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Lineage and Honors Information as of 25 June 2012

8th ENGINEER BATTALION
(THE TROJAN HORSE)

  • Constituted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army as the 1st Battalion Mounted Engineers
  • Company A organized 20 August 1916 at Twin Windmills, Mexico; Headquarters and Companies B and C organized 21 May 1917 at Camp Stewart, Texas
  • Reorganized and redesignated 29 July 1917 as the 8th Engineer Battalion
  • Assigned 27 November 1917 to the 15th Cavalry Division
  • Relieved 12 May 1918 from assignment to the 15th Cavalry Division
  • Assigned 27 July 1921 to the 1st Cavalry Division
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 June 1930 as the 8th Engineer Squadron
  • Reorganized and redesignated 15 March 1943 as the 8th Engineer Combat Squadron
  • Redesignated 25 March 1949 as the 8th Engineer Combat Battalion
  • Redesignated 10 March 1954 as the 8th Engineer Battalion
  • Inactivated 15 October 2005 at Fort Hood, Texas, and relieved from assignment to the 1st Cavalry Division
  • Activated 17 July 2007 at Fort Hood, Texas
  • (Organic elements inactivated 16 October 2007 at Fort Hood, Texas; Support Company concurrently constituted and activated)
  • Assigned 16 June 2014 to the 2d Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division (Support Company concurrently inactivated and lettered companies activated)

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

  • World War II
  • New Guinea
  • Bismarck Archipelago
  •    (with arrowhead)
  • Leyte (with arrowhead)
  • Luzon
  • 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
  • Vietnam
  • Defense
  • Counteroffensive
  • Counteroffensive, Phase II
  • Counteroffensive, Phase III
  • Tet Counteroffensive
  • Counteroffensive, Phase IV
  • Counteroffensive, Phase V
  • Counteroffensive, Phase VI
  • Tet 69/Counteroffensive
  • Summer-Fall 1969
  • Winter-Spring 1970
  • Sanctuary Counteroffensive
  • Counteroffensive, Phase VII
  • Southwest Asia
  • Defense of Saudi Arabia
  • Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
  • Cease-Fire
  • War on Terrorism
  •    Iraq:
  • Transition of Iraq
  • Iraqi Governance
  • (Additional campaigns to be determined)

Company A additionally entitled to:

  • Mexican Expedition
  • Mexico 1916-1917

DECORATIONS

  • Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered PLEIKU PROVINCE
  • Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered FISH HOOK
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered PACIFIC THEATER FEB-JUN 1944
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered PACIFIC THEATER JUL-DEC 1944
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1966
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1969
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2004-2005
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2011
  • Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
  • Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered WAEGWAN-TAEGU
  • Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953
  • Chryssoun Aristion Andrias (Bravery Gold Medal of Greece), Streamer embroidered KOREA
  • Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1969
  • Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1970
  • Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1970-1971
  • Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1970
  • Company A additionally entitled to:
  • Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered LOS NEGROS ISLAND
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered PACIFIC THEATER
  • Company B additionally entitled to:
  • Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 1991
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ APR-SEP 2004
  • Company C additionally entitled to:
  • Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered QUANG TIN PROVINCE

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History


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