50th Signal Battalion
Lineage and Honors Information as of 28 March 2008
50th Signal Battalion Lineage
Constituted 16 December 1899 in the Regular Army as Company H, Signal Corps, and organized in the Philippine Islands
Reorganized and redesignated 15 November 1913 as Telegraph Company H, Signal Corps
Consolidated 19 September 1916 with the 1st Provisional Company, Signal Corps (organized 21 May 1916 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas), and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as the 1st Telegraph Battalion
Redesignated 1 October 1917 as the 51st Telegraph Battalion
Consolidated 8 March 1921 with the 52d Telegraph Battalion (organized 19 October 1916 at Columbus, New Mexico, and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as the 50th Signal Battalion
Inactivated 24 September 1921 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas
Activated 1 July 1940 at Fort Sheridan, Illinois
Inactivated (less Company B) 15 December 1945 in Germany (Company B inactivated 23 April 1946 in Germany)
Redesignated 27 September 1951 as the 50th Signal Battalion, Corps
Activated 24 October 1951 in Japan
Reorganized and redesignated 20 December 1954 as the 50th Signal Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 15 May 1957 as the 50th Airborne Signal Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 15 December 1958 as the 50th Signal Battalion
50th Signal Battalion Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
Philippine Insurrection: Streamer without inscription
World War I: Oise-Aisne; Meuse-Argonne; Champagne 1918
World War II: Normandy (with arrowhead); Northern France; Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
Armed Forces Expeditions: Dominican Republic
Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
War on Terrorism: Iraq
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for EUROPEAN THEATER
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2004-2005
Company B additionally entitled to:
Valorous Unit Award, Steamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2003
Company C additionally entitled to:
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for IRAQ 2003