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40th Signal Battalion (Const)
160th Signal Group

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Battalion History (1952-1956)

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Battalion History
1952 - 1956
40th Signal Bn (Const) DUI
The 40th Signal Construction Battalion was activated on 19 September 1950 at Camp Gordon, Georgia. The battalion departed for Germany on 17 January 1952 and was attached to the 160th Signal Group in support of Seventh Army.

on 1 October 1953, the battalion was reorganized and redesignated as the 40th Signal Battalion (Const).

The battalion remained in Germany until April 1956 when it was replaced by the 25th Sig Bn (Const) as part of the GYROSCOPE program.


List of officers and mess personnel, 40th Sig Bn, Karlsruhe,
from a Christmas menu, 1953
 
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