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65th ORDNANCE COMPANY

 

Constituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as the 65th Ordnance Company

Activated 6 February 1941 at Savanna Ordnance Depot, Illinois

Redesignated 1 April 1942 as the 65th Ordnance Ammunition Company

Inactivated 2 November 1945 in Italy

Activated 24 June 1946 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
 
Redesignated 1 April 1954 as the 65th Ordnance Company

Inactivated 24 June 1955 in Korea

Activated 21 December 1956 at Sandia Base, New Mexico

Inactivated 1 April 1968 in Korea
 
Activated 20 September 1992 in Korea

Inactivated 15 December 2005 in Korea

Activated 16 October 2009 at Fort Wainwright, Alaska


CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

                                                        World War II
             Algeria-French Morocco
             Tunisia
             Naples-Foggia
             Rome-Arno

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

             War on Terrorism
             Campaigns to be determined

 

DECORATIONS

Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered INCHON

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1953

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

 

         

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

 

 

JEFFREY J. CLARKE
Chief of Military History


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