1st Battalion, 37th Armor
Lineage and Honors Information as of 11 January 2000
1st Battalion, 37th Armor Lineage
Constituted 13 January 1941 in the Regular Army as Company A, 7th Armored Regiment, an element of the 4th Armored Division
Activated 15 April 1941 at Pine Camp, New York
Redesignated 8 May 1941 as Company A, 37th Armored Regiment
Reorganized and redesignated 10 September 1943 as Company A, 37th Tank Battalion
Converted and redesignated 1 May 1946 as Troop A, 37th Constabulary Squadron, an element of the 3d Constabulary Regiment
Inactivated 20 September 1947 in Germany, and relieved from assignment to the 3d Constabulary Regiment
Converted and redesignated 11 December 1951 as Company A, 37th Tank Battalion
(37th Tank Battalion assigned 25 February 1953 to the 4th Armored Division)
Activated 15 June 1954 at Fort Hood, Texas
Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Medium Tank Battalion, 37th Armor, an element of the 4th Armored Division (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
Reorganized and redesignated 12 August 1963 as the 1st Battalion, 37th Armor
Relieved 10 May 1971 from assignment to the 4th Armored Division and assigned to the 1st Armored Division
Relieved 17 January 1992 from assignment to the 1st Armored Division and assigned to the 3d Infantry Division
Inactivated 15 February 1996 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 3d Infantry Division
Assigned 17 February 1997 to the 1st Armored Division and activated in Germany
1st Battalion, 37th Armor Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: *Normandy; *Northern France; *Rhineland; *Ardennes-Alsace; *Central Europe; Western Pacific; Leyte; Ryukyus
Korean War: UN Defensive; UN Offensive
Southwest Asia: *Defense of Saudi Arabia; *Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; *Cease-Fire
Decorations
*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered ARDENNES
*Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ-KUWAIT
*Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1994 - 1995
*French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered NORMANDY
*French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered MOSELLE RIVER
*French Croix de Guerre, World War II, Fourragere