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Lineage and Honors Information as of 29 June 2010

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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


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