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"They went not for conquest and not for gain,
but only to protect the anguished and the innocent.
They suffered greatly and by their heroism
in a thousand forgotten battles they added a
luster to the codes we hold most dear:
duty, honor, country, fidelity, bravery, integrity. . . ."

William Sessions, former FBI director and a veteran of the Korean War

501st Communications Reconnaissance Group

501st CRGp: A Brief History

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The first ASA element to arrive in country was an 8-man Liaison Detachment from ASA Pacific, which deployed to the Republic of Korea in mid-September 1950. This was followed at the end of November by ASA Pacific (Advance) which absorbed the Liaison Detachment and took over its mission. Meanwhile, the 50th Signal Service Detachment, a communications security unit, had relocated from Japan to Korea in early October. At the end of October, the first sizeable ASA component, the 60th Signal Service Company, redeployed from Fort Lewis, Washington, to Korea.

On June 1951, the 303d Communication Reconnaissance Battalion had arrived and collocated with ASA Pacific (Advance) as the ASA command and control element in-theater. The 501st Communication Reconnaissance Group became operational in July, absorbing ASA Pacific (Advance) By mid--1952, the following structure was in place: 501st Communication Reconnaissance Group, 203d, 304th, and 301st Communication Reconnaissance Battalions, and the 330th, 352d, 326th, 329th, and 351st Communication Reconnaissance Companies. (The 50th Signal Service Detachment returned to Japan in May 1951; the 60th SSC had been redesignated as the 330th CRC; the 326th CRC was formerly the 126th Signal Service Company.)

Courtesy of Jim Gilbert INSCOM Historian

Headquarters Company - (Seoul)
Photo Courtesy of Bill Wetzel

501st CRG
by Bill Wetzel

The 'Unofficial' 501st CRG patch circa 1955

from David Clower
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501st ASA Korea 1950-1960 Chat Page
John Garrah

329th Communications Reconnaissance Company
(formerly the XX Signal Service Company)
4 Battle Stars, 2 Unit Citations 2 Presidential Unit Citations

330th Communications Reconnaissance Company
(formerly the 60th Signal Service Company).
Seoul, Korea

History of the
330th Communications Reconnaissance Company

352nd Communications Reconnaissance Company
(formerly the XX Signal Service Company).
Seoul, Korea

Medal of Honor Citations - Korean War
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The Korean War
From:"American Military History-chapter 25"
Center of Military History
United States Army
Washington, D.C., 1989

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United States Army in the Korean War
South to the Naktong
North to the Yalu
(June-November 1950)
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