Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 06 September 2012
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS BATTALION
1st ARMORED DIVISION
(OLD IRONSIDES)
- Constituted 16 January 1932 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 7th Cavalry Brigade (Mechanized)
- Headquarters activated 1 March 1932 at Fort Knox, Kentucky; Headquarters Troop activated in December 1934 at Fort Knox, Kentucky
- Reorganized and redesignated 15 July 1940 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Armored Division
- Inactivated 25 April 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
- Activated 7 March 1951 at Fort Hood, Texas
- Reorganized and redesignated 16 June 2011 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 1st Armored Division
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- Tunisia
- Naples-Foggia
- Anzio
- Rome-Arno
- North Apennines
- Po Valley
- Southwest Asia
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- Cease-Fire
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- Iraqi Surge
- Iraqi Sovereignty
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
DECORATIONS
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2004
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007-2008
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2009-2010
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1995-1996
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History