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- 240th Signal Battalion
Constituted 28 December 1973 in the California Army National
Guard as the 240th Signal Battalion and assigned to the 40th
Infantry Division
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- Organized 13 January 1974 from existing
units in the Los Angeles area with Headquarters at Long Beach
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- (Location of Headquarters changed 24 September
1974 to Stanton; on 1 March 1981 to Long Beach)
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- HOME AREA: Los Angeles area
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- Campaign
Participation Credit
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- Headquarters Company (Long Beach) entitled
to:
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- World War II
- Normandy
Northern France
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe
- Korean War
- Second Korean Winter
Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
Third Korean Winter
Korea, Summer 1953
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- Company A (San Pedro) and Company C
(Long Beach) each entitled to:
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- World War II
- Bismarck Archipelago
Luzon (with arrowhead)
Southern Philippines
- Korean War
- Second Korean Winter
Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
Third Korean Winter
Korea, Summer 1953
- Decorations
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- Headquarters Company (Long Beach) entitled
to:
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- Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian
Army for action along the MEUSE RIVER
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation,
Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1954
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- Company A (San Pedro) and Company C
(Long Beach) each entitled to:
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- Philippine Presidential Unit Citation,
Streamer embroidered 17 October 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation,
Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation,
Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1954
- FOR THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
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- WILLIAM A. STOFFT
- Brigadier General, USA
- Chief of Military History
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- 21 July 1989
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