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35th Signal Battalion(205 total words in this text)(2301 Reads)  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 35th Signal Battalion Honors Campaign Participation Credit World War II: Normandy (with arrowhead); Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe Decorations Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for EUROPEAN THEATER |
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1796: Napoleon Bonaparte wins a brilliant victory against the Austrians at Lodi bridge in Italy. 1857: The Bengal Army in India revolts against the British. 1861: Union troops and civilians riot in St. Louis. 1862: The Battle of Plum Run Bend, Tennessee takes place. 1863: General Thomas J. Jackson dies of pneumonia a week after losing his arm when his own troops accidentally fired on him during the Battle of Chancellorsville. 1865: Union cavalry troops capture Confederate President Jefferson Davis near Irvinville, Georgia. 1917: Allied ships get destroyer escorts to fend off German attacks in the Atlantic. 1940: As Germany invades Holland and Belgium, Winston Churchill becomes prime minister of Great Britain. 1941: Englands House of Commons is destroyed during the worst of the London Blitz as 550 German bombers drop 100,000 incendiary bombs. |
