Lineage and Honors Information as of 12 November 2013
37th ENGINEER BATTALION
(EAGLE BATTALION)
- Organized 16 January 1918 in the National Army at Fort Myer, Virginia, as the 1st Battalion, 37th Engineer Regiment
- Demobilized in March 1919 at Camp Upton, New York
- Reconstituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as the 1st Battalion, 37th Engineers
- Activated 14 July 1941 at Camp Bowie, Texas
- Redesignated 1 August 1942 as the 1st Battalion, 37th Engineer Combat Regiment
- Reorganized and redesignated 18 March 1943 as the 37th Engineer Combat Battalion
- Inactivated 2 December 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
- Redesignated 28 October 1954 as the 37th Engineer Battalion
- Activated 17 December 1954 in Germany
- Inactivated 31 December 1958 in Germany
- Activated 16 August 1987 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
- Inactivated 15 September 2010 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
- Assigned 17 October 2013 to the 2d Brigade Combat Team, 82d Airborne Division, and activated at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War I
- St. Mihiel
- Meuse-Argonne
- World War II
- Normandy (with arrowhead)
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Central Europe
- Southwest Asia
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered NORMANDY
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2006-2007
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2009-2010
- French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered NORMANDY BEACHES
- Company B additionally entitled to:
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN DEC 2005-MAR 2006
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2001
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History
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