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Heraldic Items

Coat of Arms

Blazon

• Shield: Argent issuant from base four mountains Tenné, spanning each peak a flash Gules, in chief a bear's head erased Sable.
• Crest: None.
• Motto: WE GET THE MESSAGE THROUGH.

Symbolism

• Shield:

1. Orange and white are the colors of the Signal Corps.
2. The functions of the organization are implied by the four mountains representative of the state of activation, California, and connected by the signal or lightning flashes implying immediate contact.
3. The bear's head is added for design and further refers to the grizzly of California, heraldically symbolizing a policy equal to the great strength of the bear and anciently was employed as an emblem of ferocity in the protection of kindred.

• Crest: None.

Background

1. The coat of arms was originally approved for the 4th Armored Signal Battalion on 1943-02-19.
2. It was redesignated for the 4th Signal Battalion, Corps on 1953-03-20.
3. The coat of arms was redesignated for the 4th Signal Battalion (Corps) on 1955-03-15.

Distinctive Unit Insignia

• Description: A Silver metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned: Argent issuant from base four mountains Tenné, spanning each peak a flash Gules, in chief a bear's head erased Sable. Attached below the shield a Black scroll inscribed "WE GET THE MESSAGE THROUGH" in Silver letters.

• Symbolism:

1. Orange and white are the colors of the Signal Corps.
2. The functions of the organization are implied by the four mountains representative of the state of activation, California, and connected by the signal or lightning flashes implying immediate contact.
3. The bear's head is added for design and further refers to the grizzly of California, heraldically symbolizing a policy equal to the great strength of the bear and anciently was employed as an emblem of ferocity in the protection of kindred.

• Background:

1. The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 4th Armored Signal Battalion on 1943-02-19.
2. It was redesignated for the 4th Signal Battalion, Corps, on 1953-03-20.
3. The insignia was redesignated for the 4th Signal Battalion (Corps) on 1955-03-15.

LINEAGE

• Constituted 1942-08-27 in the Army of the United States as the 4th Signal Battalion.
• Activated 1942-09-05 at Camp Young, California.
• Redesignated 1942-12-01 as the 4th Armored Signal Battalion.
• Reorganized and redesignated 1944-06-20 as the 4th Signal Battalion.
• Inactivated 1945-09-29 in Germany.
• Activated 1946-01-15 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.
• Reorganized and redesignated 1949-09-27 as the 4th Signal Battalion, Corps.
• Allotted 1951-10-25 to the Regular Army.
• Reorganized and redesignated 1954-12-13 as the 4th Signal Battalion.
• Inactivated 1956-04-27 in Japan.
• Activated 1960-04-25 in Korea.
• Inactivated 1966-01-01 in Korea.
• Activated 1 May 1966 atthe US Military Academy at West Point, New York.

Honors

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

• World War II

1. Rhineland
2. Central Europe

• Korean War

1. UN Defensive
2. UN Offensive
3. CCF Intervention
4. First UN Counteroffensive
5. CCF Spring Offensive
6. UN Summer—Fall Offensive
7. Second Korean Winter
8. Korea, Summer—Fall 1952
9. Third Korean Winter
10. Korea, Summer 1953

DECORATIONS

• Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army),

1. Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER (4th Signal Battalion cited; GO 38, XIII Corps, 31 May 1945)
2. Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1951 (4th Signal Battalion, Corps, cited; DA GO 38, 1952)
3. Streamer embroidered KOREA 1951-1952 (4th Signal Battalion, Corps, cited; DA GO 53, 1952)
4. Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953 (4th Signal Battalion, Corps, cited; DA GO 55, 1953)

• Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation,

1. Streamer embroidered INCHON¬HUNGNAM (4th Signal Battalion cited; DA GO 8, 1952)
2. Streamer embroidered KOREA 1951-1954 (4th Signal Battalion, Corps, cited; DA GO 82, 1954)

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Appleman, Roy E. South to the Naktong, North to the Yalu: June—November 1950. United States Army in the Korean War. Washington, D.C.: Office of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, 1961.

• Company C, 4th Signal Battalion, European Theater of Operations. Hanover, Ger¬many: Gerbruder Janecke, 1945.

• Nall, Thomas, ed. History of the Fourth Signal Battalion. Bad Wildungen, Germany, 1945.

• "One if by Land," A Pictorial Story of the 4th Signal Battalion in Korea. Tokyo: Hosokawa Printing Company, 1952.

• Rios, Carol E. "Those Crazy Signal Joes." Army Communicator 12 (Winter 1987): 42-43. Title refers to nickname applied to battalion members during Korean War.

• Westover, John G. Combat Support in Korea. Washington, D.C.: Combat Forces Press, 1955.