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578th Signal Company(223 total words in this text)(4809 Reads)  Constituted 20 March 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 163d Signal Photographic Company Activated 10 April 1942 at Fort Benning, Georgia Disbanded 6 September 1945 in Germany Reconstituted 4 March 1949 in the Regular Army as the 578th Signal Construction Company Activated 25 April 1949 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina Inactivated 27 September 1949 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina Activated 1 October 1951 at Camp Gordon, Georgia Reorganized and redesignated 17 June 1953 as the 578th Signal Company Inactivated 30 April 1971 in Vietnam Activated 1 July 1974 in Germany Inactivated 15 September 1993 in Germany Activated 16 June 2000 in Germany 578th Signal Company Honors Campaign Participation Credit World War II-EAME: Algeria-French Morocco (with arrowhead); Tunisia; Sicily (with arrowhead); Naples-Foggia (with arrowhead); Anzio (with arrowhead); Rome-Arno; Southern France (with arrowhead); Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe Vietnam: Defense; Counteroffensive; 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 1965-1966 Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1967-1968 |
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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. |
