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Special Troops Battalion, 2d Infantry Division

Lineage and Honors Information as of 16 July 2008

Special Troops Battalion, 2d Infantry Division Lineage

Constituted 2 August 1943 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, Special Troops, 2d Infantry Division

Activated 10 August 1943 at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin

Converted and redesignated 15 October 1948 as the 2d Replacement Company and assigned to the 2d Infantry Division

Reorganized and redesignated 20 June 1957 as the 2d Administration Company

Reorganized and redesignated 30 June 1972 as the 2d Adjutant General Company

Inactivated 29 September 1988 in Korea

Redesignated 16 June 2005 as Special Troops Battalion, 2d Infantry Division, and activated in Korea

Special Troops Battalion, 2d Infantry Division Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II: Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe

Korean War: UN Defensive, UN Offensive, CCF Intervention, First UN Counteroffensive, CCF Spring Offensive, UN Summer-Fall Offensive, Second Korean Winter, Korea, Summer-Fall 1952, Third Korean Winter, Korea, Summer 1953

Decorations

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered HONGCHON

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA

Belgian Fourragere 1940

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Elsenborn Crest

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered NAKTONG RIVER LINE

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA


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