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Headquarters and Headquarters Company
46th Support Group

Lineage and Honors Information as of 8 August 2002

Headquarters and Headquarters Company
46th Support Group Lineage

Constituted 1 May 1936 in the Regular Army as the 46th Quartermaster Regiment

Activated 1 April 1942 with Headquarters at Camp San Luis Obispo, California

Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1942 as the 46th Quartermaster Truck Regiment

Regiment broken up 5-19 December 1943 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment on 9 December 1943 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 46th Quartermaster Group

(Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 1st Battalion on 19 December 1943 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 46th Quartermaster Battalion, Mobile; Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 2d and 3d Battalions on 5 December 1943 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 69th and 121st Quartermaster Battalions, Mobile, respectively; Companies A - M as 3481st - 3492d Quartermaster Truck Companies, respectively - hereafter separate lineages)

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 46th Quartermaster Group, inactivated 13 May 1946 in Germany

Redesignated 1 July 1966 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 46th Direct Support Group

Activated 26 July 1966 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts

Reorganized and redesignated 18 March 1968 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 46th General Support Group

Reorganized and redesignated 1 December 1970 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 46th Support Group

Headquarters and Headquarters Company
46th Support Group Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II: Tunisia; Sicily; Rome-Arno; Rhineland; Central Europe

Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Cease-Fire

Decorations

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for SOUTHWEST ASIA


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