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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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