50th Signal Battalion

Letter of commendation fromVII Corps commander Lieutenant General J. Lawton Collins
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From the collection of William Stanley Thornton (Sergeant, U.S. Army, retired), 50th Signal Battalion.
Interview of William Stanley Thornton (Sergeant, U.S. Army, retired), 50th Signal Battalion, by the editor of the Mebane (North Carolina) Enterprise

The Ardennes: Battle fo the Bulge: Paper by William S. Thorton, July 21, 2000

50th links:

History of the 50th at the Army's Institute of Heraldry


Exercise Tiger: The 50th Signal Battalion that participated in this pre-Normandy exercise that was attacked by German naval units.

The Naval Historical Center

The Exercise Tiger National Commemorative Foundation


Cizewski, Lovetere, Musbach, & Robinson
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