Lineage and Honors Information as of 16 June 2011
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT
56th SIGNAL BATTALION
Constituted 18 October 1927 in the Regular Army as the 56th Signal Battalion
Activated 1 February 1941 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
Inactivated 8 March 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment activated16 October 1991 in Panama
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
Normandy (with arrowhead)
Northern France
Rhineland
Ardennes‑Alsace
Central Europe
DECORATIONS
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER
Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2008-2009
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History