Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
757th Transportation Battalion
Lineage and Honors Information as of 9 February 2007
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
757th Transportation Battalion Lineage
Constituted 1 July 1933 in the Organized Reserves as the 664th Engineer Battalion
Organized by 1937 in Michigan
Redesignated 21 February 1941 as the 757th Engineer Battalion
Redesignated 1 April 1942 as the 757th Engineer Railway Shop Battalion
Converted and redesignated 16 November 1942 as the 757th Railway Shop Battalion, Transportation Corps
Ordered into active military service 3 June 1943 at the Army Service Forces Unit Training Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Inactivated 7 December 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
Redesignated 23 March 1948 as the 757th Transportation Railway Shop Battalion
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Activated 8 April 1948 with Headquarters at Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Inactivated 25 October 1951 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Activated 25 August 1952 with Headquarters at Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Redesignated 1 January 1955 as the 757th Transportation Battalion
Battalion broken up 31 January 1968 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
Headquarters and Headquarters Company as Headquarters, 757th Transportation Battalion
(Companies A, B, C, and D as the 1150th, 1151st, 1152d, and 1153d Transportation Companies, respectively--hereafter separate lineages)
Reorganized and redesignated 15 March 1972 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 757th Transportation Battalion
Inactivated 16 December 1980 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Redesignated 16 May 1985 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 757th Transportation Battalion and activated at Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Location changed 1 July 1987 to West Allis, Wisconsin; on 16 September 1993 to Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Reorganized and redesignated 16 September 1998 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 757th Transportation Battalion
Location changed 16 September 1993 to Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Detachment ordered into active military service 2 January 2003 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin; remainder of battalion ordered into active military service 10 February 2003 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Battalion (less Detachment) released from active military service 4 June 2003 and reverted to reserve status; Detachment released from active military service 1 November 2003 and reverted to reserve status
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
757th Transportation Battalion Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Normandy; Northern France; Central Europe
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for EUROPEAN THEATER
Army Superior Unit Award for 1990-1991