A remastered illustration of the insignia for the 56th Signal Battalion from World War 2
On 1 February 1941, at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, the battalion was reactivated and spent the next seventeen months training in the United States. In accordance with signal doctrine of that time, units such as the 56th Signal Battalion were assigned the mission of providing communications for U.S. Army corps headquarters.
On 1 July 1942, the 56th Signal battalion embarked from New York aboard the transport ship "Argentina" en route to Northern Ireland. On D-Day, 6 June 1944, assigned to Fifth U.S. Corps, the battalion participated in initial amphibious landings on Omaha Beach, Normandy, France.
Printed on 80lb matte cover stock and sent in a flat mailer.
On 1 February 1941, at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, the battalion was reactivated and spent the next seventeen months training in the United States. In accordance with signal doctrine of that time, units such as the 56th Signal Battalion were assigned the mission of providing communications for U.S. Army corps headquarters.
On 1 July 1942, the 56th Signal battalion embarked from New York aboard the transport ship "Argentina" en route to Northern Ireland. On D-Day, 6 June 1944, assigned to Fifth U.S. Corps, the battalion participated in initial amphibious landings on Omaha Beach, Normandy, France.
Printed on 80lb matte cover stock and sent in a flat mailer.
