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Heraldic Items edit

Coat of Arms edit

Blazon edit

  • 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 edit

  • 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 edit

  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 edit

  • 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 edit

Honors edit

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT edit

  • 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 edit

  • 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 edit

  • 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.