Lineages and Honors of the California National Guard
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
 
Organized 13 January 1974 from existing units in the Los Angeles area with Headquarters at Long Beach
 
(Location of Headquarters changed 24 September 1974 to Stanton; on 1 March 1981 to Long Beach)
 
HOME AREA: Los Angeles area
 
Campaign Participation Credit
 
Headquarters Company (Long Beach) entitled to:
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

 

 
Company A (San Pedro) and Company C (Long Beach) each entitled to:
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
 
Headquarters Company (Long Beach) entitled to:
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

 

 
Company A (San Pedro) and Company C (Long Beach) each entitled to:
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:
 
 
WILLIAM A. STOFFT
Brigadier General, USA
Chief of Military History
 
 
21 July 1989

 

 
 
 
 
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