The 13th Psychological Operations Battalion (originally, the 13th Psychological Warfare Battalion (Enemy Prisoner of War)) is a Battalion in the United States Army Reserve.

History

It was established on 4 October 1961 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Co, 13th Psychological Warfare Battalion was activated on 15 November 1961 at

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. The 13th was redesignated on 20 December 1965 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 13th Psychological Operations Battalion. Army Radio Station WCSW-FM operated under its command. Most unit members rotated from Smoke Bomb Hill to Vietnam, Korea, Germany or elsewhere based on special MOS qualifications. Inactivated on 13 September 1972 at Fort Bragg. Withdrawn from the Regular Army, allotted to the

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and activated at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 30 October 1975. It was then relocated to

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on 1 January 1978; to Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 1 December 1979 and to Arden Hills, Minnesota on 16 January 1996.

Campaign streamers

The 13th POB was awarded Campaign streamers for the defense of

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and for the liberation of

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Conflicts

*Operation Iraqi Freedom (Iraq) *Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan) * Desert Shield/

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*Support of PSYOP/Vietnam 1968-69 *Vietnam 1967-70

References

{{reflist Military units and formations established in 1961 1961 establishments in North Carolina Psychological operations units and formations of the United States Army Cumberland County, North Carolina Military units and formations in Minnesota