Lineage and Honors Information as of 8 April 2011
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT
57th TRANSPORTATION BATTALION
(GALLANT SPARTANS)
Constituted 1 May 1936 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 2d Battalion, 26th Quartermaster Regiment
Activated 30 March 1942 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Reorganized and redesignated 20 June 1942 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 2d Battalion, 26th Quartermaster Truck Regiment
Reorganized and redesignated 15 December 1943 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 57th Quartermaster Battalion, Mobile
Inactivated 20 February 1946 in Japan
Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 57th Transportation Corps Truck Battalion
Redesignated 25 April 1966 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 57th Transportation Battalion
Activated 1 June 1966 at Fort Riley, Kansas
Inactivated 24 October 1972 at Travis Air Force Base, California
Activated 16 October 1999 at Fort Lewis, Washington
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
Luzon
Vietnam
Counteroffensive, Phase II
Counteroffensive, Phase III
Tet Counteroffensive
Counteroffensive, Phase IV
Counteroffensive, Phase V
Counteroffensive, Phase VI
Tet 69/Counteroffensive
Summer-Fall 1969
Winter-Spring 1970
Sanctuary Counteroffensive
Counteroffensive, Phase VII
Consolidation I
Consolidation II
Cease-Fire
War on Terrorism
Global War on Terrorism
Iraq:
Transition of Iraq
Iraqi Governance
National Resolution
Iraqi Surge
DECORATIONS
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1970
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO
4 JULY 1945
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History