297th Transportation Company
Lineage and Honors Information as of 11 June 2002
297th Transportation Company Lineage
Constituted 18 September 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 378th Transportation Corps Service Company
Activated 25 November 1944 at Camp Gordon Johnston, Florida
Redesignated 1 December 1944 as the 378th Transportation Corps Harbor Craft Company
Disbanded 1 June 1945 in the Philippine Islands
Reconstituted 24 December 1947 in the Organized Reserves as the 297th Transportation Port Company
Activated 14 January 1948 at Boston, Massachusetts
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Inactivated 22 June 1949 at Boston, Massachusetts
Activated 15 April 1952 at Boston, Massachusetts
Redesignated 25 September 1953 as the 297th Transportation Company
Inactivated 30 June 1959 at Boston, Massachusetts
Withdrawn 1 June 1966 from the Army Reserve and allotted to the Regular Army; concurrently activated at Fort Lewis, Washington
Inactivated 20 March 1972 in Vietnam
Activated 16 April 2000 at Fort Hood, Texas
297th Transportation Company Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II - AP: Leyte
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
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1966-1968
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1968-1971
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation for 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1965-1971