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Lineage and Honors Information as of 23 August 2010

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55th SIGNAL COMPANY

 

Constituted 26 November 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 55th Signal Repair Company

Activated 20 December 1943 at Camp Cooke, California

Inactivated 19 April 1946 in Hawaii

Allotted 18 October 1950 to the Regular Army and activated in Korea

Inactivated 6 November 1951 in Japan

Redesignated 14 January 1957 as the 55th Signal Company

Activated 8 August 1957 in Korea

Inactivated 25 April 1960 in Korea

Activated 1 July 1965 in Thailand

Inactivated 1 July 1969 in Thailand

Activated 21 February 1975 at Fort Hood, Texas

Inactivated 15 September 1987 at Fort Hood, Texas

Activated 16 November 1993 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland


CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

                                                World War II
                                                Asiatic-Pacific Theater, Streamer without inscription

                                                Korean War
                                                UN Offensive
                                                CCF Intervention
                                                First UN Counteroffensive

                                                War on Terrorism
                                                Campaigns to be determined

 

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005

Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1995-1996

Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2008-2009

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1951

 

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

 

 

JEFFREY J. CLARKE
Chief of Military History


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