The 122nd Signal Battalion was constituted 1 July 1916 in the United States

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, then organized to

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in Texas on 10 October 1916. On 21 September 1917, the unit was assigned to the 2nd Infantry Division.

Campaign participation credit

* Philippine Insurrection: San Isidro * World War I: Aisne; Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Lorraine 1918; Ile de France 1918 * World War II: Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe * Korean War: UN Defensive; UN Offensive; CCF Intervention; First UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring Offensive; UN Summer-Fall Offensive; Second Korean Winter; Korea, Summer-Fall 1952; Third Korean Winter; Korea, Summer 1953

Decorations

* Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for WIRTZFELD, BELGIUM * Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for HONGCHON * Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for EUROPEAN THEATER * Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for KOREA 1950-1951 * French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I for AISNE-MARNE * French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I for MEUSE-ARGONNE * French Croix de Guerre, World War I, Fourragere * Belgian Fourragere 1940 * Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes * Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action on Elsenborn Crest * Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for NAKTONG RIVER LINE * Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for KOREA 1950-1953

References

Signal battalions of the United States Army Military units and formations established in 1916 {{ACMH