U.S. Army Signal Corps Building
Brackettville, Kinney County, Texas
Marker Inscription
This building served as the communications center for Fort Clark from 1932-1944. The Building is of tile brick construction with a veneer of irregular cut field stone. The original footprint was enlarged c. 1940 to accommodate barracks for enlisted soldiers. During World War II mobilization, the 3rd Signal Troop of the 2nd Cavalry Division and the Signal Detachment of the 1855th Service Company shared this building and maintained the post telephone system, Army training film library, post photo lab, and other essential equipment. The Signal Corps detachment were the last troops to leave Fort Clark when it was closed on August 28, 1944.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
From 1932 to 1944 this stone-veneered building was Fort Clark's communications nerve center, later expanded to house enlisted barracks. During World War II mobilization the 3rd Signal Troop of the 2nd Cavalry Division and a Signal Detachment ran the post telephone system, film library, and photo lab from here. When Fort Clark closed on August 28, 1944, the Signal Corps soldiers were the very last troops to march out.
Why it matters
The unglamorous work of wiring, filming, and connecting a wartime post shows how modern communications became as essential to the Army as horses and rifles once were.
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