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Lineage and Honors Information as of 23 December 2010

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165th MILITARY POLICE COMPANY
(WAR HAWKS)

 

Constituted 5 October 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 165th Military Police Prisoner of War Processing Company

Activated 25 October 1944 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas

Reorganized and redesignated 19 March1945 as the 165th Military Police Escort Guard Company

Inactivated 29 October 1945 at Vancouver Barracks, Washington

Allotted 27 September 1951 to the Regular Army

Activated 28 October 1951 in Korea

Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1953 as the 165th Military Police Company

Inactivated 25 April 1954 in Korea

Activated 24 March 1962 in Germany

Inactivated 15 October 1992 in Germany

Activated 16 October 2010 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas


CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

                                          Korea
                                          UN Summer-Fall Offensive
                                          Second Korean Winter
                                          Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
                                          Third Korean Winter
                                          Korea, Summer 1953

                                                              
DECORATIONS

Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1991-1992

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

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA, 1952-1953

           

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

 

 

PETER D. CREAN
COL, LG
Director, Center of Military History


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