489th Transportation Company
Lineage and Honors Information as of 7 December 2004
489th Transportation Company Lineage
Constituted 14 August 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 489th Amphibian Truck Company
Activated 7 September 1944 in New Guinea
Inactivated 10 February 1946 in the Philippines
Allotted to the Organized Reserves 24 April 1947
Activated 7 May 1947 at Pensacola, Florida
Redesignated 21 October 1947 as the 489th Transportation Amphibious Truck Company
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Ordered into active military service 21 September 1950 at Pensacola, Florida
Reorganized and redesignated 5 December 1952 as the 489th Transportation Company
Released 25 February 1955 from active military service and reverted to reserve status
Ordered into active military service 1 October 1961 at Pensacola, Florida; released 3 August 1962 from active military service and reverted to reserve status
Location changed 1 July 1972 to Jacksonville, Florida
Reorganized and redesignated 16 June 2000 as the 489th Transportation Detachment
Reorganized and redesignated 16 September 2003 as the 489th Transportation Company
489th Transportation Company Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II-AP: New Guinea; Leyte
Decorations
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation for 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945