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Lineage and Honors Information as of 6 September 2012

70th TRANSPORTATION DETACHMENT

  • Constituted 25 January 1921 in the Regular Army as the 71st Ordnance Company
  • Activated 10 February 1921 at Camp Benning, Georgia
  • Inactivated 30 September 1921 at Camp Benning, Georgia
  • Activated 13 February 1942 on New Caledonia
  • 1st Storehouse Section, 71st Ordnance Company, redesignated 14 June 1944 as the 71st Ordnance Depot Supply Platoon, Separate (remaining elements disbanded)
  • Inactivated 30 November 1945 in the Philippines
  • Redesignated 19 February 1947 as the 70th Ordnance Supply Detachment
  • Activated 15 March 1947 in Germany
  • Inactivated 20 October 1947 in Germany
  • Redesignated 24 February 1948 as the 70th Ordnance Service Detachment
  • Activated 15 March 1948 in the Philippines
  • Inactivated 22 July 1949 in the Philippines
  • Redesignated 16 December 1949 as the 70th Ordnance Automotive Maintenance Detachment
  • Activated 4 January 1950 at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland Inactivated 20 August 1951 at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland
  • Redesignated 8 January 1952 as the 70th Ordnance Army Aircraft Repair Detachment
  • Activated 7 February 1952 at Fort Knox, Kentucky
  • Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 2 November 1954 as the 70th Transportation Detachment
  • Inactivated 23 December 1955 at Fort Knox, Kentucky
  • Activated 22 November 1957 in Italy
  • Inactivated 24 June 1958 in Italy
  • Activated 24 June 1960 in Korea
  • Inactivated 25 March 1961 in Korea
  • Activated 21 September 1961 at Fort Eustis, Virginia
  • Inactivated 24 September 1962 at Fort Eustis, Virginia
  • Activated 17 December 1962 at Fort Eustis, Virginia
  • Inactivated 31 January 1964 at Fort Benning, Georgia
  • Activated 25 December 1968 in Vietnam
  • Inactivated 1 May 1972 in Vietnam
  • Activated 16 September 1979 in Germany
  • Inactivated 1 June 1993 in Germany
  • Activated 16 June 2000 at Fort Eustis, Virginia

Campaign Participation Credit

  • World War II
  • Leyte
  • Luzon
  • Vietnam
  • Advisory
  • 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
  •    Afghanistan:
  • Consolidation III
  •    Iraq:
  • National Resolution
  • Iraqi Surge

Decorations

  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2003
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007-2008
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2010-2011
  • 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


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