Lineage and Honors Information as of 31 January 2012
656th TRANSPORTATION COMPANY
- Constituted 10 April 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 717th Quartermaster Truck Company
- Activated 27 April 1942 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Reorganized and redesignated 25 September 1942 as the 1923d Quartermaster Truck Company, Aviation
- Inactivated 14 November 1945 at Robins Field, Georgia
- Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 1923d Transportation Corps Truck Company
- Redesignated 23 March 1948 as the 656th Transportation Truck Company and allotted to the Organized Reserves
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Activated 25 May 1948 at Columbus, Ohio
- Inactivated 3 November 1949 at Columbus, Ohio
- Redesignated 24 November 1967 as the 656th Transportation Company
- Activated 22 January 1968 at Troy, Ohio
- Location changed 15 October 1972 to Springfield, Ohio; on 6 March 1985 to Dayton, Ohio; on 1 March 1986 to Springfield, Ohio
- Ordered into active military service 17 November 1990 at Springfield, Ohio; released from active military service 10 May 1991 and reverted to reserve status
- Ordered into active military service 21 January 2003 at Springfield, Ohio; released from active military service 26 May 2004 and reverted to reserve status
- Ordered into active military service 7 February 2006 at Springfield, Ohio; released from active military service 12 June 2007 and reverted to reserve status with location at Hobart, Indiana
- Ordered into active military service 22 August 2010 at Hobart, Indiana; released from active military service 25 September 2011 and reverted to reserve status
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- Normandy
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- Southwest Asia
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- Cease-Fire
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2003-2004
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History
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