103rd Signal Company

The most common form of communication that these men likely worked on were radios from the company to the divisional level of command. It is also possible however, that the men of the 103rd Signal Company might have worked with other communications systems and any encryption and decryption systems that the U.S Army used in the European Theater of Operations.

In most cases, the men of the 103rd Signal Company worked with radios and were often times “tasked out” or assigned to either the companies of the Infantry Regiments or other frontline units. Soldiers from the Signal Company who assigned to these sister units might have been expected to man or maintain the radios for the units they were assigned to, along with completing the tasks expected of an Infantry soldier on the frontlines. Soldiers from the 103rd Signal Company who were not “tasked out” worked to maintain the equipment and lines of communication from their company position.

During combat operations, units were required to submit a report of operations on a monthly basis. These were dubbed "Unit Journals" and have formed an integral part of the unit's history. Under “The War: Document Collection” tab, the 103rd Signal Company has a Unit Journal with a sometimes down to the minute description of their time in Europe and in combat. Along with these Unit Journals, the 103rd Signal Company created a narrative of the regimental combat operations, as well as casualty reports, awards, and maps of the regiments operations.

The 103rd Signal Company originally was not part of the 103rd Infantry Division in 1922. It was added when the 103rd was activated from the Reserves in November 1942. The soldiers of the 103rd Signal Company was to facilitate and keep open lines of communication, for the 103rd Infantry Division.

The Morning Reports for the 103rd Signal Company are available here.