Originally constituted on 16 December 1899 in the
Regular Army, as Company H, Signal Corps, and organized
in the Philippine Island, the unit received campaign credit
for the Philippine Insurrection. Company H returned to
Benicia Barracks, CA, on 15 March 1905, where it remained
for over ten years. During this time, the company provided
communications to the frontier areas of California, Washington,
Nebraska, Texas, and Arizona, primarily via telegraph.

The unit moved to Fort Sam Houston, TX, on 25 May 1915 where it
was consolidated with the 1st Provisional Company, Signal Corps,
as the 1st Telegraph Battalion. In October 1917, the battalion was
again designated as the 51st Telegraph Battalion. The battalion left
New York bound for France aboard the KAROA on 15 August 1918 as a
part of the American Expeditionary Forces. During World War I, the
battalion participated in the Champagne, Oise-Aisne, and Meuse-Argonne
Campaigns. After the war, the battalion was stationed at Fort Sam Houston,
TX, from 20 August 1919 until its inactivation on 24 September 1921.

The battalion was reactivated on 01 July 1940 at Fort Sheridan,
Illinois. After several exercises at Camp McCoy, WI; Camp Forrest,
TN; and Camp Robinson, AR, the battalion left New York on 27 December
1941 for Iceland, where it provided allied military and all communications
for nearly two years. From Iceland, the battalion moved to England,
where it prepared for the Normandy invasion. The battalion supported
the D-day assault forces on the morning of 6 June 1944 by establishing
communications from the VII Corps Headquarters to the 4th Infantry Division,
the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions, and the 9th Air Force. After
the breakout, the battalion supported to the 3rd Armored Division as
it raced across France, Belgium, and into Germany. During the war,
the battalion received credit for participating in the following
campaigns:
Normandy, Northern France, the Rhileland,
Ardennes Alsace, and Central Europe.

The battalion also received a Meritorious Unit
Commendation for the European Theater.

The battalion was again reactivated in responses to the Korean War
on 24 October 1951 and redesignated the 50th Signal Battalion (Corps).
Though it underwent a series of reorganizations during the fifties,
its mission was still to a part of the InterAmerican Peace Force
deployed to the Dominican Republic on 9 May 1965. There it received
yet another Meritorious Unit Commendation.

In March 1970, the battalion became a part of the 35th Signal Group,
which supported the XVIII Airborne Corps. The battalion was reorganized
and redesignated on 16 June 1983 as the 50th Signal Battalion
(Corps Command Operations) (Airborne). During Operation Urgent
Fury in Grenada, the battalion established the communications
link between 82nd Airborne Division and the commander of both the
XVIII Airborne Corps and U.S. Forces in Grenadian telegraph system as
well as in maintaining communications for the commander of the military
support element in Grenada. During Operations Just Cause in Panama,
the battalion provided communications to the 82nd Airborne Division,
JTF South, and the 7th Infantry Division.

The battalion was reorganized and redesignated on 01 February 1989
as the 50th Signal Battalion (Corps) (Forced Entry) (Airborne). The
battalion deployed to Saudi Arabia in August 1990 in support of
Operation Desert Storm and Desert Shield. This Operation Desert
Storm and the Battalion's subsequent redeployment April 1991.

The 50th Signal Battalion (Corps) (Forced Entry) (Airborne)
deployed to Haiti in September 1994 in support of JFT-180.
The 50th Signal Battalion was the first battalion to provide
Mobile Subscriber Equipment Communications aboard the USS MT Whitney.

Units: Fort Bragg, North Carolina
HHC
A Company
B Company
C Company
D Company
514th Signal Company