While researching Signal Units with Normandy Campaign Participation credit, histories of other Signal Units who provided significant support for D-Day and the Normandy Campaign. Since they served in England outside of the geographic area of the Normandy Campaign, they were not awarded Campaign Participation credit. | |||
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114th Signal Radio Intelligence Company |
Northern France, Rhineland Ardennes-Alsace
(Battle of the Bulge), and Central Europe Campaigns and
Occupation of Germany from 2 May to 27 December, 1945. |
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2d Platoon, 280th Signal Pigeon Company | Established
and maintained a pigeon-breeding and replacement center
at Tidworth, England. These pigeons were among those used in the Normandy and other campaigns. |
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3103d Signal Service Battalion, 12th Army Group | Constituted
1 September 1943, activated 20 December 1943 at Fort
Monmouth, New Jersey. Meritorious Unit Commendation for service in England in preparation for and support of D-Day and the Normandy Campaign. "3103th Signal Service Battalion, set up in southeast England, helped deflect German resistance to the landing. By simulating a radio net, the 3103th did its part to convince the Germans the real invasion site wouldn't be Normandy but in Pas-de-Calais." Central Europe, Northern France, & Rhineland. |
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Companies A & B, 3110th Signal Service Battalion | Constituted 4 December
1943; activated 27 Dec 43 at Ft Monmouth, NJ Meritorious Unit Commendation for service in England in preparation for and support of D-Day and the Normandy Campaign. + Northern France & Central Europe Communication Zone (COMZ), European Theater of Operation. |
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WAC
3341st Signal Service Battalion Signal Corps and WAC
Detachment, Headquarters Command, European Theater of
Operations |
MUC: WAC Detachment, Headquarters Command, European Theater of Operations |
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Victory
(in Normandy) depended on a great many things...(Among
the) explanations (that) stand out above the rest....is
the inestimable value of air power to the invading
armies in every field of war--supply,reconnaissance,
battlefield support, and the bombing of enemy supplies
and communications. The impact of Allied aircraft was
magnified many times by the successful defeat of the
Luftwaffe over Germany in the first half of 1944, and
the the destruction of German oil supplies. Aircraft
gave the Allies a striking power on the battlefield that
artillery alone could not supply. One Germany commander
calculated that 50 percent of his losses were caused by
bombing (emphasis added). German troops were worn
down by shock and fire and were demoralised by the
overwhelming air superiority of the enemy. Air attacked
prevented the German fores from every seizing the
initiative and dictated German front-line tactics. Richard Overy, Why the Allies Won, W. W. Norton & Company;1996, pages 178-179 Supporting every air crew were ten to twelve support troops both men and women. Among those were member of Signal Corps units. Normandy Campaign Participation Credit for aviation units was given to units that served in the air over Nazi occupied Europe or were deployed to France between June 5 and July 24, 1944.The Signal Corps units in England supporting air crews over Normandy do not have Normandy Campaign Participation Credit. This section will list them as the Unofficial Archive becomes aware of them. |
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Signal Corp Unit | Army Air Force Unit Affiliation | Notes |
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418th Signal Company | VIII Fighter Command | Rhineland
Campaign Raymond H. Pierce has Air Campaign Europe Campaign Participation Credit for service as a radio operator aboad aircraft. Source: Raymond H. Pierce.granddaughter Alicia Donathan |
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