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Lineage and Honors Information as of 2 October 2012

287th MILITARY POLICE COMPANY

  • Constituted 12 August 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 287th Military Police Company
  • Activated 14 August 1943 at Fort Custer, Michigan
  • Inactivated 25 January 1946 in the Philippine Islands
  • Allotted 24 August 1953 to the Regular Army
  • Activated 1 November 1953 in Germany
  • Inactivated 15 September 1994 in Germany
  • Activated 17 February 2008 at Fort Riley, Kansas

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

  • World War II
  • Normandy
  • Northern France
  • War on Terrorism
  •   Iraq:
  • Iraqi Sovereignty
  • (Additional campaigns to be determined)

DECORATIONS

  • Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1985-1987
  • Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1993-1994

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History


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