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