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102d Military Intelligence Battalion

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Constituted 16 September 1981 in the Regular Army as the 102d Military Intelligence Battalion, assigned to the 2d Infantry Division, and activated in Korea (329th Army Security Agency Company [see ANNEX 1] and 2d Military Intelligence Company [see ANNEX 2] concurrently reorganized and redesignated as Companies A and B)

ANNEX 1

Constituted 23 October 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 3106th Signal Service Platoon

Activated 1 November 1943 at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey

Inactivated 10 February 1946 on Okinawa

Activated 19 November 1946 at Vint Hill Farms Station, Virginia

Redesignated 1 April 1947 as the 3d Signal Service Platoon

Reorganized and redesignated 25 March 1949 as the 53d Signal Service Company

Allotted 13 October 1950 to the Regular Army

Converted and redesignated 1 December 1950 as the 329th Communication Reconnaissance Company

Reorganized and redesignated 25 June 1955 as Company B, 301st Communication Reconnaissance Battalion

Redesignated 1 July 1956 as Company B, 301st Army Security Agency Battalion

Inactivated 15 October 1957 in Korea

Redesignated 1 November 1975 as the 329th Army Security Agency Company and activated in Korea

ANNEX 2

Constituted 12 July 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 2d Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment

Activated 6 August 1944 in France with personnel from provisional Counter Intelligence Corps detachment attached to the 2d Infantry Division

Allotted 3 February 1949 to the Regular Army

Inactivated 15 September 1956 at Fort Lewis, Washington

Redesignated 26 February 1958 as the 2d Military Intelligence Detachment

Activated 14 June 1958 at Fort Benning, Georgia

Assigned 30 June 1976 to the 2d Infantry Division

Reorganized and redesignated 20 February 1979 as the 2d Military Intelligence Company

102d Military Intelligence Battalion Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

Company A entitled to:

World War II - AP: Silver band without inscription

Korean War: Second Korean Winter; Korea, Summer-Fall 1952; Third Korean Winter; Korea, Summer 1953

Company B entitled to:

World War II - EAME: 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

Company A entitled to:

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for KOREA 1951-1952

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for KOREA 1952-1953

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for KOREA

Company B entitled to:

Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for HONGCHON

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for KOREA

Belgian Fourragere 1940

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the ARDENNES

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at ELSENBORN CREST

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