Lineage and Honors Information as of 17 October 2011
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY
2d ENGINEER BRIGADE
Constituted 12 June 1942 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Engineer Amphibian Brigade
Activated 20 June 1942 at Camp Edwards, Massachusetts
Redesignated 10 May 1943 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Engineer Special Brigade
Redesignated 26 June 1952 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d
Amphibious Support Brigade, and allotted to the Regular Army
Inactivated 24 June 1955 in Japan
Redesignated 18 October 1956 as Command Headquarters, 2d Engineer Amphibious Support Command
Activated 13 November 1956 at Fort Belvoir, Virginia
Inactivated 25 August 1965 at Fort Story, Virginia
Redesignated 10 September 2009 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Engineer Brigade
Activated 16 September 2011 at Fort Richardson, Alaska
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
New Guinea
Leyte (with arrowhead)
Korean War
UN Defensive
UN Offensive
CCF Intervention
First UN Counteroffensive
CCF Spring Offensive
UN Summer-Fall Offensive
DECORATIONS
Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered INCHON
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO
4 JULY 1945
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered INCHON-HUNGNAM
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1952
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History