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1st Battalion, 68th Armor

Lineage and Honors Information as of 20 April 1998

1st Battalion, 68th Armor Lineage

Organized 7 June 1918 in the National Army in France as Company A, 327th Battalion, Tank Corps

Redesignated 12 September 1918 as Company A, 345th Battalion, Tank Corps

Reorganized and redesignated 8 January 1921 as the 1st Tank Company and allotted to the Regular Army

Assigned 1 April 1921 to the 1st Division

Relieved 16 October 1939 from assignment to the 1st Division

Consolidated 1 January 1940 with Company A, 68th Infantry (constituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army) and consolidated unit designated as Company A, 68th Infantry

Inactivated 5 June 1940 at Fort Benning, Georgia

Redesignated 15 July 1940 as Company A, 68th Armored Regiment, an element of the 2d Armored Division

Activated 1 August 1940 at Fort Benning, Georgia

Inactivated 8 January 1942 at Fort Benning, Georgia, and relieved from assignment to the 2d Armored Division

Activated 15 February 1942 at Fort Knox, Kentucky, as an element of the 6th Armored Division

Reorganized and redesignated 20 September 1943 as Company A, 773d Tank Battalion, and relieved from assignment to the 6th Armored Division

Reorganized and redesignated 27 October 1943 as Company A, 773d Amphibian Tank Battalion

Reorganized and redesignated 10 January 1944 as Company A, 773d Amphibian Tractor Battalion

Inactivated 15 April 1946 in Japan

Redesignated 24 December 1946 as Company A, 56th Amphibian Tractor Battalion

Redesignated 18 April 1949 as Company A, 56th Amphibious Tank and Tractor Battalion

Activated 10 May 1949 at Fort Worden, Washington

Inactivated 15 December 1954 in Japan

Redesignated 1 July 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Medium Tank Battalion, 68th Armor, assigned to the 3d Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Benning, Georgia (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)

Relieved 1 April 1963 from assignment to the 3d Infantry Division; concurrently redesignated as the 1st Battalion, 68th Armor, and assigned to the 8th Infantry Division

Inactivated 15 March 1991 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 8th Infantry Division

Assigned 16 January 1996 to the 4th Infantry Division and activated at Fort Carson, Colorado

1st Battalion, 68th Armor Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War I: *St. Mihiel; *Meuse-Argonne

World War II: Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe; *Western Pacific (with arrowhead); *Ryukyus (with arrowhead)

Korean War: *UN Defensive (with arrowhead); *UN Offensive; *CCF Intervention; Korea, Summer 1953

Decorations

*Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroideredSAIPAN and TINIAN

*Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroideredINCHON

*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered INCHON TO HUNGNAM


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