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Only one military organization can hold and gain ground in war-a ground army supported by tactical aviation with supply lines guarded by the navy. -- General Omar Bradley |
442d Signal Battalion(174 total words in this text)(2450 Reads)  Constituted 19 July 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 442d Signal Construction Battalion, Aviation Activated 1 August 1942 in Puerto Rico Reorganized and redesignated 1 August 1944 as the 442d Signal Heavy Construction Battalion Inactivated 30 June 1946 in Japan Redesignated 6 November 1967 as the 442d Signal Battalion, allotted to the Regular Army, and activated in Thailand (Companies A, B, and C inactivated 14 July 1969 in Thailand) Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 442d Signal Battalion, inactivated 30 June 1971 in Thailand Headquarters transferred 23 September 1986 to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and activated at Fort Gordon, Georgia 442d Signal Battalion Honors Campaign Participation Credit World War II: New Guinea; Leyte; Luzon Decorations Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for PACIFIC AREA Army Superior Unit Award for 1999-2000 Philippine Presidential Unit Citation for 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 |
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1862:
Admiral David Farragut captures New Orleans a day after his fleet successfully sailed past two Confederate forts on the Mississippi River.
1864: For the second time in a week, a Confederate force captures a Union wagon train trying to supply the Federal force at Camden, Arkansas. 1898: The United States declares war on Spain. 1915: Australian and New Zealand troops land at Gallipoli in Turkey. 1945: Eight Russian armies completely encircle Berlin, linking up with the U.S. First Army patrol, first on the western bank of the Elbe, then later at Torgau. Germany is, for all intents and purposes, Allied territory. 1952: After a three day fight against Chinese Communist Forces, the Gloucestershire Regiment is annihilated on "Gloucester Hill," in Korea. 1972: Hanois 320th Division drives 5,000 South Vietnamese troops into retreat and traps about 2,500 others in a border outpost northwest of Kontum in the Central Highlands. |
