Felix & World War 2
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Signal
Units in the Normandy Campaign
June 6
to July 24, 1944
107
Signal Units, 19 divisional and 88
non-divisional from the First and Third U.S. Armies, Army Air
Force, and Army Service Forces with Normandy Campaign Participation
Credit have been identified as of the date of the last modification of
this page.
A list of Signal Units in the Normandy Campaign does not appear to be readily available. This list was compiled to help search for Felix A. Cizewski's unit. After I identified Felix's unit (Co. C, 3110th Signal Service Battalion), I kept the list and continue to maintain it as it does not seem to be readily available in one place anywhere else and as a way to preserve and share the service and memory of WW2 Signalmen including those like my late father who served in non-divisional units. Signal Units in the initial Normandy landings and divisional units in the Normandy Campaign were found in various readily accessible sources. The non-divisional units were found primarily in the Unit Citation and Campaign Participation Register. Veterans, their families, and unit historians have contacted me with additions and corrections which I welcome and for which I am very grateful. "Signal Corps troops for the invasion constituted, all in all, the largest gathering of signalmen yet assembled for combat. FUSA's (First United States Army) Signal Corps men alone totaled 13,420 men, including three joint assault signal companies (JASCO's) , the recently devised units containing both Army and Navy communicators. Besides these troops, the FUSA list included 11 division signal companies, 2 of them airborne and 2 serving with armored divisions; 3 signal battalions; a signal operations battalion and a signal operations company; 3 construction battalions and 2 separate construction companies; a photographic company; a repair company; a depot company; a radio intelligence company; a pigeon company; and a number of smaller detachments, some American and some British. Among these were traffic analysis units, an air liaison squadron, a signal intelligence supply unit, and an enemy equipment intelligence service (EEIS) detachment. In addition, the troop list included three companies designated as signal service companies that actually were special units to perform signal intelligence functions at corps level." The 13, 420 First U.S. Army signalman were in at least 33 signal units. Of these, about 18 landed in the initial assault. From CHAPTER III: The Signal Corps in the ETO to Mid-1944, The Signal Corps: The Outcome |
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Normandy assault landing credit | |||||
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Meritorious Unit Commendation | |||||
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2nd Signal Battalion | Elements of the 2nd Signal
Battalion were in the initial assault landing. Company C landed on
D+10. Source: Sgt. Robert Davis, Co. C. |
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| 2 |
3rd Signal Center Detachment or Team | |||||
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6th Signal Center Liaison Team | |||||
| 4 |
17th Signal Operations Battalion | Constituted 1 November 1942,
activated
30 November 1942 at Camp Crowder, Missouri; + Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe, Northern France, & Rhineland. |
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26th Signal Construction Battalion | |||||
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29th Signal Construction Battalion | Constituted on 20 March, 1942 & activated on 10 April, 1942 at Camp Gordon, GA; arrived in France on D+11. | ||||
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32nd Signal Construction Battalion | Organized 20 March 1943 as the 32d Signal Construction Company at Chicago, Illinois; Activated at Camp Crowder, Missouri on 25 March 1943 as the 32d Signal Construction Battalion; shipped to Europe on 27 February 1944; landed at Normandy on 8 June 1944;19 May 1945 shipped to Okinawa.and deactivated. | ||||
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33d Signal Construction Battalion | Trained at Camp McCain, Mississippi; departure U.S. 9 February 1944 on the British Ship Andes; debarked at Liverpool, England; landed at Utah Beach, Cherbourg Peninsula, on July 7, 8, and 9, 1944, | ||||
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34th Signal Light Construction Battalion | |||||
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35th Signal Construction Battalion | + Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe, Northern France, & Rhineland. | |||
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36th Signal Heavy Construction Battalion | Formed 25 May 1943 at Camp Crowder, MO, activated 1 March
1944. + Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe, Northern France, & Rhineland. Constructed a 1,600 foot open-wire span over the Rhine River in eleven days, one of the world's largest open wire spans. |
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38th
Signal Construction Battalion |
Landed on Omaha Beach on D + ?; |
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40th Signal Construction Battalion |
African American. Constituted 31 July 1942, activated 21 September 1942 Camp Campbell, Kentucky, departed for England 12 January 1944, arrived in France 30 days after the initial D-Day landings, performed cable construction. | ||||
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50th Signal
Battalion |
Formed at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin
in 1940. The battalion was in support of the VII Corps, under the command of LTG J. Lawton Collins, First US Army. The battalion participated in preinvasion exercises (notably Exercise Tiger) and the landing on Utah Beach, then the isolation of the Cotentin Peninsula and the capture the port of Cherbourg. The battalion ended the war in Leipzig,Germany before VE day. Source: Bill Thornton, veteran of the 50th Signal Battalion |
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56th Signal Battalion | Photo album of training in England and service in Europe | |||
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59th Signal Battalion | |||||
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69th Signal Battalion. | The 69th Signal
Battalion originated at Camp McCain, Mississippi..On 13 August 1942, it
was constituted and then activated on 15 December 1942, as an affiliate
unit sponsored by the Ohio Bell Telephone Company. On 19 July 1944, the
unit landed on Utah Beach and joined the recently activated XX Corps of LTG George S. Patton's Third US
Army, as the Corps Signal Battalion. As part of XX Corps, the battalion advanced across Central Europe through France to the heart of Germany and then southward to Austria, a distance of over 750 miles in 281 days. This pace resulted in an average of one command post displacement every three days. Though often forced to fight as infantry, the battalion accomplished its mission of providing Corps Headquarters with communications support. After VE-Day, the battalion continued to serve XX Corps in its occupation role in Bavaria. The battalion returned to inactive status on 20 April 1946. |
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92nd Signal Battalion | XV Corps: Arrived in Ireland January 9, 1944 | ||||
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113th
Signal Radio Intelligence Company (SRIC) ** |
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118th
Signal Radio Intelligence Company (SRIC) ** |
Activated May 9, 1942,
Camp Forrest, Tullahoma, TN, in Great Britain, January 29, 1944, landed
on Utah Beach July 15, 1944 Third Army (Patton) |
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165th Signal Photographic Company | ||||
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175th
Signal Repair Company |
Source: Unit Citation and Campaign Participation Register. | |||
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179th Signal Repair Company | ||||
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208th Signal Depot Company | ||||
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215th Signal Depot Company | ||||
| 26 |
216th Signal Depot Company |
+ Northern France; Rhineland;
Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe Constituted 11 May 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 216th Signal Depot Company Activated 25 January 1943 at the Lexington Signal Depot, Avon, Kentucky |
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221st Signal Depot Company |
+ Northern France; Rhineland Constituted 3 November 1941 in the Regular Army as the 221st Signal Depot Company Activated 14 August 1943 at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey |
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240th Signal Battalion | ||||
| 29 |
255th
Signal Construction Company |
+ Central Europe, Northern France, & Rhineland. | ||||
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268th
Signal Heavy Construction Company |
Activated on
1
September 1943 at Camp Crowder, MO. + Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe. Northern France, and Rhineland. |
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270th Signal
Heavy Construction Company |
+ Central
Europe, Northern France, & Rhineland. Activated 1 September 1943 at Camp Crowder, Missouri Reorganized and redesignated 15 February 1944 as the 270th Signal Heavy Construction Company |
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282nd Signal Pigeon Company | + Northern France,
Ardennes-Alsace, Rhineland and Central Europe. Advance party landed on Omaha Beach on June 12, 1944 (D-Day plus 6) and the rest of the company arrived July 9, 1944. Constituted 11 May 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 282d Signal Pigeon Company Activated 28 October 1942 at Camp Crowder, Missouri Organic to First Army headquarters.Source: John Alosi, son of a late veteran of the company. |
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286th Joint Assault Signal Company | For the
Normandy Invasion, the 286th JASCO worked under the 1st ESB
(Utah Beach), the 294th JASCO was attached to the 5th ESB (Omaha
Beach),
while the 293d JASCO operated under the 6th ESB (Omaha Beach) |
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293d Joint
Assault Signal Company |
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294th Joint Assault Signal Company | ||||
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298th Signal
Installation Company |
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302d Signal Battalion | 12th Army Group |
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303d Signal
Operations Battalion |
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321th Signal Company | |||||
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324th Signal Company | Activated at Camp Pinedale, California on 10 January 1943 | ||||
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332d Signal
Company, Wing |
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324th Signal Company, Wing | + Central Europe, Northern France, & Rhineland. | ||||
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334th Signal Company, Wing |
+ Northern France; Rhineland; Central Europe Constituted 6 January 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 334th Signal Company, Wing Activated 10 January 1943 at Pinedale, California |
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392d Signal Company, Air Force |
+ Northern France; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe Constituted 23 July 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 392d Signal Company, Aviation Activated 1 August 1942 at MacDill Field, Florida Redesignated 16 January 1944 as the 392d Signal Company, Air Force Reorganized and redesignated 26 August 1944 as the 1709th Signal Service Battalion |
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394th Signal Company | |||||
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395th Signal Company | ||||
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433d Signal Construction Battalion | + Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe, Northern France, & Rhineland. | |||
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438th Signal
Heavy Construction
Battalion |
+ Central Europe, Northern France, & Rhineland. | |||
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447th Signal Construction Battalion, Aviation | + Central Europe, Northern
France, & Rhineland. Constituted 10 August 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 447th Signal Construction Battalion, Aviation Activated 29 August 1942 at Dale Mabry Field, FloridaReorganized and redesignated 5 October 1944 as the 447th Signal Heavy Construction Battalion |
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448th Signal Heavy Construction Battalion | ||||
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459th Signal Heavy Construction Battalion | +Northern France and Central Europe | ||||
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461th Signal Heavy Construction Battalion | |||||
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555th Signal Air Warning Battalion | Unit Citation and Campaign Participation Register does not list Normandy Assault Landing Credit. | |||
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563d Signal Air Warning Battalion | + Ardennes-Alsace, Central
Europe, Northern France, & Rhineland. |
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564th Signal Air Warning Battalion | + Central Europe, Northern
France, & Rhineland |
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566th Signal Air Warning Battalion | + Ardennes-Alsace, Central
Europe, Northern France & Rhineland. |
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577th Signal
Depot Company |
+ Northern France &
Rhineland. |
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579th Signal Depot Company | + Ardennes-Alsace, Central
Europe, Northern France, & Rhineland. |
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581st Signal Depot Company | + Northern France &
Rhineland. |
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582d Signal Depot Company | + Northern France. | ||||
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593rd Signal Company | Activated in June 1941 at
Fort Ord,
California. + Northern France and Rhineland. |
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| 62 |
816th Signal
Port Service Company |
+ Northern France. | ||||
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819th Signal Port Service Company | + Northern France. | ||||
| 64 |
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926th
Signal Battalion * |
* Assault landing credit for 1st
Platoon, Co. C. On D-day, 926th Signal Battalion radio operators communicated from landing ships with the 8th and 9th Air Force headquarters in England and landed on D-day+2. + Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe, Northern France & Rhineland. |
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980th
Signal Service Company *** |
+ Ardennes-Alsace, Central
Europe, Northern France, & Rhineland. |
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990th Signal
Port Company |
+ Northern France. |
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999th Signal Service Company | + Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe, Northern France, & Rhineland. | ||||
| 68 |
1028th
Signal Company |
+ Northern France, & Rhineland. | ||||
| 69 |
1053d
Signal Company, Service Group |
+ Central Europe, Northern France, & Rhineland. | ||||
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1071st Signal Company | + Central Europe, Northern France, & Rhineland. | ||||
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1091th Signal Company, Service Group | + Central Europe, Northern France, & Rhineland. | ||||
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1106th Signal Company, Service Group | + Northern France. | ||||
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1109th Signal Company, Service Group | + Central Europe, Northern France, & Rhineland. | ||||
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1147th Signal Company | + Northern France, & Rhineland. | ||||
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1709th Signal Service Battalion | + Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe, Northern France. | ||||
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3103d Signal Service Battalion | Constituted 1 September 1943,
activated 20 December 1943 at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. + Central Europe, Northern France, & Rhineland. |
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3104th
Signal
Service Battalion * |
Activated Feb.1, 1944, Ft.
Monmouth, NJ. * Ardennes-Alsace Co. C only. * Rhineland Co. A only + Northern France |
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3111th Signal Service Battalion | Activated on 1 February 1944 at Eastern Signal Corps School., Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. | ||||
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3112th Signal Service Battalion | Constituted on 26 January 1944, activated on 1 February 1944 at Eastern Signal Corps School,.Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. | ||||
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3132nd
Signal
Service Company |
+ Ardennes-Alsace, Central
Europe, Northern France, & Rhineland. Trained separately at the Army Experimental Station in Pine Camp, New York, where it pioneered in the development of "sonic deception" techniques.Does not match description of Felix's service: driving and repairing trucks & construct communication lines. |
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| 82 |
3159th
Signal Service Battalion, Inspection and Maintenance Team No. 4. |
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3250th
Signal Service Company (RI) *** |
Men
trained at Camp Crowder, Missouri and sent to Britain on the same ship
as Felix were formed into the 3250th, 3251st, 325d, and 3253d Signal
Service Companies. 3250th: + Central Europe, Northern France, & Rhineland. Organized 1 April 1944 & constituted 12 April 1944 in England; Normandy with arrowhead, the only SIGINT (Signal Intelligence) unit to be awarded assault landing credit for the Normandy. V Corps (3rd Army - Patton, 12th Army Group) Inactivated 13 March 1946 in France. http://www.nasaa-home.org/history/lineage/204.htm History of the 3250th Indicates company strength was about 116 men. Suffered 21 casualties which equaled 18% of the unit. 3251st: Constituted and activated in England; the National Personnel Records Center found no entries for Felix in this unit's morning reports for April and May, 1944. Landed on Utah Beach on D+4. + Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe, Northern France, & Rhineland. VII Corps (1st Army, 12th Army Group) 3252d: Activated in England on 1 April 1944; landed on Omaha Beach on D+5. + Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe, Northern France, & Rhineland. XIX Corps (1st or 9th Army, 12th Army Group) 3253d: Constituted 12 April 1944; activated 25 April 1944 in England; + Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe, Northern France, & Rhineland. XV Corps (3rd Army - Patton, 12th Army Group until 29 Sept., then 7th Army) |
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3251st
Signal Service Company (RI) *** |
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| 85 |
3252d
Signal Service Company (RI) *** |
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| 86 |
3253d Signal
Service Company (RI) *** |
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3254th
Signal
Service Company (RI) *** |
+ Ardennes-Alsace, Central
Europe, Northern France, & Rhineland. VIII Corps (Patton). |
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| 88 |
3264th
Signal
Service Company * |
* Normandy: Photo Det. No. 51
only + Central Europe, Northern France, * Assault landing credit, Wesel, Germany, 26 Mar 45, Photo Det. No. 62 only. |
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| Total Non-Divisional Units |
88 |
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| Divisional Units |
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1st Signal Company, 1st Infantry Division | ||||
| 2 |
2nd Signal Company, 2nd Infantry Division. | |||||
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4th Signal Company, 4th Infantry Division | ||||
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5th
Signal Company, 5th
Infantry Division. |
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8th
Signal Company, 8th
Infantry Division. |
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9th Signal Company, 9th Infantry Division. | |||||
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28th Signal Company, 28th Infantry Division. | |||||
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29th Signal Company 29th Infantry Division | ||||
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30th
Signal Company, 30th Infantry Division. |
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35th
Signal Company,35th Infantry Division. |
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79th Signal Company, 79th Infantry Division. | |||||
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82d Airborne Signal Company 82d Airborne Division | ||||
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83rd Signal Company, 83d Infantry Division. | |||||
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90th Signal Company 90th Infantry Division | ||||
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101st Airborne Signal Company, 101st Airborne Division | ||||
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142d Armored Signal Company, 2d Armored Division. | |||||
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143d Armored Sig Co, 3d Armored Division. | |||||
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144th Armored Signal Co 4th Armored Division. | |||||
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146th Armored Signal Co, 6th Armored Division. | |||||
| Total Divisional Units |
19 |
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| Total All Signal Units |
107 |
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Lovetere, Musbach, & Robinson Family History Ibiblio Index © 2006 Leonard H. Cizewski Last Modified on August 8, 2008 |
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