440th Signal Battalion
"Road Runners"
As part of the restructuring of US forces in Europe and the transformation of the US Army as a whole, the 22nd Signal Brigade was inactivated on 22 May 2007. The remaining battalions assigned to the Brigade, the 32nd and 440th Signal Battalions, were also inactivated at that time.
The mission of the 440th Signal Battalion was to, on order, rapidly deploy to provide signal support to V Corps or other Headquarters in support of conventional or contingency operations.
The 440th Signal Battalion was originally constituted on 18 March 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 440th Signal Battalion. It was activated on 25 March 1942 at Geiger Field, Washington. The unit was reorganized and redesignated on 14 December 1942 as the 440th Signal Construction Battalion and on 23 July 1944 as the 440th Signal Heavy Construction Battalion. The unit participated in 4 campaigns of the Second World War: Papua, New Guinea, Leyte, and Luzon.
The Battalion subsequently served during the Korean War. On 23 May 1951 the Battalion was reorganized and redesignated as the 440th Signal Aviation Construction Battalion. During the Korean War the Battalion participated in 4 campaigns: CCF Intervention, First UN Counteroffensive, CCF Spring Offensive, and Korea Summer 1953. Company C, 440th Signal Battalion also participated in the UN Defensive and UN Offensive campaigns. The Battalion as a whole was inactivated on 16 May 1956 in Korea.
The unit was redesignated on 29 September 1961 as the 440th Signal Battalion and allotted to the Regular Army. It was reactivated on 1 October 1961 in Kaiserslautern, Germany. The unit moved to Darmstadt, Germany on 21 September 1972. On 16 April 1980, the Battalion was reassigned to V Corps as part of the 22nd Signal Brigade.
The 440th Signal Battalion participated in 2 missions to Bosnia supporting Operations Joint Endeavor, Joint Guard and Joint Forge.
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