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55th Military Police Company

Lineage and Honors Information as of 25 January 2008

55th Military Police Company Lineage

Constituted 30 November 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 55th Military Police Company

Activated 1 December 1943 in Algeria

Inactivated 30 June 1946 in Italy

Activated 5 March 1947 in Korea

Inactivated 28 June 1949 in Korea

Allotted 16 October 1950 to the Regular Army and activated at the Presidio of San Francisco, California

Inactivated 30 June 1971 in Korea

Activated 1 October 1976 in Korea

55th Military Police Company Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II: Naples-Foggia; Rome-Arno

Korean War: CCF Intervention; First UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring Offensive; UN Summer-Fall Offensive; Second Korean Winter; Korea, Summer-Fall 1952; Third Korean Winter; Korea, Summer 1953

Decorations

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1952

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1954

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1952

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1953


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