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You can always tell an old soldier by the inside of his holsters and cartridge boxes. The young men carry pistols and cartridges; the old ones, grub. -- George Bernard Shaw |
124th Signal Battalion(287 total words in this text)(5302 Reads)  Constituted 1 June 1940 in the Regular Army as the 4th Signal Company, assigned to the 4th Division (later redesignated as the 4th Infantry Division), and activated at Fort Benning, Georgia Inactivated 23 February 1946 at Camp Butner, North Carolina Activated 6 July 1948 at Fort Ord, California Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 124th Signal Battalion (organic elements concurrently constituted in the Regular Army and activated at Fort Lewis, Washington) Inactivated 15 December 1995 at Fort Carson, Colorado Activated 16 January 1996 at Fort Hood, Texas 124th Signal Battalion Honors Campaign Participation Credit World War II: Normandy (with arrowhead); Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe Vietnam: Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Tet 69/Counteroffensive; Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII Decorations Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for EUROPEAN THEATER Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1967-1968 Belgian Fourragere 1940 Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in Belgium Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1966-1969 Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1969-1970 Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class for VIETNAM 1966-1969 Company A additionally entitled to: Army Superior Unit Award for 1996-1997 Company B additionally entitled to: Valorous Unit Award for QUANG NGAI PROVINCE |
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1865:
Confederate General Joseph Johnston officially surrenders his army to General William T. Sherman at Durham Station, North Carolina.
1865: John Wilkes Booth is killed when Union soldiers track him down to a Virginia farm 12 days after he assassinated President Abraham Lincoln. 1865: Joseph E. Johnston surrenders the Army of Tennessee to Sherman. 1937: The ancient Basque town of Guernica in northern Spain is bombed by German planes. 1952: Armistice negotiations are resumed. 1971: The U.S. command in Saigon announces that the U.S. force level in Vietnam is 281,400 men, the lowest since July 1966. 1972: President Nixon, despite the ongoing communist offensive, announces that another 20,000 U.S. troops will be withdrawn from Vietnam in May and June, reducing authorized troop strength to 49,000. |
