Constituted 1 June 1959 in the Pennsylvania Army National Guard as 28th Aviation Company and assigned to the 28th Infantry Division; concurrently, organized and federally recognized at New Cumberland. Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 28th Aviation Battalion, and remained assigned to the 28th Infantry Division (organic elements concurrently organiz
ed from existing units). (Company A allotted 1 February 1968 to the Virginia Army National Guard and location of Headquarters concurrently changed to Harrisburg; Companies C and D allotted 1 September 1978 to the Virginia and North Carolina Army National Gurad, respectively.) Home Area: Pennsylvania (less elements in North Carolina and Virginia. CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT: Company A (Harrisburg) entitled to the following: (War with Spain) Puerto Rico (World War I): Champagne-Marne; Aisne-Marne; Ypres-Lys; Meuse-Argonne; Champagne 1918; Lorraine 1918; (World War II): Northern France. Company B (Reading entitled to the following: (War with Spain): Puerto Rico; (World War I): Champagne-Marne; Oise-Aisne; Meuse-Argonne; Champagne 1918; Lorraine 1918; (World War II): Naples-Foggia (with arrowhead); Tunisia; Rome-Arno; Rhineland. (Korean War): UN Summer-Fall Offensive; Second Korean Winter. Company C (Sandston, Virginia) entitled to the following: Civil War (Confederate Service): First Manassas; Peninsula; Sharpsburg; Fredericksburg; Chancellorsville; Gettlysburg; Wilderness; Spotsylvania; Cold Harbor; Petersburg; Shenandoah; Appomattox; Virginia 1861; Virginia 1862; Virginia 1863; Virginia 1864; Maryland 1862; Maryland 1863; Pennsylvania 1863. (World War II-EAME): Normandy (with arrowhead); Northern France; Rhineland; Central Europe. Company D (Morrisville, North Carolina) entitle to the following: (World War II): Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe. DECORATIONS: Company B (Reading) entitled to Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered DEFENSE OF KOREA (213th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion cited; DA GO 51, 1957). Company D (Morrisville, North Carolina entitled to Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered UNITED STATES and UNITED KINGDOM (Service Company, 120th Infantry, cited; GO 129, 30th Infantry Division, 1945). Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered UNITED KINGDOM and FRANCE (Service Company, 120th Infantry cited; GO 129, 30th Infantry Division, 1945). Belgian Fourragere 1940 (120th Infantry cited; DA GO43, 1950). Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in BELGIUM (120th Infantry cited; DA GO 43, 1950). Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the ARDENNES (120 Infantry cited; DA GO 43, 1950). COAT OF ARMS: SHIELD: Per fess azure and or, in chief a demi-pegasus rampant of the second and in base an arch gules. CRESTS: PENNSYLVANIA, NORTH CAROLINA and WEST VIRGINIA National Guard. MOTTO: WINGED SUPPORT The distinctive unit insignia redesignated for the 104th Aviaiton was originally approved for the 28th Aviaiton Battalion and amended to add a motto. The description and symbolism follows: DESCRIPTION: A gold color metal and enamel device consisting of a shield blazoned: Per fess azure and or, in chief a demi-pegasus rampant of the second and in base an arch gules. Attached below the shield a biparted gold scroll inscribed 'WINGED SUPPORT" in black letters. SYMBOLISM: The demi-pegasus alludes to and commemorates the badge of the former 28th Division Aviation. The arch sumbolizes aerial protective surveillance and the keysotne in the arch refers to Pennsylvania, the unit's immediate predecessor.
