Lineage and Honors Information as of 29 June 2010
557th ENGINEER DETACHMENT
Constituted 14 April 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 1448th Engineer Mobile Searchlight Maintenance Unit
Activated 20 May 1944 on New Guinea
Reorganized and redesignated 1 November 1944 as the 1448th Engineer Service Detachment
Redesignated 1 May 1945 as the 1448th Engineer Searchlight Maintenance Detachment
Inactivated 5 February 1946 in the Philippines
Redesignated 24 August 1950 as the 557th Engineer Technical Intelligence Team and allotted to the Regular Army
Activated 10 October 1950 at Fort Belvoir, Virginia
Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1954 as the 557th Engineer Detachment
Inactivated 15 September 1972 in Korea
Activated 1 August 1988 at Fort Hood, Texas
Inactivated 15 January 2002 at Fort Hood, Texas
Activated 16 October 2005 at Fort Hood, Texas
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
New Guinea
Luzon
Korean War
CCF Intervention
First UN Counteroffensive
CCF Spring Offensive
UN Summer-Fall Offensive
Second Korean Winter Third Korean Winter
Korea, Summer 1953
DECORATIONS
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1953-1954
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO
4 JULY 1945
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1951-1954
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
JEFFREY J. CLARKE
Chief of Military History