Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
78th Signal Battalion Lineage


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


Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
78th Signal Battalion Honors


Campaign Participation Credit


World War II: Luzon


Decorations


Philippine Presidential Unit Citation for 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945