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Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 311th Signal Command

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Headquarters and Headquarters Company,
311th Signal Command Lineage


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 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


Headquarters and Headquarters Company,
311th Signal Command Honors


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World War II: Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe


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