59th Signal Battalion

The 59th Signal Battalion was originally constituted on 10 November 1941 in the Regular Army as the 59th Signal Battalion. Activated on 1 June 1942 at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, the unit provided critical communications support in the European Theater during World War II, including campaigns in Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe. Following the war, the battalion underwent several reactivations and inactivations, eventually being stationed in Alaska to provide signal support to U.S. Army forces in the region. Today, the 59th Signal Battalion continues its mission of delivering robust and secure communications, ensuring operational readiness and command and control capabilities across the U.S. Army Alaska area of responsibility.