Special Troops Battalion
3d Infantry Division
Lineage and Honors Information as of 19 December 2007
Special Troops Battalion
3d Infantry Division Lineage
Constituted 12 October 1943 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, Special Troops, 3d Infantry Division
Activated 16 June 1944 in Italy
Converted and redesignated 10 January 1949 as the 3d Replacement Company and assigned to the 3d Infantry Division
Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1957 as the 3d Administration Company
Reorganized and redesignated 21 May 1972 as the 3d Adjutant General Company
Inactivated 30 September 1985 in Germany
Redesignated 16 May 2004 as Special Troops Battalion, 3d Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Stewart, Georgia
Special Troops Battalion
3d Infantry Division Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Rome-Arno; Southern France (with arrowhead); Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
Korean War: 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
War on Terrorism: Iraq
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered COLMAR
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered COLMAR
French Croix de Guerre, World War II, Fourragere
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered UIJONGBU CORRIDOR
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered IRON TRIANGLE
Chryssoun Aristion Andrias (Bravery Gold Medal of Greece), Streamer embroidered KOREA