122d Signal Battalion
"Voice of the Warrior"
The 122d Signal Battalion installs, operates, maintains the Command and Control Communications systems for the 2nd Infantry Division, and manages the maintenance for the Division's Communications security equipment.
122nd Signal Battalion's inauguration began on 28 May 1899, as Company E to support forces during an insurrection in Manila in the Philippines. It has ties to the 2nd Infantry Division that began on 28 September 1917, when Company E and Company I were joined to form the 1st Telegraph Company. As the result of this activation and subsequent actions in the Philippines, the unit awards include the San Isidro Campaign Streamer.
For actions with the 2nd Infantry Division during World War I, six campaign streamers and the French Fourragere were awarded. Inclusive in the awards they received are the Aisne, Aisen-Marne, St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne, Lorraine and Ile de France. After World War I, the 2nd Signal Company was reassigned to Hoblenz, Germany. On July 1919, they deployed to garrison to Fort Sam Houston, Texas. On 23 April 1921, 2nd Signal Company grew to become the first Telegraph Battalion and on this day, they commemorated the Battalion's first official Organization Day. For the next 23 years, the 2nd remained in Texas. In 1937, the units in the battalion tested the first large mobile radio and message center and formally adopted the teletype machine for use at the division level.
As the 2nd Signal Company, the company deployed to Europe with the 2nd Infantry Division and conducted extensive training in Ireland to prepare for the allied invasion of the Europe. In June 1944, 2d Signal Company proceeded to do battle at Omaha Beach providing command and control communications for the 2nd Infantry Division during the Campaigns of Normandy, Northern France, the Rhineland, Ardennes, and Central Europe. As a result, the 2nd Signal Company earned two Presidential Citations, two Meritorious Unit Commendations, and 15 Campaign Streamers with the 2nd Infantry Division during World War II and the Korean War.
After World War II, the 2nd Signal Battalion returned to the United States and spent four years in training, which included testing new communication concepts for radio, jungle warfare, and arctic weather operations. On 8 July 1950, the unit deployed to Korea. They achieved through performance at the battle of Hongchon, the Presidential Unit Citation. Actions at the Naktong River forward line earned two Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citations and added a Streamer for overall superior performance. Recognition include the UN Defensive; UN Offensive; CCF Intervention; First UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring Offensive; UN Summer-Fall Offensive; Second Korean Winter; Korea Summer-Fall 1952; Third Korean Winter; and, the Korea Summer 1953.
The Battalion was activated as the 122d Signal Battalion, 2d Infantry Division at Fort Benning, Georgia and returned to Korea with the 2nd Infantry Division on 1 July 1965.
Company C, 122d Signal Battalion, is located at Camp Red Cloud, Korea, and is the Signal Support Company that consists of the Headquarters Platoon, Division Mobile Retransmission Teams, Five Multi-Channel TACSAT Systems, the Large Extension that supports the Division Rear Command Post, Battalion Cable Team and Casey 39, 2d Infantry Division's only fixed station retransmission site that supports the entire Division, CINC-USFK and Joint Security Area (JSA). It supports the 2d Infantry Division in MSE, FM and the long haul communications.
