October 1945 at Camp Polk, Louisiana.

Allotted 12 January 1948 to the Organized Reserves. Activated 16 January 1948 

with Headquarters at Newark, New Jersey. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 

March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army 

Reserve.) Reorganized and redesignated 1 November 1950 as the 35th Signal Aviation Construction Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 25 April 1952 as the 35th 

Signal Construction Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 15 July 1953 as the 

35th Signal Battalion. Location of Headquarters changed 7 February 1958 to Jersey 

City, New Jersey. Inactivated 24 July 1959 at Jersey City, New Jersey.

Activated 16 November 1980 at Fort Allen, Puerto Rico.
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CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Normandy (with arrowhead)

Northern France

Rhineland

Ardennes-Alsace

Central Europe

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN 

THEATER (35th Signal Construction Battalion cited; GO 44, First Army, 16 March 

1945)

35th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Hogan, David W., Jr. A Command Post at War: First Army Headquarters in Europe, 

1943–1945. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States Army, 

2000.

Johnson, Danny M. Military Communications Supporting Peacekeeping Operations in the Balkans: The Signal Corps at Its Best. Mannheim, Germany: Headquarters, 5th Signal Command, 2000.

Matson, Ryan, and Marimer Navarette. “35th Signal Deploys off Puerto Rico for 

First Time in Years.” Army Communicator 28 (Fall 2003): 36–37.

Thompson, George Raynor, and Dixie R. Harris. The Signal Corps: The Outcome 

(Mid-1943 through 1945). United States Army in World War II. Washington, 

D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1966.

Toland, Ray B. “Training to the Army Standard.” Army Communicator 9 (Winter 

1984): 13–14.
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS

DETACHMENT

36th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Per fess tenné and vair, in chief a lion passant guardant argent 

armed and langued azure.

Crest: On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné an oriental dragon 

passant gules in front of a torch enfl amed or between two lightning fl ashes issuing from center base pilewise or.

Motto: FOR THE COMMANDER.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The lion is from the arms of Normandy, location 

of the fi rst campaign in which the battalion participated during 

World War II. The heraldic fur known as vair, which resembles 

blue and white bells, refers to signaling.

 The dragon is representative of Vietnam where the battalion 

participated in twelve campaigns during that confl ict. The torch 

and lightning fl ashes are symbolically associated with the Signal 

Corps. Red stands for courage and sacrifi ce, and gold is emblematic of excellence.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is an adaptation of the shield of the coat of arms and 

incorporates the motto.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (active)

Constituted 11 May 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 36th Signal 

Construction Battalion. Activated 25 May 1943 at Camp Crowder, Missouri. Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1944 as the 36th Signal Heavy Construction 

Battalion. Inactivated 15 June 1946 in Germany.

Redesignated 1 March 1963 as the 36th Signal Battalion and allotted to the Regular Army. Activated 26 March 1963 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Headquarters 

and Headquarters Company, 36th Signal Battalion, reorganized and redesignated 1 

March 1970 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 36th Signal Battalion 

(organic elements concurrently inactivated in Vietnam). Headquarters and Head-
130 SIGNAL CORPS

quarters Detachment, 36th Signal Battalion, inactivated 26 August 1971 at Fort 

Lewis, Washington.

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 36th Signal Battalion, activated 1 

July 1974 in Korea.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Normandy

Northern France

Rhineland

Ardennes-Alsace

Central Europe

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1966–1968 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 36th Signal Battalion, cited; 

DA GO 42, 1969)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1968–1969 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 36th Signal Battalion, cited; 

DA GO 48, 1971)

36th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bergen, John D. Military Communications: A Test for Technology. United States 

Army in Vietnam. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States 

Army, 1986.

Myer, Charles R. Division-Level Communications, 1962–1973. Vietnam Studies. 

Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1982.

Rienzi, Thomas M. Communications-Electronics, 1962–1970. Vietnam Studies. 

Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1972.

Thompson, George Raynor, and Dixie R. Harris. The Signal Corps: The Outcome 

(Mid-1943 through 1945). United States Army in World War II. Washington, 

D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1966

Vietnam

Counteroffensive, Phase II

Counteroffensive, Phase III

Tet Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase IV

Counteroffensive, Phase V

Counteroffensive, Phase VI

Tet 69/Counteroffensive

Summer–Fall 1969

Winter–Spring 1970

Sanctuary Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase VII

Consolidation I
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS

DETACHMENT

37th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Tenné, a pale argent billetty sable endorsed of the second, and on 

a chief wavy of the last a gunstone emitting two lightning fl ashes 

that terminates in arrowheads fesswise azure.

Crest: On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné, in front of a slip of 

grapevine leaved and fructed proper, a stag’s head erased sable 

attired or.

Motto: PERFECTION IS OUR GOAL.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with 

the Signal Corps. The organization’s signal electronic warfare 

operations are symbolized by the black gunstone and simulated 

blue radar beams. The communication wire and cable lines are 

depicted by the white vertical stripes. The wavy partition line 

refers to the unit’s ability to provide submarine cable terminals 

as well as land installations. The white lines also indicate the effective performance in the clearing of rights-of-way for pole line 

circuits and aerial installations. The series of rectangles denote 

the battalion’s mission to provide pictorial services and aid in the 

dissemination of messages.

 The grapevine and stag commemorate the organization’s campaign award for service in the Rhineland during World War II 

and in the occupation of Austria.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

Description: A gold color metal and enamel device that consists of a black stag’s 

head erased and gold antlers that have a black gunstone emitting 

two blue lightning fl ashes. The device is within an orange scroll 

inscribed PERFECTION IS OUR GOAL in gold letters.

Symbolism: The stag’s head commemorates the organization’s service in the 

Rhineland during World War II and in the occupation of Austria. 

The gunstone with lightning fl ashes alludes to the unit’s signal 

electronic warfare operations.
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LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 11 May 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 37th Signal 

Construction Battalion. Activated 14 April 1944 at Camp Forrest, Tennessee, as the 

37th Signal Light Construction Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 26 June 

1944 as the 37th Signal Heavy Construction Battalion. Inactivated 15 March 1947 

in Germany.

Redesignated 1 August 1966 as the 37th Signal Battalion; concurrently allotted 

to the Regular Army and activated in Vietnam. (Companies A, B, and C inactivated 

1 March 1970 in Vietnam.) Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 37th Signal Battalion, inactivated 29 June 1972 at Fort Lewis, Washington.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Rhineland

Vietnam

Counteroffensive, Phase II

Counteroffensive, Phase III

Tet Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase IV

Counteroffensive, Phase V

Counteroffensive, Phase VI

Tet 69/Counteroffensive

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1966–1967 (37th Signal Battalion cited; DA GO 66, 1968)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1967–1968 (37th Signal Battalion [Support] cited; DA GO 42, 1969)

37th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bergen, John D. Military Communications: A Test for Technology. United States 

Army in Vietnam. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States 

Army, 1986.

McKinney, John B. “They Communicate and Shoot.” Army 18 (September 1968): 

54–60.

Raines, Rebecca Robbins. Getting the Message Through: A Branch History of the 

U.S. Army Signal Corps. Army Historical Series. Washington, D.C.: Center of 

Military History, United States Army, 1996.

Rienzi, Thomas M. Communications-Electronics, 1962–1970. Vietnam Studies. 

Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1972.

Summer–Fall 1969

Winter–Spring 1970

Sanctuary Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase VII

Consolidation I

Consolidation II

Cease-Fire
38th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Tenné, three lightning fl ashes—two per saltire and one per pale 

argent—centered overall a sinister gauntlet sable.

Crest: On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné a demiglobe of the 

like gridlined argent surmounted by a mullet, points fl eury or.

Motto: SIGNAL READY.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The three lightning fl ashes symbolize command, 

control, and communication. The gauntlet represents strength 

and unity.

 The orange demiglobe represents the unit’s involvement in worldwide communications. The gold fi ve-pointed star denotes the fi ve 

campaign participation credits awarded the unit for service in 

France and Central Europe, as represented by the fl eurs-de-lis.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 11 May 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 38th Signal 

Construction Battalion. Activated 1 July 1943 at Camp Toccoa, Georgia. Reorganized and redesignated 20 May 1945 as the 38th Signal Light Construction Battalion. Inactivated 30 January 1946 on Okinawa.

Redesignated 17 January 1986 as the 38th Signal Battalion, allotted to the Regular Army, and activated in Germany. Inactivated 15 June 1991 in Germany.
134 SIGNAL CORPS

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Normandy

Northern France

Rhineland

Ardennes-Alsace

Central Europe

Asiatic-Pacifi c Theater, Streamer without inscription

DECORATIONS

Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1986 (38th Signal Battalion 

cited; DA GO 30, 1987)

38th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Company A, 38th Signal Construction Battalion. Okinawa, 1945.
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS

DETACHMENT

39th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Tenné, a sword palewise argent (silver gray) debruised by a 

saltire argent charged with four rays issuant saltirewise sable. 

Overall a quatrefoil gules fi mbriated of the third.

Crest: On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné a tower of the fi rst 

issuing fi ve lightning fl ashes pilewise gules fi mbriated or superimposed in base by an oriental dragon’s head of the third.

Motto: THE WILL TO SUCCEED.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with 

the Signal Corps. The sword symbolizes service in Vietnam, for 

which the unit was awarded several Meritorious Unit Commendations. The intersecting quatrefoil, rays, and saltire represent a 

radio beam and refl ect aspects of the unit’s mission. Red, black, 

and silver, the former colors of Germany’s national fl ag, allude 

to service in the Rhineland during World War II. Red and white 

are also the colors for the signal fl ags in the branch insignia.

 The tower, a symbol of defense and strength, represents the unit’s 

World War II service in Rhineland and Central Europe and suggests that region of Europe. Vietnam service is commemorated 

by the red oriental dragon, which denotes valor and sacrifi ce. 

The fi ve lightning fl ashes, symbolizing quick response and electronic warfare, refl ect the unit’s Meritorious Unit Commendations for service in Vietnam. Red is the color of the decoration, 

and gold is emblematic of honor and high achievement.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

Description: A silver color metal and enamel device that consists of a silver 

sword point up, the blade surmounted in cross by four intersecting red discs, the intersections silver, and overall four black rays 

saltirewise in point; all in front of a silver encircling scroll inscribed THE WILL TO SUCCEED in black.

Symbolism: Orange and white (silver) are the colors traditionally associated 

with the Signal Corps. The sword symbolizes service in Vietnam, 

for which the unit was awarded several Meritorious Unit Commendations. The intersecting quatrefoil, rays, and saltire repre-
136 SIGNAL CORPS

sent a radio beam and refl ect aspects of the unit’s mission. Red, 

black, and silver, the former colors of Germany’s national fl ag, 

allude to service in the Rhineland during World War II. Red and 

white are also the colors for the signal fl ags in the branch insignia.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (active)

Constituted 11 December 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 3907th Signal Service Battalion. Activated 17 

January 1945 in France. Inactivated 25 November 1945 in Germany.

Redesignated 19 July 1951 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 39th 

Signal Support Battalion, and allotted to the Regular Army. Activated 6 August 

1951 at Camp Gordon, Georgia. Reorganized and redesignated 15 June 1954 as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 39th Signal Battalion. Reorganized 

and redesignated 15 June 1969 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 39th 

Signal Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 28 March 1973 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Detachment, 39th Signal Battalion.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Rhineland

Central Europe

Vietnam

Advisory

Defense

Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase II

Counteroffensive, Phase III

Tet Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase IV

Counteroffensive, Phase V

Counteroffensive, Phase VI

Tet 69/Counteroffensive

Summer–Fall 1969

Winter–Spring 1970

Sanctuary Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase VII

Consolidation I

Consolidation II

Cease-Fire
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DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1962–1965 (39th Signal Battalion [Support] cited; DA GO 3, 1966)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1965–1966 (39th Signal Battalion [Support] cited; DA GO 17, 1968)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1966–1967 (39th Signal Battalion [Support] cited; DA GO 54, 1968)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1967–1969 (39th Signal Battalion cited; DA GO 48, 1971)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1969–1972 (39th Signal Battalion cited; DA GO 32, 1973)

39th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bergen, John D. Military Communications: A Test for Technology. United States 

Army in Vietnam. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States 

Army, 1986.

Myer, Charles R. Division-Level Communications, 1962–1973. Vietnam Studies. 

Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1982.

Raines, Rebecca Robbins. Getting the Message Through: A Branch History of the 

U.S. Army Signal Corps. Army Historical Series. Washington, D.C.: Center of 

Military History, United States Army, 1996.

Rienzi, Thomas M. Communications-Electronics, 1962–1970. Vietnam Studies. 

Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1972.

Rolak, Bruno J. History of the U.S. Army Communications Command (1964–1976). 

Fort Huachuca, Ariz.: United States Army Communications Command, 1976.

Rolak, Bruno J., and George R. Thompson. History of the United States Army Communications Command From Origin Through 1976. Fort Huachuca, Ariz.: United States Army Communications Command, 1979.

Smolinski, Lynn, and Theodore Kantor. “The Warfi ghter and the Deployable Communications Package—Strategic.” Army Communicator 28 (Fall 2003): 2–3.

Ward, Roger L. 39th Signal Battalion, 1944–1974. Bremerhaven, West Germany, 

1974.
40th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Sable on a bend tenné, fi mbriated argent between in chief a peach 

leaved and in base a horse’s head couped two telephone poles of 

single arm, each palewise of the third.

Crest: On a wreath of the colors argent and sable a mural crown of the 

fi rst masoned sable and charged with a lion passant azure, armed 

and langued gules and enfi led by an oriental polearm of the last.

Motto: BENE FACTUM (Well Done).

Symbolism: The background of the shield is black. The bend is orange bordered in silver for the Signal Corps. The silver peach is symbolic 

of the state of Georgia, the origin of the unit’s cadre and original 

offi cers from the 29th Signal Construction Battalion. The horse’s 

head represents Kentucky, the state of the unit’s original activation. The telephone poles are symbolic of telephone construction, 

the type of work done by this unit; the two poles represent the second unit from one origin, the 29th Signal Construction Battalion.

 The lion adapted from the arms of Normandy commemorates the 

unit’s initial combat service. The mural crown with its fi ve embattlements represents the total number of campaigns credited 

the organization for service in Europe during World War II. The 

pole arm is indicative of service in Vietnam, and its two outer 

scarlet blades allude to the Meritorious Unit Commendations 

awarded to the unit during that period.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (active)

Constituted 31 July 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 40th Signal 

Construction Battalion. Activated 21 September 1942 at Camp Campbell, Kentucky. 

Reorganized and redesignated 25 May 1945 as the 40th Signal Light Construction 

Battalion. Inactivated 25 January 1946 at Camp Gruber, Oklahoma.

Redesignated 31 August 1950 as the 40th Signal Construction Battalion. Activated 19 September 1950 at Camp Gordon, Georgia. Allotted 31 October 1950 to 

the Regular Army.
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 139

Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1953 as the 40th Signal Battalion. 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 40th Signal Battalion, reorganized and 

redesignated 1 October 1981 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 40th 

Signal Battalion (organic elements inactivated 30 September 1981 at Fort Huachuca, Arizona).

Reorganized and redesignated 16 January 1998 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 40th Signal Battalion (organic elements concurrently activated at 

Fort Huachuca, Arizona).

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Normandy

Northern France

Rhineland

Ardennes-Alsace

Central Europe

Vietnam

Counteroffensive, Phase II

Counteroffensive, Phase III

Tet Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase IV

Counteroffensive, Phase V

Counteroffensive, Phase VI

Tet 69/Counteroffensive

Summer–Fall 1969

Winter–Spring 1970

Sanctuary Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase VII

Consolidation I

Consolidation II

Cease-Fire

Southwest Asia

Defense of Saudi Arabia

Liberation and Defense of Kuwait

Cease-Fire

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1966–1967 (40th Signal Battalion [Construction] cited; DA GO 73, 1968)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1967–1968 (Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 40th Signal Battalion, 

cited; DA GO 36, 1970)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990–1991 (40th Signal Battalion cited; DA GO 17, 1992)
140 SIGNAL CORPS

40th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Ackerman, Robert K. “Tactical Signalers Learn to Pack Light, Travel Right.” Signal 

54 (April 2000): 37–39.

Barnes, Samuel A. “We, Too, Serve Proudly.” Army Communicator 2 (Summer 

1977): 41–45.

Bergen, John D. Military Communications: A Test for Technology. United States 

Army in Vietnam. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States 

Army, 1986.

Davis, Richard, Jr. “Inside USACC’s ‘fi re brigade.’” Army Communicator 7 (Summer 1982): 5–11.

Fitzgerald, Paula M. “Can You Hear Me Now?: 40th Signal Battalion Keeps CJTKHOA Communications Up and Running.” Army Communicator 28 (Summer 

2003): 21–22. Discusses Company A’s operations in the Horn of Africa.

“40th Battalion Members Are Off Again.” Army Communicator 4 (Winter 1979): 

60. Company B cited.

Hasenauer, Heike. “Grecian Firebolt.” Soldiers 49 (September 1994): 37–40.

Huffman, Larry. “Signal Provides Communications Support for Bright Star Exercise.” Army Communicator 21 (Fall 1996): 2–7.

Kennedy, Randy. “35th Signal Brigade.” Army Communicator 13 (Winter 1988): 

36–37.

Petersen, M. William. “Troops Phone Home Courtesy of 40th Signal Team.” Army 

Communicator 28 (Summer 2003): 45–46. Team serving in Kuwait comprised 

members of Company B.

Raines, Rebecca Robbins. Getting the Message Through: A Branch History of the 

U.S. Army Signal Corps. Army Historical Series. Washington, D.C.: Center of 

Military History, United States Army, 1996.

Rienzi, Thomas M. Communications-Electronics, 1962–1970. Vietnam Studies. 

Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1972.

Rippee, Tom. “Signal Infantry Soldiers.” Army Communicator 6 (Summer 1981): 

12–14. Company B cited. Describes combined arms training at Fort Huachuca.

Rolak, Bruno J. History of the U.S. Army Communications Command (1964–1976). 

Fort Huachuca, Ariz.: United States Army Communications Command, 1976.

Smith, Cornelius C., Jr. Fort Huachuca: The Story of a Frontier Post. Fort Huachuca, Ariz., 1978.

Stokes, Carol E., ed. The U.S. Army Signal Corps in Operation Desert Shield/Desert 

Storm. Fort Gordon, Ga.: Offi ce of the Command Historian, U.S. Army Signal 

Center and Fort Gordon, 1994.

Stokes, Carol E., and Kathy R. Coker. “Getting the Message Through in the Persian 

Gulf War.” Army Communicator 17 (Summer–Winter 1992): 17–25.

Thompson, George Raynor, and Dixie R. Harris. The Signal Corps: The Outcome 

(Mid-1943 through 1945). United States Army in World War II. Washington, 

D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1966.

Volkert, Tim. “40th Signal Battalion Gets Hot at Hood.” Army Communicator 26 

(Fall 2001): 5–6.

———. “Networking Soldiers.” Army Communicator 26 (Fall 2001): 6–7. Features 

tactical satellite team of Company A.
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS

DETACHMENT

41st SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Argent on a fess tenné an ogress throughout fi mbriated of the 

fi rst surmounted by two lightning fl ashes of the like, that issuing 

from dexter side point to base and on the sinister reversed, and in 

chief a fl eur-de-lis of the second.

Crest: On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné an eagle head or 

gorged with a collar gules charged with a lightning fl ash of the 

fi rst superimposed in base by a palm frond fesswise proper.

Motto: PAX NOSTRA FINIS (Peace Is Our Goal).

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with 

the Signal Corps. The fess crossing the fi eld represents a wire or 

cable, and the black circle represents the soft iron diaphragm in 

telephonic equipment. The lightning fl ashes allude to the currents 

that cause the diaphragm to vibrate and, thus, transmit sound. The 

black circle symbolizes a sounding board for all types of signal 

apparatus and its construction and maintenance. The fl eur-de-lis 

signifi es combat service in Europe during World War II.

 The eagle embodies strength and vigilance. It represents the organization’s service in Europe during World War II and in Vietnam. Gold is emblematic of honor and high achievement. The 

red refl ects valor and is the color of the Meritorious Unit Commendation; two were awarded to the unit for service in Vietnam. 

The lightning fl ash highlights electronic capabilities and quick 

response, and the palm refers to the tropical nature of Vietnam.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (active)

Constituted 8 January 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 41st Signal Construction Battalion. Activated 25 January 1943 at Camp Forrest, Tennessee. 

Reorganized and redesignated 14 May 1945 as the 41st Signal Light Construction 

Battalion. Inactivated 7 December 1945 in Germany.
142 SIGNAL CORPS

Redesignated 20 October 1950 as the 41st Signal Construction Battalion and 

allotted to the Regular Army. Activated 13 November 1950 at Camp Rucker, Alabama. Reorganized and redesignated 29 October 1953 as the 41st Signal Battalion. 

(Companies A, B, C, and D inactivated 1 March 1970 in Vietnam.) Headquarters 

and Headquarters Company, 41st Signal Battalion, inactivated 27 February 1972 at 

Fort Lewis, Washington.

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 41st Signal Battalion, redesignated 

1 July 1974 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 41st Signal Battalion, 

and activated in Korea.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Normandy

Northern France

Rhineland

Ardennes-Alsace

Central Europe

Vietnam

Defense

Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase II

Counteroffensive, Phase III

Tet Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase IV

Counteroffensive, Phase V

Counteroffensive, Phase VI

Tet 69/Counteroffensive

Summer–Fall 1969

Winter–Spring 1970

Sanctuary Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase VII

Consolidation I

Consolidation II

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1965–1966 (41st Signal Battalion [CA] cited; DA GO 20, 1967 as amended by DA 

GO 53, 1967)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1967–1968 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 41st Signal Battalion, cited; 

DA GO 42, 1969)
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 143

41st SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Barnes, Samuel A. “We, Too, Serve Proudly.” Army Communicator 2 (Summer 

1977): 41–45.

Bergen, John D. Military Communications: A Test for Technology. United States 

Army in Vietnam. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States 

Army, 1986.

Castorina, Susan. “The Deung San Challenge: ‘To Climb a Mountain With Pack’.” 

Army Communicator 26 (Spring 2001): 30–31.

Coxwell, Richard L. “Quality Assurance: A Key to Success.” Army Communicator 

17 (Spring 1992): 38–40.

Fields, Robert. “Tower Climbing in 41st Signal Battalion.” Army Communicator 27 

(Spring 2002): 57–58.

41st Signal Construction Battalion. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1952.

HHC, 41st Signal Battalion, 1971. Quinhon, South Vietnam, c. 1971.

History of the 41st Signal Battalion (Combat Area). Fort Ord, Calif., 1960.

Myer, Charles R. Division-Level Communications, 1962–1973. Vietnam Studies. 

Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1982.

Raines, Rebecca Robbins. Getting the Message Through: A Branch History of the 

U.S. Army Signal Corps. Army Historical Series. Washington, D.C.: Center of 

Military History, United States Army, 1996.

Rienzi, Thomas M. Communications-Electronics, 1962–1970. Vietnam Studies. 

Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1972.

Rolak, Bruno J. History of the U.S. Army Communications Command (1964–1976). 

Fort Huachuca, Ariz.: United States Army Communications Command, 1976.

Rolak, Bruno J., and George R. Thompson. History of the United States Army Communications Command From Origin Through 1976. Fort Huachuca, Ariz.: United States Army Communications Command, 1979.

St. Clair, Jim. “The Defense of Vung Chua Mountain.” Signal 23 (March 1969): 

10–12. Company B cited.
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS

DETACHMENT

43d SIGNAL BATTALION

(Always Professional)

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Per chevron sable and tenné, on a chevron argent between in 

chief two unicorn heads erased of the third and in base a Vietnamese building of the fi rst, charged with a fountain, two lightning fl ashes azure, chevronwise.

Crest: On a wreath of the colors argent and sable, in front of two towers 

gules, two scimitars hilts to base saltirewise or. Between the points 

an annulet of bamboo proper charged with a fl eur-de-lis azure.

Motto: TEAMWORK STRENGTH SPEED.

Symbolism: The unicorn, the heraldic animal with the body and head of a 

horse and the legs and feet of a deer, is strong as a horse and 

as swift as a deer. The two unicorns symbolize the teamwork, 

strength, and speed of the 43d Signal Battalion and its heavy 

construction duties. Because the unit was activated at Camp 

Crowder, Missouri, the horses further allude to the early history 

of the area when the starting points of the Santa Fe Trail and 

the Pony Express were in Missouri. The white chevron represents the lights and beacons of the Signal Corps. The Far Eastern 

structure and the fountain, a conventional heraldic representation of water, refer to the unit’s overseas service, the buildings 

and rice paddies of Vietnam. The lightning fl ashes are symbolic 

of communications, and the four jagged points of the fl ashes represent the four battle honors of Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe, Northern France, and the Rhineland. The colors black and 

white refer to the day and night vigilance of the unit, and orange 

is a color traditionally associated with the Signal Corps.

 The towers, recalling medieval signal towers, symbolize World 

War II service in the Rhineland and Central Europe, and the 

fl eur-de-lis recalls participation in campaigns in Northern France 

and Ardennes-Alsace. The many campaigns the unit saw during 

the Vietnam confl ict are represented by the annulet of bamboo. 

The two scimitars represent the unit’s more recent service in the 

defense of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Blue denotes integrity and 

worldwide service. Scarlet and gold signify courage and excellence, respectively.
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 145

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (active)

Constituted 8 February 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 43d Signal 

Construction Battalion and activated at Camp Crowder, Missouri. Reorganized and 

redesignated 1 March 1944 as the 43d Signal Heavy Construction Battalion. Inactivated 28 May 1946 in Germany.

Redesignated 1 August 1966 as the 43d Signal Battalion; concurrently allotted 

to the Regular Army and activated in Vietnam. (Companies A, B, C, D, and E inactivated 1 March 1970 in Vietnam.) Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 43d 

Signal Battalion, inactivated 30 May 1971 in Vietnam.

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 43d Signal Battalion, activated 1 

July 1974 in Germany.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Northern France

Rhineland

Ardennes-Alsace

Central Europe

Vietnam

Counteroffensive, Phase II

Counteroffensive, Phase III

Tet Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase IV

Counteroffensive, Phase V

Counteroffensive, Phase VI

Tet 69/Counteroffensive

Summer–Fall 1969

Winter–Spring 1970

Sanctuary Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase VII

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1967–1968 (Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 43d Signal Battalion 

[Support], cited; DA GO 73, 1968)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1968–1970 (Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 43d Signal Battalion, 

cited; DA GO 24, 1972)

Southwest Asia

Defense of Saudi Arabia

Liberation and Defense of Kuwait

Cease-Fire
146 SIGNAL CORPS

43d SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bergen, John D. Military Communications: A Test for Technology. United States 

Army in Vietnam. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States 

Army, 1986.

43d Signal Battalion History. N.p., 1974.

Hougham, Paul R. 43rd Signal Battalion. Unit History 1944–1974. Heidelberg, 

Germany, 1978.

Johnson, Danny M. Military Communications Supporting Peacekeeping Operations in the Balkans: The Signal Corps at Its Best. Mannheim, Germany: Headquarters, 5th Signal Command, 2000.

Jones, Frederick I., and Walter W. Martin, eds. History of the 43rd Signal Heavy 

Construction Battalion from Activation to V-J Day (7 February 1944 to 2 September 1945). Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Schwanheim, Franz Jos. Henrich 

Druckerei und Verlag, 1945.

McKinney, John B. “They Communicate and Shoot.” Army 18 (September 1968): 

54–60.

Rienzi, Thomas M. Communications-Electronics, 1962–1970. Vietnam Studies. 

Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1972.
44th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Tenné, on a pale cottised between four lightning fl ashes in saltire 

argent a sword azure, the blade consisting of three jagged bolts 

of lightning.

Crest: On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné a tower proper superimposed by two scimitars saltirewise, hilts to base interlaced 

with a cross voided or.

Motto: OUTSTANDING.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The lightning bolts symbolize communications. 

The white broad area between two narrow bands refers to the 

44th Signal Battalion’s former mission as a signal construction 

battalion. The sword refers to both the tactical and support missions of the battalion and alludes to man’s determination to defend freedom against oppression.

 The tower represents World War II service in the Rhineland and 

Central Europe. The gold cross symbolizes the Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm and four Meritorious Unit 

Commendations awarded to the unit for service in Vietnam and 

Southwest Asia. The scimitars refer to service in the defense of 

Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Gold signifi es excellence.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (active)

Constituted 3 February 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 44th Signal Construction Battalion. Redesignated 14 April 1944 as the 44th Signal Light 

Construction Battalion and activated at Camp Forrest, Tennessee. Reorganized and 

redesignated 26 June 1944 as the 44th Signal Heavy Construction Battalion. Inactivated 6 April 1946 in Japan.

Redesignated 1 August 1966 as the 44th Signal Battalion, allotted to the Regular 

Army, and activated in Vietnam. Inactivated 1 March 1970 in Vietnam. Activated 17 

March 1972 in Vietnam. Inactivated 3 June 1972 at Oakland, California. Activated 

16 March 1981 in Germany.
148 SIGNAL CORPS

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Rhineland

Central Europe

Asiatic-Pacifi c Theater, Streamer without inscription

Vietnam

Counteroffensive, Phase II

Counteroffensive, Phase III

Tet Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase IV

Counteroffensive, Phase V

Counteroffensive, Phase VI

Tet 69/Counteroffensive

Summer–Fall 1969

Winter–Spring 1970

Consolidation II

Cease-Fire

Southwest Asia

Defense of Saudi Arabia

Liberation and Defense of Kuwait

Cease-Fire

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1967–1968 (44th Signal Battalion cited; DA GO 37, 1970)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1968–1969 (44th Signal Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1970)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST 

ASIA 1990–1991 (44th Signal Battalion cited; DA GO 17, 1992)

Company C additionally entitled to:

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1966–1967 (Company C/44th, 39th Signal Battalion, cited; DA GO 54, 1968)

44th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bergen, John D. Military Communications: A Test for Technology. United States 

Army in Vietnam. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States 

Army, 1986.

Hitt, Joe. “7th Signal Brigade Joins 5th Signal Command.” Army Communicator 7 

(Winter 1982): 37.

Johnson, Danny M. Military Communications Supporting Peacekeeping Operations in the Balkans: The Signal Corps at Its Best. Mannheim, Germany: Headquarters, 5th Signal Command, 2000.
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 149

Rienzi, Thomas M. Communications-Electronics, 1962–1970. Vietnam Studies. 

Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1972.

Rudd, Gordon W. Humanitarian Intervention: Assisting the Iraqi Kurds in Operation Provide Comfort, 1991. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, 

United States Army, 2004.

Stokes, Carol E., ed. The U.S. Army Signal Corps in Operation Desert Shield/Desert 

Storm. Fort Gordon, Ga.: Offi ce of the Command Historian, U.S. Army Signal 

Center and Fort Gordon, 1994.

Stokes, Carol E., and Kathy R. Coker. “Getting the Message Through in the Persian 

Gulf War.” Army Communicator 17 (Summer–Winter 1992): 17–25.

Thompson, James. “Bravo Sets Up Able Sentry.” Army Communicator 24 (Winter 

II 1999): 24–25. Company B’s service in Macedonia.

———. “Data Teams Provide Services.” Army Communicator 24 (Winter II 1999): 

27–28. Company A’s service in Kosovo.

———. “44th Signal Battalion Supports Mission in Greece.” Army Communicator 

24 (Winter II 1999): 22–24.

———. “Switch 11 Soldiers Keep Connections in Macedonia.” Army Communicator 24 (Winter II 1999): 29–30.

———. “Tactical-Satellite Team Provides Long-Distance Communications.” Army 

Communicator 24 (Winter 1999): 30–31.

———. “Working Like Dawgs.” Army Communicator 24 (Winter II 1999): 25–26. 

“Cable dogs” of the 44th Signal Battalion in Macedonia.
50th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Tenné, on a bend double cottised potenté counterpotenté argent, 

a key sable.

Crest: On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné a broad arrow with 

point up divided fesswise gules and azure and charged in base 

with a fl eur-de-lis or interlaced saltirewise by a machete and a 

bolo knife blades up of the fi rst grips and pommels sable.

Motto: KEY TO COMMAND.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The white design is taken from the arms of Champagne where the battalion saw action during World War I and was 

awarded battle honors. The key from the coat of arms of the city 

of Lisieux is symbolic of Normandy, the key to the fortress of 

Europe, and represents battle honors earned during World War II.

 The color blue and the gold fl eur-de-lis refer to France, where 

the unit served during World Wars I and II. The arrow represents 

the assault landing in the Normandy campaign of World War II, 

and scarlet is the color of the Meritorious Unit Commendation 

awarded the organization for that action. The machete was suggested by the sugar cane crop of the Dominican Republic, and 

the color scarlet refers to the award of the Meritorious Unit Commendation streamer inscribed DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. The 

bolo knife, long associated with the Philippines, denotes service 

during the Philippine Insurrection.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (active)

Constituted 16 December 1899 in the Regular Army as Company H, Signal 

Corps, and organized in the Philippine Islands. Reorganized and redesignated 15 

November 1913 as Telegraph Company H, Signal Corps. Consolidated 19 September 1916 with the 1st Provisional Company, Signal Corps (organized 21 May 1916 

at Fort Sam Houston, Texas), and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated 

as the 1st Telegraph Battalion. Redesignated 1 October 1917 as the 51st Telegraph 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 151

Battalion. Consolidated 8 March 1921 with the 52d Telegraph Battalion (organized 

19 October 1916 at Columbus, New Mexico), and consolidated unit reorganized and 

redesignated as the 50th Signal Battalion. Inactivated 24 September 1921 at Fort 

Sam Houston, Texas.

Activated 1 July 1940 at Fort Sheridan, Illinois. Inactivated (less Company B) 

15 December 1945 in Germany (Company B inactivated 23 April 1946 in Germany). Redesignated 27 September 1951 as the 50th Signal Battalion, Corps. Activated 

24 October 1951 in Japan. Reorganized and redesignated 20 December 1954 as 

the 50th Signal Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 15 May 1957 as the 50th 

Airborne Signal Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 15 December 1958 as the 

50th Signal Battalion.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

Philippine Insurrection

Streamer without inscription

World War I

Oise-Aisne

Meuse-Argonne

Champagne 1918

World War II

Normandy (with arrowhead)

Northern France

Rhineland

Ardennes-Alsace

Central Europe

Armed Forces Expeditions

Dominican Republic

Southwest Asia

Defense of Saudi Arabia

Liberation and Defense of Kuwait

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN 

THEATER (50th Signal Battalion cited; GO 18, VII Corps, 2 April 1945)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered DOMINICAN 

REPUBLIC (50th Signal Battalion [Airborne Corps] cited; DA GO 20, 1967)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST 

ASIA 1990–1991 (50th Signal Battalion cited; DA GO 12, 1994)
152 SIGNAL CORPS

50th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Branley, Bill. “Caber Communications.” Army Communicator 3 (Winter 1978): 9. 

Field exercise Caber Dragon II.

Brawley, John. Anyway, We Won. Marcelline, Mo.: Walsworth Publishing Company, 

1988.

Guidotti, John A. “The 35th Signal’s New Go-to-War Concept.” Army Communicator 16 (Fall–Winter 1991): 20–23.

Kennedy, Randy. “35th Signal Brigade.” Army Communicator 12 (Fall 1987): 30–33.

Raines, Rebecca Robbins. Getting the Message Through: A Branch History of the 

U.S. Army Signal Corps. Army Historical Series. Washington, D.C.: Center of 

Military History, United States Army, 1996.

Scheips, Paul J. The Role of Federal Military Forces in Domestic Disorders, 

1945–1992. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States Army, 

2005.

Stokes, Carol E., ed. The U.S. Army Signal Corps in Operation Desert Shield/Desert 

Storm. Fort Gordon, Ga.: Offi ce of the Command Historian, U.S. Army Signal 

Center and Fort Gordon, 1994.

Stokes, Carol E., and Kathy R. Coker. “Getting the Message Through in the Persian 

Gulf War.” Army Communicator 17 (Summer–Winter 1992): 17–25.

The Story of the 50th Signal Battalion from Iceland to Germany. Paris: P. Dupont, 

1945.

Terrett, Dulany. The Signal Corps: The Emergency. United States Army in World 

War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department 

of the Army, 1956.

Thompson, George Raynor, and Dixie R. Harris. The Signal Corps: The Outcome 

(Mid-1943 through 1945). United States Army in World War II. Washington, 

D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1966.

Thompson, George Raynor, Dixie R. Harris, Pauline M. Oakes, and Dulany Terrett. 

The Signal Corps: The Test (December 1941 to July 1943). United States Army 

in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, 1957.
51st SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Tenné, on a bend argent four telegraph poles in pale cross arm 

normal to bend sable.

Crest: On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné the right winged foot 

of Mercury argent.

Motto: SEMPER CONSTANS (Always Constant).

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The bend is taken from the arms of Lorraine and 

St. Mihiel and represents two of the campaigns in which the unit 

participated during World War I. The four telegraph poles represent the engagements of the battalion during World War I.

 The winged foot of Mercury represents rapidity in delivering 

messages.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (active)

Constituted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army as the 5th Telegraph Battalion, 

Signal Corps. Activated 12 July 1917 at Monmouth Park, New Jersey. Redesignated 

1 October 1917 as the 55th Telegraph Battalion.

Reorganized and redesignated 18 March 1921 as the 51st Signal Battalion. 

Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1945 as the 51st Signal Operation Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 8 September 1950 as the 51st Signal Battalion, 

Corps. Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 1955 as the 51st Signal Battalion.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War I

Lorraine 1918

St. Mihiel

Meuse-Argonne
154 SIGNAL CORPS

World War II

Sicily (with arrowhead)

Naples-Foggia

Rome-Arno

North Apennines

Po Valley

Korean War

UN Defensive

UN Offensive

CCF Intervention

First UN Counteroffensive

CCF Spring Offensive

UN Summer–Fall Offensive

Second Korean Winter

Korea, Summer–Fall 1952

Third Korean Winter

Korea, Summer 1953

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN 

THEATER (51st Signal Battalion cited; GO 129, Fifth Army, 23 December 1944)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 

1950–1951 (51st Signal Battalion, Corps, cited; DA GO 35, 1952)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 

1953–1954 (51st Signal Battalion cited; DA GO 14, 1955)

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 

1950–1953 (51st Signal Battalion cited; DA GO 74, 1953)

Company B additionally entitled to:

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952 

(Company B, 51st Signal Battalion [Corps], cited; DA GO 28, 1953)

51st SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Adcock, Thomas G., and Edward R. Baldwin, Jr. “Combined Signal Operations, 

Eighth U.S. Army CPX.” Signal 27 (May 1973): 13–15.

“Field Training of the Fifty-First Signal Battalion.” Signal Corps Bulletin 81 (November–December 1934): 71.

51st Signal Battalion. History of the Fifty-First Signal Battalion, 1917–1978. 51st 

Signal Battalion, 1978.

———. History of the Fifty-First Signal Battalion, Signal Corps, United States 

Army. N.p., 1936.

———. History of the Fifty-First Signal Battalion, Signal Corps, United States 

Army. Fort Monmouth, N.J., 1949.

———. History of the Fifty-First Signal Battalion, Signal Corps, United States 

Army, January 1, 1937. Fort Monmouth, N.J., 1937.

Southwest Asia

Defense of Saudi Arabia

Liberation and Defense of Kuwait

Cease-Fire
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———. History of the Fifty-First Signal Battalion, Signal Corps, United States 

Army, January 1, 1938. Fort Monmouth, N.J., 1938.

———. History of the Fifty-First Signal Battalion, Signal Corps, United States 

Army, January 1, 1939. Fort Monmouth, N.J., 1939.

———. History of the Fifty-First Signal Battalion, Signal Corps, United States 

Army, January 1, 1940. Fort Monmouth, N.J., 1940.

———. History of the Fifty-First Signal Battalion, World War I-World War II-Korean Confl ict, Signal Corps, United States Army. Camp Red Cloud, Korea, 1959.

Haynes, Anthony. “Always Constant.” Signal 19 (June 1965): 38–39.

Ingles, H. C. “The Fifty-First Signal Battalion.” Signal Corps Bulletin 84 (May–

June 1935): 2–10.

Olmstead, Dawson. “Organization Day of the Fifty-First Signal Battalion.” Signal 

Corps Bulletin 105 (July–September 1939): 108–10.

Sherrill, S. H. “The Fifty-First Signal Battalion and the Tests of the Proposed Infantry Division.” Signal Corps Bulletin 101 (July–September 1938): 1–13.

Stokes, Carol E., ed. The U.S. Army Signal Corps in Operation Desert Shield/Desert 

Storm. Fort Gordon, Ga.: Offi ce of the Command Historian, U.S. Army Signal 

Center and Fort Gordon, 1994.

Stokes, Carol E., and Kathy R. Coker. “Getting the Message Through in the Persian 

Gulf War.” Army Communicator 17 (Summer–Winter 1992): 17–25.

Storms, Harry E. “The Participation of the 51st Signal Battalion in the First Army 

Maneuvers, 1939.” Signal Corps Bulletin 107 (January–March 1940): 5–17.

Terrett, Dulany. The Signal Corps: The Emergency. United States Army in World 

War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department 

of the Army, 1956.

Thompson, George Raynor, and Dixie R. Harris. The Signal Corps: The Outcome 

(Mid-1943 through 1945). United States Army in World War II. Washington, 

D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1966.
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS

DETACHMENT

52d SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Tenné, on a pale argent issuing from base a radio tower of the 

fi eld emitting four lightning fl ashes counterchanged.

Crest: On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné a triangle azure within 

a bamboo border proper, three bars wavy argent, all in front of a 

fl aming torch sable fl amant of the second.

Motto: WE TRANSMIT.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The radio tower and lightning fl ashes represent the 

construction function and operation of the message center, the 

early mission of the battalion.

 The crest commemorates the battalion’s mission of support in 

the Mekong Delta of Vietnam, as represented by the triangle 

with bamboo border. The wavy blue and white bars refer to the 

water of the area. The torch alludes to guidance and the four 

tongues of fl ame to the four battle honors earned by the battalion 

during World War II.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (active)

Constituted 18 October 1927 in the Regular Army as the 52d Signal Battalion. 

Activated 10 February 1941 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Inactivated 25 January 

1949 in Korea. Activated 1 August 1966 in Vietnam. Inactivated 13 October 1971 

at Fort Lewis, Washington.

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 52d Signal Battalion, activated 1 

July 1974 in Germany.
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CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

New Guinea

Leyte

Luzon

Southern Philippines

DECORATIONS

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (52d Signal Battalion [Separate] cited; DA GO 47, 1950)

52d SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bergen, John D. Military Communications: A Test for Technology. United States 

Army in Vietnam. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States 

Army, 1986.

Derr, Steve E. 52nd Signal Battalion, 1927–1977: A Unit History. Vaihingen, West 

Germany, 1978.

Rienzi, Thomas M. Communications-Electronics, 1962–1970. Vietnam Studies. 

Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1972.

Rolak, Bruno J. History of the U.S. Army Communications Command (1964–1976). 

Fort Huachuca, Ariz.: United States Army Communications Command, 1976.

Rolak, Bruno J., and George R. Thompson. History of the United States Army Communications Command From Origin Through 1976. Fort Huachuca, Ariz.: United States Army Communications Command, 1979.

Terrett, Dulany. The Signal Corps: The Emergency. United States Army in World 

War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department 

of the Army, 1956.

Thompson, George Raynor, and Dixie R. Harris. The Signal Corps: The Outcome 

(Mid-1943 through 1945). United States Army in World War II. Washington, 

D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1966.

Thompson, George Raynor, Dixie R. Harris, Pauline M. Oakes, and Dulany Terrett. 

The Signal Corps: The Test (December 1941 to July 1943). United States Army 

in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, 1957.

“We Transmit”: A History of the 52d Signal Battalion, 1927–1974. N.p., 1974.

Vietnam

Counteroffensive, Phase II

Counteroffensive, Phase III

Tet Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase IV

Counteroffensive, Phase V

Counteroffensive, Phase VI

Tet 69/Counteroffensive

Summer–Fall 1969

Winter–Spring 1970

Sanctuary Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase VII

Consolidation I
53d SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Tenné, in base a signal fi re and smoke proper.

Crest: On a wreath of the colors or and tenné issuing from a millrind

 gules, three lightning fl ashes of the fi rst, all surmounting an an-

 nulet of bamboo proper.

Motto: FIRST, LAST AND ALWAYS.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The bonfi re and curling smoke symbolize one of 

the primitive forms of signaling.

 The millrind, a symbol of strength, represents the invaluable support and skill in communications that the battalion contributed 

to the Allied assaults, fi rst in Algeria and later in other actions in 

North Africa and Italy during World War II. The fl ashes denote 

skill in modern communications and speedy response to mission 

requirements. Participation in campaigns in Vietnam is recalled by 

the annulet of bamboo, signifying also unity and cooperative action. Scarlet and gold denote courage and excellence, respectively.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and a variation of the motto of the coat 

of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 18 October 1927 in the Regular Army as the 53d Signal Battalion. 

Activated 1 June 1941 at Camp Bowie, Texas. Inactivated 30 September 1945 in 

Italy. Activated 21 September 1954 at Fort Hood, Texas. Inactivated 23 June 1971 

at Fort Lewis, Washington.
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CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Algeria–French Morocco (with arrowhead)

Tunisia

Sicily (with arrowhead)

Naples-Foggia

Rome-Arno

North Apennines

Po Valley

Vietnam

Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase II

Counteroffensive, Phase III

Tet Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase IV

Counteroffensive, Phase V

Counteroffensive, Phase VI

Tet 69/Counteroffensive

Summer–Fall 1969

Winter–Spring 1970

Sanctuary Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase VII

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN 

THEATER (53d Signal Battalion cited; GO 14, II Corps, 11 May 1945)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1966–1967 (53d Signal Battalion [Corps] cited; DA GO 17, 1968, as amended by 

DA GO 1, 1969)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1967–1968 (53d Signal Battalion [Corps] cited; DA GO 56, 1969)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1968–1969 (53d Signal Battalion cited; DA GO 48, 1971)

53d SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bergen, John D. Military Communications: A Test for Technology. United States 

Army in Vietnam. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States 

Army, 1986.

53d Signal Battalion (Corps): Italy via North Africa; Texas to Tunisia; Sicily and 

Italy; Reactivation. Fort Hood, Tex., 1956.

Rienzi, Thomas M. Communications-Electronics, 1962–1970. Vietnam Studies. 

Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1972.

Scheips, Paul J. The Role of Federal Military Forces in Domestic Disorders, 

1945–1992. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States Army, 

2005.

Thompson, George Raynor, and Dixie R. Harris. The Signal Corps: The Outcome 

(Mid-1943 through 1945). United States Army in World War II. Washington, 

D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1966.

Thompson, George Raynor, Dixie R. Harris, Pauline M. Oakes, and Dulany Terrett. 

The Signal Corps: The Test (December 1941 to July 1943). United States Army 

in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, 1957.
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS

DETACHMENT

54th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Per bend tenné and azure, a bend wavy double cottised potenté 

counterpotenté argent.

Crest: On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné a sword bendwise 

sinister proper, hilted or surmounting in bend a lightning fl ash 

of the second, all in front of a section of bamboo palewise buff 

leaved of thirteen vert.

Motto: COMMAND CONTROL.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The wavy diagonal band, representing the Rhine 

River, refers to the battalion’s combat participation in the Central European area during World War II. Blue and the patterned 

bands fl anking the central band are taken from the arms of Ardennes. The potenté pattern also represents telegraph poles and 

refers to the unit’s signal function.

 During the Vietnam confl ict the organization provided signal support, represented by the lightning fl ash, to the I Field Force, Vietnam. The sword is from the shoulder sleeve insignia of the supported organization and is indicative of combat support and the 

award of the Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry to the battalion. The bamboo also refers to South Vietnam and is divided 

into three segments to represent the three Meritorious Unit Commendations awarded to the unit. The leaves represent the thirteen 

campaigns in that country in which the battalion participated.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (active)

Constituted 18 October 1927 in the Regular Army as the 54th Signal Battalion. 

Activated 10 February 1941 at Fort Ord, California. Inactivated 29 December 1945 

at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey.
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Activated 1 August 1962 at Fort Hood, Texas. Inactivated 17 February 1971 at 

Fort Lewis, Washington. Activated 16 June 1980 at Fort Hood, Texas. Inactivated 

15 April 1989 at Fort Hood, Texas.

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 54th Signal Battalion, reorganized 

and redesignated 1 March 1991 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 

54th Signal Battalion, and activated in Saudi Arabia.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Ardennes-Alsace

Central Europe

Vietnam

Defense

Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase II

Counteroffensive, Phase III

Tet Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase IV

Counteroffensive, Phase V

Counteroffensive, Phase VI

Tet 69/Counteroffensive

Summer–Fall 1969

Winter–Spring 1970

Sanctuary Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase VII

Southwest Asia

Liberation and Defense of Kuwait

Cease-Fire

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1965–1966 (54th Signal Battalion [Corps] cited; DA GO 17, 1968)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1966–1967 (54th Signal Battalion [Corps] cited; DA GO 17, 1968)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1967–1968 (54th Signal Battalion cited; DA GO 54, 1968)

Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1996 (Headquarters and 

Headquarters Detachment, 54th Signal Battalion, cited; DA GO 25, 2001)

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1965–1971 (54th Signal Battalion cited; DA GO 54, 1974)
162 SIGNAL CORPS

54th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Ackerman, Robert K. “Tactical Signalers Learn to Pack Light, Travel Right.” Signal

54 (April 2000): 37–39.

Bergen, John D. Military Communications: A Test for Technology. United States 

Army in Vietnam. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States 

Army, 1986.

54th Signal Battalion Association. 54th Signal Battalion Alumni Directory. Three 

Lakes, Wisc.: 54th Signal Battalion Association, 1991.

———.54th Signal Battalion Alumni Directory. 2d ed. Three Lakes, Wisc.: 54th 

Signal Battalion Association, 1994.

Gunnels, William F., Jr., comp. “Carrier System Platoon, B Company, 54th Signal 

Battalion, 1944–1945.” MS, June 1997, copy available at the U.S. Army Military History Institute, Carlisle, Pa.

Hall, David. “Getting the Word from Corps Commander to Field Units.” Army Digest 24 (March 1969): 64–65.

Kennedy, Randy. “3rd Signal Brigade.” Army Communicator 12 (Summer 1987): 

52–53.

“Mission Accomplished.” A Summary of Military Operations of the XVIII Corps 

(Airborne) in the European Theater of Operations, 1944–1945. Schwerin, Germany, 1945.

Pace, Emily Charlotte. “USAISC, Before, During and After Desert Storm.” Army 

Communicator 16 (Summer 1991): 13–17.

Raduege, Harry, Jr., Roland LeSieur, and Michael Gasaspo. “Shifting Communications in Saudi Sands: How U.S. Central Command Communicators Quickly 

Relocated and Reestablished Communications Systems in Face of Terrorist 

Threats.” Army Communicator 22 (Fall 1997): 13–15.

Raines, Rebecca Robbins. Getting the Message Through: A Branch History of the 

U.S. Army Signal Corps. Army Historical Series. Washington, D.C.: Center of 

Military History, United States Army, 1996.

Rienzi, Thomas M. Communications-Electronics, 1962–1970. Vietnam Studies. 

Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1972.

Stokes, Carol E., ed. The U.S. Army Signal Corps in Operation Desert Shield/Desert 

Storm. Fort Gordon, Ga.: Offi ce of the Command Historian, U.S. Army Signal 

Center and Fort Gordon, 1994.

Thompson, George Raynor, and Dixie R. Harris. The Signal Corps: The Outcome 

(Mid-1943 through 1945). United States Army in World War II. Washington, 

D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1966.

Thompson, George Raynor, Dixie R. Harris, Pauline M. Oakes, and Dulany Terrett. 

The Signal Corps: The Test (December 1941 to July 1943). United States Army 

in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, 1957.

Ward, Jim. “Desert Signal Unit Underpins Southwest Asia Security.” Army Communicator 23 (Winter 1998): 56–57.
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS

DETACHMENT

56th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Tenné, on a bend argent three pellets and a billet sable.

Crest: On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné the head of Mercury 

couped proper.

Motto: DEBIT VERBUM TRANSIRE (The Message Must Go 

Through).

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. Black denotes dependability and stability and, in 

conjunction with white, denotes day and night capabilities. The 

three pellets and billet suggest the letter “V” in Morse code and 

refer to the “V” symbolizing victory for the democracies.

 Mercury was the messenger of the gods in Greek and Roman 

mythology and personifi es the unit’s mission.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield, crest, and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (active)

Constituted 18 October 1927 in the Regular Army as the 56th Signal Battalion. 

Activated 1 February 1941 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Inactivated 8 March 

1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey.

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment activated 16 October 1991 in 

Panama.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Normandy (with arrowhead)

Northern France

Rhineland

Ardennes-Alsace

Central Europe
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DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN 

THEATER (56th Signal Battalion cited; GO 52, V Corps, 11 May 1945)

56th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editors of Army Times. A History of the U.S. Army Signal Corps. New York: G. P. 

Putnam’s Sons, 1961.

4th Anniversary, 56th Signal Battalion. c. 1945.

Henry, Cora. “Gallant Warriors: 93d Signal Brigade Trains Soldiers for Missions.” 

Army Communicator 23 (Fall 1998): 4–6.

Thien, Carl. 56th Signal Battalion: Before the Thunder. Spring Hill, Fla.: Sir Speedy 

Printers, 1992.

Thompson, George Raynor, and Dixie R. Harris. The Signal Corps: The Outcome 

(Mid-1943 through 1945). United States Army in World War II. Washington, 

D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1966.
57th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Per fess argent and tenné, an antenna of four wires in the shape 

of a mascle counterchanged.

Crest: On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné a fl eur-de-lis of the 

fi rst, the tops of the three petals terminating in arrowheads and 

the lower ends conjoined and convoluted, and two lightning 

bolts azure issuing from the binding ring and extending upward 

and between the petals and conjoined with two lower points of 

the center arrowhead and the inner lower points of the outer two 

arrowheads.

Motto: VINCIMUS SPATIUM (We Conquer Space).

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The four wires forming the antenna symbolize the 

nature of the activities of the organization.

 The fl eur-de-lis with the three petals terminating in arrowheads 

refers to the three assault landings in which the unit participated 

during World War II. The center arrowhead alludes to the landing in Southern France and the two outer petals with the two 

lightning bolts (which simulate the seed pods of the Florentine 

fl eur-de-lis) to the Naples-Foggia and Rome-Arno campaigns in 

Italy. The lightning bolts also are symbolic of communication.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (active)

Constituted 18 October 1927 in the Regular Army as the 57th Signal Battalion. 

Activated 10 February 1941 at Camp Edwards, Massachusetts. Inactivated 29 September 1945 in Germany. Activated 16 May 1966 at Fort Hood, Texas.
166 SIGNAL CORPS

Southwest Asia

Defense of Saudi Arabia

Liberation and Defense of Kuwait

Cease-Fire

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Naples-Foggia (with arrowhead)

Anzio (with arrowhead)

Rome-Arno

Southern France (with arrowhead)

Rhineland

Ardennes-Alsace

Central Europe

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST 

ASIA 1990–1991 (57th Signal Battalion cited; DA GO 12, 1994)

57th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Burrow, Byron L. “MSE Support of Corps Combat Operations.” Army Communicator 16 (Fall–Winter 1991): 28–29.

Harley, William B., and Hale Mason, eds. History of the 57th Signal Battalion, 

World War II, February 10, 1941 to September 29, 1945: North Africa-ItalyEurope, Salerno-Anzio-Southern France. N.p.: W. B. Harley, 1984.

Hicks-Callaway, Vanessa. “Signal Unit Provides Eyes and Ears in ‘Triple Strike.’” 

Army Communicator 23 (Spring 1998): 44. Company A cited.

Kennedy, Randy. “3rd Signal Brigade.” Army Communicator 12 (Summer 1987): 

52–53.

Martin, Patrick, Rosielynn Banzon, and John Cox. “Hood Signaleers Test Teamwork in Road Runner ’00 Exercise.” Army Communicator 25 (Spring 2000): 

39–41.

Scheips, Paul J. The Role of Federal Military Forces in Domestic Disorders, 

1945–1992. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States Army, 

2005.

Stallings, Caroline. “3d Signal Brigade Provides ‘Voice of Phantom Warriors’ in 

5-Month Exercise Series.” Army Communicator 26 (Fall 2001): 16–18.

Stokes, Carol E., ed. The U.S. Army Signal Corps in Operation Desert Shield/Desert 

Storm. Fort Gordon, Ga.: Offi ce of the Command Historian, U.S. Army Signal 

Center and Fort Gordon, 1994.

Stokes, Carol E., and Kathy R. Coker. “Getting the Message Through in the Persian 

Gulf War.” Army Communicator 17 (Summer–Winter 1992): 17–25.

Thompson, George Raynor, and Dixie R. Harris. The Signal Corps: The Outcome 

(Mid-1943 through 1945). United States Army in World War II. Washington, 

D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1966.

Windon, Michael Leon. “3d Signal Brigade Conquers Voice, Data and Video.” Army 

Communicator 28 (Summer 2003): 22–23.
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS

DETACHMENT

58th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Per chevron reversed tenné and sable, issuant in base between 

two fountains a splice of three wires spread at fess point per 

chevron reversed and per pale throughout. In chief issuant from 

fess point two lightning fl ashes point to chief argent.

Crest: On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné a roundel per pale 

azure and gules charged with a mullet of the fi rst between the 

handles of two barongs saltirewise proper, all surmounting a panache of three varieties of bird of paradise distinguishing feathers or and azure.

Motto: SPIRIT, SPEED, STRENGTH.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The two fountains (white and blue wavy discs) in 

base denote the unit’s participation in two campaigns in the Pacifi c theater during World War II. The spliced wires suggest the 

battalion’s particular function of cable construction, and crossing 

the black into the bright orange signifi es the light of information 

brought by communications. The two lightning fl ashes represent 

signals.

 The barong, a long knife of the Moros, a native people of the 

Philippines, and the feathers of the bird of paradise, a species 

indigenous to New Guinea, represent the unit’s World War II 

campaign participation on Luzon and New Guinea. The star and 

the red and blue areas of the roundel refer to the Meritorious Unit 

Commendation and the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, the 

unit’s two decorations.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (active)

Constituted 18 October 1927 in the Regular Army as the 58th Signal Battalion. 

Activated 10 February 1941 at Camp Peay, Tennessee. Reorganized and redesig-
168 SIGNAL CORPS

nated 25 September 1949 as the 58th Signal Battalion, Corps. Inactivated 26 June 

1950 in Japan.

Redesignated 2 March 1967 as the 58th Signal Battalion. Activated 26 May 

1967 at Fort Lewis, Washington. Inactivated (less Company B) 1 February 1980 

at Fort Lewis, Washington (Company B concurrently inactivated at Fort Gordon, 

Georgia).

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 58th Signal Battalion, reorganized 

and redesignated 16 October 1992 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 

58th Signal Battalion, and activated in Japan.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

New Guinea

Luzon

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered LUZON (58th 

Signal Battalion [less Companies A and C] cited; GO 160, I Corps, 27 July 1945)

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 

TO 4 JULY 1945 (58th Signal Battalion [Special] cited; DA GO 47, 1950)

58th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Alessi, Anthony. “58th Signal Battalion Soldiers Learn Jungle Skills with Marines.” 

Army Communicator 25 (Fall 2000): 33–34.

Fuentez, Barry. “Rollin’ Rollin’ Rollin’ on the River....” Army Communicator 5 

(Winter 1980): 56–57. Company B cited. Adventure training exercise.

Kille, Dale. “58th Signal Battalion Keeps Okinawa Warfi ghters Connected.” Army 

Communicator 23 (Summer 1998): 43.

McMillan, Brett. “Signal Soldiers Challenge Northern Training Area Field-Skills 

Course.” Army Communicator 24 (Winter 1999): 25–26.

———. “Team 58 Connects Okinawa.” Army Communicator 24 (Winter 1999): 45.

Smith, Robert Ross. Triumph in the Philippines. United States Army in World War 

II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the 

Army, 1963.

Thompson, George Raynor, and Dixie R. Harris. The Signal Corps: The Outcome 

(Mid-1943 through 1945). United States Army in World War II. Washington, 

D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1966.

Thompson, Keith. “58th Signal Battalion Trains to Defend Fort Buckner.” Army 

Communicator 24 (Spring 1999): 46–47.

———. “Signal Soldiers Take Plunge in Marine Course.” Army Communicator 24 

(Winter 1999): 29–30.
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS

DETACHMENT

59th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Argent, issuant from base a demisphere azure gridlined of the 

fi rst, debruised by a pile twice bevilled tenné, overall a polestar 

of the fi rst superimposed by a fl eur-de-lis of the second.

Crest: On a wreath of the colors argent and azure fi ve lightning fl ashes 

in point azure, overall a lion’s face or.

Motto: VOICE OF THE ARCTIC.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The pile simulating a lightning bolt is indicative 

of communications and electronics while representing speed and 

suggesting the point of origin in the “North.” The polestar is 

symbolic of the North Star and underscores the unit’s Arctic location. The fl eur-de-lis commemorates the battalion’s fi rst battle 

honor and baptism of fi re in France.

 The colors blue and gold are adapted from the state fl ag of Alaska. The fi ve lightning fl ashes honor the battalion’s World War II 

campaigns. The lion, a symbol of strength and courage, refl ects 

the European Theater of Operations and the unit’s World War II 

location and heritage.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (active)

Constituted 11 May 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 59th Signal 

Battalion. Activated 28 October 1942 at Camp Crowder, Missouri. Inactivated 24 

November 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey.

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 59th Signal Battalion, allotted 16 

October 1992 to the Regular Army and activated at Fort Richardson, Alaska.
170 SIGNAL CORPS

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Normandy

Northern France

Rhineland

Ardennes-Alsace

Central Europe

DECORATIONS

None.

59th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Owen, Brian. “59th Signal Battalion Extends Local-Area Network More Then 1,500 

Miles to Shemya.” Army Communicator 28 (Spring 2003): 59.

Thompson, George Raynor, and Dixie R. Harris. The Signal Corps: The Outcome 

(Mid-1943 through 1945). United States Army in World War II. Washington, 

D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1966.
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS

DETACHMENT

60th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Per bend twice bevilled argent and tenné, overall a telegraph 

pole sable.

Crest: None approved.

Motto: WITH A WILL.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The partition line gives the appearance of a streak 

of lightning, and the telegraph pole symbolizes communication.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as the 60th Signal Battalion. 

Activated 1 June 1940 at Fort Lewis, Washington. Inactivated 10 April 1946 in the 

Philippine Islands. Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 60th Signal Battalion, 

redesignated 17 March 1972 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 60th 

Signal Battalion, and activated in Vietnam. Inactivated 29 June 1972 at Oakland, 

California.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

New Guinea

Luzon

Vietnam

Consolidation II

Cease-Fire
172 SIGNAL CORPS

DECORATIONS

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (60th Signal Battalion [Special] cited; DA GO 47, 1950)

60th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Signal Corps, Fort Lewis, Washington, Christmas, 1941. Tacoma, Wash.: Pioneer, 

Inc., c. 1941.

Thompson, George Raynor, and Dixie R. Harris. The Signal Corps: The Outcome 

(Mid-1943 through 1945). United States Army in World War II. Washington, 

D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1966.

Thompson, George Raynor, Dixie R. Harris, Pauline M. Oakes, and Dulany Terrett. 

The Signal Corps: The Test (December 1941 to July 1943). United States Army 

in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, 1957.
62d SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

None approved.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as the 62d Signal Battalion. 

Activated 13 October 1939 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Redesignated 25 September 1949 as the 62d Signal Battalion, Corps. Inactivated 26 June 1950 in Japan. 

Redesignated 1 March 1963 as the 62d Signal Battalion. Activated 26 March 1963 

at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 62d Signal Battalion, converted and 

redesignated 25 April 1966 as Headquarters and Main Support Company, 62d Maintenance Battalion. Inactivated 4 October 1972 at Oakland Army Base, California.

Converted and redesignated 1 January 1998 as the 62d Signal Battalion.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Tunisia

Rome-Arno

North Apennines

Po Valley

Vietnam

Counteroffensive, Phase II

Counteroffensive, Phase III

Tet Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase IV

Counteroffensive, Phase V

Counteroffensive, Phase VI

Tet 69/Counteroffensive

Summer–Fall 1969

Winter–Spring 1970

Sanctuary Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase VII

Consolidation I

Consolidation II

Cease-Fire
174 SIGNAL CORPS

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN 

THEATER (62d Signal Battalion cited; GO 16, IV Corps, 18 March 1945)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1969–1970 (Headquarters and Main Support Company, 62d Maintenance Battalion, 

cited; DA GO 2, 1971)

62d SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Terrett, Dulany. The Signal Corps: The Emergency. United States Army in World 

War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department 

of the Army, 1956.

Thompson, George Raynor, Dixie R. Harris, Pauline M. Oakes, and Dulany Terrett. 

The Signal Corps: The Test (December 1941 to July 1943). United States Army 

in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, 1957.
63d SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Tenné, surmounting four bendlets argent in bend the silhouette 

of a mosque azure and a boot vert.

Crest: None approved.

Motto: AB INITIO (From the Beginning).

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The four bendlets represent the four battle honors 

awarded the organization for service during World War II. The 

silhouette of the mosque (adopted from the Fifth Army shoulder 

sleeve insignia) is for service in North Africa. The green boot, 

representing Italy, is for service in that country.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (active)

Constituted 1 July 1940 in the Regular Army as the 63d Signal Battalion. Activated 1 June 1941 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana. Reorganized and redesignated 

1 March 1945 as the 63d Signal Operation Battalion. Inactivated 20 June 1948 in 

Austria. Activated 1 April 1950 in Austria. Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 

1952 as the 63d Signal Battalion. Inactivated 10 September 1955 in Austria.

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 63d Signal Battalion, activated 24 July 

1967 at Fort Riley, Kansas. Inactivated 15 February 1972 at Fort Lewis, Washington. 

Redesignated 1 July 1975 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 63d Signal 

Battalion, and activated in Germany. Inactivated 1 October 1977 in Germany.

Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1984 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 63d Signal Battalion, and activated in Germany (organic elements 

concurrently activated).

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Naples-Foggia

Rome-Arno

North Apennines

Po Valley
176 SIGNAL CORPS

Vietnam

Tet Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase IV

Counteroffensive, Phase V

Counteroffensive, Phase VI

Tet 69/Counteroffensive

Summer–Fall 1969

Winter–Spring 1970

Sanctuary Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase VII

Consolidation I

Consolidation II

Southwest Asia

Defense of Saudi Arabia

Liberation and Defense of Kuwait

Cease-Fire

Company B additionally entitled to:

World War II–EAME

Tunisia

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered ITALY (63d 

Signal Battalion cited; GO 189, Fifth Army, 23 December 1944)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1968 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 63d Signal Battalion, cited; DA 

GO 42, 1969)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1968–1970 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 63d Signal Battalion, cited; 

DA GO 18, 1979)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST 

ASIA 1990–1991 (63d Signal Battalion cited; DA GO 17, 1992)

63d SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bergen, John D. Military Communications: A Test for Technology. United States 

Army in Vietnam. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States 

Army, 1986.

Grombacher, Gerd S. “Corps Signal Communications in Vietnam.” Signal 23 (April 

1969): 24–29.

Henry, Cora. “Gallant Warriors: 93d Signal Brigade Trains Soldiers for Missions.” 

Army Communicator 23 (Fall 1998): 4–6.

In Command Communications, September 1970. Headquarters, U.S. Army, Vietnam, 1970.
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 177

Leech, John W. The 63rd Signal Battalion Genesis and Exodus Through World War 

II. The 63rd Signal Battalion World War II Association, December 1985.

Lindsay, Jock C. “Welcome 63d Signal.” Army Communicator 9 (Fall 1984): 44.

Pearson, Willard. The War in the Northern Provinces, 1966–1968. Vietnam Studies. 

Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1975.

Rienzi, Thomas M. Communications-Electronics, 1962–1970. Vietnam Studies. 

Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1972.

Rutt, John A., and Jeremiah J. Jette. “From Tactical to Installational: 63d Signal Battalion in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM.” Army Communicator 28 (Fall 2003): 

11–14.

Stokes, Carol E., ed. The U.S. Army Signal Corps in Operation Desert Shield/Desert 

Storm. Fort Gordon, Ga.: Offi ce of the Command Historian, U.S. Army Signal 

Center and Fort Gordon, 1994.

Stokes, Carol E., and Kathy R. Coker. “Getting the Message Through in the Persian 

Gulf War.” Army Communicator 17 (Summer–Winter 1992): 17–25.

Thompson, George Raynor, and Dixie R. Harris. The Signal Corps: The Outcome 

(Mid-1943 through 1945). United States Army in World War II. Washington, 

D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1966.

Thompson, George Raynor, Dixie R. Harris, Pauline M. Oakes, and Dulany Terrett. 

The Signal Corps: The Test (December 1941 to July 1943). United States Army 

in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, 1957.
65th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

None approved.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

AR

LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 11 May 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 65th Signal 

Battalion. Activated 1 April 1943 at Fort Lewis, Washington. Inactivated 10 November 1946 in Germany.

Allotted 6 May 1959 to the Army Reserve. Activated 1 June 1959 with Headquarters at Caven Point, New Jersey. Inactivated 1 March 1963 at Caven Point, New 

Jersey.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Rhineland

Ardennes-Alsace

Central Europe

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN 

THEATER (65th Signal Battalion cited; GO 243, XXI Corps, 10 August 1945)

65th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Thompson, George Raynor, and Dixie R. Harris. The Signal Corps: The Outcome 

(Mid-1943 through 1945). United States Army in World War II. Washington, 

D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1966.
67th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Or, on a pale sable between two fl eurs-de-lis tenné a fi re arrow of 

the fi rst fl amant proper.

Crest: None approved.

Motto: RAPID FLEXIBLE RELIABLE.

Symbolism: Orange is a color traditionally associated with the Signal Corps. 

The two fl eurs-de-lis allude to the two battle honors the organization earned in Central Europe and the Rhineland during World 

War II. The fi re arrow simulates a fl are and symbolizes the signal 

mission of the battalion.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (active)

Constituted 11 May 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 67th Signal 

Battalion. Activated 1 May 1943 at Camp Van Dorn, Mississippi. Inactivated 5 April 

1946 in the Philippine Islands.

Allotted 2 March 1967 to the Regular Army. Activated 25 April 1967 at Fort 

Riley, Kansas.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Rhineland

Central Europe

Asiatic-Pacifi c Theater, Streamer without inscription

Southwest Asia

Defense of Saudi Arabia

Liberation and Defense of Kuwait

Cease-Fire
180 SIGNAL CORPS

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990–1991 (67th Signal Battalion cited; DA GO 17, 1992)

67th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Blanton, Nancy C. “Go Between Circuits III.” Army Communicator 5 (Summer 

1980): 19–23.

Carroll, Bill. “Testing Rapid Deployment.” Army Communicator 8 (Summer 1983): 

35–38.

Couch, Aro. “67th Signal Battalion Provides Ears for Dominica.” Army Communicator 5 (Winter 1980): 20–21.

Crocker, Robert W. “Go Between Circuits IV.” Army Communicator 6 (Summer 

1981): 50–53.

Dolde, Ruth. “A Combined Exercise.” Army Communicator 11 (Winter 1986): 54. 

Training exercise at Fort Gordon with 82d Signal Battalion.

“Exercise Golden Pistol.” Army Communicator 3 (Fall 1978): 61. Company D cited.

Hasenauer, Heike. “Grecian Firebolt.” Soldiers 49 (September 1994): 37–40.

Henry, Cora. “Gallant Warriors: 93d Signal Brigade Trains Soldiers for Missions.” 

Army Communicator 23 (Fall 1998): 4–6.

Hitt, Joe. “7th Signal Brigade Joins 5th Signal Command.” Army Communicator 7 

(Winter 1982): 37. Company E cited.

Kirk, William M. “2d Signal Training Brigade: Training the C-E Maintainers!” 

Army Communicator 6 (Winter 1981): 48–51.

McCargo, Kelly. “67th Signal Departs for Desert Rotation.” Army Communicator

28 (Winter 2003): 50–51.

Rhodes, Brad. “Lessons in Commercial-Off-The-Shelf.” Army Communicator 25 

(Spring 2000): 36–38. Discusses the battalion’s participation in Grecian Firebolt ’99.

Stokes, Carol E., ed. The U.S. Army Signal Corps in Operation Desert Shield/Desert 

Storm. Fort Gordon, Ga.: Offi ce of the Command Historian, U.S. Army Signal 

Center and Fort Gordon, 1994.

Stokes, Carol E., and Kathy R. Coker. “Getting the Message Through in the Persian 

Gulf War.” Army Communicator 17 (Summer–Winter 1992): 17–29.

Theodore, Peter C. “Viewpoint: 67th Signal Battalion.” Army Communicator 2 

(Spring 1977): 57–58.

Wiggins, Richard. “Bold Eagle ’84.” Army Communicator 9 (Winter 1984): 20–23.

Wilson, Ronnie, et al. “Go Between Circuits V.” Army Communicator 7 (Summer 

1982): 50–53.
68th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Per bend tenné and argent, a bend lozengy between two lighthouse beacons, all counterchanged.

Crest: On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné a sea lion sejant of the 

fi rst charged with a return boomerang palewise sable armed and 

langued azure grasping a triton shell of the like.

Motto: I BURN WELL, I SEE.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The signal functions of the battalion are attractively and allegorically symbolized by the lighthouse beacons, 

reminiscent of New England and referring to the unit’s former 

affi liation with the New England Telegraph and Telephone Company. Such types of beacons were in use along the New England 

coast in colonial days. The lozengy divisions of the shield are 

added for design. Square fi gures heraldically represent honesty 

and constancy and are probably the root of the phrase “square 

dealings.” The motto is expressive of the alertness of the unit’s 

personnel at all times.

 The sea lion is from the fl ag of the president of the Philippines. It 

refers to the unit’s service in the Philippines during the last year 

of World War II for which the battalion was awarded the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation. The return boomerang alludes to 

the fulfi llment of the promise that American troops would return 

to the Philippines, which was made earlier in the war after the fall 

of Corregidor. The triton shell was used on the Pacifi c Islands as 

a war trumpet; it stands for the battalion’s signal function.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

Description: A silver color metal and enamel device that consists of the Philippine sun in silver surmounted by an orange isosceles triangle. 

Overall a silver sea lion charged with a black return boomerang 

palewise grasping a silver triton shell.

Symbolism: The sea lion, triangle, and sun are from the fl ag of the president 

of the Philippines. They refer to the organization’s service in the 

Philippines during the last year of World War II for which the 

battalion was awarded the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation. 

The return boomerang alludes to the fulfi llment of the promise 

that American troops would return to the Philippines, which was 

made earlier in the war after the fall of Corregidor. The triton 
182 SIGNAL CORPS

shell was used on the Pacifi c Islands as a war trumpet; it stands 

for the battalion’s signal function.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 13 August 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 68th Signal 

Battalion. Activated 15 December 1942 at Camp McCain, Mississippi. Inactivated 

26 January 1946 at Camp Anza, California.

Allotted 20 September 1963 to the Regular Army. Activated 15 October 1963 in 

Germany. Inactivated 13 November 1967 in Germany.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Luzon

DECORATIONS

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (68th Signal Battalion cited; DA GO 47, 1950)

68th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

No published histories.
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS

DETACHMENT

69th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Per pale tenné and argent, in bend a cornet of the second garnished with fi ve bands and fi mbriated of the fi rst, and in sinister 

chief a fl eur-de-lis of the last.

Crest: On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné fi ve embattlements of 

the fi rst issuing an oriental demidragon or armed, langued, and 

garnished Gules, tufted vert holding fi ve arrows of the fourth.

Motto: VOIX DE COMMANDE (Voice of Command).

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with 

the Signal Corps. The cornet, an ancient signal horn, denotes 

the communications mission of the organization. The fi ve bands 

symbolize the battalion’s campaign honors for World War II, and 

the fl eur-de-lis represents the Meritorious Unit Commendation 

received for service in the European Theater.

 The oriental demidragon commemorates the battalion’s service 

in Vietnam. The battlements represent the unit’s fi ve campaigns 

in the European Theater during World War II. The cluster of red 

arrows honors the battalion’s fi ve Meritorious Unit Commendations and underscores valor and sacrifi ce.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (active)

Constituted 13 August 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 69th Signal 

Battalion. Activated 15 December 1942 at Camp McCain, Mississippi. Inactivated 

20 April 1945 in Austria.

Allotted 11 March 1955 to the Regular Army and activated at Fort George G. 

Meade, Maryland. Inactivated 1 March 1970 in Vietnam. Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 69th Signal Battalion, activated 17 March 1972 in Vietnam. 

Inactivated 13 November 1972 at Oakland, California. Activated 1 June 1974 in 

Germany.
184 SIGNAL CORPS

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Normandy

Northern France

Rhineland

Ardennes-Alsace

Central Europe

Vietnam

Defense

Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase II

Counteroffensive, Phase III

Tet Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase IV

Counteroffensive, Phase V

Counteroffensive, Phase VI

Tet 69/Counteroffensive

Summer–Fall 1969

Winter–Spring 1970

Consolidation II

Cease-Fire

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN 

THEATER (69th Signal Battalion cited; Citation, XX Corps, undated)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1965–1966 (69th Signal Battalion cited; DA GO 17, 1968)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1966–1967 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 69th Signal Battalion, cited; 

DA GO 46, 1969)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1968–1969 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 69th Signal Battalion, cited; 

DA GO 37, 1970)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1969–1970 (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 69th Signal Battalion, cited; 

DA GO 51, 1971)

69th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bergen, John D. Military Communications: A Test for Technology. United States 

Army in Vietnam. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States 

Army, 1986.

Curbow, Linda. “Gas!” Army Communicator 9 (Fall 1984): 40–43. Battalion underwent nuclear, biological, chemical training.
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 185

Fitz-Enz, David G. Why A Soldier?: A Signal Corpsman’s Tour from Vietnam to the 

Moscow Hot Line. New York: Ballantine Books, 2000. Fitz-Enz served with the 

69th Signal Battalion in Vietnam.

McKinney, John B. “They Communicate and Shoot.” Army 18 (September 1968): 

54–60.

Myer, Charles R. Division-Level Communications, 1962–1973. Vietnam Studies. 

Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1982.

O’Donnell, Diann E. Unit History 69th Signal Battalion, 1942–1978. Augsburg, 

Germany, 1978.

Raines, Rebecca Robbins. Getting the Message Through: A Branch History of the 

U.S. Army Signal Corps. Army Historical Series. Washington, D.C.: Center of 

Military History, United States Army, 1996.

Rienzi, Thomas M. Communications-Electronics, 1962–1970. Vietnam Studies. 

Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1972.

Rolak, Bruno J. History of the U.S. Army Communications Command (1964–1976). 

Fort Huachuca, Ariz.: United States Army Communications Command, 1976.

Rolak, Bruno J., and George R. Thompson. History of the United States Army Communications Command From Origin Through 1976. Fort Huachuca, Ariz.: United States Army Communications Command, 1979.

69th Signal Battalion Unit History. N.p., 1974.
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS

DETACHMENT

72d SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Per pale sable and gules, a fl eur-de-lis throughout or between in 

chief two fusils pilewise and in fess two mullets argent.

Crest: On a wreath of the colors or and sable a staff raguly couped at 

each end of the like surmounted by two lightning bolts saltirewise of the fi rst.

Motto: ALWAYS FIT TO FIGHT.

Symbolism: The fl eur-de-lis represents action in France during World War 

II. Black, red, and gold allude to the national colors of Germany 

and, with white, to the three German states with which the battalion’s service is associated. The stars allude to the two campaign 

participation credits earned by the unit in Europe during World 

War II. The two fusils are symbolic of radio waves and impulses, 

a reference to the unit’s mission. Gold denotes excellence, and 

red signifi es courage.

 The ragged staff represents lookout and signal positions as well as 

World War II battlefi elds and their locations in the battle-scarred 

forests of the European Theater. The lightning bolts represent the 

Signal Corps and the battalion’s World War II campaigns. Gold 

symbolizes excellence, and black denotes strength and solidarity.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

Description: A gold color metal and enamel device that consists of a gold 

fl eur-de-lis placed on a trilobate shape divided vertically into 

black and red areas with a white star between each branch arm 

and the tail arms of the fl eur-de-lis. A white fusil radiates outward between the top of each of the branch arms and the main 

stem of the fl eur-de-lis.

Symbolism: The gold fl eur-de-lis represents the unit’s activities in France. 

The combination of black, red, and gold alludes to the national 

colors of Germany and also represents Belgium. Black and gold 

allude to the German state of Baden-Württemberg; red and white 

to the state of Hessen; and black, gold, and red to the state of 

Rhineland-Pfalz. The two white stars are symbolic of the two 

campaign participation credits earned by the battalion—Rhine-
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 187

land and Central Europe—as well as the battalion’s activities in 

Europe and the Far East. The two white fusils are symbolic of 

radio waves (impulses).

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (active)

Constituted 8 May 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 3186th Signal 

Service Battalion. Activated 15 May 1944 at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. Redesignated 30 June 1947 as the 72d Signal Service Battalion. Inactivated 25 January 

1950 in Japan.

Redesignated 7 June 1954 as Headquarters, 72d Signal Battalion, and allotted to 

the Regular Army. Activated 15 July 1954 at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Reorganized 

and redesignated 9 December 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 

72d Signal Battalion. Inactivated 1 October 1964 at Fort Huachuca, Arizona.

Activated 25 September 1965 in Germany. Inactivated 13 November 1967 in 

Germany. Activated 1 January 1972 in Germany.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Rhineland

Central Europe

Asiatic-Pacifi c Theater, Streamer without inscription

DECORATIONS

None.

72d SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Gallivan, Catherine. “Signal Team Keeps Task Force in Touch and Talking.” Army 

Communicator 23 (Fall 1998): 21. Support provided to Task Force Rijeka in Croatia.

Hitt, Joe. “7th Signal Brigade Joins 5th Signal Command.” Army Communicator 7 

(Winter 1982): 37.

Hypes, G. D. 72d Signal Battalion, 1947–1978. Karlsruhe, West Germany, 1978.

Johnson, Danny M. Military Communications Supporting Peacekeeping Operations in the Balkans: The Signal Corps at Its Best. Mannheim, Germany: Headquarters, 5th Signal Command, 2000.

Rolak, Bruno J. History of the U.S. Army Communications Command (1964–1976). 

Fort Huachuca, Ariz.: United States Army Communications Command, 1976.

Rudd, Gordon W. Humanitarian Intervention: Assisting the Iraqi Kurds in Operation Provide Comfort, 1991. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, 

United States Army, 2004.

Shackford, Charles, ed. Line Up, 3186th Signal Service Battalion. N.p, 1945.
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS

DETACHMENT

73d SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Per pile azure and tenné, between four lightning fl ashes argent 

pilewise a sea lion grasping a sword argent.

Crest: None approved.

Motto: None approved.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The sea lion commemorates the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation; blue alludes to the Pacifi c Ocean. The four 

lightning fl ashes represent the four capabilities of a signal unit.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

Description: A silver color metal and enamel device that consists of a blue 

diamond charged with a silver sea lion holding a sword, fl anked 

on the bottom side by two orange triangles, each with one convex side and bearing two silver lightning fl ashes radiating from 

base.

Symbolism: Orange and white (silver) are the colors traditionally associated 

with the Signal Corps. The sea lion commemorates the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation; blue alludes to the Pacifi c 

Ocean. The four lightning fl ashes represent the four capabilities 

of a signal unit.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 29 March 1945 in the Army of the United States as the 4026th 

Signal Photographic Battalion. Activated 20 May 1945 in the Philippine Islands. 

Inactivated 15 April 1946 in Japan.

Redesignated 8 September 1954 as Headquarters, 73d Signal Battalion, and allotted to the Regular Army. Activated 15 December 1954 at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. 

Inactivated 1 May 1957 at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Redesignated 1 March 1963 as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 73d Signal Battalion. Activated 26 March 

1963 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Inactivated 29 June 1972 at Oakland, California.

Activated 1 July 1974 in Germany. Inactivated 15 September 1994 in Germany.
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 189

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Luzon

Vietnam

Counteroffensive, Phase II

Counteroffensive, Phase III

Tet Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase IV

Counteroffensive, Phase V

Counteroffensive, Phase VI

Tet 69/Counteroffensive

Summer–Fall 1969

Winter–Spring 1970

Sanctuary Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase VII

Consolidation I

Consolidation II

Cease-Fire

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1966–1968 (Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 73d Signal Battalion [Support], cited; DA GO 42, 1969)

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 

TO 4 JULY 1945 (4026th Signal Photographic, Battalion Headquarters, cited; DA GO 

47, 1950)

73d SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bergen, John D. Military Communications: A Test for Technology. United States 

Army in Vietnam. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States 

Army, 1986.

The History of the 73rd Signal Battalion. N.p., c. 1978.

Rienzi, Thomas M. Communications-Electronics, 1962–1970. Vietnam Studies. 

Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1972.

Royal, Lee. “Amitie.” Army Communicator 9 (Fall 1984): 44. Report of ceremony 

with a French counterpart unit.

Unit History, 73rd Signal Battalion. N.p., 1974.
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS

DETACHMENT

75th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

None approved.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

AR

LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 20 April 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 3114th Signal 

Service Battalion. Activated 10 May 1944 at Corozal, Canal Zone. Redesignated 

7 May 1947 as the 75th Signal Service Battalion. Inactivated 16 July 1948 at Fort 

Clayton, Canal Zone.

Redesignated 18 August 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 

75th Signal Battalion, and allotted to the Army Reserve. Activated 10 October 1959 

at Chicago Heights, Illinois. Inactivated 11 January 1963 at Chicago Heights, Illinois.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

American Theater, Streamer without inscription

DECORATIONS

None.

75th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

No published histories.
77th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Argent, a torch sable enfl amed surmounting in base three 

waves tenné and fl anked in chief by two slips of grapevine of 

the second.

Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Army Reserve: On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné the Lexington Minuteman proper. The statue of the Minuteman Capt. John 

Parker (H. H. Kitson, sculptor) stands on the Common in Lexington, Massachusetts.

Motto: None approved.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The fl aming torch, one of the oldest means of communication, alludes to the unit’s function. The unit’s service in 

World War I is represented by the two slips of grapevine with 

four leaves for battle honors won in France. The three waves 

refer to the unit’s World War II service in the Pacifi c theater.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

AR

LINEAGE (77th Infantry Division) (inactive)

Constituted 1 July 1916 in the Enlisted Reserve Corps as a Signal Corps battalion. Organized March–October 1917 in New York as the 1st Reserve Field Signal 

Battalion. Ordered into active military service 5 October 1917 at Camp Upton, New 

York; concurrently redesignated as the 302d Field Signal Battalion and assigned to 

the 77th Division. Demobilized 9 May 1919 at Camp Upton, New York.

Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 77th Signal Company, an element of the 77th Division (later redesignated as the 77th Infantry Division). Organized in May 1922 at New York, New York. Ordered into active military 

service 24 March 1942 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Inactivated 15 March 1946 

in Japan. Activated 19 February 1947 at New York, New York. (Organized Reserves 

redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 

1952 as the Army Reserve.)

Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 77th Signal Battalion. (Companies A and B constituted 7 April 1959 and 

activated 1 May 1959 at Garden City, Long Island, New York, and New York, New 
192 SIGNAL CORPS

World War II

Western Pacifi c

Leyte

Ryukyus

York, respectively; Company C constituted 25 March 1963 and activated 26 March 

1963 at New York, New York.) Redesignated 21 October 1963 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Detachment, 77th Signal Battalion. Inactivated 30 December 1965 at 

New York, New York (organic elements concurrently inactivated).

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War I

Oise-Aisne

Meuse-Argonne

Lorraine 1918

Champagne 1918

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered PACIFIC 

THEATER (77th Signal Company cited; GO 178, 77th Infantry Division, 30 May 

1945)

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (77th Signal Company cited; DA GO 47, 1950)

77th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Adler, Julius O., ed. History of the Seventy-Seventh Division, August 25, 1917–November 11, 1918. New York: Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Company, 1919.

American Battle Monuments Commission. 77th Division, Summary of Operations 

in the World War. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Offi ce, 1944.

Appleman, Roy E., James M. Burns, Russell A. Gugeler, and John Stevens. Okinawa: The Last Battle. United States Army in World War II. Washington, D.C.: 

Historical Division, Department of the Army, 1948. 77th Infantry Division cited.

Cannon, M. Hamlin. Leyte: The Return to the Philippines. United States Army in 

World War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, 1954. 77th Infantry Division cited.

Crowl, Philip A. Campaign in the Marianas. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the 

Army, 1960. 77th Infantry Division cited.

McKeogh, Arthur. The Victorious 77th Division (New York’s Own) in the Argonne 

Fight. New York: John H. Eggers Company, 1919.

Myers, Max, ed. Ours to Hold It High: The History of the 77th Infantry Division 

in World War II by Men Who Were There. Washington, D.C.: Infantry Journal 

Press, 1947.

“ONEIDA BEAR.” Army Reserve Magazine 10 (July–August 1964): 9. Training 

exercise in which the 77th Signal Battalion participated.

Operation Report, Iceberg Phase I, 77th Infantry Division. N.p., 1945.

Smith, Robert Ross. Triumph in the Philippines. United States Army in World War 

II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the 

Army, 1963. 77th Infantry Division cited.
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS

DETACHMENT

78th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Per cross tenné and argent, a fret containing and interlaced with 

an annulet, the saltire bands terminating in lightning fl ashes 

throughout, all counterchanged.

Crest: On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné a sea lion naiant or, 

langued azure, supporting an equilateral triangle point up azure, 

charged with a sun rayonnant with eight groups of rays of the third.

Motto: NEVER BETTERED.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The four divisions of the shield denote the unit’s 

heritage of installing, operating, and maintaining four area signal centers as part of an Army area signal system. The fret with 

lightning fl ashes depicts the radio relay and fi eld cable trunk 

circuits between the area signal centers. The interlaced ring alludes to the message center and signal information provided by 

the organization. The counterchanged colors refer to the unit’s 

signal displacement capability and also its circuit patching and 

switching responsibilities.

 The gold sea lion and eight-rayed Philippine sun with blue background, taken from the seal of the president of the Philippines, 

refer to the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation earned by the 

unit. The triangle is associated with the presidential seal and the 

national fl ag of the Philippines. The sea lion, also represented 

on the coat of arms of Manila, additionally refers to campaign 

participation on Luzon.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

Description: A silver color metal and enamel device that consists of a stylized 

silver Philippine sun superimposed by silver and orange lightning 

fl ashes crossed diagonally. Overall a lozenge divided crosswise 

silver and orange bearing another lozenge divided crosswise orange and silver. At top an arched silver scroll inscribed NEVER, 

and on the bottom an arched silver scroll inscribed BETTERED, 

all in black letters and overall at center a gold sea lion.

Symbolism: Orange and white (silver) are the colors traditionally associated 

with the Signal Corps. The lightning fl ashes and lozenges in al-
194 SIGNAL CORPS

ternating colors refer to versatility, multiple capabilities, and the 

unit’s heritage of circuit patching and switching. The gold sea 

lion and Philippine sun, adapted from the seal of the president of 

the Philippines, commemorate the Philippine Presidential Unit 

Citation awarded to the battalion for service during World War 

II. The sea lion also alludes to Manila and refers to the unit’s 

campaign participation on Luzon.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (active)

Constituted 26 August 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 318th Coast 

Artillery Barrage Balloon Battalion. Activated 10 December 1942 at Camp Tyson, 

Tennessee. Reorganized and redesignated 1 August 1943 as the 318th Antiaircraft 

Balloon Battalion, Low Altitude. Reorganized and redesignated 25 September 1943 

as the 318th Antiaircraft Balloon Battalion, Very Low Altitude.

Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 17 April 1944 as the 78th Signal 

Light Construction Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1944 as 

the 78th Signal Heavy Construction Battalion. Inactivated 31 August 1946 in Japan.

Redesignated 20 July 1966 as the 78th Signal Battalion, allotted to the Regular 

Army, and activated at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Inactivated 31 January 1971 at Fort 

Lewis, Washington.

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 78th Signal Battalion, redesignated 

16 October 1992 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 78th Signal Battalion, and activated in Japan.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Luzon

DECORATIONS

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (78th Signal [Heavy] Construction Battalion cited; DA GO 

47, 1950)

78th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Evers, Michelle. “Japan Defense Message System Center First in Pacifi c.” Army 

Communicator 24 (Winter 1999): 38.

Nquyen, Luan. “78th Supports Japan’s Disaster Day Exercise.” Army Communicator 28 (Winter 2003): 49–50.

Rolak, Bruno J. History of the U.S. Army Communications Command (1964–1976). 

Fort Huachuca, Ariz.: United States Army Communications Command, 1976.

Whitehead, Tony. “78th Signal Battalion Begins Major Upgrade in Japan.” Army 

Communicator 23 (Summer 1998): 46.
82d SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Per pale wavy tenné and argent, a fl eur-de-lis, the outer petals 

each charged with a lozenge, all counterchanged. Overall on a 

winged chevronel abased sable fi mbriated of the second, four 

plates accosted by six billets, three and three of the last.

Crest: None approved.

Motto: THE COMMANDER’S VOICE.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with 

the Signal Corps. The wavy central partition line represents the 

Rhine River that fl ows in a northerly direction and is an essential 

waterway in the Rhineland where the organization served during 

World War II. The fl eur-de-lis symbolizes France where the battalion served during World Wars I and II, a fact alluded to by the 

division and counterchanging of said charge. The two diamonds 

allude to the two leading nations in the diamond cutting industry, 

Belgium and the Netherlands, where the battalion served during 

World War II. The winged chevron indicates the unit’s historic 

airborne mission, and the color black is taken from the fi eld of 

the Belgian coat of arms. The chevron markings are the international Morse code symbols for “82,” the numerical designation 

of the battalion.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (82d Airborne Division) (active)

Constituted 1 July 1916 in the Enlisted Reserve Corps as a Signal Corps battalion. Organized 19 September 1917 at Camp Gordon, Georgia, as the 13th Reserve 

Field Signal Battalion. Ordered into active military service 5 October 1917; concurrently redesignated as the 307th Field Signal Battalion and assigned to the 82d Division. Demobilized 22 May 1919 at Camp Morrison, Virginia.

Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 82d Signal Company 

and assigned to the 82d Division (later redesignated as the 82d Airborne Division). Organized in February 1922 at Macon, Georgia. Ordered into active military service 25 March 

1942 and reorganized at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana. Reorganized and redesignated 15 

August 1942 as the 82d Airborne Signal Company. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 

March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps.)
196 SIGNAL CORPS

Armed Forces Expeditions

Dominican Republic

Grenada

Panama

Southwest Asia

Defense of Saudi Arabia

Liberation and Defense of Kuwait

Withdrawn 15 November 1948 from the Organized Reserve Corps and allotted 

to the Regular Army. Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 82d Signal Battalion (organic elements constituted 19 July 1957 and activated 1 September 1957 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina).

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War I

St. Mihiel

Meuse-Argonne

Lorraine 1918

World War II

Sicily (with arrowhead)

Naples-Foggia

Normandy (with arrowhead)

Rhineland (with arrowhead)

Ardennes-Alsace

Central Europe

DECORATIONS

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered STE. MERE EGLISE 

(82d Airborne Signal Company cited; WD GO 83, 1944)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST 

ASIA 1990–1991 (82d Signal Battalion cited; DA GO 27, 1994)

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered STE. 

MERE EGLISE (82d Airborne Signal Company cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered 

COTENTIN (82d Airborne Signal Company cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

French Croix de Guerre, World War II, Fourragere (82d Airborne Signal Company cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

Belgian Fourragere 1940 (82d Airborne Signal Company cited; DA GO 43, 

1950)

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes 

(82d Airborne Signal Company cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in Belgium and 

Germany (82d Airborne Signal Company cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

Military Order of William (Degree of the Knight of the Fourth Class), Streamer 

embroidered NIJMEGEN 1944 (82d Airborne Signal Company cited; DA GO 43, 

1950)

Netherlands Orange Lanyard (82d Airborne Signal Company cited; DA GO 43, 

1950)

82d SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

American Battle Monuments Commission. 82d Division, Summary of Operations in 

the World War. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Offi ce, 1944.
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 197

Barry, Robert F., ed. Power Pack: The 82d Airborne Division [in the Dominican 

Republic]. Portsmouth, Va.: Messenger Printing Company, 1965.

Blumenson, Martin. Breakout and Pursuit. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the 

Army, 1961. 82d Airborne Division cited.

———. Salerno to Cassino. United States Army in World War II. Washington: Government Publishing Offi ce, 1969. 82d Airborne Division cited.

Burdette, Thomas W., ed. The Jump Log. History of the 82d Airborne Division, 

America’s “Guard of Honor.” Norfolk: C&M Offset Printing Company, 1961.

Cantelou, Campbell. “Jumping Into a ‘Just Cause.’” Army Communicator 15 (Winter–Spring 1990): 6–11.

Combat: D-Day in Grenada (82d Airborne Division). Alexandria, Va.: Photo Press 

International, 1984.

Dawson, W. Forrest, comp. and ed. Saga of the All American. Atlanta: Albert Love 

Enterprises, 1946. Reprint. Nashville: Battery Press, 1978.

Dolde, Ruth. “A Combined Exercise.” Army Communicator 11 (Winter 1986): 54. 

Training exercise at Fort Gordon with 67th Signal Battalion.

82d Airborne Division, Action in Central Europe, April–May 1945, Based on Offi cial 

After-Action Reports. N.p., 1945.

82d Airborne Signal Company. Berlin: Druckhaus Tempelhof, 1946.

82d Signal Battalion (ABN DIV) History. N.p., c. 1964.

Ferrell, Robert S. “Operation UPHOLD DEMOCRACY: Contingency Communications and Forced Entry Operations for Haiti.” Army Communicator 20 (Winter 

1995): 7–14.

Garland, Albert N., and Howard McGaw Smyth. Sicily and the Surrender of Italy. 

United States Army in World War II. Washington, D.C: Offi ce of the Chief of 

Military History, Department of the Army, 1965. 82d Airborne Division cited.

Harrison, Gordon A. Cross-Channel Attack. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 

1951. 82d Airborne Division cited.

Hood, Dellman O. “History of the 307th Field Signal Battalion,” in Offi cial History 

of the 82nd Division, A.E.F., “All American” Division. Indianapolis: BobbsMerrill Company, 1919.

MacDonald, Charles B. The Siegfried Line Campaign. United States Army in World 

War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department 

of the Army, 1963. 82d Airborne Division cited.

Raines, Rebecca Robbins. Getting the Message Through: A Branch History of the 

U.S. Army Signal Corps. Army Historical Series. Washington, D.C.: Center of 

Military History, United States Army, 1996.

Robinson, Clarence A., Jr. “Parachute Forced Entry Drives Signal Battalion’s Rapid 

Support.” Signal 51 (March 1997): 21–22.

Smith, Craig. “82d Signal Battalion Deploys to Former Soviet Union.” Army Communicator 22 (Fall 1997): 2–6.

Thompson, George Raynor, and Dixie R. Harris. The Signal Corps: The Outcome 

(Mid-1943 through 1945). United States Army in World War II. Washington, 

D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1966.
83d SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Tenné, a network of nine wires fretty, fi ve and four argent, and 

overall in pale a fi eld telephone sable fi mbriated of the second.

Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Army Reserve: On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné the Lexington Minuteman proper. The statue of the Minuteman Capt. John 

Parker (H. H. Kitson, sculptor) stands on the Common in Lexington, Massachusetts.

Motto: SIGNUM SEMPER DANS (Always Giving a Signal).

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with 

the Signal Corps. The network of wire represents the teamwork 

required for successful signal communications. The wire and 

telephone together allude to the mission of a signal battalion. 

The nine wires commemorate the nine battle honors awarded the 

unit, four for service in World War I and fi ve for service in World 

War II.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

AR

LINEAGE (83d Infantry Division) (inactive)

Constituted 1 July 1916 in the Enlisted Reserve Corps as a Signal Corps battalion. Organized March–October 1917 in Ohio as the 20th Reserve Field Signal 

Battalion. Ordered into active military service 5 October 1917 at Camp Sherman, 

Ohio; concurrently redesignated as the 308th Field Signal Battalion and assigned to 

the 83d Division. Demobilized 6 August 1919 at Camp Sherman, Ohio.

Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 83d Signal Company, an element of the 83d Division (later redesignated as the 83d Infantry Division). Organized in December 1921 at Columbus, Ohio. Ordered into active military 

service 15 August 1942 at Camp Atterbury, Indiana. Inactivated 27 March 1946 

at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. Activated 14 November 1946 at Cleveland, Ohio. 

(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; 

redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.)

Reorganized and redesignated 19 March 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 83d Signal Battalion (Companies A and B concurrently constituted 

and activated, at Toledo and Marion, Ohio, respectively; Company C constituted 27 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 199

World War II

Normandy

Northern France

Rhineland

Ardennes-Alsace

Central Europe

March 1963 and activated 15 April 1963 at Painesville, Ohio). Location of Headquarters changed 1 May 1959 to Youngstown, Ohio. Redesignated 1 November 1963 

as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 83d Signal Battalion. Inactivated 31 

December 1965 at Youngstown, Ohio (organic elements concurrently inactivated).

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War I

Aisne-Marne

Oise-Aisne

Meuse-Argonne

Champagne 1918

DECORATIONS

None.

83d SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Blumenson, Martin. Breakout and Pursuit. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the 

Army, 1961. 83d Infantry Division cited.

Cole, Hugh M. The Ardennes: Battle of the Bulge. United States Army in World War 

II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the 

Army, 1965. 83d Infantry Division cited.

———. The Lorraine Campaign. United States Army in World War II. Washington, 

D.C.: Historical Division, Department of the Army, 1950. 83d Infantry Division 

cited.

83d Infantry Division History 1917–1962. 1962 ANACDUTRA Camp A. P. Hill, 

Virginia. Camp A.P. Hill, Va., 1962.

Hayhow, Ernie. The Thunderbolt Across Europe: A History of the 83d Infantry Division 1942–1945. Munich: F. Bruckmann KG, 1946.

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Offensive. United States Army in World War II. 

Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1973. 83d Infantry 

Division cited.

———. The Siegfried Line Campaign. United States Army in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, 

1963. 83d Infantry Division cited.

Thunderbolt Division: The Story of the Eighty-third Infantry Division, 1945. N.p., 

1945.
86th SIGNAL BATTALION

(First Voice Heard)

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Per fess argent, radiant of six from fesspoint two gules between 

four sable and argent a tiger face proper grasping a lightning bolt 

fesswise tenné within a crescent of the fi rst triple fi mbriated vert, 

gules, and sable.

Crest: On a wreath of the colors argent and sable an octagon sable fi mbriated argent surmounted by an irregular mullet of six in dexter 

chief issuing six contrails arching to sinister base of the second.

Motto: FIRST VOICE HEARD.

Symbolism: Orange and white (silver) are the colors traditionally associated with the Signal Corps. The rays in chief, suggested by the 

state fl ag of Arizona, allude to Fort Huachuca, the battalion’s 

home station. The rays refer to campaign credits earned during 

two wars. The two red sectors refer to the battalion’s Meritorious Unit Commendations, and the black and white rays refer 

to the knowledge required for night and day signal operations. 

The tiger symbolizes Vietnam, site of the unit’s fi rst wartime 

service. The lightning bolt connotes electronic communications 

and speed of response. The crescent, outlined in the colors of the 

Kuwait fl ag, represents the Persian Gulf region, site of the unit’s 

second wartime service.

 The meteor streaking across the octagon symbolizes swiftness. 

Its brilliance and speed refer to early methods of conveying information by means of signal lights and stand for the battalion’s 

mission of providing military communications. The eight sides 

of the insignia, representing the eight directions of the compass, 

indicate that the unit can transmit information in all directions. 

The eight sides, combined with the six points of the meteor, also 

allude to the battalion’s numerical designation.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 201

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (active)

Constituted 23 March 1966 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 86th Signal Battalion. Activated 1 June 1966 at Fort Bragg, 

North Carolina. Inactivated 30 April 1971 in Vietnam.

Activated 1 July 1977 at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Reorganized and redesignated 16 January 1998 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 86th Signal Battalion (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated at Fort Huachuca, 

Arizona).

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

Vietnam

Counteroffensive, Phase II

Counteroffensive, Phase III

Tet Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase IV

Counteroffensive, Phase V

Counteroffensive, Phase VI

Tet 69/Counteroffensive

Summer–Fall 1969

Winter–Spring 1970

Sanctuary Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase VII

Southwest Asia

Defense of Saudi Arabia

Liberation and Defense of Kuwait

Cease-Fire

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1966–1967 (Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 86th Signal Battalion 

[Support], cited; DA GO 42, 1969)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST 

ASIA 1990–1991 (86th Signal Battalion cited; DA GO 17, 1992)

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1967–1968 (Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 86th Signal 

Battalion, cited; DA GO 48, 1971)

Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967–1970 (Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 86th 

Signal Battalion, cited; DA GO 51, 1971)
202 SIGNAL CORPS

86th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Ackerman, Robert K. “Tactical Signalers Learn to Pack Light, Travel Right.” Signal

54 (April 2000): 37–39.

Alley, Lisa. “Thunderbird Brigade Overcomes Challenges of East Timor.” Army 

Communicator 25 (Fall 2000): 13–15.

Bergen, John D. Military Communications: A Test for Technology. United States 

Army in Vietnam. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States 

Army, 1986.

Davis, Richard, Jr. “Inside USACC’s ‘Fire Brigade.’” Army Communicator 7 (Summer 1982): 5–11.

Hasenauer, Heike. “Grecian Firebolt.” Soldiers 49 (September 1994): 37–40.

Kennedy, Randy. “35th Signal Brigade.” Army Communicator 13 (Winter 1988): 

36–37.

McPherson, Bill. “Signaleers Support East Timor Operation.” Army Communicator

25 (Fall 2000): 2–5.

Raines, Rebecca Robbins. Getting the Message Through: A Branch History of the 

U.S. Army Signal Corps. Army Historical Series. Washington, D.C.: Center of 

Military History, United States Army, 1996.

Rienzi, Thomas M. Communications-Electronics, 1962–1970. Vietnam Studies. 

Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1972.

Rolak, Bruno J. History of the U.S. Army Communications Command (1964–1976). 

Fort Huachuca, Ariz.: United States Army Communications Command, 1976.

Stokes, Carol E., ed. The U.S. Army Signal Corps in Operation Desert Shield/Desert 

Storm. Fort Gordon, Ga.: Offi ce of the Command Historian, U.S. Army Signal 

Center and Fort Gordon, 1994.

Stokes, Carol E., and Kathy R. Coker. “Getting the Message Through in the Persian 

Gulf War.” Army Communicator 17 (Summer–Winter 1992): 17–25.

Williams, Ardine. “Road Test.” Army Communicator 13 (Winter 1988): 53. Exercise “Level Road.”
94th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

None approved.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

AR

LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 94th Signal Company and assigned to the 94th Division (later redesignated as the 94th Infantry Division). Organized in November 1921 at Boston, Massachusetts. Ordered into active 

military service 15 September 1942 at Fort Custer, Michigan. Inactivated 6 February 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. Activated 13 February 1947 at Boston, 

Massachusetts. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized 

Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.)

Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 94th Signal Battalion (Companies A and B constituted 6 April 1959 in 

the Army Reserve and activated 1 May 1959 at Boston and Roslindale, Massachusetts, respectively.) Inactivated 1 March 1963 at Boston, Massachusetts, and relieved from assignment to the 94th Infantry Division (organic elements concurrently 

inactivated).

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Northern France

Rhineland

Central Europe

DECORATIONS

None.

94th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Blumenson, Martin. Breakout and Pursuit. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the 

Army, 1961. 94th Infantry Division cited.

Byrnes, Laurence G., ed. History of the 94th Infantry Division in World War II. 

Washington, D.C.: Infantry Journal Press, 1948.

MacDonald, Charles B. The Siegfried Line Campaign. United States Army in World 

War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department 

of the Army, 1963. 94th Infantry Division cited.
96th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Tenné, a pile argent issuant from a foot of two waves sable fi mbriated of the second, and a sea lion grasping a raised sword of the 

third.

Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Army Reserve: On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné the Lexington Minuteman proper. The statue of the Minuteman Capt. John 

Parker (H. H. Kitson, sculptor) stands on the Common in Lexington, Massachusetts.

Motto: SIGNAL, CLEF DU SUCCES (Signal, Key to Success).

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The white pile, or wedge shape, represents the beam 

of a searchlight and alludes to the unit’s function. The two waves at 

the bottom of the shield represent the unit’s participation in World 

War II campaigns in the Pacifi c theater, and the sea lion is for the 

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation awarded the unit for service 

in the Philippines.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

AR

LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 25 July 1918 in the National Army as the 621st Field Signal Battalion and assigned to the 96th Division (later redesignated as the 96th Infantry 

Division). Organized in October 1918 at Camp Wadsworth, South Carolina. Demobilized 7 January 1919 at Camp Wadsworth, South Carolina.

Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 96th Signal Company and assigned to the 96th Division. Organized in March 1922 at Seattle, Washington. Ordered into active military service 15 August 1942 at Camp Adair, Oregon. 

Inactivated 3 February 1946 at Camp Anza, California. Activated 22 October 1947 

at Helena, Montana. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Location 

changed 1 June 1949 to Butte, Montana; changed 1 July 1950 to Salt Lake City, Utah.

Reorganized and redesignated 1 June 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 96th Signal Battalion (organic elements constituted 29 April 1959 in the 
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Army Reserve; activated 1 June 1959 at Salt Lake City, Utah). Inactivated 15 February 1963 at Salt Lake City, Utah, and relieved from assignment to the 96th Infantry 

Division (organic elements concurrently inactivated).

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Leyte (with arrowhead)

Ryukyus

DECORATIONS

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered OKINAWA (96th Signal Company cited; DA GO 29, 2001)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered PACIFIC 

THEATER OCT 1944–FEB 1945 (96th Signal Company cited; GO 64, 96th Infantry 

Division, 2 March 1945)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered PACIFIC 

THEATER MAR 1945–SEP 1945 (96th Signal Company cited; GO 781, 96th Infantry Division, 21 September 1945)

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 

TO 4 JULY 1945 (96th Signal Company cited; DA GO 47, 1950)

96th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Kern, Irving, ed. Signal Communique. Washington, D.C.: Infantry Journal Press, 

1946.

96th Infantry Division, 1942–1944. San Francisco: Shannon and Firth, 1945.

96th Infantry Division, Ryukyu Campaign Action Report. N.p., 1945.
97th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Sable, between a lightning fl ash bendwise in bend point to chief 

argent a fl eur-de-lis and a bunch of grapes or.

Crest: None approved.

Motto: TRIED AND TRUE.

Symbolism: The colors of the Constabulary—black and golden orange—

are used. The battle honors are symbolized by the fl eur-de-lis 

for France and the bunch of grapes for Central Europe and the 

Rhineland. The lightning fl ash is used to represent Signal Corps 

service.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

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LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 3 November 1941 in the Army of the United States as the 97th 

Signal Battalion. Activated 10 April 1942 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Reorganized 

and redesignated 1 May 1946 as the 97th Constabulary Signal Squadron. Reorganized and redesignated 5 July 1950 as the 97th Signal Operation Battalion.

Allotted 16 February 1951 to the Regular Army. Reorganized and redesignated 

15 February 1953 as the 97th Signal Battalion. Inactivated 15 September 1993 in 

Germany.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Rhineland

Ardennes-Alsace

Central Europe

DECORATIONS

None.
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97th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Historical Section, 97th Signal Operation Battalion. Unit History of the 97th Signal 

Battalion from 10 April 1942 to 10 April 1952. Böblingen, Germany: Mobile 

Press of the 5th Loudspeaker and Leafl et Company, 1952.

Jones, Sylvia B., and Edwin P. Stouffer. “Fielding the SWITCH!” Army Communicator 9 (Fall 1984): 50–54.

“Spirit of the 97th Signal Battalion.” Signal 5 (July–August 1951): 9–11, 74, 80.

Thompson, George Raynor, and Dixie R. Harris. The Signal Corps: The Outcome 

(Mid-1943 through 1945). United States Army in World War II. Washington, 

D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1966.
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98th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS 

None approved.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

Description: A gold color metal and enamel device that consists of a blue 

disc bearing a sea lion grasping in his right paw a fl aming torch, 

all gold and all within an orange annulet inscribed in gold letters KNOWLEDGE, UNITY, SPEED, each word separated by a 

gold lightning fl ash. Issuing from the annulet eight white rays.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The sea lion and the eight rays of the sun are associated with the seal of the president of the Philippines. They 

commemorate the action for which the battalion received the 

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation and also refer to the unit’s 

participation in four campaigns during World War II. The torch 

grasped by the sea lion stands for knowledge, the annulet symbolizes unity, and the lightning fl ashes represent speed. The blue 

disc represents Lake Ontario, which is near the battalion’s former home area in New York.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

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LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 3 November 1941 in the Regular Army as the 98th Signal Battalion. 

Activated 15 June 1942 at Camp Crowder, Missouri. Inactivated 31 May 1946 in Japan.

Redesignated 12 January 1948 as the 98th Signal Operations Battalion; concurrently withdrawn from the Regular Army and allotted to the Organized Reserves. 

(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; 

redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Redesignated 23 March 1956 as 

the 98th Signal Battalion. Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 98th Signal 

Battalion, activated 24 May 1956 at East Orange, New Jersey. Location changed 

19 February 1957 to Montclair, New Jersey. Inactivated 1 June 1959 at Montclair, 

New Jersey.

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 98th Signal Battalion, redesignated 

31 January 1968 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 98th Signal Bat-
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talion, and activated at Rochester, New York. Location changed 1 July 1968 to Webster, New York. Inactivated 17 June 1990 at Webster, New York.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

New Guinea

Leyte

Luzon

Southern Philippines

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered PACIFIC 

THEATER (98th Signal Battalion [less Company A] cited; GO 73, XI Corps, 14 September 1945)

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 

TO 4 JULY 1945 (98th Signal Battalion [Separate] cited; DA GO 47, 1950)

98th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Blanton, Nancy C. “Go Between Circuits III.” Army Communicator 5 (Summer 

1980): 19–23.

Cannon, M. Hamlin. Leyte: The Return to the Philippines. United States Army in 

World War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, 1961.

Carroll, Bill. “Gagetown ’87.” Army Communicator 13 (Winter 1988): 48–49. Field 

exercise held in New Brunswick, Canada.

Crocker, Robert W. “Go Between Circuits IV.” Army Communicator 6 (Summer 

1981): 50–53.

History of X Corps on Mindanao, 17 April 1945–30 June 1945. N.p., 1945.

A History of the X Corps in the Leyte-Samar Operation. N.p., 1945.

“28 Units Play Logistical CPX.” Army Reserve 17 (November–December 1971): 

24. Command post exercise at Camp Pickett, Virginia.
99th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Per chevron tenné and argent, three lightning fl ashes, each of three 

zigzags—one in pale between two in bend—all counterchanged 

and all issuing from base above an arrowhead gules.

Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Army Reserve: On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné the Lexington Minuteman proper. The statue of the Minuteman Capt. John 

Parker (H. H. Kitson, sculptor) stands on the Common in Lexington, Massachusetts.

Motto: THE GOLDEN FLASH

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with 

the Signal Corps. The color scarlet denotes the Meritorious Unit 

Commendation (Army) awarded the unit for service in the Asiatic-Pacifi c theater during World War II. The three lightning fl ashes 

represent the unit’s participation in the following campaigns: 

the assault landing in New Guinea, indicated by the arrowhead, 

and Leyte and the Southern Philippines, for which the unit was 

awarded the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation. The design alludes to the former heraldic devices, symbolism, and numerical 

designation used by the unit. The per chevron simulates a mountain, and the lightning fl ashes have a total of nine zigzags.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

Description: A gold color metal and enamel device that consists of a gold 

Philippine sun on a blue background between two orange lightning fl ashes issuing from opposite sides in base chevronwise. 

All above a black scroll bears the inscription THE GOLDEN 

FLASH in gold letters.

Symbolism: The orange lightning fl ashes symbolize the basic mission of the 

battalion. The sun (adopted from the national fl ag of the Philippines) alludes to the organization’s distinguished service in the 

Philippines. The arrowhead, formed by the joining of the two 

lightning fl ashes, refers to the unit’s assault landing in New 

Guinea during World War II.
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LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 3 November 1941 in the Regular Army as the 99th Signal Battalion. 

Activated 10 March 1942 at Fort Ord, California. Inactivated 31 January 1946 in 

Japan.

Allotted 19 January 1954 to the Army Reserve. Activated 1 March 1954 with 

Headquarters at Plattsburgh, New York. (Company B concurrently activated.) 

(Company A activated 15 February 1955 at Plattsburgh, New York; Company B 

concurrently inactivated.) Location of Headquarters changed 1 February 1956 to 

New York, New York. Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 99th Signal Battalion, inactivated 15 August 1959 at New York, New York.

Redesignated 15 September 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 99th Signal Battalion. Ordered into active military service 15 October 1961 at 

New York, New York. Released from active military service 8 August 1962 and reverted to reserve status. Location of Headquarters changed 31 January 1966 to Fort 

Tilden, New York; changed 1 October 1977 to Brooklyn, New York. (Organic elements activated 31 January 1968.) Ordered into active military service (less Company A) 24 March 1970 at Fort Hamilton, New York; released from active military 

service 26 March 1970 and reverted to reserve status. Inactivated 15 September 

1996 at Brooklyn, New York.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

New Guinea (with arrowhead)

Leyte

Southern Philippines

Bismarck Archipelago

Company C additionally entitled to:

World War II–AP

Luzon

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered PACIFIC 

THEATER (99th Signal Battalion [less Company C] cited; GO 84, X Corps, 14 July 

1945)

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 

TO 4 JULY 1945 (99th Signal Battalion cited; DA GO 47, 1950)

Company A additionally entitled to:

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered LEYTE (Company A, 99th Signal Battalion, cited; GO 68, Sixth Army, 11 April 1945)
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99th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

The Admiralties: Operations of the 1st Cavalry Division (29 February–18 May 

1944). American Forces in Action. Washington, D.C.: Historical Division, War 

Department, 1945.

Cannon, M. Hamlin. Leyte: The Return to the Philippines. United States Army in 

World War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, 1961.

History of X Corps on Mindanao, 17 April 1945–30 June 1945. N.p., 1945.

A History of the X Corps in the Leyte-Samar Operation. N.p., 1945.

Krueger, Walter. From Down Under to Nippon: The Story of Sixth Army in World War 

II. Washington, D.C.: Combat Forces Press, 1953.

X Corps Occupation of Japan. N.p., 1945.

Thompson, George Raynor, and Dixie R. Harris. The Signal Corps: The Outcome 

(Mid-1943 through 1945). United States Army in World War II. Washington, 

D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1966.

Thompson, George Raynor, Dixie R. Harris, Pauline M. Oakes, and Dulany Terrett. 

The Signal Corps: The Test (December 1941 to July 1943). United States Army 

in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, 1957.

“USAR Sig Bn Goes to ONEIDA BEAR II.” Army Reserve 11 (July–August 1965): 6.
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102d SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Argent, two bars wavy azure, and overall a quill palewise tenné 

fi mbriated on the second of the fi rst.

Crest: On a wreath of the colors argent and azure a chevron vert superimposed by a cubit arm in armor gauntleted embowed of the fi rst 

and holding a lightning fl ash barbed at either end bendwise or.

Motto: HONOR HERITAGE HISTORY

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The battalion’s microwave signaling functions are 

symbolized by the two slightly wavy bars, which also represent the 

Tiber and Po Rivers, thus alluding to the unit’s campaigns in Italy 

during World War II. The quill pen is a play on the Celtic word 

“pen” for mountaintop, from which the name Apennine is believed 

to derive. It also symbolizes communications.

 The arm in armor underscores combat readiness and the unit’s 

service during World War II. The two barbs on the lightning fl ash 

commemorate the unit’s campaigns in the North Apennines and 

Po Valley; the lightning fl ash itself highlights speed and electronic capabilities. The chevron suggests the rugged and forested 

Apennines; green alludes to the fertility of the Po Valley.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

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LINEAGE (active)

Constituted 11 December 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 102d 

Signal Heavy Construction Battalion. Activated 1 March 1945 in Italy as the 102d 

Signal Light Construction Battalion. Inactivated 2 October 1945 at Camp Myles 

Standish, Massachusetts.

Redesignated 1 February 1955 as the 102d Signal Battalion and allotted to the 

Regular Army. Activated 18 March 1955 in Germany. Inactivated 13 November 

1967 in Germany. Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 102d Signal Battalion, activated 1 July 1974 in Germany.
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CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

North Apennines

Po Valley

DECORATIONS

None.

102d SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

102d Signal Battalion, Frankfurt, Germany. N.p., c. 1974.

102d Signal Battalion, Frankfurt, Germany. N.p., c. 1976.

102d Signal Battalion, Frankfurt, Germany. N.p., c. 1978.
103d SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Argent, in base two bars embattled counterembattled tenné above 

a foot of the like. In bend a lightning fl ash throughout sable fi mbriated of the fi rst.

Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Army Reserve: On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné the Lexington Minuteman proper. The statue of the Minuteman Capt. John 

Parker (H. H. Kitson, sculptor) stands on the Common in Lexington, Massachusetts.

Motto: SANS FAUTE, SANS RETARD (Without Fault, Without Delay).

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The three embattled walls refer to the battle streamers earned by the unit in Europe during World War II. The black 

lightning fl ash suggests the function of the Signal Corps.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

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LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 103d Signal Company and assigned to the 103d Division (later redesignated as the 103d Infantry 

Division). Organized 9 September 1921 at Denver, Colorado. Ordered into active 

military service 15 November 1942 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana. Inactivated 20 

September 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey.

Activated 15 September 1947 at Des Moines, Iowa. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 

as the Army Reserve.)

Reorganized and redesignated 18 May 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 103d Signal Battalion (organic elements constituted 20 April 1959 and 

activated 18 May 1959 as follows: Company A at Des Moines, Iowa; Company B 

[less 4th and 5th Area Support Platoons] at Watertown, Minnesota; and 4th and 5th 

Area Support Platoons at Shakopee, Minnesota). Inactivated 15 March 1963 at Des 

Moines, Iowa, and relieved from assignment to the 103d Infantry Division (organic 

elements concurrently inactivated).
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CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Rhineland

Ardennes-Alsace

Central Europe

DECORATIONS

None.

103d SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Cactus Caravan. Atlanta: Albert Love Enterprises, 1944. A pictorial history of the 

103d Infantry Division.

Mueller, Ralph, and Jerry Turk. Report After Action, The Story of the 103d Division. 

Innsbruck, Austria: Wagner’sche Universitäts-Buchdruckerei, 1945. Reprint, 

Nashville, Tenn.: Battery Press, 1977.
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105th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Tenné, a torch argent enfl amed proper surmounted by a pair 

of palmetto branches saltirewise vert fi mbriated of the second. 

Overall a crescent or environed by an annulet of lightning fl ashes 

white.

Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the South Carolina Army National Guard: On a wreath of the colors argent and 

tenné upon a mount vert a palmetto tree proper charged with a 

crescent argent.

Motto: UBIQUITOUS.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The torch and palmetto leaves simulate the Corps 

insignia. The torch and annulet of lightning fl ashes symbolize 

leadership and the unit’s mission and capabilities. The crescent 

and palmetto leaves refer to the emblems of South Carolina, the 

unit’s home state.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

Description: A silver color metal and enamel device that consists of a vertical silver torch with a yellow fl ame crossed saltirewise by two 

green palmetto leaves. The stems surmounted by a yellow crescent with horns up conjoining the lower edge of the leaves, all on 

a dark blue area enclosed on either side by an arched lightning 

fl ash divided lengthwise into silver and orange from the fl ame to 

the outer edge of an orange scroll passing over the torch in base 

and inscribed UBIQUITOUS in silver.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The torch and palmetto leaves simulate the Corps 

insignia. The torch and annulet of lightning fl ashes symbolize 

leadership and the unit’s mission and capabilities. The crescent 

and palmetto leaves refer to the emblems of South Carolina, the 

unit’s home state. The arched lightning fl ashes, fl ame, and scroll 

parody the unit’s motto.
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LINEAGE AND HONORS

ARNG

LINEAGE (South Carolina)

Constituted 15 March 1979 in the South Carolina Army National Guard as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 105th Signal Battalion. Organized and 

federally recognized 1 May 1979 at North Charleston. Consolidated 1 October 1996 

with the 113th Transportation Detachment (organized and federally recognized 23 

September 1992 at North Charleston as the 118th Transportation Detachment; redesignated 1 October 1995 as the 113th Transportation Detachment) and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 105th Signal 

Battalion.

Home Station: North Charleston

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

None.

DECORATIONS

None.

105th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Brawders, Jean Marie. “CAPSTONE Effects Training Changes.” National Guard

40 (November 1986): 30–34.

Crocker, Robert W. “Go Between Circuits IV.” Army Communicator 6 (Summer 

1981): 50–53.
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108th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Argent, a palmetto branch stem to base vert charged with a mullet white voided green between two lightning bolts arched chevronwise reversed tenné.

Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the South Carolina Army National Guard: On a wreath of the colors argent and 

vert upon a mount vert a palmetto tree proper charged with a 

crescent argent.

Motto: PRIDE IN EXCELLENCE.

Symbolism: Orange and white (silver) are the colors traditionally associated 

with the Signal Corps. The palmetto branch refers to South Carolina, “The Palmetto State,” the unit’s home area. The star implies 

command and guidance and represents the unit’s overall mission. The lightning bolts symbolize speed and effi ciency.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

Description: A silver color metal and enamel device that consists of a green 

palmetto branch stem to base passing under and over a voided silver fi ve-pointed star between two orange lightning bolts 

arched convexly left and right, all below a blue scroll bearing the 

inscription PRIDE IN EXCELLENCE in silver letters.

Symbolism: Orange and white (silver) are the colors traditionally associated 

with the Signal Corps. The palmetto branch refers to South Carolina, “The Palmetto State,” the unit’s home area. The star implies 

command and guidance and represents the unit’s overall mission. The lightning bolts symbolize speed and effi ciency.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

ARNG

LINEAGE (South Carolina)

Organized and federally recognized 1 October 1980 in the South Carolina Army 

National Guard at Columbia as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 108th 

Signal Battalion. Location changed 19 December 1983 to Camden.

Home Station: Camden
220 SIGNAL CORPS

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

None.

DECORATIONS

None.

108th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Brawders, Jean Marie. “CAPSTONE Effects Training Changes.” National Guard

40 (November 1986): 30–34.
111th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Tenné, three staffs raguly palewise couped and erased argent. On 

a chief of the like two lightning fl ashes saltirewise of the fi rst.

Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the South Carolina Army National Guard: On a wreath of the colors argent and 

tenné upon a mount vert a palmetto tree proper charged with a 

crescent argent.

Motto: SIGNALING PRIDE.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The staff raguly is a heraldic symbol for a tree 

trunk or pole. The pole supports communication lines. The tree 

trunk refers to the palmetto tree on the state fl ag of South Carolina, the unit’s home area. The staffs symbolize support for the 

mission of the Army and, in turn, for the defense of the state. 

The three staffs likewise suggest the unit’s numerical designation. The lightning fl ashes refer to the multidirectional speed of 

electronic communications.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

ARNG

LINEAGE (South Carolina)

Constituted 20 March 1979 in the Army National Guard as the 111th Signal 

Battalion and allotted to Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, and the Virgin Islands. 

Organized 1 April–1 June 1979 from existing units with Headquarters at Winder, 

Georgia. Reorganized 1 October 1980 and allotted to South Carolina, Alabama, and 

the Virgin Islands (location of Headquarters concurrently changed to Greenwood, 

South Carolina). Reorganized 1 June 1981 and allotted to South Carolina and Alabama. Reorganized 1 September 1981 and allotted to South Carolina and Florida. 

Reorganized 1 August 1991 and allotted to South Carolina.

Home Area: Western South Carolina
222 SIGNAL CORPS

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

Company A (Abbeville) entitled to:

World War II-EAME

Tunisia

Sicily

Rome-Arno

Naples-Foggia

North Apennines

Po Valley

DECORATIONS

Company A (Abbeville) entitled to:

French Croix de Guerre with Silver-Gilt Star, World War II, Streamer embroidered CASSINO (Headquarters Battery, 178th Field Artillery Group, cited; DA GO 

43, 1950)

111th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Brawders, Jean Marie. “CAPSTONE Effects Training Changes.” National Guard

40 (November 1986): 30–34.

Crocker, Robert W. “Go Between Circuits IV.” Army Communicator 6 (Summer 

1981): 50–53.

Morris, Al, Bill Hawkesworth, and Phyllis Prucino. “The 53d on REFORGER.” 

Army Communicator 11 (Spring 1986): 26–29.
112th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Tenné, on a pile between two lightning fl ashes in point a dagger 

argent hilted and winged sable, blade fi mbriated of the last.

Crest: On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné in front of the Brandenburg Gate of Berlin sable and issuing from the center of a vol of the 

fi rst a dragon’s head of the second.

Motto: PENETRA LE TENEBRE (Penetrate the Shadows).

Symbolism: Orange and white (silver) are the colors traditionally associated 

with the Signal Corps. The pile represents the airborne route of attack, alluding to the unit’s service during World War II. The dagger, 

an established symbol of special operations organizations, is black 

and white in reference to the battalion’s covert and overt missions 

and winged to emphasize present day capabilities of rapid deployment by air. The motto is in Italian in reference to the unit’s fi rst 

area of combat operations. The lightning fl ashes symbolize electronic technology. The black color of the wings refers to the motto 

that is translated “Penetrate the Shadows” (special operations), and 

bespeaks the unit’s ability to communicate continuously with deployed operational teams and command elements.

 The vol (or wings) and dragon’s head are suggested by the shoulder sleeve insignia of the First Airborne Army and the XVIII 

Airborne Corps, under which the unit served in World War II. 

Their colors are changed to those of the Signal Corps. The Brandenburg Gate symbolizes occupation duty in Berlin in 1945.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

Description: A silver color metal and enamel device that consists of an orange 

fi eld and centered thereon between two silver lightning fl ashes 

both points down, a silver dagger with black hilt and wings enclosed on sides and in base by a black scroll folded and reversed 

silver at the top and inscribed PENETRA LE TENEBRE in silver.

Symbolism: Orange and white (silver) are the colors traditionally associated 

with the Signal Corps. The dagger, an established symbol of special operations organizations is black and white (silver) in reference to the battalion’s covert and overt missions. It is winged to 

emphasize present day capabilities for speed of deployment by air. 

The black color enhances the motto that is translated “Penetrate 

the Shadows.” The lightning fl ashes refl ect electronic technology. 

The motto is in Italian in reference to the unit’s fi rst area of combat 

operations.
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LINEAGE (active)

Constituted 14 July 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 512th Airborne 

Signal Company and activated in North Africa. Disbanded 10 February 1945 in 

France.

Reconstituted 5 April 1945 in the Army of the United States; concurrently consolidated with the 112th Airborne Army Signal Battalion (constituted 15 January 

1945 in the Army of the United States and activated 10 February 1945 in France) 

and consolidated unit designated as the 112th Airborne Army Signal Battalion. Inactivated 12 December 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia.

Redesignated 17 September 1986 as the 112th Signal Battalion, allotted to the 

Regular Army, and activated at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Rome-Arno

Southern France (with arrowhead)

Rhineland

Ardennes-Alsace

Central Europe

Southwest Asia

Liberation and Defense of Kuwait

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST 

ASIA 1991 (112th Signal Battalion [Special Operations] [Airborne] cited; DA GO 

17, 1992)

Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1994–1995 (112th Signal 

Battalion cited; DA GO 1, 1996)

Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1995–1996 (112th Signal 

Battalion cited; DA GO 15, 1997)
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112th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Flood, Patrick. “Special Ops Signal Battalion Provides Special Support for Operation 

IRAQI FREEDOM.” Army Communicator 28 (Fall 2003): 19–23.

Kropp, Donald. “Joint Task Force Communications: The Special Operations Paradigm.” Army Communicator 18 (Summer 1993): 26–28.

Mills, Brad. “112th Signal Batallion Soldiers Get Valor Awards.” Army Communicator

28 (Spring 2003): 50.

“112th Signal Battalion Provides Commo for Purple Dragon ‘98.” Army Communicator 23 (Spring 1998): 43.

Rackley, Jeffrey A. “A Special Signal Battalion.” Army Communicator 12 (Spring 

1987): 48.

Rudd, Gordon W. Humanitarian Intervention: Assisting the Iraqi Kurds in Operation PROVIDE COMFORT, 1991. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States Army, 2004.

Thompson, George Raynor, and Dixie R. Harris. The Signal Corps: The Outcome 

(Mid-1943 through 1945). United States Army in World War II. Washington, 

D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1966.
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COMPANY

114th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

None approved.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

AR

LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 10 October 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters 

and Headquarters Detachment, 3364th Signal Service Battalion. Activated 28 October 1944 at Miami, Florida. Inactivated 22 April 1946 at Miami, Florida.

Redesignated 20 October 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 

114th Signal Battalion, and allotted to the Army Reserve. Activated 26 October 

1959 at Greensboro, North Carolina. Reorganized and redesignated 5 January 1966 

as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 114th Signal Battalion. Inactivated 31 

January 1968 at Greensboro, North Carolina.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

None.

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AMERICAN 

THEATER (3364th Signal Service Battalion cited; GO 3, Army Service Forces, 26 

May 1946)

114th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

No published histories.
115th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Gules, on a pile throughout between two 40-mm. shells or and 

overall the insignia of the Signal Corps.

Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Alabama 

Army National Guard: On a wreath of the colors or and gules a 

slip of cotton plant with full bursting boll proper.

Motto: FIRST IN DUTY.

Symbolism: Red and yellow are the colors for Artillery. The pile represents a 

searchlight beam to indicate the Coast Artillery origin of the unit. 

The shells denote the organization’s former function as an Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons unit. The insignia hightlights the battalion’s affi liation with the Signal Corps. The fountain, a heraldic symbol for water, depicts the battalion’s campaign 

service during World War II in the Asiatic-Pacifi c Theater.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

ARNG

LINEAGE (Alabama)

Organized and federally recognized 21 December 1940 in the Alabama National 

Guard as the 2d Battalion, 151st Engineers, with Headquarters at Florence. Inducted 

into Federal service 27 January 1941 at home stations. Redesignated 12 September 1942 as the 2d Battalion, 151st Engineer Combat Regiment. Reorganized and 

redesignated 11 July 1944 as the 1343d Engineer Combat Battalion. (Company C, 

1343d Engineer Combat Battalion, inactivated 16 January 1946 at Camp Kilmer, 

New Jersey.) 1343d Engineer Combat Battalion (less Company C) inactivated 26 

January 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey.

Converted, redesignated, and federally recognized 15 January 1947 as the 104th 

Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, with Headquarters at Florence. 

Ordered into active Federal service 16 January 1951 at Florence. Redesignated 11 

May 1953 as the 104th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Released 15 June 1954 from 

active Federal service and reverted to state control; concurrently, consolidated with 

the 278th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion (organized and federally recognized 23 

March 1953 with Headquarters at Florence), and consolidated unit designated as the 

278th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 2 May 1959 as 

the 1st Automatic Weapons Battalion, 278th Artillery.
228 SIGNAL CORPS

Converted and redesignated 16 December 1959 as the 115th Signal Battalion. 

Ordered into active Federal service 11 June 1963 at home stations; released 16 June 

1963 from active Federal service and reverted to state control. Ordered into active 

Federal service 10 September 1963 at home stations; released 12 September 1963 

from active Federal service and reverted to state control.

Home Area: Northwestern Alabama

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Aleutian Islands

Rhineland

DECORATIONS

None.

115th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Dod, Karl C. The Corps of Engineers: The War Against Japan. United States Army 

in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, 

United States Army, 1966. 2d Battalion, 151st Engineer Combat Regiment, 

cited.
121st SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Per bend enhanced argent and tenné, on the fi rst palewise in bend 

six Lorraine Crosses and on the second palewise in bend three fi re 

arrows all counterchanged.

Crest: On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné a Spanish castle argent 

charged with a fl eur-de-lis tenné.

Motto: TO ПPARON EY POIEIN (Do Well the Duty That Lies Before You).

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The six Lorraine Crosses represent the unit’s six 

World War I campaigns and are arranged to suggest a telegraph 

line. The three fi re arrows symbolize the unit’s three assault landings in World War II and also suggest the signal functions such 

weapons once served.

 Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The Spanish castle taken from the Spanish campaign medal symbolizes the unit’s service in Puerto Rico during 

the War with Spain. The fl eur-de-lis represents the unit’s service in 

France during World War I.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia consists of elements of the crest and the motto of 

the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (1st Infantry Division) (active)

Constituted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army as a Signal Corps battalion. Organized 16 September 1916 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, as the 2d Field Battalion, 

Signal Corps, to consist of the following companies:

Company A organized 27 July 1898 as Company A, Signal Corps; redesignated 5 

April 1910 as Field Company A, Signal Corps; redesignated 19 October 1915 as 

Radio Company A, Signal Corps; redesignated 11 November 1916 as Company 

A, 2d Field Battalion, Signal Corps.

Company B organized 27 July 1898 as Company D, Signal Corps; redesignated 5 

April 1910 as Field Company D, Signal Corps; redesignated 11 November 1916 

as Company B, 2d Field Battalion, Signal Corps.

Company C organized 11 May 1917 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
230 SIGNAL CORPS

Battalion assigned 24 May 1917 to the 1st Expeditionary Division (redesignated 

6 July 1917 as the 1st Division; redesignated 1 August 1942 as the 1st Infantry Division). Reorganized and redesignated 3 August 1917 as the 2d Field Signal Battalion. 

Reorganized and redesignated 9 February 1921 as the 1st Signal Company.

Reorganized and redesignated 15 February 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 121st Signal Battalion (organic elements constituted 8 February 

1957 and activated 15 February 1957 at Fort Riley, Kansas). Inactivated 15 December 1995 at Fort Riley, Kansas. Activated 16 February 1996 in Germany.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

War with Spain

Puerto Rico

World War I

Montdidier-Noyon

Aisne-Marne

St. Mihiel

Meuse-Argonne

Lorraine 1918

Picardy 1918

World War II

Algeria–French Morocco (with arrowhead)

Tunisia

Sicily (with arrowhead)

Normandy (with arrowhead)

Northern France

Rhineland

Ardennes-Alsace

Central Europe

DECORATIONS

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPE 1944–1945 

(1st Signal Company cited; DA GO 42, 1953)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN 

THEATER (1st Signal Company cited; GO 164, 1st Infantry Division, 4 September 

1953)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1966–1967 (121st Signal Battalion cited; DA GO 17, 1968)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1967–1968 (121st Signal Battalion cited; DA GO 1, 1969)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1968–1969 (121st Signal Battalion cited; DA GO 39, 1970)

Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1996–1997 (Headquarters 

and Headquarters Company and Company B, 121st Signal Battalion, cited; DA GO 

25, 2001)

Vietnam

Defense

Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase II

Counteroffensive, Phase III

Tet Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase IV

Counteroffensive, Phase V

Counteroffensive, Phase VI

Tet 69/Counteroffensive

Summer–Fall 1969

Winter–Spring 1970

Southwest Asia

Defense of Saudi Arabia

Liberation and Defense of Kuwait

Cease-Fire
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Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1997 (Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, Companies A and C, 121st Signal Battalion, cited; DA GO 

25, 2001)

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I, Streamer embroidered 

LORRAINE-PICARDY (2d Field Signal Battalion cited; WD GO 11, 1924)

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I, Streamer embroidered AISNEMARNE and MEUSE-ARGONNE (2d Field Signal Battalion cited; WD GO 11, 

1924)

French Croix de Guerre with Gilt Star, World War I, Streamer embroidered 

FRANCE (2d Field Signal Battalion cited; WD GO 11, 1924)

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered 

TUNISIA (1st Signal Company cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered 

NORMANDY (1st Signal Company cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

French Medaille Militaire, Fourragere (1st Signal Company cited; DA GO 43, 

1950)

Belgian Fourragere 1940 (1st Signal Company cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Mons (1st Signal 

Company cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Eupen-Malmedy 

(1st Signal Company cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1965–1968 (121st Signal Battalion cited; DA GO 21, 1969)

Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965–1970 (121st Signal Battalion cited; DA GO 53, 1970)

121st SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

American Battle Monuments Commission. 1st Division, Summary of Operations in 

the World War. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Offi ce, 1944.

Bergen, John D. Military Communications: A Test for Technology. United States 

Army in Vietnam. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States 

Army, 1986.

Blumenson, Martin. Breakout and Pursuit. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the 

Army, 1961. 1st Infantry Division cited.

———. Salerno to Cassino. United States Army in World War II. Washington, 

D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1969. 1st 

Infantry Division cited.

Bowman, Patrick A. “C3

 That Is Really C3.” Army Communicator 7 (Spring 1982): 4–11.

Cole, Hugh M. The Ardennes: Battle of the Bulge. United States Army in World War 

II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the 

Army, 1965. 1st Infantry Division cited.

Garland, Albert N., and Howard McGaw Smyth. Sicily and the Surrender of Italy. 

United States Army in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of 

Military History, Department of the Army, 1965. 1st Infantry Division cited.

Goda, Bryan, and Douglas Babb. “Providing Communications to Task Force Eagle 

in Bosnia: Doing More with Less.” Army Communicator 22 (Fall 1997): 7–12.
232 SIGNAL CORPS

Greenstreet, Medford, ed. 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas, 1956. N.p.: 

Miller Publishing Company, 1956.

Harrison, Gordon A. Cross-Channel Attack. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 

1951. 1st Infantry Division cited.

Horn, Tyree R. “The First Signal Company in Georgia.” Signal Corps Bulletin 108 

(April–June 1940): 31–44.

Howe, George F. Northwest Africa: Seizing the Initiatve in the West. United States 

Army in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, 1957. 1st Infantry Division cited.

Johnson, Danny M. Military Communications Supporting Peacekeeping Operations in the Balkans: The Signal Corps at Its Best. Mannheim, Germany: Headquarters, 5th Signal Command, 2000.

Knickerbocker, H. R., et al. Danger Forward: The Story of the First Division in 

World War II. Atlanta: Albert Love Enterprises, 1947. Reprint, Nashville: Battery Press, 1980.

MacDonald, Charles B. The Siegfried Line Campaign. United States Army in World 

War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department 

of the Army, 1963. 1st Infantry Division cited.

Myer, Charles R. Division-Level Communications, 1962–1973. Vietnam Studies. 

Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1982.

Noble, Thomas F., ed. 1st Infantry Division, 35th Annniversary. Darmstadt, Germany: L. C. Wittich, 1952.

Raines, Rebecca Robbins. Getting the Message Through: A Branch History of the 

U.S. Army Signal Corps. Army Historical Series. Washington, D.C.: Center of 

Military History, United States Army, 1996.

A Record of the Activities of the Second Field Signal Battalion, First Division. Cologne: J. P. Bachem, 1919.

Rienzi, Thomas M. Communications-Electronics, 1962–1970. Vietnam Studies. 

Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1972.

Society of the First Division. History of the First Division During the World War, 

1917–1919. Philadelphia: John C. Winston Company, 1922.

Tasks Performed by the 121st Signal Battalion During the Period 1 June 1966 

Through 31 May 1967. N.p., 1967.

Terrett, Dulany. The Signal Corps: The Emergency. United States Army in World 

War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department 

of the Army, 1956.

Thompson, George Raynor, and Dixie R. Harris. The Signal Corps: The Outcome (Mid-1943 through 1945). United States Army in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 

1966.

Vietnam, April 1967–April 1968: A Pictorial History of the 121st Signal Battalion, 1st 

Infantry Division. N.p., 1968.

Vietnam, October 1965–April 1967: A Pictorial History of the 121st Signal Battalion, 

1st Infantry Division. N.p., 1967.

Wilson, Jimmie, ed. 1st Infantry Division in Vietnam, 1969. Tokyo: Dai Nippon Printing Company, c. 1969.
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———. 1st Infantry Division in Vietnam, July 1965–April 1967. Tokyo: Dai Nippon 

Printing Company, 1967.

———. 1st Infantry Division in Vietnam, 1 May 1967–31 December 1968. Tokyo: 

Dai Nippon Printing Company, c. 1969.
122d SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Per fess enhanced dancetté argent, two pallets tenné and paley of 

fi ve per pale gules and azure, in base a Korean bell of the fi rst.

Crest: On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné a carabao’s head argent within an annulet tenné fi mbriated of the fi rst charged with 

six fl eurs-de-lis of the like.

Motto: FIAT LUX (Let There Be Light).

Symbolism: The fi ve divisions at the top of the shield, in the orange and white 

colors of the Signal Corps, stand for the battalion’s fi ve World 

War II battle honors. The ten divisions in base in the red and blue 

of the Korean taeguk refer to the battalion’s decorations (two Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citations) awarded for service 

during the Korean War.

 The crest is the badge of the old 2d Signal Company. The carabao 

head is for service during the Philippine Insurrection, and the six 

fl eurs-de-lis commemorate the unit’s campaigns in France during World War I.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and crest of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (2d Infantry Division) (active)

Constituted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army as a Signal Corps battalion. Organized 10 October 1916 at Fort Bliss, Texas, as the 1st Field Battalion, Signal Corps, 

to consist of the following companies:

Company A organized 28 May 1899 in the Philippine Islands as Company E, 

Signal Corps. Redesignated 5 April 1910 as Field Company E, Signal Corps. Redesignated 11 November 1916 as Company A, 1st Field Battalion, Signal Corps.

Company B organized 1 July 1904 at Benecia Barracks, California, as Company 

I, Signal Corps. Redesignated 5 April 1910 as Field Company I, Signal Corps. 

Redesignated 11 November 1916 as Company B, 1st Field Battalion, Signal 

Corps.

Company C organized in May 1917 at Fort Bliss, Texas.
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Reorganized and redesignated 3 August 1917 as the 1st Field Signal Battalion. 

Assigned 21 September 1917 to the 2d Division (later redesignated as the 2d Infantry 

Division). Reorganized and redesignated 23 April 1921 as the 2d Signal Company.

Reorganized and redesignated 20 June 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 122d Signal Battalion (organic elements constituted 24 May 1957 and 

activated 20 June 1957 in Alaska).

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

Philippine Insurrection

San Isidro

World War I

Aisne

Aisne-Marne

St. Mihiel

Meuse-Argonne

Lorraine 1918

Ile de France 1918

World War II

Normandy

Northern France

Rhineland

Ardennes-Alsace

Central Europe

Korean War

UN Defensive

UN Offensive

CCF Intervention

First UN Counteroffensive

CCF Spring Offensive

UN Summer–Fall Offensive

Second Korean Winter

Korea, Summer–Fall 1952

Third Korean Winter

Korea, Summer 1953

DECORATIONS

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered WIRTZFELD, 

BELGIUM (2d Signal Company, 2d Infantry Division, cited; WD GO 26, 1945)

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered HONGCHON (2d Infantry Division cited; DA GO 72, 1951)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN 

THEATER (2d Signal Company cited; GO 41, 2d Infantry Division, 14 April 1945)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 

1950–1951 (2d Signal Company, 2d Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 49, 1951)
236 SIGNAL CORPS

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I, Streamer embroidered AISNEMARNE (1st Field Signal Battalion cited; WD GO 11, 1924)

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I, Streamer embroidered 

MEUSE-ARGONNE (1st Field Signal Battalion cited; WD GO 11, 1924)

French Croix de Guerre, World War I, Fourragere (1st Field Signal Battalion 

cited; WD GO 11, 1924)

Belgian Fourragere 1940 (2d Signal Company cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes (2d 

Signal Company cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action on Elsenborn Crest 

(2d Signal Company cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered NAKTONG RIVER LINE (2d Signal Company cited; DA GO 35, 1951)

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 

1950–1953 (2d Signal Company cited; DA GO 10, 1954)

122d SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

American Battle Monuments Commission. 2d Division, Summary of Operations in 

the World War. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Offi ce, 1944.

Appleman, Roy E. South to the Naktong, North to the Yalu: June–November 

1950. United States Army in the Korean War. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of 

the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, 1961. 2d Infantry 

Division cited.

Blumenson, Martin. Breakout and Pursuit. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the 

Army, 1961. 2d Infantry Division cited.

Carver, Curtis, et al. “2d Infantry Division’s Tactical Worldwide Web: An Effective 

Battlefi eld Information System.” Army Communicator 23 (Spring 1998): 24–28.

Cole, Hugh M. The Ardennes: Battle of the Bulge. United States Army in World War 

II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the 

Army, 1965. 2d Infantry Division cited.

Combat History of the Second Infantry Division, World War II. Baton Rouge: Army 

and Navy Publishing Company, 1946. Reprint. Nashville: Battery Press, 1979.

Harrison, Gordon A. Cross-Channel Attack. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 

1951. 2d Infantry Division cited.

Hermes, Walter G. Truce Tent and Fighting Front. United States Army in the Korean War. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United 

States Army, 1966. 2d Infantry Division cited.

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Offensive. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 

1973. 2d Infantry Division cited.

———. The Siegfried Line Campaign. United States Army in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, 

1963. 2d Infantry Division cited.

Munroe, Clark C. The Second United States Infantry Division in Korea, 1950–1951. 

Tokyo: Toppan Printing Company, 1952.
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Murdock, Karen. “Typhoon Janis in Korea Challenges Signal Unit.” Army Communicator 21 (Winter 1996): 43–44. 1st Platoon, Company A, cited.

122d Signal Battalion. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1959.

“Second to None.” The Second United States Infantry Division in Korea, 1 January 

1953–31 December 1953. Tokyo: Toppan Printing Company, 1954.

Tatom, Louis J. “Notes on the Motorization of the Second Signal Company.” Signal 

Corps Bulletin 91 (July–August 1936): 7–13.

Thompson, George Raynor, and Dixie R. Harris. The Signal Corps: The Outcome 

(Mid-1943 through 1945). United States Army in World War II. Washington, 

D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1966.

Thompson, George Raynor, Dixie R. Harris, Pauline M. Oakes, and Dulany Terrett. 

The Signal Corps: The Test (December 1941 to July 1943). United States Army 

in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, 1957.
123d SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Tenné, a crowing cock, beaked, wattled, jelloped, and legged 

azure, perched on a triangle above a mace fesswise, all argent.

Crest: None approved.

Motto: PRIMA VOX AUDIAT (The First Voice Heard).

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The crowing cock from the arms of one of the 

Marne provinces represents signal service in that area during 

World War I. The triangle represents the Iron Triangle in Korea, 

which the unit helped to hold. The mace from the arms of Colmar 

alludes to the unit’s World War II service in the Colmar pocket.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (3d Infantry Division) (active)

Constituted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army as a Signal Corps battalion. Organized 26 June 1917 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, as the 5th Field Battalion, Signal 

Corps. Reorganized and redesignated 3 August 1917 as the 5th Field Signal Battalion. Assigned 12 November 1917 to the 3d Division (later redesignated as the 3d 

Infantry Division).

Reorganized and redesignated 14 February 1921 as the 3d Signal Company. 

Inactivated 1 February 1925 at Camp Lewis, Washington. Activated 1 July 1935 at 

Fort Lewis, Washington.

Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 123d Signal Battalion (organic elements constituted 23 April 1957 and 

activated 1 July 1957 at Fort Benning, Georgia).
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CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War I

Aisne

Champagne-Marne

Aisne-Marne

St. Mihiel

Meuse-Argonne

Champagne 1918

World War II

Algeria-French Morocco (with arrowhead)

Tunisia

Sicily (with arrowhead)

Naples-Foggia

Anzio (with arrowhead)

Rome-Arno

Southern France (with arrowhead)

Rhineland

Ardennes-Alsace

Central Europe

DECORATIONS

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered COLMAR (3d Infantry Division cited; WD GO 44, 1945)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN 

THEATER (3d Signal Company cited; GO 87, 3d Infantry Division, 7 March 1945)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 

1950–1951 (3d Signal Company, 3d Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 62, 1952)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1953 

(3d Signal Company, 3d Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 11, 1954)

French Croix de Guerre with Silver Star, World War I, Streamer embroidered 

MARNE (5th Field Signal Battalion cited; WD GO 11, 1924)

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered COLMAR 

(3d Signal Company cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

French Croix de Guerre, World War II, Fourragere (3d Signal Company cited; 

DA GO 43, 1950)

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered UIJONGBU 

CORRIDOR (3d Signal Company cited; DA GO 20, 1953)

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 

IRON TRIANGLE (3d Signal Company cited; DA GO 29, 1954)

Chryssoun Aristion Andrias (Bravery Gold Medal of Greece), Streamer embroidered KOREA (3d Signal Company cited; DA GO 2, 1956)

Korean War

CCF Intervention

First UN Counteroffensive

CCF Spring Offensive

UN Summer–Fall Offensive

Second Korean Winter

Korea, Summer–Fall 1952

Third Korean Winter

Korea, Summer 1953
240 SIGNAL CORPS

123d SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

American Battle Monuments Commission. 3d Division, Summary of Operations in 

the World War. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Offi ce, 1944.

Appleman, Roy E. South to the Naktong, North to the Yalu: June–November 1950. 

United States Army in the Korean War. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief 

of Military History, Department of the Army, 1961. 3d Infantry Division cited.

Bancroft, Delbert. “123d Signal Battalion Supports Operation Torch Overwatch.” 

Army Communicator 22 (Winter 1997): 29–30.

Blumenson, Martin. Salerno to Cassino. United States Army in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1969. 

3d Infantry Division cited.

Dolcater, Max W., ed. 3d Infantry Division in Korea. Tokyo: Toppan Printing Company, 1953.

Editors of Army Times. A History of the U.S. Army Signal Corps. New York: G. P. 

Putnam’s Sons, 1961.

Fisher, Ernest F., Jr. Cassino to the Alps. United States Army in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States Army, 1977. 3d Infantry 

Division cited.

Garland, Albert N., and Howard McGaw Smyth. Sicily and the Surrender of Italy. 

United States Army in World War II. Washington. D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of 

Military History, Department of the Army, 1965. 3d Infantry Division cited.

Hamilton, Brian. “Atlantic Resolve: Order Out of Chaos, Or Creating Communications Links for a Joint Multinational Exercise.” Army Communicator 20 (Fall 

1995): 40–43.

Hemenway, Frederic V., ed. and comp. History of the Third Division, United States 

Army, in the World War, for the Period December 1, 1917 to January 1, 1919. 

Cologne, Germany: M. DuMont Schauberg, 1919.

Hermes, Walter G. Truce Tent and Fighting Front. United States Army in the Korean War. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United 

States Army, 1966. 3d Infantry Division cited.

Howe, George F. Northwest Africa: Seizing the Initiatve in the West. United States 

Army in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, 1957. 3d Infantry Division cited.

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Offensive. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 

1973. 3d Infantry Division cited.

Taggart, Donald G., ed. History of the Third Infantry Division in World War II. 

Washington, D.C.: Infantry Journal Press, 1947.

Thompson, George Raynor, and Dixie R. Harris. The Signal Corps: The Outcome 

(Mid-1943 through 1945). United States Army in World War II. Washington, 

D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1966.
124th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Per fess tenné and argent, in chief a dexter hand encased in a 

gauntlet grasping three lightning fl ashes—one in pale and two 

saltirewise—of the second, and in base a wheel arraswise sable 

winged of the fi rst.

Crest: On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné a lion passant gardant 

grasping in dexter forepaw a pheon argent.

Motto: THE VOICE OF THE SAINTS.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The design, adopted from the badge of the former 

4th Signal Company, symbolizes the battalion’s functions.

 The lion in the crest is adopted from the arms of Normandy. The 

heraldic representation of the spearhead held aloft is a reference to 

the battalion’s participation in the invasion of Normandy during 

World War II.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

Description: A silver color metal and enamel device that consists of a square 

with chamfered corners, one corner up, divided horizontally. The 

upper half of orange charged with a right hand wearing a silver 

gauntlet and grasping three silver lightning fl ashes, one vertically 

between two in saltire. The lower half of silver charged with an 

orange winged black wheel in perspective.

Symbolism: Orange and white (silver) are the colors traditionally associated with the Signal Corps. The functions of the organization are 

symbolized by the strong right hand of the person grasping the 

lightning fl ashes, indicating speed. The unit’s original numerical 

designation is indicated by the four sides of the square.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (4th Infantry Division) (active)

Constituted 1 June 1940 in the Regular Army as the 4th Signal Company, assigned to the 4th Division (later redesignated as the 4th Infantry Division), and 

activated at Fort Benning, Georgia. Inactivated 23 February 1946 at Camp Butner, 

North Carolina. Activated 6 July 1948 at Fort Ord, California.
242 SIGNAL CORPS

Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 124th Signal Battalion (organic elements concurrently constituted and 

activated at Fort Lewis, Washington). Inactivated 15 December 1995 at Fort Carson, 

Colorado.

Activated 16 January 1996 at Fort Hood, Texas.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Normandy (with arrowhead)

Northern France

Rhineland

Ardennes-Alsace

Central Europe

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN 

THEATER (4th Signal Company cited; Order of the Day No. 30, 4th Infantry Division, 12 September 1944)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1967–1968 (124th Signal Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 48, 1969)

Belgian Fourragere 1940 (4th Signal Company cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in Belgium (4th 

Signal Company cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes 

(4th Signal Company cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1966–1969 (124th Signal Battalion cited; DA GO 3, 1970)

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1969–1970 (124th Signal Battalion cited; DA GO 52, 1971)

Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966–1969 (124th Signal Battalion cited; DA GO 53, 1970)

Company A additionally entitled to:

Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1996–1997 (Company A, 

124th Signal Battalion, cited as element of Combat Team [Provisional], 1st Brigade, 

4th Infantry Division; DA GO 25, 2001)

Company B additionally entitled to:

Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered QUANG NGAI PROVINCE (Company B, 124th Signal Battalion, cited; DA GO 43, 1972)

Vietnam

Counteroffensive, Phase II

Counteroffensive, Phase III

Tet Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase IV

Counteroffensive, Phase V

Counteroffensive, Phase VI

Tet 69/Counteroffensive

Summer–Fall 1969

Winter–Spring 1970

Sanctuary Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase VII
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 243

124th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Alley, Lisa. “Division Structure Altering in Force XXI.” Army Communicator 22 

(June 1997): 8–9.

Babcock, Robert O., comp. War Stories: Utah Beach to Pleiku, 4th Infantry Division. Baton Rouge: Saint John’s Press, 2001.

Bergen, John D. Military Communications: A Test for Technology. United States 

Army in Vietnam. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States 

Army, 1986.

Blumenson, Martin. Breakout and Pursuit. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the 

Army, 1961. 4th Infantry Division cited.

Chase, Welton, Jr. “Team Signal Excels in Army’s First Digital Logistic-Focus National Training Center Rotation.” Army Communicator 24 (Winter II 1999): 19–21.

Cole, Hugh M. The Ardennes: Battle of the Bulge. United States Army in World War 

II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the 

Army, 1964. 4th Infantry Division cited.

Daniels, Jeff. “Spiral Development and the Training Dilemma.” Army Communicator 24 (Spring 1999): 5–7.

Fitz-Enz, David G. Why A Soldier?: A Signal Corpsman’s Tour from Vietnam to the 

Moscow Hot Line. New York: Ballantine Books, 2000. Fitz-Enz served with the 

124th Signal Battalion in Vietnam.

Fourth Infantry Division. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1962.

4th Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Washington. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1965.

4th Infantry Division, Occupation of Germany, 1952. Atlanta: Albert Love Enterprises, 1952.

Harrison, Gordon A. Cross-Channel Attack. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 

1951. 4th Infantry Division cited.

Hay, John H., Jr. Tactical and Materiel Innovations. Vietnam Studies. Washington, 

D.C.: Department of the Army, 1974.

Hymoff, Edward. The Fourth Infantry Division, Vietnam. New York: M. W. Lads 

Publishing Company, 1968.

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Offensive. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 

1973. 4th Infantry Division cited.

———. The Siegfried Line Campaign. United States Army in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, 

1963. 4th Infantry Division cited.

Martin, Patrick, Rosielynn Banzon, and John Cox. “Hood Signaleers Test Teamwork in Road Runner ’00 Exercise.” Army Communicator 25 (Spring 2000): 

39–41.

Meadows, William C. The Comanche Code Talkers of World War II. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2002. Seventeen Comanche Indians were recruited for 

service with the 4th Signal Company.

Menetrey, Louis C., and A. R. McCahan. “Communications in the 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized).” Army Communicator 5 (Summer 1980): 52–55.
244 SIGNAL CORPS

Raines, Rebecca Robbins. Getting the Message Through: A Branch History of the 

U.S. Army Signal Corps. Army Historical Series. Washington, D.C.: Center of 

Military History, United States Army, 1996.

Rienzi, Thomas M. Communications-Electronics, 1962–1970. Vietnam Studies. 

Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1972.

Salazar, Hector, and Edward Seufert. “Infantry Division Tests ATM Switching in 

Experiment. ”Army Communicator 22 (Summer 1997): 25–27.

Shambo, Peter. “Company Perspective: Signal Support of Task Force Teaches Lessons on Digitization.” Army Communicator 22 (Summer 1997): 17–18. Discusses Company A’s support to the digitized brigade of the 4th Infantry Division 

at the National Training Center.

Stallings, Caroline. “3d Signal Brigade Provides ‘Voice of Phantom Warriors’ in 

5-Month Exercise Series.” Army Communicator 26 (Fall 2001): 16–18.

Thompson, George Raynor, and Dixie R. Harris. The Signal Corps: The Outcome 

(Mid-1943 through 1945). United States Army in World War II. Washington, 

D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1966.

Wood-Creighton, Tamasine. “124th Signal Battalion Tests Concepts, Equipment at 

National Training Center.” Army Communicator 22 (Summer 1997): 14–17.
125th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Per fess enhanced tenné and argent, in chief a diamond headed 

spear issuing from sinister fesswise of the second, and in base on 

and over a pale azure (bluebird) a fi re beacon proper.

Crest: On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné a sea lion sejant of the 

fi rst armed and langued azure, the tail encircling a Korean taeguk 

proper, and the paws grasping an annulet of bamboo or enclosing 

two lightning fl ashes palewise gules.

Motto: LEOKANI OKAUWILA (Voice of Lightning).

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The blue is that of the Korean Service Ribbon. 

The spear with its diamond head represents the defense of Oahu 

on 7 December 1941 and the role of the 25th Infantry Division 

in spearheading the war in the Pacifi c. The fi re signal against 

the three divisions of the bottom of the shield symbolizes the 

achievement of the unit in maintaining signal communications 

against three North Korean divisions in the Masan-Chinju operation in 1950.

 The sea lion alludes to the Philippine Islands where the unit participated in the Philippine liberation and was awarded the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation. The taeguk refers to Korea 

where the organization participated in ten campaigns and was 

decorated with two Meritorious Unit Commendations and two 

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citations. The bamboo and 

the colors red and gold refer to Vietnam where the unit participated in twelve campaigns and was awarded two Meritorious 

Unit Commendations, indicated by the two lightning fl ashes.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (25th Infantry Division) (active)

Constituted 26 August 1941 in the Army of the United States as the 25th Signal 

Company and assigned to the 25th Infantry Division. Activated 1 October 1941 in 

Hawaii. Allotted 27 June 1949 to the Regular Army.
246 SIGNAL CORPS

 Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 125th Signal Battalion (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated).

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Central Pacifi c

Guadalcanal

Northern Solomons

Luzon

Korean War

UN Defensive

UN Offensive

CCF Intervention

First UN Counteroffensive

CCF Spring Offensive

UN Summer–Fall Offensive

Second Korean Winter

Korea, Summer–Fall 1952

Third Korean Winter

Korea, Summer 1953

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 

1950–1951 (25th Signal Company, 25th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 84, 1951)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 

1952–1953 (25th Signal Company, 25th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 22, 1954)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1966–1967 (125th Signal Battalion cited; DA GO 17, 1968)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1967–1968 (125th Signal Battalion cited; DA GO 36, 1970)

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (25th Infantry Division cited; DA GO 47, 1950)

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered MASANCHINJU (25th Signal Company cited; DA GO 35, 1951)

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 

MUNSAN-NI (25th Signal Company cited; DA GO 19, 1955)

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1966–1968 (125th Signal Battalion cited; DA GO 48, 1971)

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1968–1970 (125th Signal Battalion cited; DA GO 5, 1973)

Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966–1970 (125th Signal Battalion cited; DA GO 51, 1971)

Vietnam

Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase II

Counteroffensive, Phase III

Tet Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase IV

Counteroffensive, Phase V

Counteroffensive, Phase VI

Tet 69/Counteroffensive

Summer–Fall 1969

Winter–Spring 1970

Sanctuary Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase VII
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 247

Company B additionally entitled to:

Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered QUANG NGAI PROVINCE 

(Company B, 125th Signal Battalion, cited; DA GO 43, 1972)

125th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Appleman, Roy E. South to the Naktong, North to the Yalu: June–November 1950. 

United States Army in the Korean War. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief 

of Military History, Department of the Army, 1961. 25th Infantry Division cited.

Barnes, Sam. “Record Traffi c from the Past.” Army Communicator 4 (Fall 1979): 

30–31. Vignette about battalion’s service in Vietnam on Black Virgin Mountain.

Bergen, John D. Military Communications: A Test for Technology. United States 

Army in Vietnam. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States 

Army, 1986.

Burns, John C., ed. 1969, Vietnam: The U.S. 25th Infantry Division. Tropic Lightning Association, 1970.

Clark, Michael H. Tropic Lightning, Vietnam: 1 October 1967 to 1 October 1968. 

Doraville, Ga.: Albert Love Enterprises, 1968.

Collins, Joseph Lawton, comp. Operations of the 25th Infantry Division on Guadalcanal, 17 December 1942–4 February 1943. N.p., c. 1943.

David, Allen A., ed. Battleground Korea, The Story of the 25th Infantry Division. 

Tokyo: Kyoya Company, 1951.

Eckhardt, George. Command and Control. Vietnam Studies. Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1974. 25th Infantry Division cited.

Fulton, William B. Riverine Operations. Vietnam Studies. Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1973. 25th Infantry Division cited.

Hay, John H., Jr. Tactical and Materiel Innovations. Vietnam Studies. Washington, 

D.C.: Department of the Army, 1974. 25th Infantry Division cited.

Heiser, Joseph M., Jr. Logistics Support. Vietnam Studies. Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1974. 25th Infantry Division cited.

Hermes, Walter G. Truce Tent and Fighting Front. United States Army in the Korean War. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department 

of the Army, 1966. 25th Infantry Division cited.

Karolevitz, Robert F., ed. The 25th Division and World War II. Baton Rouge: Army 

and Navy Publishing Company, 1946.

McPherson, Bill. “Signalers Restore Kauai’s Voice.” Army 43 (March 1993): 44–46.

Miller, John, Jr. Cartwheel: The Reduction of Rabaul. United States Army in World 

War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department 

of the Army, 1959. 25th Infantry Division cited.

———. Guadalcanal: The First Offensive. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington, D.C.: Historical Division, Department of the Army, 1949. 25th 

Infantry Division cited.

Myer, Charles R. Division-Level Communications, 1962–1973. Vietnam Studies. 

Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1982.

125th Signal Battalion, Cu Chi–Yah Ninh, Republic of Vietnam. N.p., n.d.

Operations of the 25th Infantry, Luzon, P.I., 17 January 1945 to 30 June 1945. n.p., 

1945.
248 SIGNAL CORPS

Operations of the 25th Infantry Division in the Central Solomons, New Georgia–

Arundel–Vella Lavella, 16 August 1943–12 October 1943. N.p., c. 1943.

Pearson, Willard. The War in the Northern Provinces, 1966–1968. Vietnam Studies. 

Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1975. 25th Infantry Division cited.

Petersen, Gregg. “125th Signal Support of Operation Iniki Response.” Army Communicator 18 (Fall–Winter 1993): 20–24, 59–61.

Puchalski, R. Vincent, ed. The 25th’s 25th...in Combat. Tropic Lightning 1 October 

1941–1 October 1966. Doraville, Ga.: Albert Love Enterprises, 1966.

Pullen, Richard T., Robert E. Christensen, and James C. Totten, eds. 25th Infantry 

Division, Tropic Lightning in Korea. Atlanta: Albert Love Enterprises, 1954.

Raines, Rebecca Robbins. Getting the Message Through: A Branch History of the 

U.S. Army Signal Corps. Army Historical Series. Washington, D.C.: Center of 

Military History, United States Army, 1996.

Rienzi, Thomas M. Communications-Electronics, 1962–1970. Vietnam Studies. 

Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1972.

Rogers, Bernard W. Cedar Falls–Junction City: A Turning Point. Vietnam Studies. 

Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1972. 25th Infantry Division cited.

Rottman, Larry, ed. The 25th Infantry Division “Tropic Lightning,” 1 October 

1966–1 October 1967. Doraville, Ga.: Albert Love Enterprises, 1967.

Rutherford, Williams de Jarnette. 165 Days: A Story of the 25th Division on Luzon. 

Manila, 1945.

Smith, Robert Ross. Triumph in the Philippines. United States Army in World War 

II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the 

Army, 1963. 25th Infantry Division cited.

Thompson, George Raynor, Dixie R. Harris, Pauline M. Oakes, and Dulany Terrett. 

The Signal Corps: The Test (December 1941 to July 1943). United States Army 

in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, 1957.

25th Infantry Division History of the Occupation of Japan, May 1948. N.p., 1948.
127th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Tenné, a patriachal cross argent charged with the insignia of the 

7th Division proper (two black isosceles triangles placed palewise with vertices together on a red circle).

Crest: On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné a cross or composed 

of a torch palewise, fl aming proper, and a thunderbolt fesswise 

emitting ten forks of lightning.

Motto: LA VICTOIRE PAR LA LIAISON (Victory by Communications).

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The Cross of Lorraine represents service in the 

Lorraine campaign of World War I by the 10th Field Signal Battalion. Red and black are the colors of the 7th Infantry Division, 

the division the 127th Signal Battalion served. It is also the division to which the battalion’s predecessor units, the 7th Signal 

Company and the 10th Field Signal Battalion, were assigned.

 The crest includes the torch from the insignia of the Signal Corps 

and a thunderbolt emitting ten forks of lightning, the number 

corresponding to the numerical designation of the battalion. The 

thunderbolt is an ancient device, one of the emblems of Jupiter 

symbolizing power, used by the Romans on their standards and 

later employed by Napoleon. It is now symbolic of electricity 

and used to represent the Signal Corps organization. In addition, 

the thunderbolt appears in the arms of Metz. This battalion, as a 

part of the 7th Division, was engaged on the outer defenses of 

that city when the armistice was signed in 1918.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (7th Infantry Division) (inactive)

Constituted 3 June 1916 in the Regular Army as a Signal Corps battalion. Organized 10 July 1917 at Camp Alfred Vail, New Jersey, as the 10th Field Battalion, 

Signal Corps. Reorganized and redesignated 3 August 1917 as the 10th Field Signal 

Battalion. Assigned 10 November 1917 to the 7th Division (later redesignated as 

the 7th Infantry Division). Reorganized and redesignated 15 February 1921 as the 
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7th Signal Company. Inactivated 19 September 1921 at Camp Meade, Maryland. 

Activated 1 July 1940 at Camp Ord, California.

Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 127th Signal Battalion (organic elements constituted 31 May 1957 and 

activated 1 July 1957 in Korea). Inactivated 2 April 1971 at Fort Lewis, Washington. 

Activated 21 July 1975 at Fort Ord, California. Inactivated 15 September 1993 at 

Fort Ord, California.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War I

Lorraine 1918

World War II

Aleutian Islands (with arrowhead)

Eastern Mandates

Leyte

Ryukyus

Company B additionally entitled to:

Armed Forces Expeditions

Panama

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered PACIFIC THEATER 

(7th Signal Company cited; GO 57, 7th Infantry Division, 27 April 1945)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 

1950–1951 (7th Signal Company, 7th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 33, 1952)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1951 

(7th Signal Company, 7th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 69, 1952)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 

1951–1952 (7th Signal Company, 7th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 19, 1953)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 

1952–1953 (7th Signal Company, 7th Infantry Division, cited; DA GO 56, 1954)

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (7th Signal Company cited; DA GO 47, 1950)

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered INCHON 

(7th Signal Company cited; DA GO 35, 1951)

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 

1950–1953 (7th Signal Company cited; DA GO 22, 1956)

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 

1945–1948; 1953–1971 (7th Infantry Division cited; DA GO 50, 1971)

Korean War

UN Defensive

UN Offensive

CCF Intervention

First UN Counteroffensive

CCF Spring Offensive

UN Summer–Fall Offensive

Second Korean Winter

Korea, Summer–Fall 1952

Third Korean Winter

Korea, Summer 1953
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127th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

American Battle Monuments Commission. 7th Division, Summary of Operations in 

the World War. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Offi ce, 1944.

Appleman, Roy E. South to the Naktong, North to the Yalu: June–November 1950. 

United States Army in the Korean War. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief 

of Military History, Department of the Army, 1961. 7th Infantry Division cited.

Appleman, Roy E., James M. Burns, Russell A. Gugeler, and John Stevens. Okinawa: The Last Battle. United States Army in World War II. Washington, D.C.: 

Historical Division, Department of the Army, 1948. 7th Infantry Division cited.

Armeli, Thomas. “Lightfi ghter Communications in Operation JUST CAUSE.” 

Army Communicator 15 (Winter–Spring 1990): 48–52.

Bayonet, A History of the 7th Infantry Division. 2d ed. Tokyo: Toppan Printing 

Company, 1952.

Bayonet, A History of the 7th Infantry Division. Tokyo: Toppan Printing Company, 

1951.

The Bayonet, The History of the 7th Infantry Division in Korea. Tokyo: Dai Nippon 

Printing Company, 1953.

Cannon, M. Hamlin. Leyte: The Return to the Philippines. United States Army in 

World War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, 1954. 7th Infantry Division cited.

Crowl, Philip A., and Edmund G. Love. Seizure of the Gilberts and Marshalls. 

United States Army in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of 

Military History, Department of the Army, 1955. 7th Signal Company cited.

Fell, Edgar T., comp. History of the Seventh Division, United States Army, 1917–

1919. Philadelphia: George H. Buchanan Company, 1927.

Hermes, Walter G. Truce Tent and Fighting Front. United States Army in the Korean War. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United 

States Army, 1966. 7th Infantry Division cited.

Love, Edmund G. The Hourglass: A History of the 7th Infantry Division in World 

War II. Washington, D.C.: Infantry Journal Press, 1950.

Raines, Rebecca Robbins. Getting the Message Through: A Branch History of the 

U.S. Army Signal Corps. Army Historical Series. Washington, D.C.: Center of 

Military History, United States Army, 1996.

7th Infantry Division in Korea. Atlanta: Albert Love Enterprises, 1954.

The Seventh Division in Korea. Tokyo: FEC Printing Plant, 1948.

7th Infantry Division, 127th Signal Battalion, Camp Casey, Korea, 1963–1964. 

N.p., n.d. A pictorial history.

Waring, Paul C. History of the 7th Infantry (Bayonet) Division. Tokyo: Dai Nippon 

Printing Company, 1967.
129th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Tenné, four lightning fl ashes saltirewise throughout celeste fi mbriated argent, overall a torch of the last enfl amed gules.

Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Maryland 

Army National Guard: On a wreath of the colors argent and 

tenné a cross bottony per cross quarterly gules and argent.

Motto: LIGHT THE FIRES.

Symbolism: Orange is a color traditionally associated with the Signal Corps. 

The motto LIGHT THE FIRES is alluded to by the torch, recalling the historic tradition of signal communications. The lightning fl ashes are a further reference to the Signal Corps and suggest the speed of modern global communications technology.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

ARNG

LINEAGE (29th Infantry Division) (Maryland)

Organized 1 July 1986 from new and existing units in the Maryland and Virginia Army National Guard as the 129th Signal Battalion, with Headquarters at 

Pikesville, Maryland, and assigned to the 29th Infantry Division. Location of Headquarters changed 1 July 1989 to Bel Air, Maryland. Reorganized 1 March 1990 in 

the Maryland Army National Guard.

Home Area: Central and Western Maryland
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CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

Company B (Reisterstown) entitled to:

World War I

Silver Band without campaign inscription

World War II-EAME

Normandy (with arrowhead)

Northern France

Rhineland

Central Europe

DECORATIONS

Company B (Reisterstown) entitled to:

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, Streamer embroidered BEACHES OF 

NORMANDY (110th Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

129th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Cooper John P. The History of the 110th Field Artillery Battalion, with Sketches of 

Related Units. Baltimore: War Records Division, Maryland Historical Society, 

1953.
133d SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Tenné, a torteau fi mbriated argent overall two spears saltirewise 

of the like; on a chief wavy silver three fl eurs-de-lis azure.

Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Illinois Army 

National Guard: On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné upon 

a grassy fi eld the blockhouse of old Fort Dearborn proper.

Motto: DISTANCE NO BAR.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The two areas of the shield joined by the wavy line 

stand for the two oversea areas in which the unit served during 

World War I and World War II. The three fl eurs-de-lis refer to 

the battalion’s participation in three World War I campaigns in 

France. The two spears stand for campaign participation on two 

South Sea islands during World War II. The roundel is scarlet 

in reference to the scarlet streamer awarded to the unit for the 

Meritorious Unit Commendation.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

ARNG

LINEAGE (Illinois)

Constituted 11 June 1897 in the Illinois National Guard as a company of Signal Corps troops and organized at Chicago. Mustered into Federal service 28 June 

1916 as Company A, Signal Corps; mustered out of Federal service 1 January 1917. 

Mustered into Federal service 1 August 1917; drafted into Federal service 5 August 

1917. Expanded, reorganized, and redesignated 24 September 1917 as the 108th 

Field Signal Battalion and assigned to the 33d Division. Demobilized 30 June 1919 

at Camp Grant, Illinois.

Reorganized and federally recognized 8 June 1922 at Chicago as the 33d Signal 

Company, an element of the 33d Division (later redesignated as the 33d Infantry 

Division). Inducted into Federal service 5 March 1941 at Chicago. Inactivated 5 

February 1946 in Japan.

Reorganized and federally recognized 5 June 1947 at Chicago. Reorganized and 

redesignated 1 March 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 133d Signal Battalion (organic elements constituted 1 March 1959 and federally recognized 

21 April 1959 at Chicago).
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Battalion consolidated 1 February 1968 with the 109th Signal Company (organized and federally recognized 9 May 1949 at Chicago as the 179th Antiaircraft 

Artillery Operations Detachment), and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as the 433d Signal Company; concurrently relieved from assignment to the 

33d Infantry Division.

Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1980 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 133d Signal Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 

1985 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 133d Signal Battalion (organic 

elements concurrently organized from existing units).

Home Area: Statewide

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War I

Somme Offensive

Meuse-Argonne

Lorraine 1918

World War II

New Guinea

Luzon

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered PACIFIC 

THEATER (33d Signal Company cited; GO 128, 33d Infantry Division, 14 June 

1945)

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (33d Infantry Division cited; DA GO 47, 1950)

133d SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

American Battle Monuments Commission. 33d Division, Summary of Operations in 

the World War. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Offi ce, 1944.

Harris, Barnett W., and Dudley J. Nelson. 33d Division Across No-Man’s Land. 

Kankakee, Ill.: Harris and Nickerson, 1919.

Huidekoper, Frederic L. The History of the 33d Division, A.E.F. 4 vols. Springfi eld: 

Illinois State Historical Library, 1921.

———. 33d Division, A.E.F., From Its Arrival in France Until the Armistice with 

Germany, November 11, 1918. Luxembourg: Gustave Soupert, 1919.

Illinois in the World War: An Illustrated History of the Thirty-Third Division. 2 vols. 

Chicago: States Publications Society, 1920.

Judy, William L. The Prairie Division. N.p., 1919.

Roster of the Illinois National Guard and Illinois Naval Militia as Organized When 

Called by the President for World War Service. Springfi eld, Ill., 1929.

Roster of the Illinois National Guard on the Mexican Border, 1916–1917. Springfi eld, Ill., 1928.
256 SIGNAL CORPS

Smith, Robert Ross. Triumph in the Philippines. United States Army in World War 

II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the 

Army, 1963. 33d Infantry Division cited.

33d Division Pictorial History, Army of the United States, Camp Forrest, 1941–

1942. Atlanta: Army Press, 1942.

33d Infantry Division Historical Committee. The Golden Cross: A History of the 

33d Infantry Division in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Infantry Journal 

Press, 1948.

Watters, Mary. Illinois in the Second World War. Springfi eld, Ill.: Illinois State Historical Library, 1951–52.
134th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Argent, a chevron tenné between in dexter fl ank a mullet vert 

and in sinister a fl eur-de-lis of the like. On a chief embattled of 

six of the second a bugle horn of the fi rst.

Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Minnesota Army National Guard: On a wreath of the colors argent and 

tenné a sheaf of wheat proper.

Motto: VOCE RETONANTI (With Loud Resounding Voice).

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The six embattlements of the chief refer to the 

six World War II campaigns in which the unit participated. The 

star and the fl eur-de-lis represent the two decorations—the Meritorious Unit Commendation and the French Croix de Guerre—

awarded to the unit and its current elements. The chevron denotes support, and the bugle horn denotes the martial spirit and 

mission of the unit.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

ARNG

LINEAGE (34th Infantry Division) (Minnesota)

Organized and federally recognized 18 November 1919 in the Minnesota National Guard at Minneapolis as the Service Battery, 1st Field Artillery. Redesignated 

21 November 1921 as the Service Battery, 151st Field Artillery, an element of the 

34th Division (later redesignated as the 34th Infantry Division). Consolidated (less 

Band Section) 1 July 1940 with Headquarters Battery, 151st Field Artillery, and 

consolidated unit designated as Headquarters Battery, 151st Field Artillery. Inducted into Federal service 10 February 1941 at Minneapolis.

Former Service Battery, 151st Field Artillery, reorganized and redesignated 1 

April 1941 at Minneapolis as the Service Battery, 1st Battalion, 151st Field Artillery 

(former Headquarters Battery, 151st Field Artillery—hereafter separate lineage). 

Reorganized and redesignated 30 January 1942 as the Service Battery, 151st Field 

Artillery Battalion, an element of the 34th Infantry Division. Inactivated 3 November 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia.

Reorganized and federally recognized 4 November 1946 at Minneapolis as the 

Service Battery, 151st Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 47th Infantry Di-
258 SIGNAL CORPS

vision. Ordered into active Federal service 16 January 1951 at Minneapolis (Service 

Battery, 151st Field Artillery Battalion [NGUS], organized and federally recognized 

16 January 1953 at Minneapolis). Service Battery, 151st Field Artillery Battalion, 

released from active Federal service 2 December 1954 and reverted to state control. 

Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from the Service Battery, 151st Field 

Artillery Battalion (NGUS).

Converted and redesignated 22 February 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 147th Signal Battalion, an element of the 47th Infantry Division 

(organic elements concurrently organized from existing units). Location of Headquarters changed 1 July 1989 to Inver Grove Heights.

Redesignated 10 February 1991 as the 134th Signal Battalion; concurrently relieved from assignment to the 47th Infantry Division and assigned to the 34th Infantry Division. Location of Headquarters changed 2 June 1992 to Eagan; changed 1 

April 1994 to St. Paul; changed 1 June 1998 to Inver Grove Heights.

Home Area: Statewide

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Tunisia

Naples-Foggia (with arrowhead)

Anzio

Rome-Arno

North Apennines

Po Valley

DECORATIONS

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered 

BELVEDERE (151st Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

Company B (Hastings) additionally entitled to:

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered ITALY 1944 

(Service Company, 135th Infantry, cited; GO 19, 34th Infantry Division, 21 January 

1945)

134th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Blumenson, Martin. Salerno to Cassino. United States Army in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1969. 

135th Infantry and 151st Field Artillery Battalion cited.

Fisher, Ernest F., Jr. Cassino to the Alps. United States Army in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1977. 

135th Infantry cited.

47th “Viking” Infantry Division, Pictorial Review, Camp Rucker, Alabama. Atlanta: 

Albert Love Enterprises, 1951.
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 259

Gammack, Gordon. The 34th Division’s Italian Campaign (to December 1943) and 

Other Selected Articles. Des Moines, 1944.

Hedgepeth, Rob. “Five Nations Test Coalition Communications.” Army Communicator 28 (Spring 2003): 27–28. United States, Great Britain, Canada, Australia, 

and New Zealand.

A History of the Minnesota National Guard. St. Paul, 1940.

Hougen, John H. The Story of the 34th Infantry Division. San Angelo, Tex.: Newsfoto Publishing Company, 1949. Reprint, Nashville: Battery Press, 1979

Howe, George F. Northwest Africa: Seizing the Initiative in the West. United States 

Army in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, 1957. 151st Field Artillery Battalion and 34th 

Infantry Division cited.

“Innovative Training.” National Guard 35 (March 1981): 22–25.

Kreger, William G. A Condensed History of the 135th Infantry from Gettysburg to 

the Po. N.p., 1951.

Kunz, Virginia B. Muskets to Missiles: A Military History of Minnesota. St. Paul: 

Minnesota Statehood Centennial Commission, 1958.

Narrative History of the 151st Field Artillery Battalion for January 1, 1944 to January 31, 1944. Italy, 1944.

A Partial History: 135th Infantry Regiment, 34th “Red Bull” Division. N.p., 1945.

The Story of the 34th Infantry Division. Book I: Louisiana to Pisa. Book II: Pisa to 

Final Victory. Milan, Italy: Archetipografi a de Milano, 1945.

Trask, David F. History of the 135th Infantry Regiment. Enterprise, Ala.: Enterprise 

Ledger, 1954.

Wilson, Richard. The Gallant Fight of the 34th Division in the North African Campaign. Des Moines Register and Tribune, 1943.
135th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Sable, two lightning fl ashes saltirewise throughout tenné, overall 

a billet argent bearing an ermine spot of the fi rst. On a chief argent a grizzly bear’s head erased proper.

Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Missouri 

and Nebraska Army National Guard, in the order in which the 

states were admitted to the Union:

MISSOURI: On a wreath of the colors argent and sable a grizzly bear standing 

rampant proper.

NEBRASKA: On a wreath of the colors argent and sable an ear of corn in full 

ear partially husked proper.

Motto: FIRST FAST FLEXIBLE.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The white oblong, a heraldic billet, refers to correspondence and, together with the lightning fl ashes, denotes the 

swift communication facilities provided by the battalion. The 

grizzly bear represents the organization’s original allotment to 

the Missouri Army National Guard. The ermine spot refers to 

the headquarters’ location at St. Joseph, which was founded by a 

French fur trader.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

Description: A gold color metal and enamel device that consists of a gold 

grizzly bear’s head on top of a white vertical oblong charged 

with a black ermine spot. Radiating from the sides of the oblong 

four diagonal orange lightning fl ashes, two on each side, all in 

front of a gold horizontal oval scored with rays and enclosed by 

a gold scroll folded at the sides and inscribed at the left FIRST, 

at the right FAST, and in base FLEXIBLE in black letters.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The white oblong, a heraldic billet, refers to correspondence and, together with the lightning fl ashes, denotes the 

swift communication facilities provided by the battalion. The 

grizzly bear represents the organization’s original allotment to 

the Missouri Army National Guard. The ermine spot refers to 

the headquarters’ location at St. Joseph, which was founded by a 

French fur trader. Additionally, the vertical oblong connotes “1” 

or FIRST, the fl ashes signify FAST, and the rays in every direction refer to FLEXIBLE, which together allude to the battalion’s 

motto.
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 261

LINEAGE AND HONORS

ARNG

LINEAGE (35th Infantry Division) (Missouri and Nebraska)

Constituted 26 March 1963 in the Missouri Army National Guard as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 135th Signal Battalion, an element of the 35th 

Infantry Division. Organized and federally recognized 1 April 1963 at St. Joseph. 

Reorganized and redesignated 16 September 1985 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 135th Signal Battalion (organic elements concurrently organized 

from existing units in Missouri and Nebraska).

Home Area: Missouri and Nebraska

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

Headquarters Company (St. Joseph, Missouri) entitled to:

World War II-AP

Leyte

Ryukyus

Western Pacifi c

Company A (Omaha, Nebraska) entitled to:

World War II-AP

Aleutian Islands

World War II-EAME

Normandy

Northern France

Rhineland

Ardennes-Alsace

Central Europe

DECORATIONS

Headquarters Company (St. Joseph, Missouri) entitled to:

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (242d Engineer Combat Battalion cited; DA GO 47, 1950)

Company A (Omaha, Nebraska) entitled to:

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BASTOGNE (134th 

Infantry Regiment cited; DA GO 62, 1947)

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered ST. LO 

(134th Infantry Regiment cited; DA GO 43, 1950)
262 SIGNAL CORPS

135th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Blumenson, Martin. Breakout and Pursuit. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the 

Army, 1961. 134th Infantry cited.

Cole, Hugh M. The Ardennes: Battle of the Bulge. United States Army in World 

War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States 

Army, 1965. 134th Infantry cited.

———. The Lorraine Campaign. United States Army in World War II. Washington, 

D.C.: Historical Division, United States Army, 1950. 134th Infantry cited.

Dod, Karl C. The Corps of Engineers: The War Against Japan. United States Army 

in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, 

United States Army, 1966. 242d Engineer Combat Battalion cited.

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Offensive. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 

1973. 134th Infantry cited.

Miltonberger, Butler B., and James A. Huston. 134th Infantry Regiment Combat 

History of World War II. N.p., 1946.

“Riot Reaction Force: The Guard in the April Disorders.” National Guardsman 22 

(May 1968): 2–16. 135th Signal Battalion cited.
136th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Tenné, a mullet argent, overall fi ve lightning fl ashes conjoined in 

fess point sable.

Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Texas Army 

National Guard: On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné a 

mullet argent encircled by a garland of live oak and olive proper 

conjoined at the stems with a ribbon or.

Motto: COMMAND ON THE MOVE.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The star is a symbol of Texas, the home of the 

unit, and denotes command and control. The fi ve black lightning 

fl ashes radiating from the center of the star convey the ability to 

communicate with multidirectional capabilities day or night.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

Description: A silver color metal and enamel device that consists of the shield 

and crest of the coat of arms. Attached around the base of the 

shield a semicircular black scroll with silver spokes inscribed 

COMMAND ON THE MOVE in silver letters.

Symbolism: Orange and white (silver) are the colors traditionally associated 

with the Signal Corps. The star is a symbol of Texas, the home 

of the unit, and denotes command and control. The fi ve black 

lightning fl ashes radiating from the center of the star convey the 

ability to communicate with multidirectional capabilities day or 

night. The crest is that of the state of Texas. The star alludes to 

the Texas fl ag; the oak and laurel wreath surrounding it highlight 

the virtues of strength and peace. The black scroll in the form of 

a stylized wheel emphasizes the mobile power of the unit.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

ARNG

LINEAGE (Texas)

Organized 1 October 1989 from new and existing units in the Texas Army National Guard as the 136th Signal Battalion with Headquarters at Temple.

Home Area: Southern Texas
264 SIGNAL CORPS

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

None.

DECORATIONS

None.

136th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Campbell, Jerry L. “Leveler Training on the Mark.” Army Communicator 15 (Summer–Fall 1990): 38–39. Discusses fi elding of Mobile Subscriber Equipment 

(MSE) at Fort Hood.

Johnson, Danny M. Military Communications Supporting Peacekeeping Operations in the Balkans: The Signal Corps at Its Best. Mannheim, Germany: Headquarters, 5th Signal Command, 2000.
138th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Per pale tenné and sable, a pile between a mullet of eight points 

and three kampilans bendwise in pale argent.

Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Indiana 

Army National Guard: On a wreath of the colors argent and 

tenné a demi-lion rampant argent holding in dexter paw a laurel 

branch vert.

Motto: SUCCESS OF COMMAND.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The three kampilans represent the unit’s campaign 

service in the Philippines, and the star is for the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation. The searchlight in the center suggests one 

of the functions of the unit.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

ARNG

LINEAGE (38th Infantry Division) (Indiana)

Organized and federally recognized 7 October 1921 in the Indiana National 

Guard at Tipton as Headquarters, 2d Battalion, 152d Infantry, an element of the 38th 

Division (later redesignated as the 38th Infantry Division). Inducted into Federal 

service 17 January 1941 at Tipton. Inactivated 9 November 1945 at Camp Anza, 

California.

Reorganized and federally recognized 24 June 1947 at Anderson as Headquarters, 1st Battalion, 151st Infantry. Converted and redesignated 1 February 1959 as 

Headquarters, 138th Signal Battalion, an element of the 38th Infantry Division (organic elements converted and redesignated from existing units).

Home Area: Central Indiana

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

New Guinea

Leyte

Luzon
266 SIGNAL CORPS

DECORATIONS

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (152d Infantry Regiment cited; DA GO 47, 1950)

138th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Historical Annual, National Guard of the State of Indiana, 1938. Baton Rouge: 

Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1938.

Hodges, Peyton, et al., eds. 38th Infantry Division, “Avengers of Bataan.” Atlanta: 

Albert Love Enterprises, 1947.

Indiana Army National Guard 38th Infantry Division, 1967. N.p.: Newsfoto Publishing Company, c. 1967.

Moorhead, Robert G. “38th Infantry Division Is a Three-State Enterprise.” Army 23 

(October 1973): 99–102.

Pictorial History, Thirty-Eighth Division, Army of the United States, 1941. Atlanta: 

Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1941.

Smith, Robert Ross. Triumph in the Philippines. United States Army in World War 

II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the 

Army, 1963. 152d Infantry cited.

War History Commission. Indiana in World War II. Bloomington, 1948.

Watt, William J., and James R. H. Spears, eds. Indiana’s Citizen Soldiers: The Militia and National Guard in Indiana History. Indianapolis: Indiana State Armory 

Board, 1980.

Webster, Leonard E. A Military History of the Indiana National Guard, 1816–1966. 

Indianapolis: Military Department of Indiana, 1966.
141st SIGNAL BATTALION

(The Communicators)

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Per fess abased dancette sable and tenné, in chief between two 

fl ames a fi re arrow fesswise argent.

Crest: On a wreath of the colors argent and sable a circlet of steel fl amant superimposed by two demispears palewise proper.

Motto: ENSE ET VOCE (With Sword and Voice).

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The black area represents Africa, the Dark Continent. The fi re arrow, an early signaling device, represents the 

mission and battle experience of the unit. The mountainous terrain of Italy, where the unit served during World War II, is represented by the jagged division of the lower part of the shield.

 The fl aming circlet of steel commemorates the unit’s service in 

Southwest Asia. The steel underscores the strength and resolve 

of the U.S. Army troops and materiel in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. The fl ames allude to a signal fi re or beacon and denote zeal 

and action. The spears represent combat readiness and participation in two wars, World War II and Southwest Asia.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (1st Armored Division) (active)

Constituted 1 June 1940 in the Regular Army as the 7th Signal Troop and activated 

at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Reorganized and redesignated 15 July 1940 as the 47th Signal 

Company and assigned to the 1st Armored Division. Redesignated 7 August 1941 as 

the 141st Signal Armored Company. Redesignated 1 January 1942 as the 141st Armored Signal Company. Inactivated 26 April 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey.

Activated 7 March 1951 at Fort Hood, Texas. Reorganized and redesignated 15 

February 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 141st Signal Battalion 

(organic elements constituted 11 February 1957 and activated 15 February 1957 at 

Fort Polk, Louisiana). Inactivated 23 December 1957 at Fort Polk, Louisiana (Company A activated 24 September 1960 at Fort Hood, Texas). Activated (less Company 

A) 3 February 1962 at Fort Hood, Texas.
268 SIGNAL CORPS

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Algeria–French Morocco (with arrowhead)

Tunisia

Naples-Foggia

Anzio

Rome-Arno

North Apennines

Po Valley

Southwest Asia

Defense of Saudi Arabia

Liberation and Defense of Kuwait

Cease-Fire

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST 

ASIA 1990–1991 (141st Signal Battalion [less Company B] cited; DA GO 1, 1996)

Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1995–1996 (141st Signal 

Battalion cited; DA GO 25, 2001)

Company B additionally entitled to:

Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ-KUWAIT (Company B, 

141st Signal Battalion, cited; DA GO 27, 1994)

141st SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Blumenson, Martin. Salerno to Cassino. United States Army in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, 

1969. 1st Armored Division cited.

1st Armored Division. Dallas, Tex.: Taylor Publishing Company, 1952.

1st Armored Division, Fort Hood, Texas. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing 

Company, 1963.

Fisher, Ernest F., Jr. Cassino to the Alps. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States Army, 1977. 1st 

Armored Division cited.

Gerstein, Daniel. “Report from the Field: Recovering from Peace Operations.” 

Army Communicator 23 (Spring 1998): 37–40.

———. “A Report from the Field: The Signal Mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina.” 

Army Communicator 23 (Summer 1998): 48–51.

Historical and Pictorial Review, First Armored Division of the United States Army, 

Fort Knox, Kentucky, 1941. 6 vols. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing 

Company, 1941.
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 269

Howe, George F. The Battle History of the 1st Armored Division, “Old Ironsides.” 

Washington, D.C.: Combat Forces Press, 1954. Reprint. Nashville, Tenn.: Battery Press, 1979.

———. Northwest Africa: Seizing the Initiative in the West. United States Army in 

World War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, 1957. 1st Armored Division cited.

Humphreys, David. “Team Cobra: 141st Signal Battalion’s ‘Tip of the Sword’ in 

Iraq.” Army Communicator 28 (Winter 2003): 37–39.

Johnson, Danny M. Military Communications Supporting Peacekeeping Operations in the Balkans: The Signal Corps at Its Best. Mannheim, Germany: Headquarters, 5th Signal Command, 2000.

Llanos, Andrew, and David Are. “The Tactical High-Speed Data Super Radio-Access Unit: A Success in Kosovo.” Army Communicator 26 (Fall 2001): 24–29.

Savage, Jay R. “An Area Signal System.” Army Communicator 4 (Spring 1979): 

48–49.

———. “How to Hide a TAC.” Army Communicator 3 (Fall 1978): 11–12.

Thompson, George Raynor, and Dixie R. Harris. The Signal Corps: The Outcome 

(Mid-1943 through 1945). United States Army in World War II. Washington, 

D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1966.

Thompson, George Raynor, Dixie R. Harris, Pauline M. Oakes, and Dulany Terrett. 

The Signal Corps: The Test (December 1941 to July 1943). United States Army 

in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, 1957.

25th Anniversary, 1st Armored Division, Fort Hood, Texas. Baton Rouge: Army and 

Navy Publishing Company, 1965.

White, Wayne M. “Communicating on the Move.” Army Communicator 16 (Summer 1991): 34–37. Discusses the battalion’s activities during Operation DESERT

STORM.
142d SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Per fess wavy enhanced tenné and argent, a point reversed counterchanged in chief a fl eur-de-lis and issuing from base a cubic 

arm in armor grasping four lightning fl ashes, all of the last, between in dexter fess a palm tree proper and in sinister fess a bear 

rampant sable.

Crest: None approved.

Motto: FLEXIBILITY.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with 

the Signal Corps. The arm grasping two lightning fl ashes symbolizes the communications support mission of the battalion to 

the armored division. The palm tree stands for the unit’s World 

War II action in the Mediterranean area. The fl eur-de-lis represents campaigns in France. The black bear, emblem of the city 

of Berlin, represents service in the Rhineland, Central Europe, 

and the occupation of the city of Berlin in 1945. The wavy line, 

representing the Meuse River, and the chevron, representing a 

highway in perspective, refer to the battalion’s participation in 

the liberation of Belgium.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGINIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (2d Armored Division) (inactive)

Constituted 15 July 1940 in the Regular Army as the 48th Signal Company, 

assigned to the 2d Armored Division, and activated at Fort Benning, Georgia. Redesignated 7 August 1941 as the 142d Signal Armored Company. Redesignated 1 

January 1942 as the 142d Armored Signal Company.

Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 142d Signal Battalion (organic elements constituted 21 June 1957 and 

activated 1 July 1957 in Germany). Inactivated 15 September 1991 at Fort Hood, 

Texas. Activated 16 December 1992 at Fort Hood, Texas. Inactivated 15 January 

1996 at Fort Hood, Texas.
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 271

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Algeria–French Morocco (with arrowhead)

Sicily (with arrowhead)

Normandy

Northern France

Rhineland

Ardennes-Alsace

Central Europe

Southwest Asia

Defense of Saudi Arabia

Liberation and Defense of Kuwait

DECORATIONS

Belgian Fourragere 1940 (142d Armored Signal Company cited; DA GO 43, 

1950)

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in Belgium (142d 

Armored Signal Company cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes 

(142d Armored Signal Company cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

142d SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Blumenson, Martin. Breakout and Pursuit. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the 

Army, 1961. 2d Armored Division cited.

Cole, Hugh M. The Ardennes: Battle of the Bulge. United States Army in World War 

II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the 

Army, 1965. 2d Armored Division cited.

Dutchak, Eugene, ed. 2d Armored Division, Fort Hood, Texas, 1961–1962. Topeka, 

Kans.: Josten Military Publications, 1962.

Edson, Ron. “Multiple Unit Training Assembly-5.” Army Communicator 6 (Spring 

1981): 49–51. Training exercise with Reserve component training partner, the 

249th Signal Battalion.

Garland, Albert N., and Howard McGaw Smyth. Sicily and the Surrender of Italy. 

United States Army in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of 

Military History, Department of the Army, 1965. 2d Armored Division cited.

Gilmore, John. “The One Army Concept.” Army Communicator 11 (Summer 1986): 

38–39.

Goins, Lorenzo A. “Task Force 142 Signal.” Army Communicator 15 (Spring–Summer 1990): 13–15. On testing of mobile subscriber radio equipment during Centurion Shield ’90 fi eld exercise in Europe.

Harrison, Gordon A. Cross-Channel Attack. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 

1951. 2d Armored Division cited.
272 SIGNAL CORPS

Houston, Donald E. Hell on Wheels, the Second Armored Division. San Rafael, 

Calif.: Presidio Press, 1977.

Howe, George F. Northwest Africa: Seizing the Initiative in the West. United States 

Army in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1957. 2d 

Armored Division cited.

Lee, Gilbert R., III. “Converting a LEN Into a Tandem Switching Node.” Army 

Communicator 16 (Winter 1991): 13–14. LEN is a large extension node, part of 

the battalion’s mobile subscriber radio equipment.

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Offensive. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 

1973. 2d Armored Division cited.

———. The Siegfried Line Campaign. United States Army in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, 

1963. 2d Armored Division cited.

2d Armored Division, Germany. Atlanta: Albert Love Enterprises, 1952.

2d Armored Division “Hell on Wheels,” Fort Hood, Texas, 1965. Baton Rouge: 

Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1965.

Stokes, Carol E., ed. The U.S. Army Signal Corps in Operation Desert Shield/Desert 

Storm. Fort Gordon, Ga.: Offi ce of the Command Historian, U.S. Army Signal 

Center and Fort Gordon, 1994.

Stokes, Carol E., and Kathy R. Coker. “Getting the Message Through in the Persian 

Gulf War.” Army Communicator 17 (Summer–Winter 1992): 17–25.

Thompson, George Raynor, and Dixie R. Harris. The Signal Corps: The Outcome 

(Mid-1943 through 1945). United States Army in World War II. Washington, 

D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1966.

Trahan, E.A., ed. A History of the Second United States Armored Division, 1940–

1946. Atlanta: Albert Love Enterprises, 1946.
143d SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Chequy argent and tenné, on a pale sable a lion rampant or, and 

on a chief of the second fi ve signal horns of the fi rst—three and 

two—all fesswise.

Crest: None approved.

Motto: VOX FERRORUM (The Voice of Iron).

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with 

the Signal Corps. The chessboard pattern is based on the signal 

grid system and alludes to the battalion’s tactical fl exibility and 

strategy, as used in the game of chess. The organization’s active participation in the invasion of Belgium, and the decorations 

given to the unit for service in Belgium during World War II, are 

symbolized by the colors black and gold and the lion rampant, 

both taken from the coat of arms of Belgium. The four divisions 

of the fi eld allude to the four decorations given the organization. 

The horns, fi ve in number for the fi ve campaign honors earned 

by the battalion in the European Theater during World War II, 

are a variation of those used in the old German post system and 

allude to the organization’s service in Germany, as well as its 

mission of communication.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (3d Armored Division) (inactive)

Constituted 13 January 1941 in the Regular Army as the 46th Signal Company 

and assigned to the 3d Armored Division. Activated 15 April 1941 at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana. Redesignated 7 August 1941 as the 143d Signal Armored Company. Redesignated 1 January 1942 as the 143d Armored Signal Company. Inactivated 

10 November 1945 in Germany.

Activated 30 July 1948 at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Reorganized and redesignated 

1 October 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 143d Signal Battalion 

(organic elements constituted 30 August 1957 and activated 1 October 1957 in Germany). Inactivated 15 April 1992 in Germany.
274 SIGNAL CORPS

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Normandy

Northern France

Rhineland

Ardennes-Alsace

Central Europe

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN 

THEATER (143d Armored Signal Company cited; GO 89, 3d Armored Division, 12 

July 1945)

Belgian Fourragere 1940 (143d Armored Signal Company cited; DA GO 43, 

1950)

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in Belgium (143d 

Armored Signal Company cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes 

(143d Armored Signal Company cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

143d SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Blumenson, Martin. Breakout and Pursuit. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 

1961. 3d Armored Division cited.

Cole, Hugh M. The Ardennes: Battle of the Bulge. United States Army in World War 

II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the 

Army, 1965. 3d Armored Division cited.

Editors of Army Times. A History of the U.S. Army Signal Corps. New York: G. P. 

Putnam’s Sons, 1961.

Goda, Bryan S., and Robert M. Prudhomme. “Communications on a Mobile Battlefi eld in the 100 Hours War.” Army Communicator 16 (Spring 1991): 42–47.

Historical and Pictorial Review, Third Armored Division of the United States Army, 

Camp Polk, Louisiana, 1942. 3 vols. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing 

Company, 1942.

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Offensive. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington, D.C: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 

1973. 3d Armored Division cited.

———. The Siegfried Line Campaign. United States Army in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1963. 

3d Armored Division cited.

Spearhead in the West, 1941–1945, Third Armored Division. Frankfurt am Main, 

Germany: Kunst and Wervedruck, 1945. Reprint. Nashville, Tenn.: Battery 

Press, 1980.

Thompson, George Raynor, and Dixie R. Harris. The Signal Corps: The Outcome 

(Mid-1943 through 1945). United States Army in World War II. Washington, 

D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1966.

Southwest Asia

Defense of Saudi Arabia

Liberation and Defense of Kuwait

Cease-Fire
144th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Tenné, four bendlets enhanced and in dexter base a fl eur-de-lis 

argent. On a chief of the last a lion passant guardant vert.

Crest: On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné a spray of oak leaves 

proper surmounted by a lineman’s splice knot argent.

Motto: VOX VINCENTIS (Voice of the Victorious).

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The four white diagonal bends suggest lines of 

communication and represent the unit’s four World War II decorations. The fl eur-de-lis, from the historic French coat of arms, 

indicates that the battalion has been decorated by the French 

government. The lion, a device from the arms of Normandy, is 

placed in the position of honor on the upper portion of the shield 

in commemoration of the unit’s action against the enemy during the battle of Normandy. Green, the historic color for Armor, 

alludes to the organization’s former designation, 144th Signal 

Armored Company.

 The lineman’s splice knot, symbolic of an effective communication system, and the oak leaves, identifi ed with the Ardennes 

forest, are placed on a crest as a further position of honor in recognition of the unit’s outstanding action during the battle of the 

Ardennes.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (4th Armored Division) (inactive)

Constituted 13 January 1941 in the Regular Army as the 49th Signal Company 

and assigned to the 4th Armored Division. Activated 15 April 1941 at Pine Camp, 

New York. Redesignated 7 August 1941 as the 144th Signal Armored Company. 

Redesignated 5 January 1942 as the 144th Armored Signal Company. Inactivated 

24 April 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey.

Activated 15 June 1954 at Fort Hood, Texas. Reorganized and redesignated 1 

April 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 144th Signal Battalion (organic elements constituted 12 March 1957 and activated 1 April 1957 at Fort Hood, 

Texas). Inactivated 10 May 1971 in Germany.
276 SIGNAL CORPS

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Normandy 

Northern France

Rhineland

Ardennes-Alsace

Central Europe

DECORATIONS

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered ARDENNES (4th Armored Division cited; WD GO 54, 1945)

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered 

NORMANDY (144th Armored Signal Company cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered 

MOSELLE RIVER (144th Armored Signal Company cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

French Croix de Guerre, World War II, Fourragere (144th Armored Signal Company cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

144th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Blumenson, Martin. Breakout and Pursuit. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 

1961. 4th Armored Division cited.

Cole, Hugh M. The Ardennes: Battle of the Bulge. United States Army in World 

War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States 

Army, 1965. 4th Armored Division cited.

Historical and Pictorial Review, Fourth Armored Division, United States Army, 

Camp Pine, New York. 6 vols. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1942.

Jacobs, Bruce. Breakthrough! The Story of the 4th Armored Division. Kearny, N.J.: 

4th Armored Division Association, 1956.

Koyen, Kenneth A. The Fourth Armored Division From the Beach to Bavaria: The 

Story of the Fourth Armored Division in Combat. Munich, Germany: Herder 

Druck, 1945.

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Offensive. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 

1973. 4th Armored Division cited.
146th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Gules (crimson), between two fl anks or a pheon point to chief in 

chief and a clarion in base of the like.

Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Florida 

Army National Guard: On a wreath of the colors or and gules an 

alligator statant proper.

Motto: SAINTS OF SERVICE.

Symbolism: The colors crimson and yellow (gold) are the colors of the unit’s 

immediate predecessor, the 748th Armored Ordnance Battalion. 

The pheon and clarion allude to two battle honors (New Guinea 

with arrowhead and Southern Philippines) displayed by elements 

of the current battalion for service in World War II. The clarion 

is also a type of trumpet with clear, piercing tones and, being a 

form of signaling, refers to the unit’s transition to a Signal Corps 

organization.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

ARNG

LINEAGE (Florida)

Constituted 1 November 1952 in the Florida Army National Guard as the 748th 

Ordnance Battalion and assigned to the 48th Infantry Division; concurrently organized from existing units at Jacksonville. Reorganized and redesignated 1 November 1955 as the 748th Armored Ordnance Battalion (48th Infantry Division concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 48th Armored Division). Reorganized 

and redesignated 15 April 1959 as the 748th Ordnance Battalion.

Converted and redesignated 15 February 1963 as the 146th Signal Battalion and 

relieved from assignment to the 48th Armored Division.

Home Area: Jacksonville and Pensacola
278 SIGNAL CORPS

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

Headquarters Company (Jacksonville) entitled to:

World War II-AP

New Guinea (with arrowhead)

Southern Philippines

Company B (Pensacola) entitled to:

World War II (Asiatic-Pacifi c Theater)

Silver Band without campaign inscription

Company C (Jacksonville) entitled to:

World War II-AP

New Guinea (with arrowhead)

Western Pacifi c

Southern Philippines

DECORATIONS

Headquarters Company (Jacksonville) entitled to:

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (124th Infantry cited; DA GO 47, 1950)

Company C (Jacksonville) entitled to:

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered MINDANAO (2d 

Battalion, 124th Infantry cited; WD GO 38, 1946)

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (124th Infantry cited; DA GO 47, 1950)

146th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Morris, Al, Bill Hawkesworth, and Phyllis Prucino. “The 53d on REFORGER.” 

Army Communicator 11 (Spring 1986): 26–29.

124th Infantry Gators at Fort Benning, Nineteen Hundred Forty-Three. N.p., 1943.

“Operation Fuerzas Unidas ‘84: Building a Road in Panama.” National Guard 38 

(July 1984): 20–24.

“Riot Reaction Force: The Guard in the April Disorders.” National Guardsman 22 

(May 1968): 2–16.

Smith, Robert Ross. The Approach to the Philippines. United States Army in World 

War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department 

of the Army, 1953. 124th Infantry cited.

———. Triumph in the Philippines. United States Army in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, 

1963. 124th Infantry cited.
151st SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Per bend azure and tenné, in bend a double-ended lightning fl ash 

throughout argent, its lower portion charged with a lightning 

fl ash sable, and in chief a branch of palmetto of the third.

Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the South Carolina Army National Guard: On a wreath of the colors argent and 

tenné upon a mount vert a palmetto tree proper charged with a 

crescent argent.

Motto: UBIQUE AD FINEM (Everywhere to the End).

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The lightning fl ash through the center denotes the 

unit’s service both to South Carolina, represented by the blue, 

and Florida, represented by the orange. The palmetto branch indicates that the unit is assigned to the South Carolina Army National Guard, whose crest features the palmetto tree.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

ARNG

LINEAGE (South Carolina)

Constituted 23 March 1959 in the South Carolina Army National Guard as 

the 151st Signal Battalion and assigned to the 51st Infantry Division. Organized 

1 April 1959 in central South Carolina from existing units with Headquarters at 

Columbia. Relieved 1 April 1963 from assignment to the 51st Infantry Division. 

Location of Headquarters changed 1 January 1968 to Newberry; changed 1 July 

1980 to Greenville.

Home Area: Northwestern South Carolina

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

Headquarters and Headquarters Company (Greenville) entitled to:

World War I

Somme Offensive

Ypres-Lys

Flanders 1918

World War II-EAME

Northern France

Rhineland
280 SIGNAL CORPS

Company A (Laurens) entitled to:

World War II-EAME

Naples-Foggia

North Apennines

Po Valley

DECORATIONS

Company A (Laurens) entitled to:

French Croix de Guerre with Silver-gilt Star, World War II, Streamer embroidered CASSINO (178th Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

151st SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

American Battle Monuments Commission. 30th Division, Summary of Operations 

in the World War. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Offi ce, 1944. 118th 

Infantry cited. HHC perpetuates Company G, 118th Infantry.

Brawders, Jean Marie. “CAPSTONE Effects Training Changes.” National Guard

40 (November 1986): 30–34.

Crocker, Robert W. “Go Between Circuits IV.” Army Communicator 6 (Summer 

1981): 50–53.

Davis, Nora Marshall. History of the 118th Infantry (Palmetto Regiment). Columbia, S.C., 1935.

Fisher, Ernest F., Jr. Cassino to the Alps. United States Army in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States Army, 1977. 178th Field 

Artillery Battalion cited. Company A perpetuates the Medical Detachment, 

178th Field Artillery Battalion.

Historical and Pictorial Review, 30th Infantry Division, Army of the United States, 

Fort Jackson, South Carolina, 1941. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing 

Company, 1941.

Historical Annual, National Guard of the State of South Carolina, 1938. Baton 

Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1938.

Murphy, Elmer A. The Thirtieth Division in the World War. Lepanto, Ark.: Old 

Hickory Publishing Company, 1936.

178th Field Artillery Battalion. Bassanodel Grappa, Italy, c. 1945.

Royall, Sam J. History of the 118th Infantry, American Expeditionary Force, France. 

Columbia, S.C.: State Company, 1919.

Theodore, Peter C. “Viewpoint: 67th Signal Battalion.” Army Communicator 2 

(Spring 1977): 57–58. In 1975 the 151st was affi liated with the 67th, a Regular 

Army unit, for training purposes.
154th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Argent, two fl anches azure overall a Maltese cross tenné charged 

with a lightning fl ash point to base of the fi rst.

Crest: None approved.

Motto: LOS MEDIOS (The Means).

Symbolism: Orange and white (silver) are the colors traditionally associated 

with the Signal Corps. Panama is represented by the silver fi eld 

between blue fl anches, alluding to the oceans enclosing the isthmus. The Maltese cross refers to Christopher Columbus, explorer of the region, and to its Spanish heritage. The lightning fl ash 

alludes to the battalion’s mission.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

Description: A silver color metal and enamel device that consists of a white 

shield with blue fl anches. Centered overall an orange Maltese 

cross bearing a silver lightning fl ash issuant from the top of the 

cross, and attached below an orange scroll inscribed with the 

motto LOS MEDIOS in silver letters.

Symbolism: Orange and white (silver) are the colors traditionally associated 

with the Signal Corps. Panama and the isthmus are represented 

by the white fi eld enclosed on each side by blue fl anches, symbols of the Pacifi c Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. The shield, of 

a shape typical to sixteenth century Spain, represents that country’s association with the region. The Maltese cross, insignia of 

Christopher Columbus, recalls his arrival in 1502 to found Nombre de Dios colony. The lightning fl ash alludes to the battalion’s 

mission.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

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LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 1 September 1985 in the Regular Army as the 154th Signal Battalion and activated in Panama. Inactivated 15 October 1997 in Panama.
282 SIGNAL CORPS

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

Armed Forces Expeditions

Panama

DECORATIONS

Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1994–1995 (154th Signal 

Battalion cited; DA GO 14, 1997)

154th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Blocher, Bob. “Joint U.S.-Guatemalan Exercise.” Army Communicator 16 (Winter 

1991): 11–12.

———. “154th Proves Its Mettle During Just Cause.” Army Communicator 15 

(Winter–Spring 1990): 36–37.

———. “Training Becomes Reality.” Soldiers 45 (April 1990): 10–11.

154th Signal Battalion 1986 Yearbook, Fort Clayton, Panama. N.p.
156th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Tenné, issuant from a chevron of eight bars wavy argent and 

sable an oriental dragon rampant of the like grasping in dexter 

talon a stylized torch of the second and last fl amant proper, all 

narrowly fi mbriated of the second.

Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Michigan 

Army National Guard: On a wreath of the colors argent and 

tenné a griffi n segreant or.

Motto: AUDIATUR VERBUM (Let the Word Be Heard).

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The oriental dragon refers to action in the AsiaticPacifi c Theater during World War II. The wavy chevron alludes 

to the Rhine River and represents the European Theater. The division of eight bars alludes to battle honors earned during World 

Wars I and II. The torch represents the functions of the Signal 

Corps.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

ARNG

LINEAGE (Michigan)

Constituted 13 February 1959 in the Michigan Army National Guard as the 

156th Signal Battalion. Organized from existing units in southern Michigan with 

Headquarters federally recognized 15 March 1959 at Detroit. Ordered into active 

Federal service 1 October 1961 at Detroit; released 9 August 1962 from active Federal service and reverted to state control. Ordered into active Federal service 24 

July 1967 at home stations; released 2 August 1967 from active Federal service 

and reverted to state control. Location of Headquarters changed 1 February 1968 to 

Ypsilanti.

Home Area: Southern Michigan
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

Headquarters Company (Ypsilanti) entitled to:

Civil War

Bull Run

Manassas

Antietam

Fredericksburg

Peninsula

Chancellorsville

Gettysburg

Wilderness

Spotsylvania

Cold Harbor

Petersburg

Appomattox

Company A (Kalamazoo) and Company B (Adrian) each entitled to:

Civil War

Bull Run

Peninsula

Fredericksburg

Vicksburg

Wilderness

Cold Harbor

Petersburg

Appomattox

Mississippi 1863

Tennessee 1863

Company C (Ypsilanti) entitled to:

World War I

Aisne-Marne

Oise-Aisne

Meuse-Argonne

Alsace 1918

World War I

Aisne-Marne

Oise-Aisne

Meuse-Argonne

Alsace 1918

World War II-AP

Papua

New Guinea 

Leyte

World War I

Aisne-Marne

Oise-Aisne

Meuse-Argonne

Alsace 1918

World War II-AP

Papua

New Guinea (with arrowhead)

Leyte

Luzon

284 SIGNAL CORPS
DECORATIONS

Headquarters Company (Ypsilanti) entitled to:

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered PAPUA (Papuan 

Forces, United States Army, Southwest Pacifi c Area, cited; WD GO 21, 1943)

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (32d Signal Company cited; DA GO 47, 1950)

Company A (Kalamazoo) and Company B (Adrian) each entitled to:

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered PAPUA (Papuan 

Forces, United States Army, Southwest Pacifi c Area, cited; WD GO 21, 1943)

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I, Streamer embroidered OISEAISNE (126th Infantry cited; WD GO 11, 1924)

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (126th Infantry cited; DA GO 47, 1950)

Company C (Ypsilanti) entitled to:

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I, Streamer embroidered OISEAISNE (126th Infantry cited; WD GO 11, 1924)

156th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

American Battle Monuments Commission. 32d Division, Summary of Operations 

in the World War. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Offi ce, 1943. The 

battalion’s companies perpetuate elements of the 32d Division.

Blakely, Harold W. The 32d Infantry Division in World War II. Madison, Wisc., 

1957.

Cannon, M. Hamlin. Leyte: The Return to the Philippines. United States Army in 

World War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, 1954. 126th Infantry cited.

Carroll, Bill. “Gagetown ’87.” Army Communicator 13 (Winter 1988): 48–49. Field 

exercise held in New Brunswick, Canada.

Gansser, Emil B. History of the 126th Infantry in the War with Germany. Grand 

Rapids, Mich.: 126th Infantry Association, A.E.F., 1920.

Garlock, Glenn W. Tales of the Thirty-Second. West Salem, Wisc.: Badger Publishing Company, 1927.

Hanton, Carl. The 32d Division in the World War 1917–1919. Milwaukee: Wisconsin Printing Company, 1920.

Historical and Pictorial Review: National Guard of the State of Michigan. Baton 

Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1940.

Hopper, George C. First Michigan Infantry, Three Months and Three Years, Proceedings of 1891 Reunion at Detroit. Brief History of the Regiment by Major 

George C. Hopper. Roster of Living Members. Coldwater, Mich.: Courier 

Print, 1891. Company A at Ypsilanti perpetuates Company H, 1st Michigan 

Infantry.

LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 285
286 SIGNAL CORPS

Lawrence, Warren J. “A History of Company C, 156th Signal Battalion (Combat 

Area), Michigan Army National Guard, in the Berlin Crisis, 1961–1962.” Master’s thesis, Western Michigan University, 1971.

Michigan. Adjutant General. Record of First Michigan Infantry Civil War, 1861–

1865. Kalamazoo: Ihling Brothers and Everard, 1905.

Miller, John., Cartwheel: The Reduction of Rabaul. United States Army in World 

War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department 

of the Army, 1959. 126th Infantry cited.

Milner, Samuel. Victory in Papua. United States Army in World War II. Washington, 

D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, 1957. 

126th Infantry cited.

“On Guard.” The National Guardsman 16 (February 1962): 19. 

Owen, Charles W. The First Michigan Infantry, Three Months and Three Years, 

Brief History of the Regiment From Its Organization in May, 1861, Until Its 

Muster Out in July, 1865, Together with Personal Experiences of the Writer. 

Quincy, Mich.: Quincy Herald Print, 1903.

Petzold, Herman. Memoirs of the Second Michigan Infantry. N.p., 1897. Company 

B at Adrian perpetuates Company D, 2d Michigan Infantry.

Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War, 1861–1865. 46 vols. 

Kalamazoo: Ihling Brothers and Everard, 1905.

Robertson, John. Michigan in the War. Lansing, Mich.: W. S. George, 1880.

Smith, Robert Ross. The Approach to the Philippines. United States Army in World 

War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department 

of the Army, 1953. 126th Infantry cited.

———. Triumph in the Philippines. United States Army in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, 

1963. 126th Infantry cited.
163d SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Per pale tenné and argent, a fl ame emitting two smoke signals 

counterchanged.

Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Army Reserve: On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné the Lexington Minuteman proper. The statue of the Minuteman Capt. John 

Parker (H. H. Kitson, sculptor) stands on the Common in Lexington, Massachusetts.

Motto: A COUP SUR (With Sure Stroke).

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The fl ame and smoke signals represent the universal and ancient method of conveying a message. The smoke 

clouds also allude to the organization’s two battle honors earned 

during World War II.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

AR

LINEAGE (63d Infantry Division) (inactive)

Constituted 18 January 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 563d Signal 

Company, an element of the 63d Infantry Division. Activated 15 June 1943 at Camp 

Blanding, Florida. Inactivated 29 September 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts. Allotted 22 February 1952 to the Organized Reserve Corps. Activated 1 

March 1952 at Los Angeles, California. (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 

July 1952 as the Army Reserve.)

Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 163d Signal Battalion, an element of the 63d Infantry Division; location 

concurrently changed to Gardenia, California. (Companies A and B constituted 31 

March 1959 and activated 1 May 1959 at Los Angeles, California.) (Company C 

constituted 27 March 1963 and activated 1 April 1963 at Gardenia, California.)

Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 163d Signal Battalion. Location changed 1 January 1964 to Torrance, California. Battalion (less Company C) inactivated 31 December 1965 at 

Torrance, California (Company C concurrently inactivated at Gardenia, California).
288 SIGNAL CORPS

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Rhineland

Central Europe

DECORATIONS

None.

163d SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Blood and Fire, Victory in Europe, 63d Infantry Division. Esslingen, Germany: J. F. 

Schreiber, 1945.

Historical Background 63d Infantry Division. Maywood, Calif.: Headquarters, 63d 

Infantry Division, 1963.

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Offensive. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 

1973. 63d Infantry Division cited.

“The 63d Infantry Division.” Army Reserve 11 (March 1965): 9–10.

The 63d Infantry Division, United States Army, June 1943–September 1945. N.p., 

n.d.
179th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Per fess wavy enhanced argent semé-de-lis sable and tenné, radiant to base from honor point seven lightning fl ashes of the fi rst.

Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Army Reserve: On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné the Lexington Minuteman proper. The statue of the Minuteman Capt. John 

Parker (H. H. Kitson, sculptor) stands on the Common in Lexington, Massachusetts.

Motto: VALOR ET SCIENTIA (Valor and Knowledge).

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. Fleurs-de-lis appear frequently in coats of arms of 

French provinces in the area of the battalion’s war service. The 

wavy line represents the Rhine River, alluding to service in Germany. The seven lightning fl ashes symbolize the battalion’s battle 

honors.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

AR

LINEAGE (79th Infantry Division) (inactive)

Constituted 1 July 1916 in the Enlisted Reserve Corps as a Signal Corps battalion. Organized March–October 1917 in Maryland as the 7th Reserve Field Signal 

Battalion. Ordered into active military service 5 October 1917 at Camp Meade, 

Maryland; concurrently redesignated as the 304th Field Signal Battalion and assigned to the 79th Division. Demobilized 27 May 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey.

Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 79th Signal Company, an element of the 79th Division (later redesignated as the 79th Infantry Division). Organized in December 1921 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Ordered into 

active military service 15 June 1942 at Camp Pickett, Virginia. Inactivated 15 December 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. Activated 28 January 1947 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.)

Reorganized and redesignated 6 April 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 179th Signal Battalion, an element of the 79th Infantry Division (Companies A and B constituted 17 March 1959 and activated 20 April 1959 at Reading, 

Pennsylvania, and Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, respectively). Battalion inactivated 
290 SIGNAL CORPS

(less Company A) 28 February 1963 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Company A 

inactivated 28 March 1963 at Reading, Pennsylvania.)

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War I

Meuse-Argonne

Lorraine 1918

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN 

THEATER (79th Signal Company cited; GO 64, 79th Infantry Division, 29 April 

1945)

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered 

NORMANDY TO PARIS (79th Signal Company cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered 

PARROY FOREST (79th Signal Company cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

French Croix de Guerre, World War II, Fourragere (79th Signal Company cited; 

DA GO 43, 1950)

179th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

American Battle Monuments Commission. 79th Division, Summary of Operations 

in the World War. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Offi ce, 1944.

Barber, J. Frank, comp. and ed. History of the Seventy-Ninth Division, A.E.F., During the World War, 1917–1919. Lancaster, Pa.: Steinman and Steinman, 1922.

Blumenson, Martin. Breakout and Pursuit. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the 

Army, 1961. 79th Infantry Division cited.

Cole, Hugh M. The Lorraine Campaign. United States Army in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Historical Division, Department of the Army, 1950. 79th Infantry 

Division cited.

The Cross of Lorraine, A Combat History of the 79th Infantry Division, June 

1942–December 1945. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Company, 

1946.

Harrison, Gordon A. Cross-Channel Attack. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 

1951. 79th Infantry Division cited.

The History of Company C, 304th Field Signal Battalion, U.S. Army, American Expeditionary Forces. A Brief History and Roster of the Outpost Company of the 

Signal Battalion of the 79th Division, from Organization to Demobilization, 

1917–1919. Philadelphia: Shade Printing Company, 1920.

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Offensive. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 

1973. 79th Infantry Division cited.

World War II

Normandy

Northern France 

Rhineland

Ardennes-Alsace

Central Europe
181st SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Tenné, between four double-ended lightning fl ashes radiating 

from fess point argent a cross of the like charged in fess with a 

Philippine sun azure, bearing a torteaux fi mbriated of the second. 

Overall issuant from base a demitorch sable detailed and fl amed 

of the second.

Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Army 

Reserve: On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné the Lexington Minuteman proper. The statue of the Minuteman Capt. 

John Parker (H. H. Kitson, sculptor) stands on the Common in 

Lexington, Massachusetts.

Motto: RAPIDA COLLIQUA OMNIA (Rapid Communications Everywhere).

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with 

the Signal Corps. The torch and four lightning fl ashes, symbolic 

of signal fi re and electrical communications, allude to the mission of the unit. The four lightning fl ashes also represent the 

four battle honors earned by the unit during World Wars I and II. 

The Philippine sun symbolizes the Pacifi c area in which the unit 

served during World War II. The cross (from the seal of the province of Leyte) identifi es the part of the Philippine Islands where 

the unit fought, for which it received the Philippine Presidential 

Unit Citation. The colors red, white, and blue are symbolic of 

that award.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

AR

LINEAGE (81st Infantry Division) (inactive)

Constituted 1 July 1916 in the Enlisted Reserve Corps as a Signal Corps battalion. Organized March–October 1917 in South Carolina as the 8th Reserve Field 

Signal Battalion. Ordered into active military service 5 October 1917 at Camp Jackson, South Carolina; concurrently redesignated as the 306th Field Signal Battalion 

and assigned to the 81st Division. Demobilized 22 June 1919 at Camp Jackson, 

South Carolina.
292 SIGNAL CORPS

Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 81st Signal Company, an element of the 81st Division (later redesignated as the 81st Infantry Division). Organized 1 December 1921 at Nashville, Tennessee. Ordered into active 

military service 15 June 1942 at Camp Rucker, Alabama. Inactivated 20 January 

1946 in Japan. Activated 12 January 1948 at Atlanta, Georgia. (Organized Reserves 

redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 

1952 as the Army Reserve.)

Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 181st Signal Battalion, an element of the 81st Infantry Division (organic 

elements constituted 10 April 1959 and activated 1 May 1959 at Clemson, South 

Carolina). Redesignated 1 October 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 181st Signal Battalion. Inactivated 31 December 1965 at Atlanta, Georgia 

(organic elements concurrently inactivated).

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War I

Meuse-Argonne

Lorraine 1918

World War II

Western Pacifi c

Leyte

DECORATIONS

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (81st Signal Company cited; DA GO 47, 1950)

181st SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

American Battle Monuments Commission. 81st Division, Summary of Operations 

in the World War. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Offi ce, 1944.

81st Wildcat Division Historical Committee. The 81st Infantry Wildcat Division in 

World War II. Washington, D.C.: Infantry Journal Press, 1948.

Irwin, Warren W., ed. World War History of the 306th Field Signal Battalion, 81st 

Division. Rochester, New York, 1938.

Operation Report 81st Infantry Division: Operation on Peleliu Island, 23 September–27 November 1944. N.p., 1944.

Operation Report 81st Infantry Division: Palau Islands to New Caledonia to Leyte, 

P.I. to Japan 5 Jan. 1945 to 10 Jan. 1946. N.p., 1946.

Smith, Robert Ross. The Approach to the Philippines. United States Army in World 

War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States 

Army, 1953. 81st Infantry Division cited.
190th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Per quarter tenné and argent between in fi rst a mullet and in third 

a torch issuant both of the second, two lightning fl ashes bend 

sinisterwise azure.

Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Army Reserve: On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné the Lexington Minuteman proper. The statue of the Minuteman Capt. John 

Parker (H. H. Kitson, sculptor) stands on the Common in Lexington, Massachusetts.

Motto: THE VITAL LINK.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The lightning fl ashes are from the Signal Corps 

symbol on military maps. The blue alludes to the water of the 

Moselle and Saar (Sarre) Rivers and represents the unit’s decoration for service in that region. The four quarters, plus the charges 

on them, denote the eight campaigns in which the unit participated during World Wars I and II. The mullet is for the Lone Star 

State of Texas, the unit’s former location. The torch, an early signaling device, represents the basic function of the organization.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

AR

LINEAGE (90th Infantry Division) (inactive)

Constituted 1 July 1916 in the Enlisted Reserve Corps as a Signal Corps battalion. Organized March–October 1917 in Texas as the 16th Reserve Field Signal 

Battalion. Ordered into active military service 5 October 1917 at Fort Sam Houston, 

Texas; concurrently redesignated as the 315th Field Signal Battalion and assigned to 

the 90th Division. Demobilized 25 June 1919 at Camp Bowie, Texas.

Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 90th Signal Company, an element of the 90th Division (later redesignated as the 90th Infantry Division). Organized in December 1921 at San Antonio, Texas. Ordered into active 

military service 25 March 1942 at Camp Barkeley, Texas. Inactivated 22 December 

1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia. Activated 24 March 1947 at San Antonio, 

Texas. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve 

Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.)
294 SIGNAL CORPS

Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 190th Signal Battalion, an element of the 90th Infantry Division (Companies A and B constituted 19 March 1959; activated 1 April 1959 at Lubbock and 

Austin, Texas, respectively). Battalion (less Company A) inactivated 31 December 1965 at San Antonio, Texas (Company A concurrently inactivated at Lubbock, 

Texas).

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War I

St. Mihiel

Meuse-Argonne

Lorraine 1918

World War II

Normandy

Northern France

Rhineland

Ardennes-Alsace

Central Europe

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN 

THEATER JAN–FEB 1944 (90th Signal Company cited; GO 631, 90th Infantry 

Division, 23 August 1945)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN 

THEATER MAR–AUG 1944 (90th Signal Company cited; GO 631, 90th Infantry 

Division, 23 August 1945)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN 

THEATER SEP 1944–FEB 1945 (90th Signal Company cited; GO 631, 90th Infantry Division, 23 August 1945)

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered 

MOSELLE-SARRE RIVERS (90th Signal Company cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

190th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Abrams, Joe I. A History of the 90th Division in World War II, 6 June 1944 to 9 May 

1945. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1946.

American Battle Monuments Commission. 90th Division, Summary of Operations 

in the World War. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Offi ce, 1944.

Blumenson, Martin. Breakout and Pursuit. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 

1961. 90th Infantry Division cited.

Cole, Hugh M. The Lorraine Campaign. United States Army in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Historical Division, Department of the Army, 1950. 90th Infantry 

Division cited.
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 295

From D Day Plus Two to V-E Day with the 90th Signal Company. Weiden, Germany: Ferdinand Nickl, 1945.

Harrison, Gordon A. Cross-Channel Attack. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 

1951. 90th Infantry Division cited.

MacDonald, Charles B. The Siegfried Line Campaign. United States Army in World 

War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department 

of the Army, 1963. 90th Infantry Division cited.

Operations 90th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, August 18, 1918–November 11, 1918. Fort Leavenworth, Kans.: General Service Schools, 1918.

Operations 90th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, November 11, 1918 to 

May 6, 1919. Fort Leavenworth, Kans.: General Service Schools, 1919.

Wythe, George. A History of the 90th Division. New York: De Vinne Press, 1920.
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS 

DETACHMENT

198th SIGNAL BATTALION

(First Delaware)

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Argent, a fl eur-de-lis gules and on a chief azure eleven mullets—

fi ve and six—or.

Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Delaware 

Army National Guard: On a wreath of the colors argent and gules 

a griffi n’s head erased azure, eared and beaked or, langued gules, 

and collared sable fi mbriated argent and thereon three plates.

Motto: FIRST REGIMENT OF FIRST STATE.

Symbolism: The shield is white, the former color of Infantry. The eleven mullets represent the eleven campaigns in which the organization 

served during the Civil War. The red fl eur-de-lis is for World War 

I service; red is the color of the Coast Artillery and alludes to the 

unit’s earlier mission.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

ARNG

LINEAGE (Delaware)

Constituted 9 December 1775 in the Continental Army as the Delaware Regiment (also known as Haslet’s Regiment). Organized during January–March 1776 

for one year’s service under the command of Colonel John Haslet. Mustered into 

Continental service 11–12 April 1776 at Dover and Lewistown. Reorganized 12 

December 1776–1 March 1777 as Colonel David Hall’s Regiment. Reorganized 

September 1780–August 1781 from new and existing companies. Mustered out of 

Continental service 3 November 1783 at Christiana Bridge.

Light Infantry, 1st Regiment, reorganized 10 October 1793 in the Delaware 

Militia at Wilmington, under the command of Captain David Bush. Mustered 

into Federal service 23 May 1813 at Wilmington; mustered out of Federal service 31 July 1813; mustered into Federal service 28 August 1814; mustered out 

of Federal service 3 January–13 March 1815.

Artillery Company, 2d Brigade, reorganized prior to 9 April 1793 at Dover, 

under the command of Captain Furbee. Mustered into Federal service 23 May 

1813 at Dover; mustered out of Federal service 2 September 1814.
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 297

1st Company, Light Infantry, 8th Regiment, reorganized prior to 22 February 

1799 at Georgetown, under the command of Captain Benton Harris. Mustered 

into Federal service 2 March 1813; mustered out of Federal service 4 May 1813 

at Lewes. Mustered into Federal service 6 May 1813; mustered out of Federal service 31 July 1813. Mustered into Federal service 6 August 1814; mustered out of 

Federal service 11 January 1815. Reorganized 6 March 1825 as the 1st Company 

of Light Infantry, 1st Battalion.

Light Infantry, 1st Regiment; Artillery Company, 2d Brigade; and 1st Company of Light Infantry, 1st Battalion, reorganized with new units in 1831 as the Light 

Infantry Battalion, attached to the 8th Regiment. Reorganized from 1849–1861 as 

independent volunteer companies.

Reorganized 2–22 May 1861 as the 1st Delaware Volunteer Infantry Regiment 

and mustered into Federal service at Wilmington; mustered out of Federal service 

2–26 August 1861. Reorganized 10 September–19 October 1861 and mustered into 

Federal service for three years at Wilmington; mustered out of Federal service 12 July 

1865 near Munson’s Hill, Virginia.

Reorganized 4 April 1869 in the Delaware Volunteers as the 1st Zouave Regiment. 

Reorganized in 1880 in the Organized Militia of Delaware as the 1st Regiment of 

Infantry. (Organized Militia of Delaware redesignated 17 April 1885 as the Delaware 

National Guard.) Mustered into Federal service 9–19 May 1898 at Middletown as the 

1st Delaware Volunteer Infantry; mustered out of Federal service (less Companies A, 

B, G, and M) 16 November 1898 at Wilmington (Companies A, B, G, and M mustered 

out of Federal service 19 December 1898 at Wilmington).

Reorganized 1899–1900 in the Delaware National Guard as the 1st Infantry Regiment. Mustered into Federal service 8–9 July 1916 at New Castle; mustered out of 

Federal service 15–16 February 1917. Drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917. 

(Companies of the 1st and 2d Battalions transferred in October 1917 to the 3d Battalion, 114th Infantry, and other units of the 29th Division.) Personnel of the entire former 

1st Infantry Regiment, Delaware National Guard, withdrawn 17 January 1918 from 

the 29th Division and regiment reorganized and redesignated as the 59th Pioneer Infantry. Demobilized (less Companies B, C, and D) 8 July 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey (Companies B, C, and D demobilized 7 August 1919 at Camp Upton, New York).

Former elements of the 1st Infantry Regiment, Delaware National Guard, reorganized and federally recognized 15 September 1921 as the 198th Artillery (Coast 

Artillery Corps) with Headquarters at Wilmington, and the Separate Battalion, Coast 

Artillery (see ANNEX). 198th Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps) redesignated 16 August 1924 as the 198th Coast Artillery. Inducted into Federal service 16 September 

1940 at Wilmington. (3d Battalion organized 1 January 1943 while in Federal service.) Regiment broken up 1 March 1944 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows: Headquarters and Headquarters Battery as Headquarters Battery, 

198th Antiaircraft Artillery Group; 1st Battalion as the 736th Antiaircraft Artillery 

Gun Battalion; and 2d Battalion as the 945th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion; (3d Battalion as the 373d Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion—hereafter separate lineage).

Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 198th Antiaircraft Artillery Group, 

inactivated 24 December 1945 at Camp Anza, California. Reorganized and federally recognized 27 August 1946 at Wilmington.
298 SIGNAL CORPS

736th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion inactivated 2January 1946 at 

Camp Stoneman, California. Reorganized and federally recognized 16 October 

1946 at Wilmington. Expanded 10 October 1949 to form the 736th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion and the 156th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic 

Weapons Battalion. 736th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion ordered into 

active Federal service 19 August 1950 at Wilmington. Released from active 

Federal service 2 August 1952 and reverted to state control. Redesignated 1 

October 1953 as the 736th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion.

156th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion redesignated 20 

July 1951 as the 156th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Redesignated 1 

October 1953 as the 156th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion.

945th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion inactivated 15 

February 1946 in Japan. Reorganized and federally recognized 17 October 

1946 with Headquarters at Dover. Reorganized and redesignated 24 October 

1949 as the 193d Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Redesignated 1 October 

1953 as the 193d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion.

Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 198th Antiaircraft Artillery Group; 

280th (see ANNEX), 736th, 156th, 193d, and 945th (organized in 1953 as the 

286th Antiaircraft Artillery Operations Detachment [NGUS]) Antiaircraft Artillery Battalions consolidated 1 April 1959 to form the 198th Artillery, a parent 

regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System, to consist of the 1st, 2d, 

4th, and 5th Gun Battalions, the 3d Automatic Weapons Battalion, and the 6th 

Detachment. Reorganized 1 April 1962 to consist of the 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, and 5th 

Automatic Weapons Battalions and the 6th Detachment. Reorganized 1 May 1963 

to consist of the 1st, 2d, 3d, and 4th Automatic Weapons Battalions and the 6th 

Detachment. Reorganized 31 January 1968 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions.

1st and 2d Battalions, 198th Artillery, consolidated 1 January 1970 to form the 

198th Signal Battalion with Headquarters at New Castle (3d Battalion concurrently broken up and reorganized as various elements in the Delaware Army National 

Guard—hereafter separate lineages). 198th Signal Battalion reorganized 15 April 

1989 in the Delaware and South Carolina Army National Guard.

Headquarters and Headquarters Company reorganized and redesignated 1 

September 1990 in the Delaware Army National Guard at Wilmington as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 198th Signal Battalion (organic elements 

concurrently reorganized as various elements of the Delaware and South Carolina 

Army National Guard—hereafter separate lineages).

ANNEX

Separate Battalion, Coast Artillery redesignated 24 March 1924 as the 1st 

Separate Battalion, Coast Artillery. Redesignated 10 July 1925 as the 261st Coast 

Artillery Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 15 April 1940 as the 1st Battalion, 261st Coast Artillery. Consolidated 27 January 1941 with Headquarters, 

261st Coast Artillery, and consolidated unit designated as the 261st Coast Artillery 

Battalion; concurrently inducted into Federal service at Georgetown. Battalion 

disbanded 1 October 1944 (organic elements hereafter separate lineages). 261st 

Coast Artillery Battalion (less former Headquarters, 261st Coast Artillery) recon-
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 299

stituted 24 October 1949 as the 945th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons 

Battalion with Headquarters at Georgetown. Redesignated 1 October 1953 as the 

945th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 20 November 1956 as the 280th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion.

Home Station: Wilmington

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

Revolutionary War

Long Island

Trenton

Princeton

Brandywine

Germantown

Cowpens

Guilford Court House

Yorktown

Monmouth

New York 1776

New York 1777

South Carolina 1780

South Carolina 1781

North Carolina 1781

South Carolina 1782

DECORATIONS

None.

198th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Anderson, Enoch. Personal Recollections of Captain Enoch Anderson, an Offi cer 

of the Delaware Regiments in the Revolutionary War. Edited by Henry Hobart 

Bellas. Wilmington: Historical Society of Delaware, 1896.

Anderson, Thomas. “Journal of Lieutenant Thomas Anderson of the Delaware Regiment 1780–1782.” Historical Magazine, 2d ser., 1 (1867): 207–11.

Bellas, Henry Hobart. A History of the Delaware State Society of the Cincinnati 

From Its Organization to the Present Time. To Which is Appended a Brief Account of the Delaware Regiments in the War of the Revolution. Wilmington: 

Historical Society of Delaware, 1895.

War of 1812

Delaware 1813

Delaware 1814

Delaware 1815

Civil War

Peninsula

Antietam

Fredericksburg

Chancellorsville

Gettysburg

Wilderness

Spotsylvania

Cold Harbor

Petersburg

Appomattox

Virginia 1863

World War I

Meuse-Argonne

World War II

Northern Solomons (with arrowhead)
300 SIGNAL CORPS

Bennett, C[aleb] P[rew]. “The Delaware Regiment in the Revolution.” Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 9 (1885): 451–62.

———. “Orderly Book of Caleb Prew Bennett at the Battle of Yorktown, 1781.” 

Edited by Charles W. Dickens. Delaware History 4 (1950): 105–48.

Blanton, Nancy C. “Go Between Circuits III.” Army Communicator 5 (Summer 

1980): 19–23.

Conner, William H., and Leon de Valinger, Jr. Delaware’s Role in World War II, 

1940–1946. Dover: State of Delaware, Public Archives Commission, 1955.

Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Des Moines: Dyer 

Publishing Company, 1908.

Gordon, Martin K. “Operation BOB CAT: The National Guard on Bora Bora.” Push 

Pin Post 8 (May 1979). 198th Coast Artillery cited.

Hancock, Harold B., ed. “Revolutionary War Period Material in the Hall of Records, 

1775–1787: Four Little Known Sources.” Delaware History 17 (1976): 54–85.

Historical and Pictorial Review, National Guard of the State of Delaware. Baton 

Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1940.

History of the 59th Pioneer Infantry, 1918–1919, American Expeditionary Forces. 

Toul, France: Imprimerie Lemaire, 1919.

Kirkwood, Robert. The Journal and Order Book of Captain Robert Kirkwood of the 

Delaware Regiment of the Continental Line. Edited by Joseph Brown Turner. 

Wilmington: Historical Society of Delaware, 1910.

Kushner, Ervan F. Bogged Down in Bora Bora. Paterson, N.J.: Ervan F. Kushner 

Books, 1984.

McBarron, H. Charles and James P. Simpson. “Colonel John Haslet’s Delaware 

Regiment 1776 (Delaware Blues).” Military Collector and Historian 17 (Summer 1965): 49–50.

———. “Colonel David Hall’s Regiment, Delaware Line, 1777–1783.” Military 

Collector and Historian 18 (Summer 1966): 48–50.

McCulloch, Robert P. A Brief Sketch of the Military Operations on the Delaware 

During the Late War: Together with a copy of the muster-rolls of the several 

volunteer-corps which composed the Advance Light Brigade, as they stood at 

the close of the campaign of one thousand eight hundred and fourteen. Philadelphia: Robert P. M’Culloh, 1820.

Marine, William M. The Bombardment of Lewes by the British, April 6 and 7, 1813. 

Wilmington: Historical Society of Delaware, 1901.

Miller, John, Jr. Cartwheel: The Reduction of Rabaul. United States Army in World 

War II. Washington: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 

1959.

Murphy, Thomas G. Four Years in the War: The History of the First Regiment of 

Delaware Veteran Volunteers (Infantry). Philadelphia: James S. Claxton, 1866.

Rodney, Caesar. Letters To and From Caesar Rodney 1756–1784. Edited by George 

Herbert Ryden. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press of the Historical 

Society of Delaware, 1933.

Seville, William P. History of the First Regiment Delaware Volunteers. Wilmington: 

Historical Society of Delaware, 1884.

Seymour, William. A Journal of the Southern Expedition, 1780–1783. Wilmington: 

Historical Society of Delaware, 1896.
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 301

“Training Can Be ‘Different!’” The National Guardsman 26 (December 1972): 8–14.

Ward, Christopher. The Delaware Continentals, 1776–1783. Wilmington: Historical 

Society of Delaware, 1941.

Wilson, W. Emerson, ed. Delaware in the Civil War. Dover, 1962.

Wright, Robert K., Jr. The Continental Army. Army Lineage Series. Washington, 

D.C.: Center of Military History, United States Army, 1983.
202d SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Tenné, in pile two lightning fl ashes issuant from chief argent. In 

fess on a plate charged with an annulet sable a trivet brazier infl amed, ascending therefrom three columns of smoke proper.

Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Army Reserve: On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné the Lexington Minuteman proper. The statue of the Minuteman Capt. John 

Parker (H. H. Kitson, sculptor) stands on the Common in Lexington, Massachusetts.

Motto: GOOD NEWS TRAVELS FAST.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The fourteenth century European gunner’s brazier 

refers to the unit’s service in Central Europe. The three columns 

of smoke ascending from the brazier is an American Indian signal meaning “good news.” The two lightning fl ashes conjoined 

at base to form a victory symbol represent the battalion’s battle 

honors.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

AR

LINEAGE (102d Infantry Division) (inactive)

Constituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 102d Signal Company, an element of the 102d Division (later redesignated as the 102d Infantry Division). Organized in November 1921 at St. Louis, Missouri. Ordered into active 

military service 15 September 1942 at Camp Maxey, Texas. Inactivated 21 March 

1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. Activated 6 August 1947 at Bloomington, Illinois. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve 

Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Location changed 3 July 

1948 to St. Louis, Missouri.

Reorganized and redesignated 1 June 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 202d Signal Battalion, an element of the 102d Infantry Division (organic 

elements concurrently constituted and activated at St. Louis, Missouri). Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 202d Signal Battalion. Inactivated 31 December 1965 at St. Louis, Missouri 

(organic elements concurrently inactivated).
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 303

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Rhineland

Central Europe

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN 

THEATER (102d Signal Company cited; GO 82, 102d Infantry Division, 5 June 1945)

202d SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

History 102d Infantry Division USAR. N.p., 1958.

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Offensive. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 

1973. 102d Infantry Division cited.

———. The Siegfried Line Campaign. United States Army in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1963. 

102d Infantry Division cited.

Mick, Allan H., ed. With the 102d Infantry Division through Germany. Vimperk, 

Czechoslovakia: J. Steinbrener, 1945. Reprint. Nashville, Tenn.: Battery Press, 

1980.

———. With the 102d Infantry Division through Germany. Washington, D.C.: Infantry Journal Press, 1947.

Pictorial History, 102d Infantry Division. Atlanta: Albert Love Enterprises, 1944.
212th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Tenné, within a mascle argent a plate charged with a mullet azure 

voided of the second.

Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Arkansas 

Army National Guard: On a wreath of the colors argent and 

tenné, above two sprays of apple blossoms proper, a diamond 

argent charged with four mullets azure, one in upper point and 

three in lower, within a bordure of the last bearing twenty-fi ve 

mullets of the second.

Motto: COMMUNICATIONS ALWAYS.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The white diamond was suggested by the Arkansas state fl ag, the four sides alluding to northern, southern, eastern, and western Arkansas. The star refers to Little Rock, the 

capital of the state and the former headquarters of the battalion. 

The diamond also simulates a radio antenna and the disc, which 

represents the diaphragm in telephonic equipment, symbolizes a 

sounding board for all types of signal apparatus.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

ARNG

LINEAGE (Arkansas)

Constituted 1 January 1954 in the Arkansas Army National Guard as the 212th 

Signal Battalion. Organized and federally recognized 3 May 1954 in central Arkansas with Headquarters at Little Rock. Ordered into active Federal service 24 September 1957 at home stations; released 23 October 1957 from active Federal service 

and reverted to state control. Ordered into active Federal service 25 January 1991 

at home stations; released 26 March 1991 from active Federal service and reverted 

to state control.

Home Area: Central Arkansas
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 305

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

Company A (Hot Springs) entitled to:

World War II-AP

Aleutian Islands

World War II-EAME

Rhineland

Central Europe

Company C (Pine Bluff) entitled to:

World War II-AP

Aleutian Islands

DECORATIONS

None.

212th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Brinkerhoff, John R., Ted Silva, and John A. Seitz. The Signal Support Dilemma: 

The 335th Signal Command. United States Army Reserve in Operation Desert 

Storm. N.p.: ANDRULIS Research Corp., 1992.

Campbell, Jerry L. “Leveler Training on the Mark.” Army Communicator 15 (Summer–Fall 1990): 38–39. On fi elding of mobile subscriber radio equipment 

(MSE) at Fort Hood.

Goldstein, Donald, and Katherine V. Dillon. The Williwaw War: The Arkansas National Guard in the Aleutians in World War II. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1992. 206th Artillery cited; Company A perpetuates Company H 

of the regiment.

Holland, William F. History, Arkansas Army and Air National Guard, 1820–1965. 

Little Rock: Military Department, State of Arkansas, 1965.

“Riot Reaction Force: The Guard in the April Disorders.” National Guardsman 22 

(May 1968): 2–16. Company C cited.

Walthall, Melvin Curtis. We Can’t All Be Heroes: A History of the Separate Infantry 

Regiments in World War II. Hicksville, N.Y.: Exposition Press, 1975. 153d Infantry cited; Company C perpetuates the Antitank Platoon, Headquarters Company, of the regiment.
230th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Per bend azure and gules, a bendlet wavy argent between four 

fl eurs-de-lis in base and, issuing from chief, a lightning bolt 

bendwise, all gold.

Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Tennessee Army National Guard: On a wreath of the colors argent and 

azure upon a mount vert a hickory tree proper charged with three 

mullets—one and two—argent.

Motto: WE SOUND THE CALL.

Symbolism: The color yellow refers to the unit’s original assignment to the 

30th Armored Division. The wavy bendlet denotes overseas duty, 

and the two divisions of the shield are used to signify World 

Wars I and II. The four fl eurs-de-lis allude to service in Europe 

where four awards were earned by elements of the organization 

during those wars. The lightning bolt is symbolic of speed and 

direct action, signifying effi ciency of signal communications.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

ARNG

LINEAGE (Tennessee and New York)

Constituted 24 February 1959 in the Tennessee Army National Guard as the 

230th Signal Battalion and assigned to the 30th Armored Division. Organized 1 

March 1959 from existing units in western Tennessee with Headquarters at Jackson. 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company reorganized and redesignated 1 November 

1973 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 230th Signal Battalion, and relieved from assignment to the 30th Armored Division; location concurrently changed 

to Humboldt (remainder of 230th Signal Battalion—hereafter separate lineages).

Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1980 in the North Carolina, Tennessee, 

and Virginia Army National Guard as the 230th Signal Battalion with Headquarters 

at Humboldt, Tennessee.

Reorganized 16 April 1993 in the North Carolina and Tennessee Army National 

Guard. Reorganized 1 October 1996 in the Tennessee and New York Army National 

Guard.

Home Area: Western Tennessee and southeastern New York
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 307

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

Company B (Yonkers, New York) and Company C (Orangeburg, New York) each 

entitled to:

Korean War

First UN Counteroffensive

CCF Spring Offensive

UN Summer–Fall Offensive

Second Korean Winter

Korea, Summer–Fall 1952

Third Korean Winter

Korea, Summer 1953

DECORATIONS

Company B (Yonkers, New York) and Company C (Orangeburg, New York) each 

entitled to:

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 

1951–1952 (101st Signal Battalion, Corps, cited; DA GO 28, 1953)

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 

1952–1953 (101st Signal Battalion, Corps, cited; DA GO 89, 1953)

230th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Crocker, Robert W. “Go Between Circuits IV.” Army Communicator 6 (Summer 

1981): 50–53.

Robbins, Rebecca. “Record Traffi c From the Past.” Army Communicator 5 (Summer 1980): 30–31. 101st Signal Battalion cited.

“Signal Company Gets New Name, Commo Duties.” Virginia Guardpost (Summer 

1980): 16. Company D, 230th Signal Battalion, cited.

30th Armored Division, Tennessee National Guard, 1959 Summer Encampment, 28 

June–12 July 1959, Fort Stewart, Georgia. N.p., 1959.

Toland, Ray B. “Training to the Army Standard.” Army Communicator 9 (Winter 

1984): 13–14.
234th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Tenné, a fess wavy azure (celestial) fi mbriated argent between 

in chief a pheon within a crescent and in base a mullet of eight 

points, all of the last.

Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Iowa Army 

National Guard: On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné a 

hawk’s head erased proper.

Motto: A SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE.

Symbolism: The coat of arms is based on the service of the battalion’s subordinate elements at the time the battalion was organized in 1959. 

The crescent and arrowhead allude to the assault landing in Algeria-French Morocco during World War II. The eight-pointed 

star symbolizes World War II service in Italy, and the blue bend 

represents World War II service in Central Europe.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia consists of elements of the shield and the motto of 

the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

ARNG

LINEAGE (Iowa)

Constituted 22 April 1959 in the Iowa Army National Guard as the 234th Signal Battalion and assigned to the 34th Infantry Division. Organized 1 May 1959 

from existing units in central Iowa with Headquarters at Des Moines. Relieved 1 

March 1963 from assignment to the 34th Infantry Division. Location of Headquarters changed 1 October 1979 to Cedar Rapids.

Home Area: Eastern Iowa
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 309

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

Headquarters Company (Cedar Rapids) entitled to:

World War I

Silver Band without campaign inscription

Company B (Clinton) entitled to:

World War II-EAME

Naples-Foggia

Anzio

Rome-Arno

North Apennines

Rhineland

Ardennes-Alsace

Central Europe

Company C (Marshalltown) entitled to:

World War II-EAME

Algeria-French Morocco (with arrowhead)

Tunisia

Naples-Foggia

Anzio

Rome-Arno

North Apennines

Po Valley

DECORATIONS

Headquarters Company (Cedar Rapids) entitled to:

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered NORTHERN ITALY 

(1st Battalion, 133d Infantry, cited; WD GO 113, 1946)

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered 

BELVEDERE (133d Infantry cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

Company C (Marshalltown) entitled to:

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered CERVARO, ITALY 

(2d Battalion, 168th Infantry, cited; WD GO 6, 1945)

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered 

BELVEDERE (168th Infantry cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

World War II-EAME

Tunisia

Naples-Foggia

Anzio

Rome-Arno

North Apennines

Po Valley
310 SIGNAL CORPS

234th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Blumenson, Martin. Salerno to Cassino. United States Army in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, 

1969. 133d and 168th Infantry cited.

Conard, Bruce. History in Brief, Iowa National Guard. N.p., c. 1975.

Fisher, Ernest F., Jr. Cassino to the Alps. United States Army in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States Army, 1977. 133d and 

168th Infantry cited.

Hedgepeth, Rob. “Five Nations Test Coalition Communications.” Army Communicator 28 (Spring 2003): 27–28. United States, Great Britain, Canada, Australia, 

and New Zealand.

History of the 168th Infantry Regiment from January 1, 1944, to January 31, 1944. 

Italy: Headquarters, 168th Infantry Regiment, 1944.

Hougen, John H. The Story of the 34th Infantry Division. San Angelo, Tex.: Newsfoto Publishing Company, 1949. Reprint. Nashville, Tenn.: Battery Press, 1979.

Howe, George F. Northwest Africa: Seizing the Initiative in the West. United States 

Army in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, 1957. 133d and 168th Infantry cited.

Scott, Peter T. Shoot, Move, and Communicate, Old Artillery Adage. 194th Field 

Artillery Battalion, U.S. Army. Munich: F. Bruckmann KG, 1945. Company B 

at Clinton perpetuates Company A of the 194th.

Starr, Chester G., ed. From Salerno to the Alps: A History of the Fifth Army, 

1943–1945. Washington, D.C.: Infantry Journal Press, 1948. Reprint. Nashville, Tenn.: Battery Press, 1979. 133d and 168th Infantry cited.

The Story of the 34th Infantry Division. Book I: Louisiana to Pisa. Italy: Information-Education Section, MTOUSA, 1945. Book II: Pisa to Final Victory. Milan: 

Archetipografi a de Milano, 1945. (133d and 168th Infantry cited).
240th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Per chevron reversed gules and or, in chief between three mullets—two and one of the last—that in fess point barbed to chief, 

a Korean taeguk proper fi mbriated and issuant of three lightning 

fl ashes to chief gold, and in base a lion passant guardant tenné.

Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the California 

Army National Guard: On a wreath of the colors or and gules, 

the setting sun behind a grizzly bear passant on a grassy fi eld, all 

proper.

Motto: KEYSTONE OF COMMAND.

Symbolism: Orange is a color traditionally associated with the Signal Corps. 

The lion in base is adapted from the arms of Normandy province 

in France where elements of the battalion served during World 

War II. The award of the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation 

to elements of the battalion is suggested by the scarlet triangular 

area with the stars denoting three World War II campaigns in the 

Asiatic-Pacifi c Theater, and the lower star is barbed to indicate 

participation in an assault landing on Luzon. Korean War service 

and three awards of the Korean Presidential Unit Citation are 

symbolized by the taeguk and three lightning fl ashes; the lightning fl ashes further symbolize the signal function of the battalion.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

ARNG

LINEAGE (40th Infantry Division) (California)

Constituted 28 December 1973 in the California Army National Guard as the 

240th Signal Battalion and assigned to the 40th Infantry Division. Organized 13 

January 1974 from existing units in the Los Angeles area with Headquarters at Long 

Beach. Location of Headquarters changed 24 September 1974 to Stanton; changed 

1 March 1981 to Long Beach; changed 1 September 1997 to Compton.

Home Area: Los Angeles area
312 SIGNAL CORPS

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

Headquarters Company (Compton) entitled to:

World War II-EAME

Normandy

Northern France

Rhineland

Ardennes-Alsace

Central Europe

Korean War

Second Korean Winter

Korea, Summer–Fall 1952

Third Korean Winter

Korea, Summer 1953

Company A (Long Beach) and Company C (Compton) each entitled to:

World War II-AP

Bismarck Archipelago

Luzon (with arrowhead)

Southern Philippines

Korean War

Second Korean Winter

Korea, Summer–Fall 1952

Third Korean Winter

Korea, Summer 1953

DECORATIONS

Headquarters Company (Compton) entitled to:

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action along the Meuse 

River (981st Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 

1952–1954 (981st Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 50, 1954)

Company A (Long Beach) and Company C (Compton) each entitled to:

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (160th Infantry cited; DA GO 47, 1950)

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 

1952–1953 (160th United States Infantry Regiment cited; DA GO 24, 1954)

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 

1952–1954 (160th and 223d Infantry cited; DA GO 50, 1954)
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 313

240th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

40th Infantry Division: The Years of World War II, 7 December 1941–7 April 1946. 

Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1947.

Hermes, Walter G. Truce Tent and Fighting Front. United States Army in Korea. 

Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 

1966. 160th Infantry cited.

Historical and Pictorial Review, 40th Infantry Division, Army of the United States, 

Camp San Luis Obispo, California, 1941. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1941.

History of the 40th Infantry Division in the Philippines. 657th Engineer Topographic Battalion, 1945.

McCreedy, William W. Sunburst Saga, A Story of the 160th Infantry Regiment. Louisville, Ky.: Bishop’s Press, 1947.

160th Infantry, Camp San Luis Obispo, 1941. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1941.

Penney, Robert E. The 223d Goes to Camp. Pasadena, Calif.: 1949. Company C 

perpetuates elements of the 223d Infantry.

Smith, Robert Ross. Triumph in the Philippines. United States Army in World War 

II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the 

Army, 1963. 160th Infantry cited.
249th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Argent, a pale tenné charged with a lightning fl ash of the fi eld on 

a chief of the second four billets of the fi rst.

Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Texas Army 

National Guard: On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné, a 

mullet argent encircled by a garland of live oak and olive proper 

conjoined at the stems with a ribbon or.

Motto: GET THE MESSAGE THROUGH.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The lightning fl ash also denotes the Signal Corps. 

The billets represent the unit’s former home area of Dallas, San 

Antonio, Austin, and Fort Worth. The pale and chief simulate a 

capital “T” and allude to the state of Texas and the organization’s 

allocation.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

ARNG

LINEAGE (49th Armored Division) (Texas)

Organized and federally recognized 1 November 1973 from existing units in the 

Texas Army National Guard as the 249th Signal Battalion, an element of the 49th 

Armored Division, with Headquarters at Dallas.

Home Area: Northeastern Texas

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

Company C (Mexia) entitled to:

World War II-EAME

Naples-Foggia (with arrowhead)

Anzio

Rome-Arno

Southern France (with arrowhead)

Rhineland

Ardennes-Alsace

Central Europe
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 315

DECORATIONS

Company C (Mexia) entitled to:

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered ALSACE (1st Battalion, 143d Infantry, cited; WD GO 1, 1947)

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, Streamer embroidered VOSGES (143d Infantry cited; WD GO 43, 1950)

249th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Alley, Lisa. “249th Signal Battalion Deploys to Support 49th Armored Division.” 

Army Communicator 25 (Spring 2000): 9–10.

Blumenson, Martin. Salerno to Cassino. United States Army in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, 

1969. 143d Infantry cited.

Campbell, Jerry L. “Leveler Training on the Mark.” Army Communicator 15 (Summer–Fall 1990): 38–39. On fi elding of mobile subscriber radio equipment 

(MSE) at Fort Hood.

Edson, Ron. “Multiple Unit Training Assembly-5.” Army Communicator 6 (Spring 

1981): 49–51. Training exercise with Regular Army training partner 142d Signal Battalion.

Fisher, Ernest F., Jr. Cassino to the Alps. United States Army in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States Army, 1977. 143d Infantry cited.

Gilmore, John. “The One Army Concept.” Army Communicator 11 (Summer 1986): 

38–39.

Johnson, Danny M. Military Communications Supporting Peacekeeping Operations in the Balkans: The Signal Corps at Its Best. Mannheim, Germany: Headquarters, 5th Signal Command, 2000.
250th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Tenné, a bend wavy between two fl eurs-de-lis argent, on a chief 

sable a lion passant of the second charged with a pheon of the fi rst.

Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the New Jersey Army National Guard: On a wreath of the colors argent and 

tenné, a lion’s head erased or collared four fusils gules.

Motto: SOUND OF MIGHT.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The two fl eurs-de-lis allude to the battalion’s service in France during World War I. The wavy bend refers to the 

Rhineland and Central Europe. The lion, taken from the coat of 

arms of Normandy and charged with an arrowhead, refers to the 

Normandy invasion, for which an element of the battalion received the French Croix de Guerre.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield, crest, and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

ARNG

LINEAGE (42d Infantry Division) (New Jersey)

Organized 21 February 1917 in the New Jersey National Guard at Newark as 

Headquarters Company, 1st Infantry. Drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917. 

Reorganized and redesignated 11 October 1917 as Headquarters Company, 113th 

Infantry, an element of the 29th Division. Demobilized 27 May 1919 at Camp Dix, 

New Jersey.

Reorganized and federally recognized 30 June 1919 in the New Jersey National 

Guard at Newark as Headquarters Company, 6th Infantry. Redesignated 17 June 

1921 as Headquarters Company, 113th Infantry, a element of the 44th Division. Inducted into Federal service 16 September 1940 at Newark. (113th Infantry relieved 

20 February 1942 from assignment to the 44th Division.) Inactivated 25 September 

1945 at Camp Rucker, Alabama.

Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 50th Armored Signal Company and assigned to the 50th Armored Division. Reorganized and federally recognized 10 February 1947 at Newark. Location changed 31 January 1957 to Plainfi eld.

Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 250th Signal Battalion, and remained assigned to the 50th Armored 

Division (organic elements concurrently organized from new and existing units). 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 317

Location of Headquarters changed 1 February 1968 to Orange; changed 1 November 1973 to Plainfi eld. Relieved 1 September 1993 from assignment to the 50th Armored Division and assigned to the 42d Infantry Division. Location of Headquarters 

changed 1 November 1994 to Westfi eld.

Home Area: Westfi eld and vicinity

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War I

Meuse-Argonne

Alsace 1918

Company C (Somerset) additionally entitled to:

World War II-EAME

Normandy (with arrowhead)

Northern France

Rhineland

Ardennes-Alsace

Central Europe

DECORATIONS

Company C (Somerset) entitled to:

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered 

BEACHES OF NORMANDY (102d Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron cited; DA 

GO 43, 1950)

250th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

American Battle Monuments Commission. 29th Division, Summary of Operations 

in the World War. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Offi ce, 1944.

Combat History, 44th Infantry Division, 1944–1945. Atlanta: Albert Love Enterprises, 1946.

Cutchins, John A. and George Scott Stewart, Jr. History of the Twenty-Ninth Division, “Blue and Gray,” 1917–1919. Philadelphia: McCalla and Company, 1921.

50th Armored Division, New Jersey National Guard, 1954. Red Bank, N.J.: Deerin 

Publications, 1954.

50th Armored Division, New Jersey National Guard, 1946–1956. New York: Publications Associates, 1956.

Harrison, Gordon A. Cross-Channel Attack. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 

1951. 102d Cavalry Squadron cited.

Historical and Pictorial Review, National Guard of the State of New Jersey, 1940. 

Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1940.

Route of March 102 Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron. Pilsen, Czechoslovakia, 

1945.
318 SIGNAL CORPS

Source Book, Operations of the 29th Division, East of the Meuse River, October 8th 

to 30th, 1918. Fort Monroe, Va.: Coast Artillery School, 1922.

Walthall, Melvin Curtis. We Can’t All Be Heroes: A History of the Separate Infantry Regiments in World War II. Hicksville, N.Y.: Exposition Press, 1975. 113th 

Infantry cited.

With the European Phase of World War II Now History and the Deeds of the 102d 

Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron Mechanized an Integral Part of That History ... Pilsen, Czechoslovakia, 1945.
279th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Gules, a bend wavy between the chief semé of bird bolts and in 

base a seal couchant on a rock or.

Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Alabama 

Army National Guard: On a wreath of the colors or and gules a 

slip of cotton plant with full bursting boll proper.

Motto: STRIKE FAST AND SURE.

Symbolism: Scarlet and yellow are the colors traditionally associated with 

the Artillery. The bird bolts symbolize the former antiaircraft 

mission of the organization. The wavy diagonal band represents 

the Tennessee River, which courses through the area of Alabama 

where the battalion was reorganized. The seal denotes the origin 

of a portion of the battalion as a coast artillery unit that was activated in Alaska, as well as the battalion’s World War II service 

in the Pacifi c area.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

ARNG

LINEAGE (Alabama)

Organized and federally recognized 22 August 1926 in the Alabama National 

Guard from new and existing units in northeastern Alabama as the 127th Engineer 

Battalion, with Headquarters at Huntsville. Reorganized and redesignated 1 June 

1931 as the 127th Engineer Squadron. Redesignated 1 April 1936 as the 127th 

Squadron, Corps of Engineers. Redesignated 13 July 1936 as the 127th Engineer 

Squadron. Expanded, reorganized, and redesignated 1 November 1940 as the 151st 

Engineers. Inducted into Federal service 27 January 1941 at home stations. Redesignated 12 September 1942 as the 151st Engineer Combat Regiment.

Regiment broken up 11 July 1944 and its elements reorganized and redesignated 

as follows: 1st Battalion as the 151st Engineer Combat Battalion. (Headquarters, 

Headquarters and Service Company as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

1169th Engineer Combat Group; 2d Battalion as the 1343d Engineer Combat Battalion—hereafter separate lineages.) 151st Engineer Combat Battalion inactivated 

27 December 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey.

Reorganized and federally recognized 16 January 1947 with Headquarters at 

Huntsville. Ordered into active Federal service 14 August 1950 at home stations; 
320 SIGNAL CORPS

released 21 February 1955 from active Federal service and reverted to state control; concurrently consolidated with the 279th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion (see 

ANNEX) and consolidated unit designated as the 279th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion.

Converted and redesignated 2 May 1959 as the 279th Signal Battalion. Ordered 

into active Federal service 1 October 1961 at home stations; released 10 August 

1962 from active Federal service and reverted to state control. Ordered into active 

Federal service 11 June 1963 at home stations; released 16 June 1963 from active 

Federal service and reverted to state control. Ordered into active Federal service 10 

September 1963 at home stations; released 12 September 1963 from active Federal 

service and reverted to state control.

ANNEX

Constituted 25 May 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 279th Coast 

Artillery Battalion. Activated 31 July 1944 at Shemya, Alaska. Inactivated 28 November 1945 at Fort Lawton, Washington. Redesignated 22 January 1951 as the 

279th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion and allotted to the Alabama Army National Guard. Organized and federally recognized 19 February 1951 in northeastern 

Alabama with Headquarters at Huntsville. Reorganized and redesignated 1 June 

1951 as the 279th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Redesignated 

1 October 1953 as the 279th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion.

Home Area: Northern Alabama

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Aleutian Islands

European-African-Middle Eastern Theater, Streamer without inscription

Korean War

First UN Counteroffensive

CCF Spring Offensive

UN Summer–Fall Offensive

Second Korean Winter

Korea, Summer–Fall 1952

Third Korean Winter

Korea, Summer 1953

Company C (Albertville) additionally entitled to:

World War II-AP

New Guinea (with arrowhead)

Western Pacifi c (with arrowhead)

Southern Philippines
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 321

Company D (Jasper) additionally entitled to:

World War II-AP

India-Burma

China Defensive

Central Burma

DECORATIONS

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 

1951–1952 (151st Engineer Combat Battalion cited; DA GO 33, 1953, as amended 

by DA GO 38, 1954)

Company C (Albertville) additionally entitled to:

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (167th Infantry cited; DA GO 47, 1950)

279th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Dod, Karl C. The Corps of Engineers: The War Against Japan. United States Army 

in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, 

United States Army, 1966. 151st Engineer Combat Regiment cited.

Historical Annual, National Guard of the State of Alabama, 1938. Baton Rouge: 

Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1938.

167th Infantry, Camp Blanding, 1941. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing 

Company, 1941.

Smith, Robert Ross. The Approach to the Philippines. United States Army in World 

War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department 

of the Army, 1953. 167th Infantry cited.

———. Triumph in the Philippines. United States Army in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, 

1963. 167th Infantry cited.

“Southern Guardsmen Aid After Tornadoes Strike.” National Guardsman 22 (February 1968): 33–34.
280th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Argent, three lightning fl ashes conjoined in base tenné, a chief of 

the last two laurel branches crossed in saltire of the fi rst.

Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Delaware 

Army National Guard: On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné 

a griffi n’s head erased azure, eared and beaked or, langued gules, 

and collared sable fi mbriated argent and thereon three plates.

Motto: HONOR DUTY CONSTANCY.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with 

the Signal Corps. The lightning fl ashes symbolize speed and 

communications; joined together they form a strong base and, 

branching out from this central point, suggest versatility and 

scope. The laurel branches allude to excellence of achievement 

and the highest values and efforts of a military unit.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

Description: A silver color metal and enamel device that consists of three 

orange lightning fl ashes conjoined in base and surmounting a 

silver wreath of laurel enclosed in base by an orange tripartite 

scroll with the sections folded over on each other and inscribed 

HONOR DUTY CONSTANCY in silver letters.

Symbolism: Orange and white (silver) are the colors traditionally associated 

with the Signal Corps. The lightning fl ashes symbolize speed 

and communications; joined together they form a strong base 

and, branching out from this central point, suggest versatility and 

scope. The wreath alludes to excellence of achievement and the 

highest values and efforts of a military unit, principles that are 

echoed by the unit’s motto.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

ARNG

LINEAGE (Delaware and Connecticut)

Organized and federally recognized 8 July 1936 in the Delaware National Guard 

at Georgetown as Battery B, 261st Coast Artillery Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 15 April 1940 as Battery B, 261st Coast Artillery. Inducted into Federal 

service 27 January 1941 at Georgetown. Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 

1944 as Battery D, 21st Coast Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 1 April 1945 at Fort 

Miles, Delaware.
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 323

Redesignated 16 May 1946 as Battery B, 945th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic 

Weapons Battalion. Organized and federally recognized 23 April 1947 at Georgetown. Disbanded 16 October 1949 at Georgetown.

Reconstituted and federally recognized 24 October 1949 at Georgetown as 

Headquarters Battery, 945th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. 

Redesignated 1 October 1953 as Headquarters Battery, 945th Antiaircraft Artillery 

Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 20 November 1956 as Headquarters Battery, 280th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 

1959 as Headquarters Battery, 3d Automatic Weapons Battalion, 198th Artillery. 

Consolidated 1 May 1963 with Headquarters Battery, 5th Automatic Weapons Battalion, 198th Artillery (see ANNEX) and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters Battery, 3d Automatic Weapons Battalion, 198th Artillery, at 

Laurel. Reorganized and redesignated 31 January 1968 as Headquarters Battery, 3d 

Battalion, 198th Artillery.

Converted and redesignated 1 January 1970 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 198th Transportation Battalion; location concurrently changed 

to Milford.

Converted and redesignated 1 November 1971 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 280th Signal Battalion. Location changed 1 June 1974 to Georgetown. Redesignated 1 April 1979 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 280th 

Signal Battalion; organic elements organized 1 April to 1 June 1979 in Delaware, 

Connecticut, and Rhode Island. Reorganized 1 September 1993 in the Delaware and 

Connecticut Army National Guard.

ANNEX

Organized and federally recognized 15 September 1953 in the Delaware Army 

National Guard at Laurel as the 286th Antiaircraft Artillery Operations Detachment 

(NGUS). Redesignated 1 October 1953 as the 286th Antiaircraft Artillery Detachment (NGUS). Reorganized and redesignated 18 March 1955 as the 286th Antiaircraft Artillery Detachment. Reorganized and redesignated 20 November 1956 as 

Headquarters Battery, 945th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1959 as Headquarters Battery, 5th Gun Battalion, 198th Artillery. 

Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1962 as Headquarters Battery, 5th Automatic 

Weapons Battalion, 198th Artillery.

Home Area: Delaware and Connecticut

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

Company A (Seaford, Delaware) entitled to:

World War I

Meuse-Argonne
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DECORATIONS

None.

280th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Carroll, Bill. “Testing Rapid Deployment.” Army Communicator 8 (Summer 1983): 

35–38.

Conner, William H., and Leon de Valinger, Jr. Delaware’s Role in World War II, 

1940–1946. Dover: State of Delaware, Public Archives Commission, 1955.

History of the 59th Pioneer Infantry, 1918–1919, American Expeditionary Forces. 

Toul, France: Imprimerie Lemaire, 1919. Company A perpetuates Company I, 

59th Pioneer Infantry.

Johnson, John. “280th Signal Battalion Brings Commo to 10,000-Soldier Reserve 

Exercise.” Army Communicator 24 (Winter II 1999): 35–37.

Orme, Nate. “280th Signal Battalion Provides Commo at Exercise.” Army Communicator 27 (Fall 2002): 30–31. Companies A and B provide support to Petroleum, Oil, and Lubricants Exercise (POLEX) and Grecian Firebolt.

“REFORGER: Holding Freedom’s Line.” National Guard 38 (December 1984): 

12–16.

“Training Can Be ‘Different!’” National Guardsman 26 (December 1972): 8–14.

Vance, Derick. “Company C Signaleers Make the Connection.” Army Communicator 27 (Fall 2002): 28–29. Support to POLEX and Grecian Firebolt.

Worrall, George. “Army Reserve, Air National Guard Pass Joint Signals.” Army 

Communicator 27 (Winter 2002):66–67. Discusses the 280th’s participation in 

Grecian Firebolt ’02 exercise, but incorrectly refers to it as an Army Reserve 

unit.
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS

DETACHMENT

302d SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Tenné, a chevron abased argent semé-de-lis azure overall a telephone pole radiant with four lightning fl ashes of the second.

Crest: On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné a disc of the last 

fi mbriated and with a bend wavy of the fi rst between two fl eursde-lis in fess or charged with a bear’s head couped and langued 

proper. Overall two lightning fl ashes chevronwise reversed from 

base or.

Motto: VIRTUTE ET LABORE (By Courage and Work).

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with 

the Signal Corps. The unit’s World War II European campaign 

honors are symbolized by the fl eurs-de-lis. The unit’s historic 

affi liation with a telephone company and its former signal construction mission are depicted by the telephone pole, which also 

represents the organization’s former headquarters in Maryland, a 

state noted as the home of the fi rst telegraph line.

 Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with 

the Signal Corps. The bear’s head and two fl eurs-de-lis refer to 

World War II campaigns in Central Europe, Northern France, 

and Normandy. The wavy bend refers to the Rhineland and is 

taken from heraldic symbolism used in the region. The lightning 

fl ashes represent the signal mission and communication expertise. Gold denotes excellence; white signifi es high ideals.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 29 July 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 302d Signal Battalion. Organized in January 1922 at New York, New York. Redesignated 8 December 
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1942 as the 302d Signal Operation Battalion. Ordered into active military service 23 

February 1943 at Camp Swift, Texas. Inactivated 1 June 1946 in Germany.

Redesignated 8 January 1947 as the 302d Signal Heavy Construction Battalion. 

Activated 17 January 1947 at Louisville, Kentucky. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as 

the Army Reserve.) Location changed 31 December 1948 to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Inactivated 5 September 1950 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Redesignated 16 April 1951 as the 302d Signal Aviation Construction Battalion. 

Activated 18 April 1951 at Frederick, Maryland. Reorganized and redesignated 10 

April 1952 as the 302d Signal Construction Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 28 October 1953 as the 302d Signal Battalion.

Battalion broken up 25 May 1959 and its elements reorganized, redesignated, or disbanded as follows: Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment 

reorganized; Companies A and B reorganized and redesignated as the 558th 

and 559th Signal Companies, respectively—hereafter separate lineages; Companies C and D disbanded.

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 302d Signal Battalion, inactivated 

20 February 1963 at Frederick, Maryland. Withdrawn 15 June 1969 from the Army 

Reserve and allotted to the Regular Army. Activated 14 July 1969 in Thailand. Inactivated 30 June 1971 in Thailand.

Activated 23 August 1991 in Germany. Inactivated 15 September 1994 in 

Germany.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Normandy

Northern France

Rhineland

Central Europe

DECORATIONS

None.

302d SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

A History of the 302d Signal Operation Battalion. Heidelberg, Germany, 1945.
304th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Per fess engrailed arched and enhanced gray and sable, a foot engrailed azure fi mbriated argent, overall issuing from dexter chief 

a lightning fl ash tenné fi mbriated of the fourth.

Crest: On a wreath of the colors argent and sable a sea lion sejant sable 

armed and langued azure grasping a trumpet of the fi rst, pendant 

therefrom and tied of the last a banderole emblazoned parti per 

bend wavy of two gules and azure bearing in pale two mullets 

silver within a border of the last.

Motto: PRET TOUJOURS PRET (Ready Always Ready).

Symbolism: The lightning fl ash in the colors of the Signal Corps symbolizes 

the rapid communication provided by the battalion. The blue foot 

with white fi mbriation represents ocean waves, exemplifying the 

many amphibious operations made by the Eighth Army during 

World War II and supported by this organization. The engrailed 

line across the shield represents the typical shoreline of the islands assaulted. The gray upper portion of the shield is symbolic 

of the early morning sky during an amphibious attack.

 The design commemorates the actions for which the battalion 

received unit decorations during World War II and the Korean 

War. The sea lion is from the fl ag of the president of the Philippines and refers to the unit’s service in the Leyte campaign. The 

trumpet or bugle symbolizes Army communication, which is the 

battalion’s function. The two stars on the red and blue tabard 

represent the actions in Korea for which the battalion received 

two Meritorious Unit Commendations.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (active)

Constituted 29 July 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 304th Signal Battalion. Organized in March 1922 at Atlanta, Georgia. Redesignated 8 December 

1942 as the 304th Signal Operation Battalion. Ordered into active military service 1 

June 1943 at Camp Swift, Texas. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 
328 SIGNAL CORPS

as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) 

Reorganized and redesignated 25 January 1953 as the 304th Signal Battalion. Withdrawn 15 June 1953 from the Army Reserve and allotted to the Regular Army.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

New Guinea

Leyte

Korean War

UN Defensive

UN Offensive

CCF Intervention

First UN Counteroffensive

CCF Spring Offensive

UN Summer–Fall Offensive

Second Korean Winter

Korea, Summer–Fall 1952

Third Korean Winter

Korea, Summer 1953

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered ASIATICPACIFIC THEATER (304th Signal Operations Battalion cited; GO 38, Eighth 

Army, 19 April 1946)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 

1950–1951 (304th Signal Operation Battalion; DA GO 72, 1951)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 

1952–1953 (304th Signal Battalion [Operation] cited; DA GO 68, 1953)

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (304th Signal Operations Battalion cited; DA GO 47, 1950)

304th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Austin, Robert L., Jr. “Signal Keeps It Secret.” KORUS 20 (October 1992): 16.

Fuller, Tom. “Communications on Keumdansan.” Army Communicator 10 (Summer 1985): 30–31. Troposphere Platoon, Company C, cited.

Raines, Rebecca Robbins. Getting the Message Through: A Branch History of the 

U.S. Army Signal Corps. Army Historical Series. Washington, D.C.: Center of 

Military History, United States Army, 1996.

Rolak, Bruno J. History of the U.S. Army Communications Command (1964–1976). 

Fort Huachuca, Ariz.: United States Army Communications Command, 1976.

Westover, John G. Combat Support in Korea. Washington, D.C.: Combat Forces 

Press, 1955.
306TH SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Gules, a dragonfl y volant in chief bendwise sable fi mbriated or, 

overall a spider web throughout of the last.

Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Army Reserve: On a wreath of the colors or and gules the Lexington Minuteman proper. The statue of the Minuteman Capt. John Parker 

(H. H. Kitson, sculptor) stands on the Common in Lexington, 

Massachusetts.

Motto: DOMINUS RETAE (Master of the Snare).

Symbolism: The spider web is distinctive of a barrage balloon battalion. The 

scarlet of the shield is for the Coast Artillery Corps. The dragonfl y represents the enemy aircraft. The spider web indicates the 

web of cable that not only blocks out but also enmeshes and 

destroys enemy aircraft.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

AR

LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 26 August 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 316th Coast 

Artillery Barrage Balloon Battalion. Activated 5 December 1942 at Camp Tyson, 

Tennessee. Reorganized and redesignated 15 July 1943 as the 316th Antiaircraft 

Balloon Battalion, Very Low Altitude. Converted and redesignated 7 April 1944 

as the 49th Signal Light Construction Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 1 

September 1944 as the 49th Signal Heavy Construction Battalion. Inactivated 15 

January 1946 on Guam.

Redesignated 12 February 1947 as the 306th Signal Heavy Construction Battalion and allotted to the Organized Reserves. Activated 26 February 1947 with Headquarters at Springfi eld, Illinois. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 

as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Inactivated 15 November 1950 at Springfi eld, Illinois. Redesignated 18 August 1959 

as the 306th Signal Battalion. Activated 1 October 1959 with Headquarters at Oak 

Park, Illinois. Inactivated 4 March 1963 at Oak Park, Illinois.
330 SIGNAL CORPS

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Air Offensive, Japan

Company A additionally entitled to:

World War II-AP

Western Pacifi c

DECORATIONS

Company A entitled to:

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered GUAM (Company A, 49th Signal Heavy Construction Battalion, cited; GO 144, Western Pacifi c 

Base Command, 23 November 1945)

306th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

No published histories.
307th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Per fess enhanced rayonné argent and tenné, in chief a grape leaf 

vert between two lightning fl ashes gules and in base an oriental 

dragon of the fi rst.

Crest: On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné a castle wall of the 

fi rst bearing an escutcheon gules charged with a lightning bolt 

argent and issuing three demispears with bamboo shafts pilewise 

proper ferrules azure garnished of the third.

Motto: OPTIME MERENTI (To the Best Deserving).

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The grape leaf refers to service in the Rhineland 

during World War II, and the oriental dragon refers to service in 

Vietnam. The rayonné line simulates an active electrical fi eld; 

with lightning fl ashes it symbolizes the speed of communications. The fl ashes are pictured in red to represent the unit’s Meritorious Unit Commendation.

 The castle wall symbolizes strength and defense; its two towers represent the unit’s World War II service in the American 

Theater and the Rhineland. The red escutcheon commemorates 

a Meritorious Unit Commendation. The lightning bolt highlights 

speed and electronic warfare. The bamboo spear shafts allude to 

Vietnam and the unit’s three campaigns there. The spearheads 

are red, white, and blue, refl ecting our national colors.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (active)

Constituted 27 May 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 313th Coast 

Artillery Barrage Balloon Battalion. Activated 15 June 1942 in the Canal Zone. 

Reorganized and redesignated 27 January 1944 as the 313th Antiaircraft Balloon 

Battalion, Low Altitude. Converted and redesignated 10 April 1944 as the 48th Signal Light Construction Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 26 June 1944 as the 

48th Signal Heavy Construction Battalion. Inactivated 29 November 1945 at Fort 

Monmouth, New Jersey.
332 SIGNAL CORPS

Redesignated 26 February 1947 as the 307th Signal Heavy Construction Battalion and allotted to the Organized Reserves. Activated 11 March 1947 with Headquarters at Cincinnati, Ohio (organic elements activated 24 April 1947). (Organized 

Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 

9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1950 as 

the 307th Signal Construction Battalion. Location of Headquarters changed 5 February 1951 to Fort Thomas, Kentucky. Reorganized and redesignated 28 October 

1953 as the 307th Signal Battalion. Location of Headquarters changed 1 July 1957 

to Cincinnati, Ohio. (Companies A-D disbanded 24 April 1959 at Cincinnati, Ohio; 

Hamilton, Ohio; Marion, Ohio; and Springfi eld, Ohio, respectively.) Headquarters 

and Headquarters Detachment, 307th Signal Battalion, inactivated 15 January 1963 

at Cincinnati, Ohio.

Withdrawn 1 March 1970 from the Army Reserve, allotted to the Regular Army, 

and activated in Vietnam. Inactivated 30 April 1971 in Vietnam. Reorganized and 

redesignated 31 July 1971 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 307th Signal Battalion, and activated in Korea (organic elements concurrently reconstituted 

in the Regular Army and activated in Korea). Battalion inactivated 1 October 1977 

in Korea. (Company A activated 16 May 1987 in Korea.) Activated (less Company 

A) 16 March 1988 in Korea.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

American Theater, Streamer without inscription

Rhineland

Vietnam

Winter–Spring 1970

Sanctuary Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase VII

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN 

THEATER (48th Signal Heavy Construction Battalion cited; GO 142, Communications Zone, U.S. Forces, European Theater, 22 July 1945)

307th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

No published histories.
318th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Or, on a bend tenné a lightning fl ash of the fi rst and in chief a bell 

azure.

Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Army Reserve: On a wreath of the colors or and tenné the Lexington Minuteman proper. The statue of the Minuteman Capt. John Parker 

(H. H. Kitson, sculptor) stands on the Common in Lexington, 

Massachusetts.

Motto: WE ARE THERE.

Symbolism: The design is arbitrary in nature and symbolic of the functions of 

a Signal Corps organization.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

AR

LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 3 November 1941 in the Army of the United States as the 94th 

Signal Battalion. Activated 15 May 1942 at Camp Crowder, Missouri. Inactivated 4 

December 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts.

Redesignated 3 November 1948 as the 318th Signal Battalion and allotted to 

the Organized Reserve Corps. Activated 22 November 1948 with Headquarters at 

Fairfi eld, Connecticut. Location of Headquarters changed 26 April 1950 to Bridgeport, Connecticut. Reorganized and redesignated 6 July 1950 as the 318th Signal 

Battalion, Corps. (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army 

Reserve.) Reorganized and redesignated 29 December 1953 as the 318th Signal Battalion. Location of Headquarters changed 11 March 1957 to Fairfi eld, Connecticut. 

Inactivated 31 January 1968 at Fairfi eld, Connecticut.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Rhineland

Ardennes-Alsace

Central Europe
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DECORATIONS

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered RHINE RIVER (94th 

Signal Battalion cited; WD GO 76, 1945)

318th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

No published histories.
319th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Tenné, in pale two smoke puffs argent charged with an eagle 

displayed and a horse rampant sable above a bonfi re issuant from 

base of the second.

Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Army Reserve: On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné the Lexington Minuteman proper. The statue of the Minuteman Capt. John 

Parker (H. H. Kitson, sculptor) stands on the Common in Lexington, Massachusetts.

Motto: TOGETHER WE WILL.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The smoke puffs above the fl ames symbolize the 

American Indian method of signal communication. The horse 

from the arms of the province of Naples and the eagle from that 

of Rome indicate the two battle honors awarded for service in 

those areas.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

AR

LINEAGE (active)

Constituted 25 June 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 984th Signal Service Company and activated at Fort Dix, New Jersey. Inactivated 29 May 

1946 in Italy. Allotted 30 June 1947 to the Organized Reserves. Activated 11 July 

1947 at Tulsa, Oklahoma. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the 

Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Reorganized and redesignated 17 December 1948 as Company A, 319th Signal Battalion 

(remainder of battalion not organized). Inactivated 16 November 1950 at Tulsa, 

Oklahoma.

Redesignated 17 July 1956 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 319th 

Signal Battalion. Activated 1 August 1956 at Tulsa, Oklahoma. Inactivated 1 April 

1959 at Tulsa, Oklahoma. Activated 17 September 1988 at Stockton, California (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated). Location of Headquarters 

changed 15 September 1994 to Sacramento, California; changed 10 March 1998 to 

Rancho Cordova, California; changed 15 January 2000 to Sacramento, California.
336 SIGNAL CORPS

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Naples-Foggia

Rome-Arno

DECORATIONS

None.

319th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Conder, Terry L. “Total Army Force Works Together.” Army Communicator 14 

(Winter 1989): 50–51. Companies A and B participated in Natural Team IV, an 

exercise hosted by the Nevada Army National Guard.

Frailey, Fred. “Reserve Battalion Holds Joint Training Operations with Navy Detachment.” Army Communicator 23 (Summer 1998): 55.

Ward, Jim. “319th Signal Battalion: A Force Multiplier.” Army Communicator 22 

(Fall 1997): 20–21

———.”319th Signal Battalion Leads Way in Communications During Wild Boar 

‘97.” Army Communicator 22 (Fall 1997): 18–19.
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS

COMPANY

324th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS 

Shield: Argent, two lightning bolts saltirewise tenné between four radiating pheons sable, overall a hurt gridlined of the fi rst. On a chief 

wavy of the second a fl eur-de-lis argent.

Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Army Reserve: On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné the Lexington Minuteman proper. The statue of the Minuteman Capt. John 

Parker (H. H. Kitson, sculptor) stands on the Common in Lexington, Massachusetts.

Motto: READY ANYWHERE ANYTIME.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The lightning bolts emitting from the globe represent the battalion’s quickness to respond anytime and the worldwide scope of its mission. Blue stands for honor and loyalty. The 

fl eur-de-lis and wavy division refer to the location of the unit’s 

World War II campaigns in Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, and Central Europe. The spearheads, pointing to the four 

major geographical directions, symbolize readiness for military 

action anywhere and also refl ect the total number of the battalion’s campaign participation credits.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

AR

LINEAGE (active)

Constituted 27 December 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 3111th 

Signal Service Battalion. Activated 20 January 1944 at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. Inactivated 28 December 1945 at Camp Shanks, New York.

Redesignated 6 June 1950 as Headquarters, 324th Signal Service Battalion, and 

allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps. Activated 1 September 1950 at Newark, 

New Jersey. (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Reorganized and redesignated 9 February 1953 as Headquarters, 324th Signal Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 31 March 1955 as Headquarters and 
338 SIGNAL CORPS

Headquarters Detachment, 324th Signal Battalion. Location changed 9 November 

1955 to Kearny, New Jersey; changed 28 October 1957 to Jersey City, New Jersey. 

Inactivated 1 June 1959 at Jersey City, New Jersey.

Redesignated 16 October 1984 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

324th Signal Battalion, and activated at Fort Gordon, Georgia. (328th [see ANNEX 

1] and 543d [see ANNEX 2] Signal Companies reorganized and redesignated 16 

September 1987 as Companies A and B, 324th Signal Battalion, respectively: Company C, 324th Signal Battalion, constituted 29 July 1987 in the Army Reserve and 

activated 16 April 1988 at Athens, Georgia.)

ANNEX 1

Constituted 1 March 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 3128th Signal Port Service Company. Activated 15 March 1944 at Camp Crowder, Missouri. 

Reorganized and redesignated 3 July 1944 as the 3128th Signal Service Company. 

Inactivated 20 December 1945 in Germany. Redesignated 1 February 1956 as the 

328th Signal Company and allotted to the Army Reserve. Activated 13 February 

1956 at Greenwood, South Carolina. Inactivated 31 December 1957 at Greenwood, 

South Carolina. Activated 15 March 1972 at Clemson, South Carolina.

ANNEX 2

Constituted 24 May 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 543d Signal 

Base Depot Company. Activated 15 June 1944 at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. Inactivated 20 June 1948 in Germany. Redesignated 27 May 1959 as the 543d Signal 

Company and allotted to the Army Reserve. Activated 15 June 1959 at Huntsville, 

Alabama.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Normandy

Northern France

Rhineland

Central Europe

DECORATIONS

None.

324th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Thompson, George Raynor, and Dixie R. Harris. The Signal Corps: The Outcome 

(Mid-1943 through 1945). United States Army in World War II. Washington, 

D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1966.
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS

DETACHMENT

325th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

None approved.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

Description: A silver color metal and enamel device that consists of a diamond of four diamonds with the top and bottom ones white and 

the lateral ones orange surmounted by a cross formed of two 

lightning fl ashes. The horizontal white and the vertical orange, 

all on a silver cable, form a loop with a square knot splice of 

three wrappings with the diamond overlapping the lower part of 

the splice at the top and extending beyond the edges of the cable 

at the sides and resting on the inner rim above the inscription 

ONE STEP AHEAD on the encircling loop in black.

Symbolism: Orange and white (silver) are the colors traditionally associated 

with the Signal Corps. The splice represents continuity and symbolizes the direction and coordination of the battalion. The two 

lightning fl ashes refer to the command control of two to seven 

signal companies. The diamonds, arranged to support one another, emulate the action of logistical, personnel, and area installation aspects of the unit’s mission. The rounded portion of 

the cable simulates a wheel and denotes the organization’s high 

percentage of mobility.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 7 July 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Detachment, 3216th Signal Service Battalion. Activated 23 August 

1944 in Algeria. Inactivated 26 September 1945 in Italy.

Redesignated 29 June 1950 as Headquarters, 325th Signal Service Battalion, 

and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps. Activated 25 July 1950 at Providence, Rhode Island. (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the 

Army Reserve.) Reorganized and redesignated 1 January 1953 as Headquarters, 

325th Signal Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1955 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 325th Signal Battalion. Location changed 1 
340 SIGNAL CORPS

April 1960 to Warwick, Rhode Island. Inactivated 1 February 1963 at Warwick, 

Rhode Island.

Withdrawn 30 March 1967 from the Army Reserve and allotted to the Regular 

Army. Activated 2 June 1967 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. Inactivated 31 

July 1968 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. Activated 14 July 1969 in Thailand. 

Inactivated 31 December 1970 in Thailand.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

European-African-Middle Eastern Theater, Streamer without inscription

DECORATIONS

None.

325th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

No published histories.
327th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Sable, in base an annulet argent, overall a pile of the like bearing 

a hawk in stoop of the fi rst between two lightning fl ashes pilewise tenné.

Crest: On a wreath of the colors argent and sable a sun in splendor 

surmounted by two swords saltirewise and a scimitar palewise 

points down proper tied by a cord gules.

Motto: SPEED AND ACCURACY.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with 

the Signal Corps. Black refers to the unit’s mascot and logo, the 

“Nighthawk.” The lightning fl ashes symbolize tactical communication and speed. The fl ashes and annulet simulate an arrow 

hitting a bull’s-eye, underscoring the unit’s motto SPEED AND 

ACCURACY. The hawk represents the spirit, pride, and strength 

of the warrior. This bird of prey dives and strikes at incredible 

speeds.

 The three blades represent war service in World War II, Vietnam, 

and Southwest Asia. The scimitar highlights the unit’s service in 

Southwest Asia, and the sun alludes to the desert heat of Saudi 

Arabia as well as the tropical nature of Vietnam. The red cord 

suggests the battalion’s commendations and denotes valor and 

sacrifi ce while underscoring unity and cooperation.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

Description: A silver color metal and enamel device that consists of the shield 

and motto of the coat of arms. Attached around the base of the 

shield a black tripartite scroll inscribed SPEED AND ACCURACY in silver letters.

Symbolism: The arched top of the device alludes to a military parachute and 

recalls the unit’s airborne capability.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (active)

Constituted 26 May 1952 in the Organized Reserve Corps as Headquarters 

and Headquarters Company, 327th Signal Support Battalion. Activated 30 June 

1952 at Tampa, Florida. (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the 
342 SIGNAL CORPS

Army Reserve.) Reorganized and redesignated 15 September 1953 as Headquarters 

and Headquarters Detachment, 327th Signal Battalion. Inactivated 7 July 1959 at 

Tampa, Florida.

Withdrawn 18 April 1967 from the Army Reserve and allotted to the Regular 

Army. Activated 1 August 1967 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Reorganized and redesignated 16 September 1980 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 327th 

Signal Battalion; concurrently, the 416th Signal Company (see ANNEX 1) and the 

221st Signal Company (see ANNEX 2) reorganized and redesignated, as Company 

A and Company B, 327th Signal Battalion, respectively.

ANNEX 1

Constituted 29 August 1940 in the Regular Army as the 316th Signal Aviation 

Company. Activated 20 September 1940 at Mitchel Field, New York. Redesignated 

5 March 1941 as the 316th Signal Company, Air Wing. Redesignated 24 October 

1941 as the 416th Signal Company, Aviation. Inactivated 16 October 1945 in Italy. 

Redesignated 15 December 1954 as the 416th Signal Aviation Company. Activated 

7 February 1955 at Fort Huachuca, Arizona.

Reorganized and redesignated 26 May 1961 as the 416th Signal Company. Inactivated 2 February 1963 at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Activated 18 August 1965 at 

Fort Lee, Virginia.

ANNEX 2

Constituted 3 November 1941 in the Regular Army as the 221st Signal Depot 

Company. Activated 14 August 1943 at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. Inactivated 

20 June 1948 in Germany. Redesignated 8 January 1952 as the 221st Signal Base 

Depot Company. Activated 22 January 1952 at Atlanta, Georgia. Reorganized and 

redesignated 4 October 1954 as the 221st Signal Company.

Inactivated 1 September 1965 at Sacramento, California. Activated 1 June 1966 

at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. Inactivated 1 July 1974 at Schofi eld Barracks, Hawaii. Activated 16 September 1979 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

Southwest Asia

Defense of Saudi Arabia

Liberation and Defense of Kuwait

Company A additionally entitled to:

World War II-EAME

Antisubmarine

Tunisia

Naples-Foggia

Rome-Arno
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 343

Company B additionally entitled to:

World War II-EAME

Normandy

Northern France

Rhineland

Vietnam

Counteroffensive, Phase III

Tet Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase IV

Counteroffensive, Phase V

Counteroffensive, Phase VI

Tet 69/Counteroffensive

Summer–Fall 1969

Winter–Spring 1970

Sanctuary Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase VII

Consolidation I

Consolidation II

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST 

ASIA 1990–1991 (327th Signal Battalion cited; Memorandum, TAPC-PDA, subject: 

Meritorious Unit Commendation, 20 April 1995)

Company A additionally entitled to:

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN 

THEATER (416th Signal Company, Aviation, cited; GO 631, Fifteenth Air Force, 

12 February 1945)

Company B additionally entitled to:

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1969–1970 (221st Signal Company cited; DA GO 48, 1971)
344 SIGNAL CORPS

327th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

“Airborne Signal Battalion Reorganizes for Contingencies.” Army Communicator

21 (Winter 1996): 42.

“Calling All Units.” Army Communicator 10 (Summer 1985): 43.

Guidotti, John A. “The 35th Signal’s New Go-to-War Concept.” Army Communicator 16 (Fall–Winter 1991): 20–23.

Kennedy, Randy. “35th Signal Brigade.” Army Communicator 12 (Fall 1987): 30–33.

Raines, Rebecca Robbins. Getting the Message Through: A Branch History of the 

U.S. Army Signal Corps. Army Historical Series. Washington, D.C.: Center of 

Military History, United States Army, 1996. 221st Signal Company cited.

Rienzi, Thomas M. Communications-Electronics, 1962–1970. Vietnam Studies. 

Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1972. 221st Signal Company cited.

Stokes, Carol E., ed. The U.S. Army Signal Corps in Operation Desert Shield/Desert 

Storm. Fort Gordon, Ga.: Offi ce of the Command Historian, U.S. Army Signal 

Center and Fort Gordon, 1994.

Stokes, Carol E. and Kathy R. Coker. “Getting the Message Through in the Persian 

Gulf War.” Army Communicator 17 (Summer–Winter 1992): 17–25.

Thompson, George Raynor, and Dixie R. Harris. The Signal Corps: The Outcome 

(Mid-1943 through 1945). United States Army in World War II. Washington, 

D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1966. 221st 

Signal Depot Company cited.

Thompson, L. Carrington. “The Cable Dogs of the 327th.” Army Communicator 9 

(Fall 1984): 26–29. Company B cited.
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS

DETACHMENT

352d SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

None approved.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

AR

LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 10 October 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters 

and Headquarters Detachment, 3352d Signal Service Battalion. Activated 2 November 1944 in France. Inactivated 31 March 1947 in Germany.

Redesignated 16 September 1955 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 352d Signal Battalion, and allotted to the Army Reserve. Activated 1 November 1955 at New York, New York. Inactivated 1 March 1963 at New York, New York.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

European-African-Middle Eastern Theater, Streamer without inscription

DECORATIONS

None.

352d SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

No published histories.
360th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Argent, a lightning fl ash, its point a fl eur-de-lis tenné, and a coconut palm tree of the like fructed or in saltire surmounted at 

the junction by a compass rose white fi mbriated of the second 

debruised by a base rayonné of the last.

Crest: None approved.

Motto: ALL ENCOMPASSING.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The coconut palm tree alludes to campaign participation by the battalion during World War II in the AsiaticPacifi c Theater. The postwar organization of the unit in France 

is depicted by the lightning fl ash and fl eur-de-lis. The compass 

rose and motto refer to the battalion’s capability to perform its 

mission in many directions. The three lobes of the fl eur-de-lis, 

six fl ames of the signal fi re, and basic circular shape allude to the 

numerical designation of the unit.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

Description: A gold color metal and enamel device that consists of a gold disc 

bearing at center a white compass rose of eight rays and surmounting an orange fi re of six fl ames issuing from base between 

saltirewise throughout an orange palm tree with gold coconuts 

and an orange lightning fl ash terminating in a fl eur-de-lis with 

the tops extending over a circular twofold gold scroll around the 

disc and inscribed ALL at the top and ENCOMPASSING at the 

bottom in black.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The coconut palm tree alludes to campaign participation by the battalion during World War II in the AsiaticPacifi c Theater. The postwar organization of the unit in France 

is depicted by the lightning fl ash and fl eur-de-lis. The compass 

rose and motto refer to the battalion’s capability to perform its 

mission in many directions. The three lobes of the fl eur-de-lis, 

six fl ames of the signal fi re, and basic circular shape allude to the 

numerical designation of the unit.
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 347

LINEAGE AND HONORS

TRADOC

LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 18 December 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 3360th Signal Service Battalion. Activated 3 

January 1945 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Inactivated 10 April 1946 in the Philippine Islands.

Redesignated 7 May 1964 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 360th 

Signal Battalion, and allotted to the Regular Army. Activated 24 September 1964 in 

France. Inactivated 13 November 1967 in Germany.

Headquarters transferred 23 September 1986 to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and activated at Fort Gordon, Georgia. Inactivated 24 

July 1993 at Fort Gordon, Georgia.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Asiatic-Pacifi c Theater, Streamer without inscription

DECORATIONS

None.

360th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Sheldon, John J., and Bozidar W. Brown. “Reorganizing Training at the Signal 

School.” Army Communicator 15 (Winter–Spring 1990): 26–28.
361st SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

None approved.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

Description: A gold color metal and enamel device that consists of two diagonal orange lightning fl ashes above three red chevronels that contain within their angle two concentric rings with seven spokes, 

all in black. Issuant vertically from its center point overall an 

orange lightning fl ash terminating at the apex of the chevronels 

and surmounted by a red demi-fl eur-de-lis between the points of 

the diagonal lightning fl ashes. The above contained in base by 

a curving black scroll inscribed with the words THE ELITE in 

gold letters.

Symbolism: The three red chevronels on the gold background are symbolic 

of the fl ag of South Vietnam. Further, the red chevronels, along 

with the demi-fl eur-de-lis at the apex (simulating a cartographer’s symbol for north), allude to Long Lines Battalion North, 

the unit that preceded the 361st in Vietnam. The lightning fl ashes 

refer to the unit’s signal function. The circular symbol in base, 

representing a scatter antenna, refers to the battalion’s former 

role as long-haul communicators.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

TRADOC

LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 10 October 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters 

and Headquarters Detachment, 3361st Signal Service Battalion. Activated 27 October 1944 in India. Inactivated 8 November 1945 in India.

Redesignated 15 June 1969 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 361st 

Signal Battalion, allotted to the Regular Army, and activated in Vietnam. Inactivated 

30 May 1971 in Vietnam.

Headquarters transferred 23 September 1986 to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and activated at Fort Gordon, Georgia. Inactivated 15 

March 1991 at Fort Gordon, Georgia.
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 349

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Asiatic-Pacifi c Theater, Streamer without inscription

Vietnam

Summer–Fall 1969

Winter–Spring 1970

Sanctuary Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase VII

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered ASIATICPACIFIC THEATER (3361st Signal Service Battalion cited; GO 5, Army Service 

Forces, Offi ce of the Chief Signal Offi cer, 6 July 1945)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1969 (361st Signal Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1972 as amended by DA GO 13, 

1978)

361st SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bergen, John D. Military Communications: A Test for Technology. United States 

Army in Vietnam. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States 

Army, 1986.

Clarke, Jeffrey J. Advice and Support: The Final Years, 1965–1973. United States 

Army in Vietnam. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States 

Army, 1988.

Raines, Rebecca Robbins. Getting the Message Through: A Branch History of the 

U.S. Army Signal Corps. Army Historical Series. Washington, D.C.: Center of 

Military History, United States Army, 1996.

Rienzi, Thomas M. Communications-Electronics, 1962–1970. Vietnam Studies. 

Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1972.

Sheldon, John J., and Bozidar W. Brown. “Reorganizing Training at the Signal 

School.” Army Communicator 15 (Winter–Spring 1990): 26–28.
366th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

None approved.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

Description: A silver color metal and enamel device that consists of a vertical orange quill pen with arrowhead for point in base between 

two orange lightning fl ashes radiant from the top and terminating above a black scroll looped from the base on each side and 

arched across the center of the device inscribed COMBAT SIGNAL SUPPORT in silver letters.

Symbolism: Orange and white (silver) are the colors traditionally associated 

with the Signal Corps. The quill pen terminating in an arrowhead 

denotes the battalion’s effective capabilities for providing communications during combat operations. The lightning fl ashes radiant from a single point refer to the coordination and control of 

a widespread communications system and speed in performance 

of the unit’s mission. The triangular confi guration of the device 

is symbolic of the support mission of the organization.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

TRADOC

LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 10 October 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters 

and Headquarters Detachment, 3366th Signal Service Battalion. Activated 15 November 1944 on New Caledonia. Inactivated 6 May 1946 on Okinawa.

Redesignated 16 February 1953 as Headquarters, 366th Signal Battalion, and 

allotted to the Regular Army. Activated 25 March 1953 at Camp Gordon, Georgia. 

Reorganized and redesignated 4 April 1955 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 366th Signal Battalion. Inactivated 20 December 1957 at Fort Gordon, 

Georgia. Activated 22 March 1968 at Fort Hood, Texas. Inactivated 21 September 

1972 at Fort Hood, Texas.

Headquarters transferred 23 September 1986 to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and activated at Fort Gordon, Georgia. Inactivated 30 

September 1994 at Fort Gordon, Georgia.
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 351

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Asiatic-Pacifi c Theater, Streamer without inscription

DECORATIONS

None.

366th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Sheldon, John J., and Bozidar W. Brown. “Reorganizing Training at the Signal 

School.” Army Communicator 15 (Winter–Spring 1990): 26–28.
369th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Per bend sinister tenné and azure, issuant from dexter base a satellite dish argent detailed of the second issuing a lightning fl ash 

bendwise sinister or between four mullets of six as the constellation Southern Cross white. On a chief of the second a demibezant surmounted by four short rays reversed between fi ve longer 

of the like, all radiant from fess point yellow.

Crest: On a wreath of the colors or and tenné a demi–polar bear to dexter and a demidragon combatant argent, each gorged with a collar gules supporting between them a plate charged with fi ve bars 

wavy azure.

Motto: QUALITY ALL WAYS.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The microwave antenna issuing a lightning fl ash 

represents the battalion’s former mission of operating and maintaining signal facilities and communication service. The four stars 

simulate the constellation Southern Cross, visible from Vietnam 

where the unit participated in four campaigns. The rays on a gold 

demidisc suggest the Northern Lights, Aurora Borealis, and refl ect 

the unit’s World War II campaign credits while serving in Alaska.

 The polar bear, symbolic of service in Alaska, is gorged with a 

red collar to commemorate the Meritorious Unit Commendation 

awarded the battalion for its World War II service. The dragon, 

also gorged with a red collar, honors the unit’s receipt of the 

Meritorious Unit Commendation for service in Vietnam from 

1968 to 1970. The dragon and the polar bear grasp a plate bearing fi ve wavy bars, which suggest waves or water and allude to 

the unit’s service in the Pacifi c.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

Description: A gold color metal and enamel device that consists of an equilateral 

triangle with arched, convex sides, one point down evenly divided 

diagonally from upper right to lower left orange and blue. The left 

side is surmounted by a representation of a microwave dish-type 

antenna, white with gold ribs emitting on the diagonal partition line 

between four white six-pointed stars—two and two—a gold lightning fl ash. Issuing from the top of the triangle nine gold concentric 

rays, fi ve long alternating with four shorter rays, all above a gold 

scroll inscribed QUALITY ALL WAYS in black letters. The base 

of the triangle extends slightly on to the scroll.
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 353

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The microwave antenna represents equipment for 

sending and receiving communications, and the lightning fl ash 

stands for a radio signal. Together they refer to the battalion’s 

former mission of operating and maintaining signal facilities and 

service. The gold rays represent the Northern Lights, the Aurora 

Borealis, and commemorate the battalion’s service in Alaska 

during World War II, for which it received the Meritorious Unit 

Commendation. The arrangement of four white stars simulates 

the Southern Cross, a constellation of southern skies visible from 

Vietnam, and refers to the battalion’s war service in that country. 

The gold color represents the precious metal gold, symbol of 

quality and value. The three sides of the triangle, six points of 

the stars, and nine rays of the lights also allude to the battalion’s 

numerical designation.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

TRADOC

LINEAGE (active)

Constituted 10 October 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters 

and Headquarters Detachment, 3369th Signal Service Battalion. Activated 9 November 1944 in Alaska. Inactivated 11 March 1947 in Alaska.

Redesignated 15 June 1969 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 369th 

Signal Battalion, allotted to the Regular Army, and activated in Vietnam. Inactivated 

30 June 1971 in Vietnam.

Headquarters transferred 23 September 1986 to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and activated at Fort Gordon, Georgia.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Asiatic-Pacifi c Theater, Streamer without inscription

Vietnam

Summer–Fall 1969

Winter–Spring 1970

Sanctuary Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase VII

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered PACIFIC 

THEATER (3369th Signal Service Battalion cited; GO 33, Alaskan Department, 20 

February 1946)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1968–1970 (369th Signal Battalion cited; DA GO 2, 1971)

Company A additionally entitled to:
354 SIGNAL CORPS

Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1999–2000 (Company A, 

369th Signal Battalion, cited; DA GO 29, 2001)

369th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bergen, John D. Military Communications: A Test for Technology. United States 

Army in Vietnam. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States 

Army, 1986.

Clarke, Jeffrey J. Advice and Support: The Final Years, 1965–1973. United States 

Army in Vietnam. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States 

Army, 1988.

Rienzi, Thomas M. Communications-Electronics, 1962–1970. Vietnam Studies. 

Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Offi ce, 1972.

Sheldon, John J., and Bozidar W. Brown. “Reorganizing Training at the Signal 

School.” Army Communicator 15 (Winter–Spring 1990): 26–28.
379th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Tenné, a pair of torches pilewise in base silver gray, the fl ames 

respectant or and of the fi eld supporting a mullet argent.

Crest: From a wreath of the colors or and tenné a hurt charged with a 

Torii Gate or, the lower crossbeam gules fi mbriated yellow.

Motto: ACCURACY, SPEED, CONTINUITY.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The star symbolizes the atmosphere and the source 

of electrical impulses, and the torches lighting their fl ames from 

the star allude to the battalion’s mission in transmitting information and intelligence. The motto ACCURACY, SPEED, 

CONTINUITY was submitted by the organization.

 The hurt represents the Pacifi c theater in which the unit served in 

World War II. The Torii Gate is symbolic of the Ryukyu Islands 

and represents the battalion’s service there. The red bar on the 

gate denotes the Meritorious Unit Commendation awarded to the 

unit for service in the Pacifi c area during the Vietnam era.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

Description: A silver color metal and enamel device that consists of two silver 

torches at right angles and joined at base and issuant therefrom 

two orange fl ames, swirling to a point and meeting in the center 

of a silver star. In base and surmounting the torches a black scroll 

bears the inscription ACCURACY, SPEED, CONTINUITY in 

silver letters.

Symbolism: Orange and white (silver) are the colors traditionally associated with the Signal Corps. The star symbolizes the atmosphere 

and the source of electrical impulses, and the torches lighting 

their fl ames from the star allude to the signal battalion’s mission in transmitting information and intelligence. The motto 

ACCURACY, SPEED, CONTINUITY was submitted by the 

organization.
356 SIGNAL CORPS

LINEAGE AND HONORS

TRADOC

LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 17 February 1945 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters 

and Headquarters Detachment, 3796th Signal Service Battalion. Activated 27 February 1945 in Hawaii. Inactivated 25 March 1947 in Korea.

Redesignated 12 September 1952 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

379th Signal Support Battalion, and allotted to the Regular Army. Activated 1 November 1952 at Camp Gordon, Georgia. Reorganized and redesignated 8 October 

1953 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 379th Signal Battalion. Inactivated 1 October 1961 in Germany. Activated 25 August 1963 in Thailand. Inactivated 30 June 1971 in Thailand.

Headquarters transferred 23 September 1986 to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and activated at Fort Gordon, Georgia. Inactivated 1 

October 1987 at Fort Gordon, Georgia.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Ryukyus

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered PACIFIC 

AREA (379th Signal Battalion cited; DA GO 20, 1967)

379TH SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bergen, John D. Military Communications: A Test for Technology. United States 

Army in Vietnam. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States 

Army, 1986.

Rienzi, Thomas M. Communications-Electronics, 1962–1970. Vietnam Studies. 

Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Offi ce, 1972.
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS

DETACHMENT

392d SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Or, a lion rampant sable grasping a lightning bolt tenné; on a fess 

azure three fl eurs-de-lis of the fi rst.

Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Army Reserve: 

On a wreath of the colors or and sable the Lexington Minuteman 

proper. The statue of the Minuteman Capt. John Parker (H. H. Kitson, sculptor) stands on the Common in Lexington, Massachusetts.

Motto: WE SERVE TO HONOR.

Symbolism: Orange is a color traditionally associated with the Signal Corps. 

Gold is emblematic of honor and high achievement, and blue is 

for loyalty. Black and gold allude to the night and day, around 

the clock mission of the Signal Corps. The three fl eurs-de-lis 

commemorate the unit’s World War II campaigns in Normandy, 

Northern France, and Ardennes-Alsace, and the lion represents 

the Central Europe campaign. The lion embodies courage and 

strength, and the lightning bolt it grasps symbolizes electronic 

technology and quick response.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

AR

LINEAGE (active)

Constituted 23 July 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 392d Signal 

Company, Aviation. Activated 1 August 1942 at MacDill Field, Florida. Redesignated 16 January 1944 as the 392d Signal Company, Air Force. Reorganized and 

redesignated 26 August 1944 as the 1709th Signal Service Battalion. Inactivated 12 

November 1945 at Camp Shanks, New York.

Redesignated 16 March 1954 as Headquarters, 392d Signal Battalion, and allotted to the Army Reserve. Activated 1 May 1954 at New York, New York. Inactivated 

1 February 1956 at New York, New York. Redesignated 8 August 1956 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 392d Signal Battalion. Activated 1 October 

1956 at Concord, New Hampshire. Inactivated 1 February 1963 at Concord, New 

Hampshire. Activated 16 October 1995 at West Hazleton, Pennsylvania.
358 SIGNAL CORPS

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Normandy

Northern France

Ardennes-Alsace

Central Europe

DECORATIONS

None.

392d SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

No published histories.
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS

DETACHMENT

417th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Per chevron enhanced tenné and argent, between two lightning 

fl ashes chevronwise of the fi rst a triangle gules charged with a 

mullet of seven white above two barrulets couped wavy azure, 

and on a chief per chevron of the second four palm fronds chevronwise vert.

Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Florida 

Army National Guard: On a wreath of the colors argent and 

tenné an alligator statant proper.

Motto: GUARDS THE PEACE.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The red and white were suggested by the colors of 

the fl ag of the state of Florida, the unit’s home base. The blue, 

white, and red refer to the tricolor of France where the organization served during World War I, and also denote the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation awarded the unit for the Southern 

Philippines campaign during World War II. The lightning fl ashes 

simulate an arrowhead, the palms typify tropical growth, the 

gold area and the wavy blue bars together represent an island, 

and the seven-pointed white star is from the fl ag of Australia. 

All are used to symbolize Australia, where the unit was activated 

during World War II, and the island of New Guinea, where the 

unit made an assault landing; the wavy blue bars simulate the 

Presidential Unit Citation streamer awarded to the unit for that 

action.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

Description: A gold color metal and enamel device that consists of two orange lightning fl ashes chevronwise issuing from apex four green 

palm fronds faced left and right and bearing in the lower area 

between the fl ashes a seven pointed white star above two wavy 

bars all above a red scroll arced to base, lined gold and inscribed 

GUARDS THE PEACE in gold letters; the interior areas between the fl ashes, star, wavy bars, and scroll all of gold.
360 SIGNAL CORPS

LINEAGE AND HONORS

ARNG

LINEAGE (Florida)

Organized 4 March 1897 in the Florida State Troops at Tallahassee as Company 

C (Governor’s Guards), 4th Battalion of Infantry. (4th Battalion of Infantry consolidated 14 May 1898 with the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions of Infantry, reorganized, 

and mustered into Federal service 20–25 May 1898 at Tampa as the 1st Florida 

Volunteer Infantry; mustered out of Federal service 3 December 1898 at Tampa 

and 27 January 1899 at Huntsville, Alabama.) Reorganized in 1899 at Tallahassee 

as Company G, 1st Regiment of Infantry. Redesignated between 1900 and 1902 as 

Company D, 1st Regiment of Infantry. Disbanded 15 July 1904 at Tallahassee.

Reconstituted 7 June 1907 in the Florida State Troops at Tallahassee as Company C, 1st Regiment of Infantry. (Florida State Troops redesignated in 1909 as the 

Florida National Guard.) Redesignated 19 March 1915 as Company I, 1st Regiment 

of Infantry. Disbanded 14 June 1916 at Tallahassee.

Reconstituted 29 May 1917 in the Florida National Guard and reorganized at 

Tallahassee as Company B, 1st Regiment of Infantry. Drafted into Federal service 

5 August 1917 at Jacksonville as an element of the 31st Division. Converted and 

redesignated 1 October 1917 as the 2d Company, 56th Depot Brigade. (56th Depot 

Brigade demobilized 31 October 1917 at Camp Wheeler, Georgia, and its personnel 

transferred to other organizations in the 31st Division.)

Reconstituted 26 June 1924 in the Florida National Guard at Tallahassee as 

Company M, 124th Infantry, an element of the 31st Division. Inducted into Federal 

service 25 November 1940 at Tallahassee. (124th Infantry relieved 15 December 

1941 from assignment to the 31st Division.) Inactivated 2 March 1944 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Activated 5 April 1944 in Australia as an element of the 31st 

Infantry Division. Inactivated 16 December 1945 at Camp Stoneman, California. 

(124th Infantry relieved 13 June 1946 from assignment to the 31st Infantry Division; assigned 5 July 1946 to the 48th Infantry Division.)

Reorganized and federally recognized 4 February 1947 at Tallahassee as Company A, 124th Infantry. Reorganized and redesignated 1 November 1955 as Headquarters and Service Company, 124th Armored Infantry Battalion, an element of the 

48th Armored Division. Consolidated 15 April 1959 with the Medical Detachment, 

124th Armored Infantry Battalion (organized and federally recognized 1 November 

1955 at Tallahassee), and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters Company, 

1st Armored Rifl e Battalion, 124th Infantry. Converted and redesignated 15 February 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 260th Engineer Group, and 

relieved from assignment to the 48th Armored Division.

Consolidated 20 January 1968 with the 489th Medical Detachment (organized 

and federally recognized 1 March 1964 at Tallahassee), and consolidated unit converted and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 53d Signal 

Group. Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1985 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 53d Signal Brigade.

Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1997 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 417th Signal Battalion.
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 361

Home Station: Tallahassee

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War I

Streamer without inscription

World War II

New Guinea (with arrowhead)

Southern Philippines 

DECORATIONS

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered NEW GUINEA (3d 

Battalion, 124th Infantry, cited; WD GO 122, 1946)

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (124th Infantry cited; DA GO 47, 1950) 

417th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Beall, Jean Marie. “REFORGER’s Ma Bell: 53d Signal Brigade Makes the Connection.” National Guard 44 (May 1990): 28–30, 32.

Hasenauer, Heike. “Grecian Firebolt.” Soldiers 39 (September 1994): 37–40. 53d 

Signal Brigade cited.

Historical and Pictorial Review of the 31st Division, Army of the United States, 

Camp Blanding, Florida, 1941. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1941.

History of the 31st Infantry Division in Training and Combat, 1940–1945. Baton 

Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1945.

“Level Heads.” National Guard 37 (November 1983): 35. 53d Signal Brigade cited.

Morris, Al, et al. “The 53d on REFORGER.” Army Communicator 11 (Spring 

1986): 26–29.

124th Infantry Gators at Fort Benning, Nineteen Hundred Forty-Three. N.p., 1943.

“Riot Reaction Force: The Guard in the April Disorders.” National Guardsman 22 

(May 1968): 2–16. 53d Signal Group cited.

Smith, Robert Ross. The Approach to the Philippines. United States Army in World 

War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department 

of the Army, 1953. 124th Infantry cited.
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS

DETACHMENT

421st SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

None approved.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

AR

LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 7 July 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Detachment, 3214th Signal Service Battalion. Activated 8 August 

1944 in Italy. Inactivated 30 September 1945 in Italy.

Redesignated 25 March 1954 as Headquarters, 421st Signal Battalion, and allotted to the Army Reserve. Activated 19 April 1954 at Reading, Pennsylvania. 

Reorganized and redesignated 27 June 1955 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Detachment, 421st Signal Battalion. Inactivated 28 February 1963 at Reading, 

Pennsylvania.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Rome-Arno

DECORATIONS

None.

421st SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

No published histories.
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS

DETACHMENT

422d SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Celeste, a lozenge argent voided tenné charged with a mullet of the 

second, all between two lightning fl ashes in chief chevronwise or, 

and in base two laurel branches chevronwise reversed of the second.

Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Nevada 

Army National Guard: On a wreath of the colors argent and celeste within a garland of sagebrush a sledge and miner’s drill 

crossed in saltire behind a pickax in pale proper.

Motto: BATTLE BORN.

Symbolism: Orange and white (silver) are the colors traditionally associated 

with the Signal Corps. The square on square refers to the Signal Corps fl ag and the battalion’s mission. The lightning fl ashes 

symbolize speed and communications. The silver star and laurel branches, adapted from the shoulder sleeve insignia of the 

Nevada Army National Guard, refer to the unit’s location and 

denote excellence and achievement. The light blue alludes to the 

Virginia Blues, the fi rst organized state militia in Nevada.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia consists of elements of the shield and the motto of 

the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

ARNG

LINEAGE (Nevada)

Organized and federally recognized 21 June 1928 in the Nevada National Guard 

at Reno as the 40th Military Police Company, an element of the 40th Division. 

Converted and redesignated 1 January 1941 as Headquarters Battery, 121st Separate Coast Artillery Battalion, and relieved from assignment to the 40th Division. 

Inducted into Federal service 23 June 1941 at Reno.

Reorganized and redesignated 10 September 1943 as Headquarters Battery, 

121st Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 4 January 

1945 as Headquarters Battery, 1st Rocket Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 

13 April 1945 as Headquarters Battery, 421st Rocket Field Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 15 January 1946 at Fort Lawton, Washington.
364 SIGNAL CORPS

Consolidated with Battery A, 421st Rocket Field Artillery Battalion (see 

ANNEX 1), and consolidated unit reorganized and federally recognized 19 January 

1949 at Reno as Headquarters Battery, 421st Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. 

Reorganized and redesignated 1 December 1952 as Headquarters Battery, 421st Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Redesignated 1 October 1953 as 

Headquarters Battery, 421st Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion.

Consolidated 1 April 1959 with the Medical Detachment, 421st Antiaircraft 

Artillery Battalion (see ANNEX 2), and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters Battery, 1st Gun Battalion, 221st Artillery. Reorganized and 

redesignated 1 June 1962 as Headquarters Battery, 1st Automatic Weapons Battalion, 221st Artillery.

Converted and redesignated 15 December 1967 as Headquarters Troop, 3d 

Squadron, 116th Armored Cavalry. Converted and redesignated 1 March 1972 as 

Headquarters Detachment, 150th Composite Battalion. Redesignated 1 March 1973 

as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 150th Service Battalion. Location 

changed 1 October 1975 to Stead.

Personnel transferred 1 October 1978 to the Command and Control Headquarters, Nevada Army National Guard; transferred 1 March 1981 to Headquarters and 

Headquarters Detachment, 422d Signal Battalion, at Reno.

ANNEX 1

Organized and federally recognized 28 June 1929 in the Nevada National Guard 

at Reno as Company D, 115th Engineers. Converted and redesignated 1 January 

1941 as Battery A, 121st Separate Coast Artillery Battalion. Inducted into Federal 

service 23 June 1941 at Reno. Reorganized and redesignated 10 September 1943 as 

Battery A, 121st Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 

4 January 1945 as Battery A, 1st Rocket Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 

13 April 1945 as Battery A, 421st Rocket Field Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 15 

January 1946 at Fort Lawton, Washington.

ANNEX 2

Organized and federally recognized 8 April 1936 in the Nevada National Guard 

at Reno as the Medical Detachment, 2d Battalion, 115th Engineers. Reorganized and 

redesignated 1 January 1941 as the Medical Detachment, 121st Separate Coast Artillery Battalion. Inducted into Federal service 23 June 1941 at Reno. Reorganized 

and redesignated 10 September 1943 as the Medical Detachment, 121st Antiaircraft 

Artillery Gun Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 4 January 1945 as the Medical Detachment, 1st Rocket Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 13 April 1945 

as the Medical Detachment, 421st Rocket Field Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 15 

January 1946 at Fort Lawton, Washington. Reorganized and federally recognized 

12 July 1949 as the Medical Detachment, 421st Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. 

Reorganized and redesignated 1 December 1952 as the Medical Detachment, 421st 

Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Redesignated 1 October 1953 

as the Medical Detachment, 421st Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion.

Home Station: Reno
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 365

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Ryukyus

DECORATIONS

None.

422d SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Appleman, Roy E., James M. Burns, Russell A. Gugeler, and John Stevens. Okinawa: The Last Battle. Washington, D.C.: Historical Division, Department of the 

Army, 1948. 421st Rocket Field Artillery Battalion participated in the Ryukyus 

campaign.

Conder, Terry L. “Active, Reserve Soldiers Improvise, Use New Technology to 

Overcome Problem in Grecian Firebolt ’98.” Army Communicator 23 (Fall 

1998): 33–34.

———. “Total Army Force Works Together.” Army Communicator 14 (Winter 

1989): 50–51.

Hernandez, Chris E. A History of the Desert Wolf, Present Designation 421st Rocket 

FA Battalion, Former Designations, 121st Separate Battalion CA (AA), 121st 

AAA Gun Battalion, 1st Rocket Battalion, 1940–1950. Glendale, Calif.: Griffi n 

Patterson Company, 1946.

Ranson, Steven R. “422d Signal Avoids Washout From Joint Thunder Hail, Rain, 

Sleet.” Army Communicator 28 (Fall 2003): 40–42.
426th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Argent, between a chevron per chevron embattled vert and gules 

four roundels engrailed of eight—three in chief one and two and 

one in base tenné—each charged with an annulet or.

Crest: None approved.

Motto: THE COMMANDING VOICE.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The four roundels stand for the four area signal 

centers that were installed, operated, and maintained by the battalion. The radiant edges indicate the emission and transmission 

of signal information, and the gold annulets refer to circuit control. The chevron alludes to the mountains of Italy and stands for 

the battalion’s two campaigns in that country during World War 

II. Green, white, and red are the Italian national colors. The embattled division line refers to combat service and also indicates 

that the unit was organized as a signal combat battalion.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 28 June 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 426th Signal 

Battalion. Activated 1 August 1942 at Fresno, California. Reorganized and redesignated 19 January 1943 as the 426th Signal Construction Battalion, Aviation. Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1944 as the 426th Signal Heavy Construction 

Battalion. Inactivated 8 November 1945 in Italy.

Redesignated 2 March 1967 as the 426th Signal Battalion and allotted to the 

Regular Army. Activated 25 April 1967 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Inactivated 

15 April 1993 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 367

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Rome-Arno

North Apennines

Southwest Asia

Defense of Saudi Arabia

Liberation and Defense of Kuwait

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST 

ASIA 1990–1991 (426th Signal Battalion cited; DA GO 12, 1994)

426th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Crocker, Robert W. “Go Between Circuits IV.” Army Communicator 6 (Summer 

1981): 50–53.

Kennedy, Randy. “35th Signal Brigade.” Army Communicator 12 (Fall 1987): 30–33.

Stokes, Carol E., ed. The U.S. Army Signal Corps in Operation Desert Shield/Desert 

Storm. Fort Gordon, Ga.: Offi ce of the Command Historian, U.S. Army Signal 

Center and Fort Gordon, 1994.

Stokes, Carol E., and Kathy R. Coker. “Getting the Message Through in the Persian 

Gulf War.” Army Communicator 17 (Summer–Winter 1992): 17–25.
440th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Tenné, issuant from base a telegraph pole arraswise with two 

cross beams, each arm holding four insulators with a like number 

of circuit wires bendsinisterwise, and issuant from the ends of 

the cross beams three lightning fl ashes, all argent.

Crest: On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné a pair of carabao 

horns argent, bound gules in front of a Korean temple azure.

Motto: MAINTAINING CONTACT.

Symbolism: The telegraph pole symbolizes the functions of the battalion. 

The four circuits represent the four former components—two 

construction companies, headquarters company, and medical detachment—of the organization.

 The crest commemorates the organization’s distinguished service in the Philippines during World War II and in Korea. The 

unit’s six decorations—two for the Philippines and four for 

Korea—are represented by the two horns of the carabao and the 

four apertures of the temple. The colors blue and red refer to the 

awards of the Presidential Unit Citation and the Meritorious Unit 

Commendation.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (active)

Constituted 18 March 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 440th Signal Battalion. Activated 25 March 1942 at Geiger Field, Washington. Reorganized 

and redesignated 14 December 1942 as the 440th Signal Construction Battalion. 

Reorganized and redesignated 23 July 1944 as the 440th Signal Heavy Construction 

Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 12 April 1949 as the 440th Signal Aviation 

Heavy Construction Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 25 May 1951 as the 

440th Signal Aviation Construction Battalion. Inactivated 16 May 1956 in Korea.

Redesignated 29 September 1961 as the 440th Signal Battalion and allotted to 

the Regular Army. Activated 1 October 1961 in Germany.
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 369

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Papua

New Guinea

Leyte

Luzon

Korean War

CCF Intervention

First UN Counteroffensive

CCF Spring Offensive

Korea, Summer 1953

Company A additionally entitled to:

Korean War

UN Defensive

UN Offensive

DECORATIONS

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA (440th Signal Aviation Construction Battalion cited; GO 457, Far East Air Forces, 28 September 1951)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered PACIFIC 

THEATER (440th Signal Heavy Construction Battalion, Aviation, cited; GO 1813, 

Far East Air Forces, 15 August 1945)

Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1995–1996 (440th Signal 

Battalion cited; DA GO 25, 2001)

Air Force Outstanding Unit Award, Streamer embroidered KOREA (440th Signal Aviation Construction Battalion cited; DA GO 46, 1957)

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (440th Signal [Heavy] Construction Battalion [Aviation] 

cited; DA GO 47, 1950)

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 

1950 (440th Signal Aviation Construction Battalion cited; GO 84, Far East Air Forces, 17 February 1953)

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 

1950–1953 (440th Signal Aviation Construction Battalion cited; GO 35, Far East 

Air Forces, 4 March 1954)

Company A additionally entitled to:

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered PAPUA (Papuan 

Forces United States Army, Southwest Pacifi c Area, cited; WD GO 21, 1943)
370 SIGNAL CORPS

440th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Johnson, Danny M. Military Communications Supporting Peacekeeping Operations in the Balkans: The Signal Corps at Its Best. Mannheim, Germany: Headquarters, 5th Signal Command, 2000.

Thompson, George Raynor, and Dixie R. Harris. The Signal Corps: The Outcome 

(Mid-1943 through 1945). United States Army in World War II. Washington, 

D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1966.
442d SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Per cross tenné and sable, overall three multibarbed South Pacific spears—two saltirewise surmounted by one in pale argent—

within a cable entwined with a lineman’s loop that terminates in 

two lightning fl ashes fesswise throughout or.

Crest: On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné a conch shell fesswise 

or, supporting upon its upper rim a sea lion naiant, grasping in 

dexter paw a sword of the fi rst.

Motto: READY RAPID RELIABLE.

Symbolism: Orange and white (silver) are the colors traditionally associated 

with the Signal Corps. The three multibarbed spears commemorate the unit’s historic campaign service in the Asiatic-Pacifi c 

Theater during World War II. The battalion’s former assignment 

in the United States Army Strategic Communications Command 

is indicated by the four divisions of the shield, alluding to the 

four corners of the world. Together with the lightning fl ashes 

they signify readiness for worldwide deployment to fulfi ll communication requirements. The looped cable refers to the battalion’s capabilities in installing, operating, and maintaining signal 

centers.

 The conch shell, a South Pacifi c war trumpet, and the sea lion 

from the coat of arms of the president of the Philippine Commonwealth allude to the World War II battle honor, the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

TRADOC

LINEAGE (active)

Constituted 19 July 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 442d Signal 

Construction Battalion, Aviation. Activated 1 August 1942 in Puerto Rico. Reorganized and redesignated 1 August 1944 as the 442d Signal Heavy Construction Battalion. Inactivated 30 June 1946 in Japan.

Redesignated 6 November 1967 as the 442d Signal Battalion, allotted to the 

Regular Army, and activated in Thailand. (Companies A, B, and C inactivated 14 
372 SIGNAL CORPS

July 1969 in Thailand.) Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 442d Signal 

Battalion, inactivated 30 June 1971 in Thailand.

Headquarters transferred 23 September 1986 to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and activated at Fort Gordon, Georgia.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

New Guinea

Leyte

Luzon

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered PACIFIC 

AREA (442d Signal Battalion cited; DA GO 37, 1972)

Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1999–2000 (Headquarters 

and Company A, Company C, 442d Signal Battalion, cited; DA GO 29, 2001)

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (442d Signal [Heavy] Construction Battalion cited; DA GO 

57, 1950)

442d SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Lane, Charles. “Integrated MSE Training Helps Produce Total Signaleer.” Army 

Communicator 15 (Winter–Spring 1990): 20–22. Discusses mobile subscriber 

radio equipment (MSE) training provided by Company D at Fort Gordon.

Rienzi, Thomas M. Communications-Electronics 1962–1970. Vietnam Studies. 

Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Offi ce, 1972.

Thompson, George Raynor, and Dixie R. Harris. The Signal Corps: The Outcome 

(Mid-1943 through 1945). United States Army in World War II. Washington, 

D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1966.
447th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Tenné, four beacons argent, the fl ames proper fi mbriated of the 

last.

Crest: On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné a lightning bolt fesswise of the fi rst supporting a lion passant or charged on the 

shoulder with a fl eur-de-lis azure.

Motto: SIGNA VICTORIAE (Signals for Victory).

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with 

the Signal Corps. The beacons are an ancient symbol of signal 

service, and the four symbolize the organization’s campaigns in 

Europe during World War II.

 The lion, symbolic of strength and courage, is combined with 

a fl eur-de-lis to commemorate service during World War II in 

France and Central Europe. Gold is emblematic of honor and 

high achievement. The lightning bolt represents quick response 

and electronic capabilities.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

TRADOC

LINEAGE (active)

Constituted 10 August 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 447th Signal 

Construction Battalion, Aviation. Activated 29 August 1942 at Dale Mabry Field, 

Florida. Reorganized and redesignated 5 October 1944 as the 447th Signal Heavy 

Construction Battalion. Inactivated 25 October 1945 at Camp Shanks, New York.

Redesignated 3 December 1954 as the 447th Signal Battalion and allotted to the 

Regular Army. Activated 28 January 1955 in Germany. Inactivated 19 August 1963 

in Germany. Activated 14 February 1964 in Germany. Inactivated 13 November 

1967 in Germany.

Headquarters transferred 23 September 1986 to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and activated at Fort Gordon, Georgia.
374 SIGNAL CORPS

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Normandy

Northern France

Rhineland

Central Europe

DECORATIONS

Company A entitled to:

Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1999–2000 (Company A, 

447th Signal Battalion, cited; DA GO 29, 2001)

447th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Sheldon, John J., and Bozidar W. Brown. “Reorganizing Training at the Signal 

School.” Army Communicator 15 (Winter–Spring 1990): 26–28.

Tingle, Earl. “The 447th Signal Battalion: Yesterday and Today.” Army Communicator 14 (Summer 1989): 42–44.
459th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Per pale argent and tenné, on a bend wavy azure between two 

fl eurs-de-lis counterchanged a lion passant guardant of the fi rst.

Crest: None approved.

Motto: A TERRA AD ASTRA (From the Earth to the Stars).

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. Blue alludes to the unit’s service during World 

War II with the Army Air Forces. The three campaign honors 

awarded the organization for service in Europe during World 

War II are represented by the lion “passant guardant” from the 

coat of arms of Normandy and the two fl eurs-de-lis. The wavy 

stripe alludes to the unit’s landing at Omaha Beach in Normandy 

in July 1944.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 10 August 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 459th Signal 

Construction Battalion, Aviation. Activated 29 August 1942 at Morris Field, North 

Carolina. Reorganized and redesignated 5 October 1944 as the 459th Signal Heavy 

Construction Battalion, Aviation. Inactivated 24 December 1945 at Camp Pinedale, 

California.

Redesignated 3 April 1962 as the 459th Signal Battalion and allotted to the 

Regular Army. Activated 25 May 1962 at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Inactivated 30 

November 1971 in Vietnam. Activated 16 September 1993 in Germany. Inactivated 

15 September 1994 in Germany.
376 SIGNAL CORPS

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Normandy

Northern France

Central Europe

Vietnam

Counteroffensive, Phase II

Counteroffensive, Phase III

Tet Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase IV

Counteroffensive, Phase V

Counteroffensive, Phase VI

Tet 69/Counteroffensive

Summer–Fall 1969

Winter–Spring 1970

Sanctuary Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase VII

Consolidation I

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1966–1968 (459th Signal Battalion [Combat Area] cited; DA GO 48, 1969)

Company D additionally entitled to:

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1967–1968 (Company D, 459th Signal Battalion, cited; DA GO 42, 1969)

459th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bergen, John D. Military Communications: A Test for Technology. United States 

Army in Vietnam. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States 

Army, 1986.

Pearson, Willard. The War in the Northern Provinces, 1966–1968. Vietnam Studies. 

Washington: Department of the Army, 1975.

Rienzi, Thomas M. Communications-Electronics, 1962–1970. Vietnam Studies. 

Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1972.
460th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Argent, in pale a rice stalk of two leaves tenné surmounted in 

middle base by a hurt bearing a mullet and fi mbriated of the fi eld 

accosted by two fl ames of the second.

Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Army Reserve: On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné the Lexington Minuteman proper. The statue of the Minuteman Capt. John 

Parker (H. H. Kitson, sculptor) stands on the Common in Lexington, Massachusetts.

Motto: AFFIRMATIVE.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The rice stalk with its two leaves refers to the Pacifi c areas where the unit served during World War II. The blue 

circle and white star, alluding to the identifi cation marking on 

Army Air Forces aircraft, refer to the unit’s wartime function as 

an aviation signal battalion. The fi re, a basic method of signaling, is a symbol of the unit’s mission.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

AR

LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 10 August 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 460th Signal 

Construction Battalion, Aviation. Activated 17 August 1942 at Langley Field, Virginia. Reorganized and redesignated 20 December 1944 as the 460th Signal Heavy Construction Battalion, Aviation. Inactivated 24 February 1946 in the Ryukyus Islands.

Redesignated 8 April 1959 as the 460th Signal Battalion and allotted to the 

Army Reserve. Activated 15 May 1959 with Headquarters at Miami, Florida. Inactivated 15 January 1963 at Miami, Florida.
378 SIGNAL CORPS

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Western Pacifi c

Ryukyus

DECORATIONS

None.

460th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

No published histories.
501st SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Per chevron argent and tenné, in base a pelican feather of the fi rst 

charged with a lightning fl ash of the second.

Crest: On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné an American bald 

eagle rising, wings addorsed proper armed and langued gules 

bearing in dexter talons two arrows saltirewise points up vert, 

armed Azure, and fl ighted of the fourth.

Motto: VOX AQUILAE (Voice of the Eagle).

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The lightning fl ash on the pelican feather was the 

badge of the 101st Airborne Signal Company from which the 

battalion is descended. The lightning fl ash illustrates the function of the company, and the pelican’s feather represents the state 

of Louisiana, where the company was organized in 1942. The 

“per chevron” background alludes to the unit’s assault landing in 

Normandy.

 The two arrowheads, which refer to the assault landings in Normandy and in the Rhineland, are blue in color in reference to the 

two Presidential Unit Citations awarded the unit for the Normandy assault and the action at Bastogne during World War II. The 

green shafts and red feathers allude to the award of the French 

Croix de Guerre and the Belgian Fourragere. Arrows also appear 

in the coat of arms of the Netherlands and refer to the award 

of the Orange Lanyard. Red also denotes the Meritorious Unit 

Commendation awarded the unit for service in Vietnam.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (101st Airborne Division) (active)

Constituted 23 July 1918 in the National Army as the 626th Field Signal Battalion and assigned to the 101st Division. (101st Division only partially organized 

October–November 1918; demobilized 11 December 1918.) Reconstituted 24 June 

1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 101st Signal Company and assigned to the 

101st Division. Organized in October 1921 in Wisconsin. Withdrawn 15 August 

1942 from the Organized Reserves and allotted to the Army of the United States; 

concurrently reorganized at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, as the 101st Airborne Sig-
380 SIGNAL CORPS

nal Company, an element of the 101st Airborne Division. Inactivated 30 November 

1945 in France.

Allotted 25 June 1948 to the Regular Army. Activated 6 July 1948 at Camp 

Breckinridge, Kentucky. Inactivated 1 April 1949 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky. 

Activated 25 August 1950 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky. Inactivated 1 December 1953 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky. Activated 15 May 1954 at Fort Jackson, 

South Carolina.

Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1956 as Headquarters, Headquarters and 

Service Detachment, 501st Airborne Signal Battalion, an element of the 101st Airborne Division (516th Signal Company [see ANNEX 1] and 299th Signal Company 

[see ANNEX 2] concurrently redesignated as the Operations Company and the Installation Company, 501st Airborne Signal Battalion, respectively, and activated at 

Fort Campbell, Kentucky).

Reorganized and redesignated 25 April 1957 as the 501st Signal Battalion (Operations and Installation Companies concurrently reorganized and redesignated as 

Companies A and B, respectively).

ANNEX 1

Constituted 11 May 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 246th Signal 

Operation Company. Activated 15 April 1943 at Camp Crowder, Missouri. Inactivated 30 November 1945 at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. Redesignated 15 March 

1949 as the 516th Signal Company. Activated 1 April 1949 in Austria. Allotted 20 

February 1951 to the Regular Army. Inactivated 31 July 1955 in Austria.

ANNEX 2

Constituted 8 December 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 299th 

Signal Installation Company. Activated 24 September 1943 at Camp Crowder, Missouri. Redesignated 26 May 1945 as the 299th Signal Service Company. Inactivated 

21 March 1946 in France. Redesignated 16 February 1953 as the 299th Signal Company and allotted to the Regular Army. Activated 25 March 1953 at Camp Gordon, 

Georgia. Inactivated 27 June 1955 at Camp Gordon, Georgia.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Normandy (with arrowhead)

Rhineland (with arrowhead)

Ardennes-Alsace

Central Europe

Vietnam

Counteroffensive, Phase III

Tet Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase IV

Counteroffensive, Phase V

Counteroffensive, Phase VI

Tet 69/Counteroffensive

Summer–Fall 1969

Winter–Spring 1970

Sanctuary Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase VII

Consolidation I

Consolidation II
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 381

Southwest Asia

Defense of Saudi Arabia

Liberation and Defense of Kuwait

DECORATIONS

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered NORMANDY (101st 

Airborne Signal Company cited; WD GO 89, 1944)

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BASTOGNE (101st 

Airborne Division cited; WD GO 17, 1945)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1968 (501st Signal Battalion cited; DA GO 39, 1970)

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered 

NORMANDY (101st Signal Company cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

Belgian Croix de Guerre 1940 with Palm, Streamer embroidered BASTOGNE; 

cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Bastogne (101st 

Signal Company cited; DA GO 27, 1959)

Belgian Fourragere 1940 (101st Signal Company cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in France and Belgium (101st Signal Company cited: DA GO 43, 1950)

Netherlands Orange Lanyard (101st Signal Company cited; DA GO 43, 1950)

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1968–1969 (501st Signal Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1970)

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1971 (501st Signal Battalion cited; DA GO 6, 1974)

Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968–1970 (501st Signal Battalion cited; DA GO 48, 1971)

Company B additionally entitled to:

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1968 (Company B, 501st Signal Battalion, cited; DA GO 21, 1969)

501st SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Ackerman, Robert K. “An Air Assault Division Leaps Forward.” Signal 59 (September 2004): 23–26.

Benton, Lewis E., ed. History of the 101st Airborne Division, 1942–1968. Vietnam, 

1968.

Bergen, John D. Military Communications: A Test for Technology. United States 

Army in Vietnam. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States 

Army, 1986.

Cole, Hugh M. The Ardennes: Battle of the Bulge. United States Army in World War 

II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the 

Army, 1965. 101st Airborne Division cited.

Harrison, Gordon A. Cross-Channel Attack. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 

1951. 101st Airborne Division cited.
382 SIGNAL CORPS

Jaeger, John F., et al. History of the 101st Airborne Division, 1942–1964. Fort 

Campbell, Ky.: 101st Airborne Division, 1964.

MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Offensive. United States Army in World War II. 

Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 

1973. 101st Airborne Division cited.

———. The Siegfried Line Campaign. United States Army in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, 

1963. 101st Airborne Division cited.

Myer, Charles R. Division-Level Communications, 1963–1973. Vietnam Studies. 

Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1982.

Pfefferman, Mark W. “Experimenting With an MSE End User Concept.” Army 

Communicator 15 (Summer–Fall 1990): 34–36.

Raines, Rebecca Robbins. Getting the Message Through: A Branch History of the 

U.S. Army Signal Corps. Army Historical Series. Washington, D.C.: Center of 

Military History, United States Army, 1996. 101st Airborne Signal Company 

cited.

Rapport, Leonard, and Arthur Northwood, Jr. Rendezvous with Destiny, A History 

of the 101st Airborne Division. Washington, D.C.: Infantry Journal Press, 1948. 

Rev. ed. Greeneville, Tenn.: 101st Airborne Division Association, 1965.

Roberts, Arch E., et al. “Screaming Eagles” 101st Airborne. Nashville: Benson 

Printing Company, 1957.

Salerno, Dennis P., and Thomas F. Washer. “Air Assault Communications: Desert 

Storm.” Army Communicator 16 (Fall–Winter 1991): 52–60.

Shapiro, Milton J. The Screaming Eagles, The 101st Airborne Division in World 

War II. New York: Messner, 1976.

Thompson, George Raynor, and Dixie R. Harris. The Signal Corps: The Outcome 

(Mid-1943 through 1945). United States Army in World War II. Washington, 

D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1966.

Tolson, John J. Airmobility 1961–1971. Vietnam Studies. Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1973. 101st Airborne Division cited.

Washer, Thomas F., II, and Richard S. Gatewood. “Expanding the Division Communications Network on the Air-Assault Battlefi eld.” Army Communicator 20 

(Spring 1995): 15–18.

Washer, Tom. “High-Speed Multiplexing on the Air-Assault Battlefi eld.” Army 

Communicator 24 (Spring 1999): 18.
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HERALDIC ITEMS

None approved.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

AR

LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 7 July 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Detachment, 3212th Signal Service Battalion. Activated 8 August 

1944 in Italy. Inactivated 30 September 1945 in Italy.

Redesignated 8 January 1947 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 

503d Signal Service Battalion. Activated 31 December 1946 in Japan. Inactivated 

15 March 1948 in Japan. Redesignated 28 July 1953 as Headquarters, 503d Signal 

Battalion, and allotted to the Army Reserve. Activated 31 August 1953 at Mobile, 

Alabama. Reorganized and redesignated 31 March 1955 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 503d Signal Battalion. Inactivated 15 January 1963 at Mobile, 

Alabama.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Rome-Arno

DECORATIONS

None.

503d SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

No published histories.
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504th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Per pale tenné and argent, a hand couped grasping a lightning 

fl ash fesswise emitting two fl ames arched to chief, all counterchanged, and in base four barrulets wavy of the like.

Crest: On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné a mural crown sable 

mortared of the fi rst issuing fl ames or and gules, and a dexter 

hand proper grasping a lightning fl ash palewise azure.

Motto: THINK, GO, DO.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The shield is divided into two parts to represent 

the dual functions of the unit: supply and maintenance. The hand 

grasping the lightning fl ash symbolizes the mission of the unit. 

The fl ames denote the zeal and readiness of the organization to 

carry out its mission. The four wavy barrulets refer to Italy, Germany, Japan, and the United States, the four places of the unit’s 

activation. The wavy barrulets also allude to the Arno River, the 

area in which the unit earned a battle honor for services during 

World War II.

 The lightning fl ash, a symbol of the Signal Corps mission, represents the unit’s World War II campaign in Italy. The mural crown 

further recalls European service during that war. The fl ames 

symbolize signal fi res used in the past and refer to the worldwide confl ict during which the unit saw distinguished service. 

The lightning fl ash denotes speedy response and is blue, alluding 

to modern electronics and telecommunications. Red stands for 

courage, yellow (gold) for excellence, and black for stability and 

strength.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.
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LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (active)

Constituted 7 July 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Detachment, 3213th Signal Service Battalion. Activated 8 August 

1944 in Italy. Inactivated 30 September 1945 in Italy.

Redesignated 31 December 1946 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 504th Signal Service Battalion, and activated in Japan. Inactivated 15 September 1948 in Japan. Redesignated 8 January 1952 as Headquarters, 504th Signal 

Service Battalion, and allotted to the Regular Army. Activated 15 February 1952 at 

Camp San Luis Obispo, California. Reorganized and redesignated 12 March 1953 

as Headquarters, 504th Signal Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 4 April 1955 

as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 504th Signal Battalion. Inactivated 

15 December 1958 at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Activated 10 March 1961 at Tobyhanna Signal Depot, Pennsylvania. Inactivated 14 September 1965 in Germany. 

Activated 16 April 1993 at Fort Huachuca, Arizona.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Rome-Arno

DECORATIONS

Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1993–1994 (Headquarters 

and Headquarters Detachment, 504th Signal Battalion, cited; DA GO 1, 1996)

504th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Ackerman, Robert K. “Tactical Signalers Learn to Pack Light, Travel Right.” Signal

54 (April 2000): 37–39.

Ward, Jim. “Commo Support Worldwide.” Soldiers 51 (November 1996): 46–47.

———. “Major Changes Arrive for Army Signal Command.” Army Communicator

22 (Spring 1997): 16–17.
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509th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Argent, a lightning bolt barbed between two lightning bolts fl ory 

radiating from point tenné, and a chief arched sable.

Crest: On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné two demispears with 

bamboo shafts proper, all in front of an oriental dragon passant 

or, armed and langued gules, and garnished vert.

Motto: FACIEMUS FORTIUS (We Shall Act Bravely).

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The fl eurs-de-lis commemorate the two campaign 

honors awarded the battalion for service in Europe during World 

War II. The conjoined lightning bolts refer to the unit’s coordination and swift communication capabilities, and the lightning bolt 

with arrowhead alludes to the organization’s readiness and aggressive action. The arch alludes to the globe and represents the 

scope of the organization’s worldwide mission. The colors black 

and white symbolize the night and day vigilance of the Signal 

Corps.

 The two spears commemorate the two campaign honors the unit 

was awarded for service in Vietnam. The dragon symbolizes 

strength and vigilance.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

Description: A silver color metal and enamel device that consists of a demidisc superimposed by three orange lightning bolts conjoined in 

base, the center bolt terminating in an arrowhead and either side 

bolt terminating in a demi-fl eur-de-lis, all superimposed at the 

bottom by a black bipartite scroll inscribed FACIEMUS FORTIUS in silver letters.

Symbolism: Orange and white (silver) are the colors traditionally associated 

with the Signal Corps. The fl eurs-de-lis commemorate the two 

campaign honors awarded the battalion for service in Europe 

during World War II. The conjoined lightning bolts refer to the 

unit’s coordination and swift communication facilities, and the 

lightning bolt with arrowhead alludes to the organization’s readiness and aggressive action. The hemisphere represents the battalion’s widespread service.
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LINEAGE AND HONORS

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LINEAGE (active)

Constituted 11 December 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 3906th Signal Service Battalion. Activated 17 

January 1945 in France. Inactivated 31 August 1946 in the Ryukyus Islands.

Redesignated 27 June 1947 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 

509th Signal Service Battalion. Activated 20 July 1947 in Korea. Inactivated 25 

January 1949 in Korea. Redesignated 8 January 1952 as Headquarters, 509th Signal 

Service Battalion, and allotted to the Regular Army. Activated 15 February 1952 at 

Camp San Luis Obispo, California. Reorganized and redesignated 12 March 1953 

as Headquarters, 509th Signal Battalion. Inactivated 3 December 1954 at Fort Sheridan, Illinois.

Redesignated 1 March 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 

509th Signal Battalion. Activated 25 March 1963 at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas. Inactivated 10 January 1968 in Vietnam. Activated 1 December 1976 in Italy.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Rhineland

Central Europe

Vietnam

Counteroffensive, Phase II

Counteroffensive, Phase III

DECORATIONS

None.

509th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bergen, John D. Military Communications: A Test for Technology. United States 

Army in Vietnam. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States 

Army, 1986.

Clements, Judith A. The 509th Signal Battalion, A Unit History. Camp Darby, Italy, 

1978.

Fitzgerald, Peter. “509th Operations in Northern Iraq.” Army Communicator 28 

(Fall 2003): 3–4.

Page, Joseph T., Jr. “Communications-Italian Style.” Army Communicator 3 (Spring 

1978): 40–41.
511th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

None approved.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (11th Airborne Division) (inactive)

Constituted 12 November 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 511th 

Airborne Signal Company and assigned to the 11th Airborne Division. Activated 25 

February 1943 at Camp Mackall, North Carolina. Allotted 15 November 1948 to the 

Regular Army.

Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Detachment, 511th Signal Battalion (organic elements constituted 20 February 1957 

and activated 1 March 1957 in Germany). Inactivated 1 July 1958 in Germany. 

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 511th Signal Battalion, redesignated 

1 February 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 511th Signal Battalion. (Company A, 511th Signal Battalion, activated 7 February 1963 at Fort Bragg, 

North Carolina.) Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 511th Signal Battalion, 

activated 1 May 1964 at Fort Benning, Georgia. Battalion inactivated 30 June 1965 

at Fort Benning, Georgia.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

New Guinea

Leyte

Luzon (with arrowhead)

DECORATIONS

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered LUZON (511th Airborne Signal Company cited; WD GO 71, 1945)

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (511th Airborne Signal Company cited; DA GO 47, 1950)
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511th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

“The Angels,” A History of the 11th Airborne Division. N.p., c. 1963.

“The Angels in Action,” 11th Airborne Infantry Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky. 

Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1955.

Cannon, M. Hamlin. Leyte: The Return to the Philippines. United States Army in 

World War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, 1954. 11th Airborne Division cited.

11th Airborne Division. Atlanta: Albert Love Enterprises, 1944.

11th Airborne Division. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1950.

11th Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Dallas: Taylor Publishing Company, 1952.

Flanagan, Edward M., Jr. The Angels. A History of the 11th Airborne Division. Novato, Calif.: Presidio Press, 1989.

———. The Angels: A History of the 11th Airborne Division, 1943–1946. Washington, D.C.: Infantry Journal Press, 1948.

Pictorial Review of the 11th Airborne Division from Fort Campbell to Germany. 

Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1956.

Smith, Robert Ross. Triumph in the Philippines. United States Army in World War 

II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the 

Army, 1963.
523d SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Per fess rayonné tenné and azure, a pile argent bearing a fl eur-delis of the second between in chief two ermine spots and in base 

as many fl eurs-de-lis, all of the third.

Crest: None approved.

Motto: WHO DARES WINS.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. Blue and white are the colors for Infantry. The 

rayonne per fess refers to the principle of a coordinated integral 

operation between the unit and the Infantry. The pile simulates a 

beam of light and symbolizes a continually open channel of information. The three fl eurs-de-lis represent France and the honors awarded the organization for the Ardennes-Alsace, Northern 

France, and Normandy campaigns. The ermine spots relate to 

Europe and are used to represent the Central Europe and Rhineland campaigns during World War II.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

RA

LINEAGE (23d Infantry Division) (inactive)

Constituted 29 February 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 3132d 

Signal Service Company. Activated 1 March 1944 at Pine Camp, New York. Inactivated 25 September 1945 at Pine Camp, New York.

Redesignated 31 July 1951 as the 503d Signal Radio Operation Company and 

allotted to the Regular Army. Activated 15 September 1951 at Camp Cooke, California. Reorganized and redesignated 15 January 1953 as the 503d Signal Company. 

Inactivated 20 October 1953 in Germany.

Redesignated 1 December 1954 as the 123d Signal Company. Assigned 2 December 1954 to the 23d Infantry Division and activated at Fort Clayton, Canal Zone. 

Inactivated 10 April 1956 at Fort Clayton, Canal Zone. Relieved 8 April 1960 from 

assignment to the 23d Infantry Division. Activated 25 April 1960 in Korea. Inactivated 1 January 1966 in Korea.

Redesignated 10 January 1968 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 

523d Signal Battalion; concurrently assigned to the 23d Infantry Division and activated in Vietnam (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated in Viet-
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 391

nam). Inactivated 30 November 1971 at Fort Lewis, Washington. Activated 16 September 1993 in Germany. Inactivated 15 September 1994 in Germany.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Normandy

Northern France

Rhineland

Ardennes-Alsace

Central Europe

Vietnam

Counteroffensive, Phase III

Tet Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase IV

Counteroffensive, Phase V

Counteroffensive, Phase VI

Tet 69/Counteroffensive

Summer–Fall 1969

Winter–Spring 1970

Sanctuary Counteroffensive

Counteroffensive, Phase VII

Consolidation I

DECORATIONS

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1969, 1970 (523d Signal Battalion cited; DA GO 42, 1972)

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment additionally entitled to:

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1971 (Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 523d Signal Battalion, cited; DA GO 6, 1974)

523d SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Rienzi, Thomas M. Communications-Electronics, 1962–1970. Vietnam Studies. 

Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1972.

Walker, Joseph H., ed. The Americal Division. Vietnam, 1970.
551st SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Argent, on a pile tenné a bell of the fi rst; two fl aunches of the 

second, fretty of the fi eld.

Crest: On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné a sea lion or gorged 

with a collar barry of three—azure, argent, and gules—and 

grasping in dexter claw a lightning bolt barbed palewise celeste.

Motto: VIDEO ET MONEO (I Watch and Warn).

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The wedge-shaped pile is symbolic of the driving 

force of the organization, and the bell represents contact. The 

V-shaped pile is also symbolic of victory; the interlacing or grill 

on each side represents the former plotting functions of the organization.

 The sea lion, adapted from the Philippine presidential fl ag, commemorates the unit’s campaign participation in the Philippines 

during World War II, and the collar refl ects the colors of the 

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation as well as our national colors. Electronic capabilities are represented by the lightning bolt, 

whose barbs allude to combat readiness. The light blue color refers to the South Seas and the geographical area of the Philippines.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

TRADOC

LINEAGE (active)

Constituted 10 December 1941 in the Army of the United States as the 551st 

Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion, Separate. Activated 15 December 1941 at Fort 

Dix, New Jersey. Redesignated 12 December 1942 as the 551st Signal Aircraft 

Warning Battalion. Inactivated 1 February 1946 in the Philippine Islands.

Redesignated 23 September 1986 as the 551st Signal Battalion and allotted to 

the Regular Army. Headquarters concurrently transferred to the United States Army 

Training and Doctrine Command and activated at Fort Gordon, Georgia.
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CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Northern Solomons

Leyte

Southern Philippines

DECORATIONS

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (551st Signal Air Warning Battalion cited; DA GO 47, 1950)

Company A additionally entitled to:

Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1999–2000 (Company A, 

551st Signal Battalion, cited; DA GO 29, 2001)

551st SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

No published histories.
560th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Per fess enhanced dancetté of two argent and tenné, in chief a 

cross throughout vert (bottle green), and in base issuant from a 

nucleus fi ve broad lightning fl ashes form an inverted pentagon of 

the fi rst.

Crest: None approved.

Motto: COPIAS CONJUNGE (Link the Forces).

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with 

the Signal Corps. The fi ve lightning fl ashes allude to the mission of the unit, the sending and receiving of messages, and also 

represent the fi ve battle honors awarded the unit for service in 

the European Theater during World War II. The dancetté of two 

refers to the Alps and the Apennines, areas of operations during 

World War II. The cross represents an airstrip and alludes to the 

aviation element in the former mission of the battalion. The color 

green, from the fl ag of the Italian Republic, is symbolic of the 

unity of purpose of the battalion and Italian forces in the common goal of preserving and defending liberty and freedom.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

TRADOC

LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 28 February 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 560th 

Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion, Separate. Activated 14 June 1942 at Drew Field, 

Florida. Reorganized and redesignated 14 March 1943 as the 560th Signal Aircraft 

Warning Battalion. Disbanded 31 January 1945 in Italy.

Reconstituted 4 August 1945 in the Army of the United States as the 560th Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion. Redesignated 25 October 1961 as the 560th Signal 

Battalion and allotted to the Regular Army. Activated 15 November 1961 in Italy. 

Inactivated 18 March 1971 in Italy.

Headquarters transferred 30 June 1987 to the United States Army Training and 

Doctrine Command and activated at Lowry Air Force Base, Colorado. Inactivated 

30 September 1992 at Lowry Air Force Base, Colorado.
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 395

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Tunisia

Naples-Foggia

Rome-Arno

Southern France

North Apennines

DECORATIONS

Air Force Outstanding Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1989 (560th Signal 

Battalion cited; DA GO 8, 1991)

560th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Thompson, George Raynor, Dixie R. Harris, Pauline M. Oakes, and Dulany Terrett. 

The Signal Corps: The Test (December 1941 to July 1943). United States Army 

in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, 1957.
711th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Tenné, on a saltire argent a lightning fl ash and arrow, point up, 

crossed saltirewise gules.

Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Alabama 

Army National Guard: On a wreath of the colors argent and 

tenné a slip of cotton plant with full bursting boll proper.

Motto: SMASH TO THE STARS.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The saltire taken from the state fl ag of Alabama alludes to the Confederate fl ag and symbolizes the organization’s 

Civil War service. The arrow refers to the unit’s service in the Indian Wars against the Creeks, and the lightning fl ash is a symbol 

of celerity and force.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

ARNG

LINEAGE (Alabama)

Organized in 1836 at Mobile as the Mobile Artillery Company (also known 

as the Alabama Artillery and the Alabama State Artillery). Mustered into Federal 

service in 1836 at Mobile as an element of Colonel Smith’s Regiment of Alabama 

Mounted Volunteers; mustered out of Federal service 27 July 1836 at Mobile and 

continued as an independent volunteer company. Mustered into Federal service 23 

May 1846 at Mobile as an element of Colonel J.M. Withers’ 1st Alabama Volunteers; mustered out of Federal service 16 June 1846 at Mobile and continued as an 

independent volunteer company.

Mustered into Confederate service 4 May 1861 at Mobile as Ketchum’s Battery, 

Alabama State Artillery. (While in Confederate service Alabama State Artillery expanded to battalion size.) Surrendered 4 May 1865 with the Army of the Department 

of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana.

Reorganized in July 1872 in the Alabama Volunteer Militia at Mobile as the 

State Artillery Company. (Alabama Volunteer Militia redesignated 9 February 1877 

as Alabama State Troops.) Redesignated in 1887 as Battery A, Field Artillery. Redesignated about 1894 as Battery A, 1st Artillery Battalion. (Alabama State Troops 

redesignated 18 February 1897 as the Alabama National Guard.) Reorganized and 

redesignated 14 January 1908 as Company A, Coast Artillery Battalion. Mustered 

out of state service 28 February 1910.
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 397

Reconstituted 9 January 1947 in the Alabama National Guard as the 711th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion; concurrently organized and federally recognized 

with Headquarters at Mobile. Ordered into active Federal service 4 September 1950 

at home stations; released 3 September 1952 from active Federal service and reverted to state control. Redesignated 1 October 1953 as the 711th Antiaircraft Artillery 

Battalion.

Converted and redesignated 2 May 1959 as the 711th Signal Battalion. Ordered 

into active Federal service 15 October 1961 at home stations; released 5 August 

1962 from active Federal service and reverted to state control. Ordered into active 

Federal service 11 June 1963 at home stations; released 16 June 1963 from active 

Federal service and reverted to state control. Ordered into active Federal service 10 

September 1963 at home stations; released 12 September 1963 from active Federal 

service and reverted to state control. Redesignated 1 February 1972 as the 711th 

Command Signal Operations Battalion. Redesignated 1 March 1974 as the 711th 

Signal Battalion.

Home Area: Southwestern Alabama

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

Indian Wars

Creeks

Headquarters Company (Mobile) additionally entitled to:

World War II-AP

New Guinea (with arrowhead)

Company B (Grove Hill) additionally entitled to:

World War II-EAME

Anzio

Naples-Foggia

Rome-Arno

Southern France (with arrowhead)

Rhineland

Ardennes-Alsace

Central Europe

Civil War (Confederate service)

Shiloh

Murfreesborough

Chickamauga

Chattanooga

Atlanta

Franklin

Nashville

Kentucky 1862

Mississippi 1862

Alabama 1865
398 SIGNAL CORPS

Company C (Foley) additionally entitled to:

World War II-AP

New Guinea

Southern Philippines

DECORATIONS

Company C (Foley) entitled to:

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered PACIFIC 

THEATER (31st Quartermaster Company cited; GO 26, 31st Infantry Division, 2 

February 1945)

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (31st Quartermaster Company cited; DA GO 47, 1950)

711th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Alabama in the Civil War. Montgomery: State Department of Archives and History, 

1963.

Bergeron, Arthur W., Jr. Confederate Mobile. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1991.

Brewer, Willis. Alabama, Her History, Resources, War Record, and Public Record 

from 1540–1872. Montgomery: Barrett and Brown, Printers, 1872.

Downey, Fairfax. Indian Wars of the U.S. Army (1776–1865). Garden City, New 

York: Doubleday and Company, Inc., 1963.

History of the 31st Infantry Division in Training and Combat, 1940–1945. Baton 

Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1946.

Pumpey, Sherman L. Muster Lists of Alabama Confederate Troops. 3 vols. Independence, Calif.: Historical and Genealogical Publishing Company, 1965.

“Riot Reaction Force: The Guard in the April Disorders.” National Guardsman 22 

(May 1968): 2–16.

711th AAA Gun Battalion, Camp Stewart, Georgia, 1951. Baton Rouge: Army and 

Navy Publishing Company, 1951.

Toland, Ray B. “Training to the Army Standard.” Army Communicator 9 (Winter 

1984): 13–14.

Utley, Robert M., and Wilcomb E. Washburn. The American Heritage History of the 

Indian Wars. New York: American Heritage Publishing Company, 1977.
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HERALDIC ITEMS

None approved.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

AR

LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 13 February 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 835th 

Signal Service Company. Activated 17 February 1942 at Fort DuPont, Delaware. 

Redesignated 18 February 1943 as the 835th Signal Service Battalion. Inactivated 

28 April 1946 in India.

Redesignated 18 October 1950 as Headquarters, 835th Signal Service Battalion, and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps. Activated 9 November 1950 at 

Fort Myer, Virginia. (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the 

Army Reserve.) Reorganized and redesignated 11 June 1953 as Headquarters, 835th 

Signal Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 27 June 1955 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Detachment, 835th Signal Battalion. Location changed 1 December 

1960 to Riverdale, Maryland. Inactivated 28 February 1963 at Riverdale, Maryland.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Asiatic-Pacifi c Theater, Streamer without inscription

DECORATIONS

None.
400 SIGNAL CORPS

835th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Hawkins, John, and Ward Hawkins. History of the 835th Signal Service Battalion, 

1942–1946. N.p., n.d.

Hunter, Charles N. GALAHAD. San Antonio: Naylor Company, 1963.

Romanus, Charles F., and Riley Sunderland. Stilwell’s Mission to China. United 

States Army in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military 

History, Department of the Army, 1953.

Thompson, George Raynor, and Dixie R. Harris. The Signal Corps: The Outcome 

(Mid-1943 through 1945). United States Army in World War II. Washington, 

D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1966.

Thompson, George Raynor, Dixie R. Harris, Pauline M. Oakes, and Dulany Terrett. 

The Signal Corps: The Test (December 1941 to July 1943). United States Army 

in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, 1957.
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845th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Per saltire argent and sable, two lightning bolts in saltire tenné between in chief a stylized magnolia blossom leaved of three proper 

and in base a crescent vert.

Crest: That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Army Reserve: On a wreath of the colors argent and tenné the Lexington Minuteman proper. The statue of the Minuteman Capt. John 

Parker (H. H. Kitson, sculptor) stands on the Common in Lexington, Massachusetts.

Motto: None approved.

Symbolism: Orange is a color traditionally associated with the Signal Corps. 

The crossed lightning bolts symbolize the unit’s ability to readily 

provide support with signal communications facilities. The three 

magnolia leaves and blossom, the state fl ower of Mississippi, represent the 845th Signal Battalion’s home area of Pascagoula, Mississippi, and its assignment at one time to the Third Army. The 

crescent, a symbol of North Africa, refers to the unit’s campaign 

service in North Africa during World War II. The colors black and 

white allude to day and night alertness.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is an adaptation of the shield of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

AR

LINEAGE (active)

Constituted 7 October 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 845th Signal 

Service Battalion. Activated 1 November 1942 at Camp Crowder, Missouri. Inactivated 7 March 1944 in North Africa.

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 845th Signal Service Battalion, redesignated 2 May 1952 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 845th Signal Support Battalion, and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps. Activated 15 

May 1952 at Hopkinsville, Kentucky. (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 

July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Reorganized and redesignated 28 October 1953 

as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 845th Signal Battalion. Inactivated 
402 SIGNAL CORPS

5 February 1954 at Hopkinsville, Kentucky. Activated 9 September 1955 at Pascagoula, Mississippi.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

European-African-Middle Eastern Theater, Streamer without inscription

DECORATIONS

None.

845th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

No published histories.
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS

DETACHMENT

850th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Argent, a conventionalized sphinx sejant tenné charged on the 

body with a lightning fl ash or.

Crest: None approved.

Motto: SPEED, SOLIDARITY, SUPERIORITY.

Symbolism: Orange and white are the colors traditionally associated with the 

Signal Corps. The lightning fl ash represents the signal functions 

of the organization, and the sphinx symbolizes omniscience and 

secrecy.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is a modifi cation of the shield of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

AR

LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 26 May 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 850th Signal 

Service Battalion. Activated 25 August 1942 at Camp Crowder, Missouri. Inactivated 30 September 1945 in Italy.

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 850th Signal Service Battalion, redesignated 4 December 1952 as Headquarters, 850th Signal Service Battalion, and 

allotted to the Army Reserve. Activated 1 January 1953 at Spartanburg, South Carolina. Reorganized and redesignated 31 March 1953 as Headquarters, 850th Signal 

Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 31 March 1955 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 850th Signal Battalion. Location changed 31 October 1957 to 

Clemson, South Carolina. Inactivated 15 January 1963 at Clemson, South Carolina.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Rome-Arno
404 SIGNAL CORPS

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN 

THEATER (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 850th Signal Service Battalion, cited; GO 139, Mediterranean Theater of Operations, 29 November 1944)

850th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

No published histories.
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS

DETACHMENT

980th SIGNAL BATTALION

HERALDIC ITEMS

None approved.

LINEAGE AND HONORS

AR

LINEAGE (inactive)

Constituted 6 December 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 980th Signal Service Company. Activated 15 December 1943 at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. 

Inactivated 20 January 1946 at Camp Anza, California.

Redesignated 16 July 1947 as the 980th Signal Long Lines Company and allotted to the Organized Reserves. Activated 1 August 1947 at Nashville, Tennessee. 

(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; 

redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Reorganized and redesignated 1 

December 1950 as the 980th Signal Operations Company. Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1952 as the 980th Signal Support Company.

Reorganized and redesignated 30 September 1953 as Headquarters, 980th Signal Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 31 March 1955 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Detachment, 980th Signal Battalion. Inactivated 15 January 1963 at 

Nashville, Tennessee.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Normandy

Northern France

Rhineland

Ardennes-Alsace

Central Europe

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN 

THEATER 1944 (980th Signal Service Company cited; GO 52, Communications 

Zone, European Theater of Operations, 12 April 1945)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN 

THEATER 1944–1945 (980th Signal Service Company cited; GO 143, Communications Zone, U.S. Forces, European Theater, 23 July 1945)
406 SIGNAL CORPS

980th SIGNAL BATTALION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Thompson, George Raynor, and Dixie R. Harris. The Signal Corps: The Outcome 

(Mid-1943 through 1945). United States Army in World War II. Washington, 

D.C.: Offi ce of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1966.
Glossary of Lineage Terms

ACTIVATE. To transfer a constituted Regular Army or Army Reserve unit from the inactive 

to the active rolls of the United States Army. The unit is usually stationed at a specifi c 

location and assigned personnel and equipment at this time; however, a unit may be 

active at zero strength—that is, without personnel or equipment. This term was not 

used before 1921. It is never used when referring to National Guard units, and only 

since World War II has it been used in connection with Army Reserve units (See also 

ORGANIZE.)

ALLOT. To allocate a unit to one of the components of the United States Army. The present 

components are the Regular Army (RA), the Army National Guard (ARNG), and the 

Army Reserve (AR), formerly known as the Organized Reserves and the Organized 

Reserve Corps. During World War I, units were also allotted to the National Army, 

and during World War II to the Army of the United States. An Army National Guard 

unit is usually further allotted to a particular state or group of states. A unit may 

be withdrawn from any component except the Army National Guard and allotted 

to another. The new allotment, however, does not change the history, lineage, and 

honors of the unit.

ASSIGN. To make a unit part of a larger organization and place it under that organization’s 

command and control until it is relieved from the assignment. As a rule, only 

assignments to divisions and separate combined arms brigades are shown in unit 

lineages.

CONSOLIDATE. To merge two or more units into a single unit. The unit may retain the 

designation of one of the former units or have a new designation, but it inherits the 

history, lineage, and honors of all of the units affected by the merger. Active as well 

as inactive units may be consolidated.

CONSTITUTE. To place the designation of a new unit on the offi cial rolls of the United States Army.

CONVERT. To transfer a unit from one branch of the Army to another—for example, 

from signal to military intelligence. Such a change always requires a redesignation; 

however, there is no break in the historical continuity of the unit. Active as well as 

inactive units may be converted; but if the unit is active, it must also be reorganized 

under a new table of organization and equipment (TOE).

DEMOBILIZE. To remove the designation of a unit from the rolls of the Army. If the unit 

is active, it must also be inactivated. This term is used in unit lineages only when 

referring to the period during and immediately after World War I. (For other periods 

see Disband)

DESIGNATION. The offi cial name of a unit, consisting usually of a number, a branch or 

function, and a command echelon; for example, 5th Signal Command. Additional 

descriptive terms may appear in parentheses, but such parenthetical identifi ers are not 

part of the unit’s offi cial designation.

DISBAND. To remove the designation of a Regular Army or Army Reserve unit from the 

offi cial rolls of the United States Army. If the unit is active, it must also be inactivated. 

Disbandment is intended to be permanent and irreversible, except in extraordinary 

circumstances.
408 SIGNAL CORPS

ELEMENT. A unit that is assigned to or is part of a larger organization. (See also 

ORGANIC ELEMENT.)

FEDERALLY RECOGNIZE. To accept an Army National Guard unit into the force 

structure of the United States Army after the unit has been inspected by a Federal 

representative and found to be properly stationed, organized, and equipped in 

accordance with Army requirements.

FEDERAL SERVICE. Active duty of an Army National Guard unit while under the 

control of the United States government, rather than the control of its home 

state. Units enter federal service by order of the president of the United States, 

as authorized by Congress. For most wars prior to World War I, units were 

mustered into federal service, and during World War I they were drafted into 

federal service. The phrase inducted into federal service was used during World 

War II. Since World War II, the phrase ordered into active federal service

has been used. A unit remains in federal service until released by the federal 

government, at which time it reverts to the control of its home state.

INACTIVATE. To place a Regular Army or Army Reserve unit not currently needed 

in the force structure in an inoperative status without assigned personnel or 

equipment for a limited period of time. The unit is transferred to the inactive 

rolls of the United States Army, but can be activated again whenever needed. 

Upon reactivation, the unit retains its former history, lineage, and honors. The 

term inactivate has been used only since 1921. Before that time, units remained 

active, were consolidated with other units, or were removed from the rolls of 

the Army.

NATIONAL GUARD OF THE UNITED STATES (NGUS). As used in this volume, an NGUS

unit was a temporary organization within a state that took the place of a unit in 

Federal service during the Korean War. It usually had the same designation and 

was organized in the same general area as the replaced unit.

ORDER INTO ACTIVE FEDERAL SERVICE. To place an Army National Guard unit on fulltime active duty under the control of the United States government. The unit 

remains in federal service until released by the federal government, at which 

time it reverts to the control of its home state or states.

ORDER INTO ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE. To place an Army Reserve unit on full-time 

active duty, usually during a war or a crisis. After completing its active duty, 

the unit may be inactivated or it may be released from active military service, 

reverting to reserve status. This term does not apply to Army Reserve units on 

annual active duty for training.

ORGANIC ELEMENT. A unit that is an integral part of a larger organization; for example, 

a lettered company of a battalion.

ORGANIZE. To assign personnel and equipment to a unit and make it operative—that 

is, capable of performing its mission. For Army National Guard units, this term 

is used instead of ACTIVATE (see above).

RECONSTITUTE. To restore to the offi cial rolls of the United States Army a unit that 

has been disbanded, demobilized, or had its Federal recognition withdrawn. The 

reconstituted unit may have a new designation, but retains its former history, 

lineage, and honors.

REDESIGNATE. To change a unit’s offi cial name. Active as well as inactive units may 

be redesignated, but personnel and equipment of an active unit are not changed 
unless the unit is reorganized at the same time. Redesignation is a change of name 

only; the unit’s history, lineage, and honors remain the same. (See also CONVERT)

REORGANIZE. To change the structure of a unit in accordance with a new table of 

organization and equipment (TOE) within the same branch of the Army. When 

referring to the Army National Guard, this term also means to organize an inactive 

unit again. (See also CONVERT for reorganizations involving a new branch.)

SPECIAL DESIGNATION. An offi cial unit nickname. There are two types of special 

designations—a traditional designation (one that a unit has used continuously for 

the last thirty years or more) and a distinctive designation (one that a unit has 

used for less than thirty years or one with which a unit wishes to be associated). 

The special designation, if any, appears in parentheses after the unit’s offi cial 

designation. It should not be confused with a unit’s motto, which is part of its 

heraldic items.

WITHDRAW FEDERAL RECOGNITION. To remove the designation of an Army National 

Guard unit from the offi cial rolls of the United States Army. Federal recognition 

is withdrawn when the unit no longer meets Army requirements or is no longer 

needed in the force structure.

GLOSSARY OF LINEAGE TERMS 409
Signal Corps Unit Index

Airborne Signal Battalions

112th: 223

501st: 379

Airborne Signal Companies

82d. See Signal Battalion, 82d, 195.

101st. See Signal Battalion, 501st, 379.

511th. See Signal Battalion, 511th, 388.

512th. See Signal Battalion, 112th, 223.

Aircraft Warning Battalions (World War II)

551st. See Signal Battalion, 551st, 392.

560th. See Signal Battalion, 560th, 394.

Antiaircraft Artillery Battalions

104th (Alabama National Guard, 1947–1954). See Signal Battalion, 115th,

227.

121st (Nevada National Guard, 1943–1945). See Signal Battalion, 422d, 363.

156th (Delaware National Guard, 1949–1959). See Signal Battalion, 198th,

296.

193d (Delaware National Guard, 1949–1959). See Signal Battalion, 198th,

296.

278th (Alabama National Guard, 1953–1959). See Signal Battalion, 115th,

227.

279th (South Carolina National Guard, 1951–1959). See Signal Battalion,

279th, 319.

280th (Delaware National Guard, 1956–1959). See Signal Battalions, 198th

and 280th, 296, 322.

421st (Nevada National Guard, 1949–1959). See Signal Battalion, 422d, 363.

711th (Alabama National Guard, 1947–1959). See Signal Battalion, 711th, 396.

736th (Delaware National Guard, 1944–1959). See Signal Battalion, 198th, 296.

945th (Delaware National Guard, 1944–1949; 1956–1959). See Signal

Battalion,198th, 296.

Battery B (1946–1949). See Signal Battalion, 280th, 322.

Headquarters Battery (1949–1956) See Signal Battalion, 280th, 322

Antiaircraft Artillery Brigades

68th (Delaware National Guard, 1943–1946). See Signal Brigade, 261st, 58.

261st (Delaware National Guard, 1946–1970). See Signal Brigade, 261st, 58.

Antiaircraft Artillery Detachments

179th (Illinois National Guard). See Signal Battalion, 133d, 254.

286th (Delaware National Guard, 1953–1956). See Signal Battalions, 198th 

and 280th, 296, 322.

Antiaircraft Artillery Group

198th, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery (1944–1959). See Signal 

Battalion, 198th, 296.

Antiaircraft Balloon Battalions

313th (1944). See Signal Battalion, 307th, 331.

316th (1943–1944) See Signal Battalion, 306th, 329.
412 SIGNAL CORPS

Armored Cavalry Regiment

116th, Headquarters Troop, 3d Squadron (Nevada National Guard,

1967–1972). See Signal Battalion, 422d, 363.

Armored Ordnance Battalion

748th (Florida National Guard, 1952–1959). See Signal Battalion, 146th, 277.

Armored Signal Companies

50th (New Jersey National Guard, 1946-1959). See Signal Battalion, 250th, 316.

141st (1941-1957). See Signal Battalion, 141st, 267.

142d (1941-1957). See Signal Battalion, 142d, 270.

143d (1941-1957). See Signal Battalion, 143d, 273.

144th (1941-1957). See Signal Battalion, 144th, 275.

Army National Guard Units

28th Signal Battalion (Pennsylvania): 112

105th Signal Battalion (South Carolina): 217

115th Signal Battalion (Alabama): 227

129th Signal Battalion (Maryland): 252

133d Signal Battalion (Illinois): 254

134th Signal Battalion (Minnesota): 257

135th Signal Battalion (Missouri and Nebraska): 260

142d Signal Brigade (Alabama): 51

136th Signal Battalion (Texas): 263

138th Signal Battalion (Indiana): 265

146th Signal Battalion (Florida): 277

151st Signal Battalion (South Carolina): 279

156th Signal Battalion (Michigan): 283

198th Signal Battalion (Delaware): 296

212th Signal Battalion (Arkansas): 304

228th Signal Brigade (South Carolina): 55

230th Signal Battalion (Tennessee and New York): 306

234th Signal Battalion (Iowa): 308

240th Signal Battalion (California): 311

249th Signal Battalion (Texas): 314

250th Signal Battalion (New Jersey): 316

261st Signal Brigade (Delaware): 58

279th Signal Battalion (Alabama): 319

280th Signal Battalion (Delaware and Connecticut): 322

417th Signal Battalion (Florida): 359

422d Signal Battalion (Nevada): 363

711th Signal Battalion (Alabama): 396

Artillery Regiments

Alabama Artillery (from 1836). See Signal Battalion, 711th, 396.

1st Field, Service Battery (Minnesota National Guard, 1919–1921). See Signal

Battalion, 134th, 257.

151st Field, Service Battery (Minnesota National Guard, 1921–1940). See

Signal Battalion, 134th, 257.

198th (Delaware National Guard, 1921–1924; 1959–1970). See Signal Battalion,

198th, 296. See also Coast Artillery Units, 198th; Signal Battalion, 280th, 322.
UNIT INDEX 413

Artillery Regiments—Continued 

206th, Company H (World War II). See Signal Battalion, 212th, Company A,

304.

221st (Nevada National Guard, 1959–1967). See Signal Battalion, 422d, 363.

278th, 1st Automatic Weapons Battalion (Alabama National Guard, 1959).

See Signal Battalion, 115th, 227.

Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron

102d. See Signal Battalion, 250th, Company C, 316.

Coast Artillery Units

21st Coast Artillery Battalion, Battery D (World War II). See Signal Battalion,

280th, 322.

121st Separate Coast Artillery Battalion, Headquarters Battery (Nevada National

Guard, 1941–1943). See Signal Battalion, 422d, 363.

198th Coast Artillery regiment (Delaware National Guard, 1924–1944). 

See Signal Battalion, 198th, 296.

261st Coast Artillery Battalion/261st Coast Artillery regiment ((Delaware National

Guard, 1925–1944). See Signal Battalions, 198th and 280th, 296, 322.

279th Coast Artillery Battalion (1944–1945). See Signal Battalion, 279th, 319.

313th Barrage Balloon Battalion (1942–1944). See Signal Battalion, 307th, 331.

316th Barrage Balloon Battalion (1942–1943). See Signal Battalion, 306th, 329.

318th Balloon Battalion (1942–1944). See Signal Battalion, 78th, 193.

261st Coast Artillery Battalion, Battery B (Delaware National Guard, 1936–1940).

See Signal Battalion, 280th, 322.

261st Coast Artillery, Battery B (Delaware National Guard, 1940–1944). See Signal

Battalion, 280th, 322.

316th Coast Artillery Barrage Balloon Battalion (1942–1943). See Signal Battalion,

306th, 329.

Constabulary Unit

97th Constabulary Signal Squadron (1946–1950). See Signal Battalion, 97th,

206.

Delaware Regiment (Continental Army). See Signal Battalion, 198th, 296.

Divisions (signal units assigned to)

1st Armored. See Signal Battalion, 141st, 267.

1st Cavalry. See Signal Battalion, 13th, 96.

1st Expeditionary (1917). See Signal Battalion, 121st, 229.

1st Infantry. See Signal Battalion, 121st, 229.

2d Armored. See Signal Battalion, 142d, 270.

2d Infantry. See Signal Battalion, 122d, 234.

3d Armored See Signal Battalion, 143d, 273.

3d Infantry. See Signal Battalion, 123d, 238.

4th Armored. See Signal Battalion, 144th, 275.

4th Infantry

1917–1939. See Signal Battalion, 4th. 79.

since 1940. See Signal Battalion, 124th, 241.

5th Infantry. See Signal Battalion, 5th, 81.

6th Infantry. See Signal Battalion, 6th, 83.

7th Infantry. See Signal Battalion, 127th, 249.
414 SIGNAL CORPS

Divisions (signal units assigned to)—Continued 

8th Infantry. See Signal Battalion, 8th, 87.

9th Infantry. See Signal Battalion, 9th, 89.

10th Mountain. See Signal Battalion, 10th, 92.

11th Airborne. See Signal Battalion, 511th, 388.

15th Cavalry. See Signal Battalion, 11th, 94.

23d Infantry. See Signal Battalion, 523d, 390.

24th Infantry. See Signal Battalion, 24th, 105.

25th Infantry. See Signal Battalion, 125th, 245.

28th Infantry. See Signal Battalion, 28th, 112.

29th Infantry. See Signal Battalion, 129th, 252.

30th Armored (1959–1973). See Signal Battalion, 230th, 306.

33d Infantry (1917–1949). See Signal Battalion, 133d, 254.

34th Infantry 

(since 1991). See Signal Battalion, 134th. 257.

(1959–1963). See Signal Battalion, 234th, 308.

35th Infantry (since 1963). See Signal Battalion, 135th, 260.

38th Infantry. See Signal Battalion, 138th, 265.

40th Infantry. See Signal Battalion, 240th, 311.

42d Infantry. See Signal Battalion, 250th, 316.

47th Infantry (147th Signal Battalion, 1959–1991). See Signal Battalion, 

134th, 257.

49th Armored. See Signal Battalion, 249th, 314.

50th Armored (1946–1993). See Signal Battalion, 250th, 316.

51st Infantry (1959–1963) See Signal Battalion, 151st, 279.

63d Infantry. See Signal Battalion, 163d, 287.

77th Infantry. See Signal Battalion, 77th, 191.

79th Infantry. See Signal Battalion, 179th, 289.

81st Infantry. See Signal Battalion, 181st, 291.

82d Airborne. See Signal Battalion, 82d, 195.

83d Infantry. See Signal Battalion, 83d, 198.

90th Infantry. See Signal Battalion, 190th, 293.

94th Infantry (1921–1963). See Signal Battalion, 94th, 203.

96th Infantry (1918–1963). See Signal Battalion, 96th, 204.

101st Airborne. See Signal Battalion, 501st, 379.

102d Infantry. See Signal Battalion, 202d, 302.

103d Infantry (1921–1963). See Signal Battalion, 103d, 215.

Hawaiian. See Signal Battalion, 24th, 105.

Engineer Battalions

127th (Alabama National Guard, 1926–1931). See Signal Battalion, 279th, 319.

151st Combat (World War II). See Signal Battalion, 279th, 319.

242d (World War II). See Signal Battalion, 135th, Headquarters Company,

 261.

1343d (1944–1946). See Signal Battalion, 115th, 227.

Engineer Regiments

115th (Nevada National Guard). See Signal Battalion, 422d, 363.

151st ( Alabama National Guard)
UNIT INDEX 415

Engineer Regiments—Continued 

1st Battalion. See Signal Battalion, 279th, 319.

2d Battalion (1940–1942). See Signal Battalion, 115th, 227.

Field Artillery Battalions (or elements of)

110th (World War II). See Signal Battalion, 129th, Company B, 253.

151st (Minnesota National Guard). See Signal Battalion, 134th, 257.

178th (World War II). See Signal Battalion, 151st, Company A, 280.

194th (World War II). See Signal Battalion, 234th, Company B, 309.

421st (1945–1946). See Signal Battalion, 422d, 363.

981st (World War II and Korea). See Signal Battalion, 240th, 311.

Field Artillery Group

178th, Headquarters Battery (World War II). See Signal Battalion, 111th,

Company A, 222.

Hampton Guards. See Signal Brigade, 228th, 55.

Haslet’s Regiment (Continental Army). See Signal Battalion, 198th, 296.

Infantry Regiment (War with Spain)

1st Florida. See Signal Battalion, 417th, 359.

Infantry Regiments (Civil War)

1st Delaware Volunteer. See Signal Battalion, 198th, 296.

1st Michigan. See Signal Battalion, 156th, Company A, 284.

2d Michigan. See Signal Battalion, 156th, Company B, 284.

Infantry Regiments (elements of)

59th Pioneer (World War I). See Signal Battalion, 280th, 322.

113th, Headquarters Company (World Wars I and II). See Signal Battalion,

250th, 316.

118th

Company F (World Wars I and II). See Signal Brigade, 228th, 55.

Company G. See Signal Battalion, 151st, Headquarters and Headquarters

Company, 279.

124th (World War II). See Signal Battalions, 146th and 417th, 277, 359.

126th (World War II). See Signal Battalion, 156th, 283.

133d (World War II). See Signal Battalion, 234th, Headquarters Company,

 309.

134th (World War II). See Signal Battalion, 135th, Company A, 261.

135th (World War II). See Signal Battalion, 134th, Company B, 258.

143d (World War II). See Signal Battalion, 249th, 314.

151st, Headquarters, 1st Battalion (Indiana National Guard, 1947–1959). See

Signal Battalion, 138th, 265.

152d, Headquarters, 2d Battalion (Indiana National Guard, 1921–1947). See

Signal Battalion, 138th, 265.

153d, Antitank Platoon, Headquarters Company. See Signal Battalion, 212th,

Company C, 305.

160th (World War II and Korean War). See Signal Battalion, 240th, 311.

167th (World War II) See Signal Battalion, 279th, 319.

168th (World War II). See Signal Battalion, 234th, 308.

218th (1947–1959). See Signal Brigade, 228th, 55.

223d (Korean War). See Signal Battalion, 240th, 311.
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Maintenance Battalion

62d (1966–1998). See Signal Battalion, 62d, 173.

Military Police Company

40th (1928–1941). See Signal Battalion, 422d, 363.

Mobile Artillery Company. See Signal Battalion, 711th, 396.

Nicknames. See Special Designations.

Ordnance Battalion

748th (Florida National Guard, 1952–1963). See Signal Battalion, 146th, 277.

Quartermaster Battalion

51st (South Carolina National Guard, 1963–1968). See Signal Brigade, 228th, 55.

Quartermaster Company

31st (World War II). See Signal Battalion, 711th, Company C, 398.

Rocket Battalion

1st (1945). See Signal Battalion, 422d, 363.

Signal Battalions

1st Field (1916–1921). See Signal Battalion, 122d, 234.

1st Reserve Field (1917). See Signal Battalion, 77th, 191.

1st Telegraph (1916–1917). See Signal Battalion, 50th, 150.

1st: 77

2d Field (1916–1921). See Signal Battalion, 121st, 229.

3d Field, Company B (1916–1921). See Signal Battalion, 24th, 105.

3d Telegraph, Company E (1916–1917). See Signal Battalion, 24th, 105.

4th: 79

5th: 81

5th Construction (1931–1941). See Signal Battalion, 26th, 110.

5th Field (1917–1921). See Signal Battalion, 123d, 238.

5th Telegraph (1916–1917). See Signal Battalion, 51st, 153.

6th: 83

7th: 86

7th Field (1917–1921). See Signal Battalion, 11th, 94.

7th Reserve Field (1917). See Signal Battalion, 179th, 289.

8th: 87

8th Field (1917–1921). See Signal Battalion, 6th, 83.

8th Reserve (1917). See Signal Battalion, 181st, 291.

9th: 89

9th Field (1917–1921). See Signal Battalion, 5th, 81.

10th Field (1917–1921). See Signal Battalion, 127th, 249.

10th Reserve Field (1917). See Signal Battalion, 8th, 87.

10th: 92

11th: 94

13th Reserve Field (1917). See Signal Battalion, 82d, 195.

13th: 96

15th. See Signal Brigade, 15th, 37.

16th: 101

16th Reserve Field (1917) See Signal Battalion, 190th, 293.

17th: 103

20th Reserve Field (1917). See Signal Battalion, 82d, 195.
UNIT INDEX 417

Signal Battalions—Continued 

24th: 105

25th: 108

26th: 110

28th: 112

29th: 115

30th: 117

31st: 119

32d: 121

33d: 123

34th: 125

35th: 127

36th: 129

37th: 131

38th: 133

39th: 135

40th: 138

41st: 141

43d: 144

44th: 147

48th Signal Construction (1944–1945). See Signal Battalion, 307th, 331.

49th Signal Construction (1944–1946). See Signal Battalion, 306th, 329.

50th: 150

51st: 153

51st Telegraph (1917–1921). See Signal Battalion, 50th, 150.

52d: 156

52d Telegraph (1916–1921). See Signal Battalion, 50th, 150.

53d: 158

53d Telegraph, Company E (1917–1921). See Signal Battalion, 24th, 105.

54th: 160

55th Telegraph (1917–1921). See Signal Battalion, 51st, 153.

56th: 163

57th: 165

58th: 167

59th (1927–1941). See Signal Battalion, 1st, 77.

59th: 169

60th: 171

62d: 173

63d: 175

65th: 178

67th: 179

68th: 181

69th: 183

72d: 186

73d: 188

75th: 190

77th: 191
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Signal Battalions—Continued 

78th: 193

82d: 195

83d: 198

86th: 200

93d. See Signal Brigade, 93d, 46.

94th: 203

94th (1941–1948). See Signal Battalion, 318th. 333.

96th: 204

97th: 206

98th: 208

 99th: 210

101st (former elements of). See Signal Battalion, 230th, 306.

102d: 213

103d: 215

105th: 217

108th: 219

108th Field Signal (1917–1919). See Signal Battalion, 133d, 254.

111th: 221

112th: 223

114th: 226

115th: 227

121st: 229

122d: 234

123d: 238

124th: 241

125th: 245

127th: 249

129th: 252

133d: 254

134th: 257

135th: 260

136th: 263

138th: 265

141st: 267

142d: 270

143d: 273

144th: 275

146th: 277

147th (1959–1991). See Signal Battalion, 134th, 257.

151st: 279

154th: 281

156th: 283

163d: 287

179th: 289

181st: 291

190th: 293
UNIT INDEX 419

Signal Battalions—Continued 

198th: 296

202d: 302

209th Field ((1918–1919). See Signal Battalion, 9th, 89.

212th: 304

230th: 306

234th: 308

240th: 311

249th: 314

250th: 316

279th: 319

280th: 322

302d: 325

302d Field (1917–1919). See Signal Battalion, 77th, 191.

304th: 327

304th Field (1917–1919). See Signal Battalion, 179th, 289.

306th: 329

306th Field (1917–1919). See Signal Battalion, 181st, 291.

307th: 331

307th Field (1917–1921). See Signal Battalion, 82d, 195.

308th Field (1917–1921). See Signal Battalion, 83d, 198.

315th Field (1917–1919). See Signal Battalion, 190th, 293.

318th: 333

319th: 335

320th Field (1917–1919). See Signal Battalion, 8th, 87.

324th: 337

325th: 339

327th: 341

352d: 345

360th: 346

361st: 348

366th: 350

369th: 352

379th: 355

392d: 357

417th: 359

421st: 362

422d: 363

426th: 366

440th: 368

442d: 371

447th: 373

459th: 375

460th: 377

501st: 379

503d: 383

504th: 384
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Signal Battalions—Continued 

509th: 386

511th: 388

516th. See Signal Brigade, 516th, 63.

523d: 390

551st: 392

560th: 394

621st Field (1918–1919). See Signal Battalion, 96th, 204.

626th Field (1918). See Signal Battalion, 501st, 379.

711th: 396

835th: 399

845th: 401

850th: 403

928th (1942–1966). See Signal Brigade, 29th, 41.

931st (1943–1967). See Signal Brigade, 35th, 43.

932d (1943–1963). See Signal Brigade, 106th, 49.

935th (1945–1963). See Signal Group, 12th, 70.

972d (1944–1997). See Signal Command, 9th, 12.

980th: 405

1709th Signal Service (1944–1954). See Signal Battalion, 392d, 357.

3101st Signal Service (1943–1948). See Signal Battalion, 7th, 86.

3103d Signal Service (1943–1964). See Signal Brigade, 11th, 33.

3111th Signal Service (1943–1950). See Signal Battalion, 324th, 337.

3112th Signal Service (1944–1952). See Signal Command, 311th, 14.

3114th Signal Service (1944–1947). See Signal Battalion, 75th, 190.

3160th Signal Service (1945–1954). See Signal Brigade, 160th, 53.

3181st Signal Service (1944–1946). See Signal Battalion, 11th, 94.

3186th Signal Service (1944–1947). See Signal Battalion, 72d, 186.

3212th Signal Service (1944–1947). See Signal Battalion, 503d, 383.

3213th Signal Service (1944–1946). See Signal Battalion, 504th, 384.

3214th Signal Service (1944–1954). See Signal Battalion, 421st, 362.

3216th Signal Service (1944–1950). See Signal Battalion, 325th, 339.

3352d Signal Service (1944–1955). See Signal Battalion, 352d, 345.

3359th Signal Service (1944–1955). See Signal Brigade, 359th, 61.

3360th Signal Service (1944–1964). See Signal Battalion, 360th, 346.

3361st Signal Service (1944–1969). See Signal Battalion, 361st, 348.

3364th Signal Service (1944–1959). See Signal Battalion, 114th, 226.

3366th Signal Service (1944–1953). See Signal Battalion, 366th, 350.

3367th Signal Service (1944–1947). See Signal Brigade, 516th, 63.

3369th Signal Service (1944–1969). See Signal Battalion, 369th, 352.

3796th Signal Service (1945–1952). See Signal Battalion, 379th, 355.

3906th Signal Service (1944–1947). See Signal Battalion, 509th, 386.

3907th Signal Service (1944–1951). See Signal Battalion, 39th, 135.

4026th Signal Photographic (1945–1954). See Signal Battalion, 73d, 188.

Signal Brigades

1st: 23

2d: 26
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Signal Brigades—Continued 

3d: 29

7th: 31

11th: 33

15th: 37

22d: 39

29th: 41

35th: 43

53d (1985–1997). See Signal Battalion, 417th, 359.

93d: 46

106th: 49

142d: 51

160th: 53

228th: 55

261st: 58

335th: See Signal Command, 335th, 16.

359th: 61

516th: 63

Signal Center

1st: 18

Signal Commands

1st: 5

5th: 6

6th: 8

7th: 10

9th: 12

261st. See Signal Brigade, 261st, 58.

311th: 14

335th: 16

Signal Companies

1st (1921–1957). See Signal Battalion, 121st, 229.

1st Provisional (1916). See Signal Battalion, 50th, 150.

2d (1921–1957). See Signal Battalion, 122d, 234.

3d (1921–1957). See Signal Battalion, 123d, 238.

4th

1917–1939. See Signal Battalion, 6th, 83.

1940–1957. See Signal Battalion, 124th, 241.

5th. See Signal Battalion, 5th, 81.

6th. See Signal Battalion, 6th, 83.

7th (1921–1957). See Signal Battalion, 127th, 249.

8th. See Signal Battalion, 8th, 87.

9th (1923–1948). See Signal Battalion, 9th, 89.

9th Service (1918–1922). See Signal Command, 9th, 12.

9th Signal Service (1925–1943). See Signal Command, 9th, 12.

11th (1921–1941). See Signal Battalion, 24th, 105.

13th. See Signal Battalion, 13th, 96.

24th. See Signal Battalion, 24th, 105.
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Signal Companies—Continued 

25th (1941–1957). See Signal Battalion, 125th, 245.

28th (Pennsylvania National Guard). See Signal Battalion, 28th, 112.

32d (World War II). See Signal Battalion, 156th, Headquarters Company, 283.

33d (1922–1947). See Signal Battalion, 133d, 254.

46th (1941). See Signal Battalion, 143d, 273.

47th (1940–1941). See Signal Battalion, 141st, 267.

48th (1940–1941). See Signal Battalion, 142d, 270.

49th (1941). See Signal Battalion, 144th, 275.

50th Armored (1946–1959). See Signal Battalion, 250th, 316.

77th (1921–1959). See Signal Battalion, 77th, 191.

79th (1921–1959). See Signal Battalion, 179th, 289.

81st (1921–1959). See Signal Battalion, 181st, 291.

82d Airborne. See Signal Battalion, 82d, 195.

83d. See Signal Battalion, 83d, 198.

90th (1921–1959). See Signal Battalion, 190th, 293.

94th. See Signal Battalion, 94th, 203.

96th. See Signal Battalion, 96th, 204.

101st Airborne. See Signal Battalion, 501st, 379.

102d (1921–1959). See Signal Battalion, 202d, 302.

103d. See Signal Battalion, 103d, 215.

109th (Illinois National Guard). See Signal Battalion, 133d, 254.

110th Mountain. See Signal Battalion, 10th, 92.

123d (1954–1968). See Signal Battalion, 523d, 390.

141st Armored. See Signal Battalion, 141st, 267.

142d Armored. See Signal Battalion, 142d, 270.

143d Armored. See Signal Battalion, 143d, 273.

144th Armored. See Signal Battalion, 144th, 275.

216th Signal Depot. See Signal Depot, 216th, Headquarters and Headquarters

Company, 19.

221st (1941–1980). See Signal Battalion, 327th, Company B, 341.

246th Signal Operation (1942–1949). See Signal Battalion, 501st, Company A,

379.

299th (1942–1956). See Signal Battalion, 501st, Company B, 379.

316th Signal Aviation (1940–1941). See Signal Battalion, 327th, Company A, 341.

328th (1956–1987). See Signal Battalion, 324th, Company A, 337.

392d (1942–1944). See Signal Battalion, 392d, 357.

416th (1941–1980). See Signal Battalion, 327th, Company A, 341.

433d (Illinois National Guard, 1968–1980). See Signal Battalion, 133d, 254.

503d (1951–1954). See Signal Battalion, 523d, 390.

511th Airborne. See Signal Battalion, 511th, 388.

512th Airborne. See Signal Battalion, 112th, 223.

516th (1949–1956). See Signal Battalion, 501st, Company A, 379.

543d (1944–1987). See Signal Battalion, 324th, Company B, 337.

563d (1943–1959). See Signal Battalion, 163d, 287.

583d Signal Depot (1943–1947). See Signal Depot, 801st, 20.

801st (1947–1953). See Signal Depot, 801st, 20.
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Signal Companies—Continued 

835th Signal Service (1942–1943). See Signal Battalion, 835th, 399.

972d Signal Service (1943–1944). See Signal Command, 9th, 12.

980th (1943-1953). See Signal Battalion, 980th, 405.

984th Signal Service (1943–1948). See Signal Battalion, 319th, 335.

3128th Signal Service (1944-1956). See Signal Battalion, 324th, Company A,

337.

3132d Signal Service (1944–1951). See Signal Battalion, 523d, 390.

3181st Signal Service (1946–1947). See Signal Battalion, 11th, 94.

A, Signal Corps (1898–1916). See Signal Battalion, 121st, 229.

A (Illinois National Guard, 1916–1917). See Signal Battalion, 133d, 254.

A (Pennsylvania National Guard, 1908–1916). See Signal Battalion, 28th, 112.

B, 1st Field Battalion (Pennsylvania National Guard, 1917). See Signal 

Battalion, 28th, 112.

B, 3d Field Battalion, Signal Corps (1916–1921). See Signal Battalion, 24th,

105.

B, 103d Field Signal Battalion (Pennsylvania National Guard, World War I). 

See Signal Battalion, 28th, 112.

D, Signal Corps (1898–1916). See Signal Battalion, 121st, 229.

E, Signal Corps (1899–1916). See Signal Battalion, 122d, 234.

E, 3d Telegraph Battalion (1916–1917). See Signal Battalion, 24th, 105.

E, 53d Telegraph Battalion (1917–1921). See Signal Battalion, 24th, 105.

H, Signal Corps (1899–1916). See Signal Battalion, 50th, 150.

I, Signal Corps (1904–1916). See Signal Battalion, 122d, 234.

L, Signal Corps (1905–1916). See Signal Battalion, 24th, 105.

M, Signal Corps (1909–1916). See Signal Battalion, 24th, 105.

Service Company Number 9 (1922–1925). See Signal Command, 9th, 12.

Wire Company, Field Battalion, Signal Troops (Pennsylvania National Guard, 

1916–1917). See Signal Battalion, 28th, 112.

Signal Depots

216th: 19

801st: 20

803d: 22

3911th (1944–1948). See Signal Depot, 803d, 22

Signal Groups

1st: 65

2d Signal Service. See Signal Brigade, 2d, 26.

4th: 67

7th: 69

11th. See Signal Brigade, 11th, 33.

12th: 70

21st: 72

22d Signal Service. See Signal Brigade, 22d, 39.

29th. See Signal Brigade, 29th, 41.

35th. See Signal Brigade, 35th, 43.

53d (Florida National Guard, 1968–1985). See Signal Battalion, 417th, 359.

106th. See Signal Brigade, 106th, 49.
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142d. See Signal Brigade, 142d, 51.

160th. See Signal Brigade, 160th, 53.

199th: 74

228th. See Signal Brigade, 228th, 55.

311th. See Signal Command, 311th, 14.

332d: 75

335th. See Signal Command, 335th, 16.

359th. See Signal Brigade, 359th, 61.

505th: 76

516th. See Signal Brigade, 516th, 63.

3146th Signal Service. See Signal Group, 505th, 76.

3348th Signal Service. See Signal Brigade, 2d, 26.

4025th Signal Service. See Signal Group, 4th, 67.

Signal Platoon

110th (1943–1944). See Signal Battalion, 10th, 92.

Signal Regiments

15th Signal Service. See Signal Brigade, 15th, 37.

15th Signal Training. See Signal Brigade, 15th, 37.

Signal Squadron

97th Constabulary. See Signal Battalion, 97th, 206.

Signal Troops

1st. See Signal Battalion, 13th, 96.

7th. See Signal Battalion, 141st, 267.

13th. See Signal Battalion, 13th, 96.

Special Designations

Always Professional. See Signal Battalion, 43d, 144.

Desert Thunderbirds. See Signal Brigade, 11th, 33.

Dragon Warriors. See Signal Command, 5th, 6.

First to Communicate. See Signal Brigade, 1st, 23.

First Delaware. See Signal Battalion, 198th, 296.

First Voice Heard. See Signal Battalion, 86th, 200.

The Communicators. See Signal Battalion, 141st, 267.

Special Operations. See Signal Battalion, 112th, 223.

Strategic Communications Command, U.S. Army

261st (Delaware National Guard, 1971–1974). See Signal Brigade, 261st, 58.

Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), U.S. Army (signal units assigned to)

15th Signal Brigade: 37

29th Signal Brigade: 41

360th Signal Battalion: 346

361st Signal Battalion: 348

366th Signal Battalion: 350

369th Signal Battalion: 352

442d Signal Battalion: 371

447th Signal Battalion: 373

551st Signal Battalion: 392

560th Signal Battalion: 394
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Transportation Units

113th Transportation Detachment (South Carolina National Guard, 1995–1996).

See Signal Battalion, 105th, 217.

118th Transportation Detachment (South Carolina National Guard, 1992–1995).

See Signal Battalion, 105th, 217.

151st Transportation Battalion (South Carolina National Guard, 1959–1953).

See Signal Brigade, 228th, 55.

198th Transportation Battalion (Delaware National Guard, 1970–1971).

See Signal Battalion, 280th, 322.

West Point, New York (signal battalions assigned to U.S. Military Academy)

1958–1966. See Signal Battalion, 6th, 83.

since 1966. See Signal Battalion, 4th, 79.
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