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    Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Signal Brigade

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    Headquarters and Headquarters Company
    2d Signal Brigade Lineage


    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


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    2d Signal Brigade Honors


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