97th Signal Battalion

The 97th Signal Battalion was first constituted on 3 February 1941 in the Regular Army and activated at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana. During World War II, the battalion provided critical communications support across the European Theater, notably participating in the Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe campaigns. After the war, the 97th Signal Battalion was stationed in Germany, serving during the Cold War as a vital link in U.S. Army Europe’s communications network. The unit was inactivated on 31 May 1993, having distinguished itself through decades of dedicated service in both war and peace.