143rd Armored Signal Company

                                The History of the 143^rd Armored Signal Company

The compny was activated on April 15^th 1941, as the 46^th Signal Company from a cadre of 92 men of teh 48^th Signal Company, Fort Benning Georgia. This cadre commanded by Captain B.R. Adams Jr. left for Camp Beauregard April 15, remaining there til June 11, pending completion of the company’s permanent headquarters at Camp Polk Louisiana.

By June 18^th the entire cadre had been transferred to Camp Polk and Awaited arrival of selectees assigned to the company.
The company’s name was changed to the 143^rd Armored Signal Armored Company.
With the reorganization of the 3^rd Armored Division on January 1^st 1942, the company was reorganized as the 143^rd Armored Signal Company under the command of Lieutenant Colonel F.G. Trew, personel numbering 9 officers and 247 enlisted men.

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