US Army Communications - Vietnam 1966 Staff Film Report 66-43B

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STAFF FILM REPORT 66-43B - U.S. ARMY COMMUNICATIONS - VIETNAM

STRATEGIC AND TACTICAL COMMUNICATIONS IWCS, IN-COUNTRY RADIO NETWORK, CABLE TRAFFIC, TELEPHONE AND TELETYPEWRITER SYSTEMS ADPS AND MSC-44 SATELLITE TRACKING STATION.

Originally a public domain film from the National Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.

The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and/or equalization (the resulting sound, though not perfect, is far less noisy than the original).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Signal_Brigade_(United_States)

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The 1st Signal Brigade ("First to Communicate") is a military communications brigade of the United States Army subordinate to the Eighth United States Army and 311th Signal Command in Hawaii, and located at Camp Humphreys in South Korea...

History

Vietnam War

The 1st Signal Brigade was activated on 1 April 1966 in the Republic of Vietnam. The brigade's mission in Vietnam was to originate, install, operate, and maintain a complex communication system that fused tactical and strategic communications in Southeast Asia under a single, unified command. The formation of the brigade brought together three signal groups that were already in South Vietnam.

At the peak of the Vietnam War the brigade consisted of more than 21,000 soldiers, in six Signal groups (including the 160th Signal Group), 22 signal battalions and several communications agencies, making the 1st Signal Brigade the largest signal unit in the U.S. Army at the time.

South Korea to present

In November 1972 the brigade was relocated to the Republic of Korea under the U.S. Army Strategic Communications Command. On 29 January 1973 the 1st Signal Brigade was reestablished by General Order 56 from HQ, USASTRATCOM. The brigade's mission in South Korea is to provide communications support to the United Nations Command, U.S. Forces Korea and the Eight U.S. Army. The brigade was also given the mission of installing, maintaining and operating the Defense Communications System in South Korea.

Subordinate units

1st Signal Brigade

Headquarters & Headquarters Company

36th Signal Battalion (Deactivated 2018)

41st Signal Battalion

304th Expeditionary Signal Battalion

Lineage

Constituted 26 March 1966 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Signal Brigade

Activated 1 April 1966 in Vietnam