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Lineage and Honors Information as of 16 March 2014

Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, United States Army North

  • Constituted 1 December 1942 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Fifth Army
  • Activated 5 January 1943 in Morocco
  • Inactivated 2 October 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts
  • Activated 11 June 1946 at Chicago, Illinois
  • Redesignated 1 January 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Fifth United States Army
  • Reorganized and redesignated 16 October 2006 as Headquarters, United States Army North, to consist of Main Command Post and Operational Elements
  • Main Command Post and Operational Elements, Headquarters, United States Army North, reorganized and redesignated 16 March 2012 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, United States Army North

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

  • World War II
  • Naples-Foggia
  • Anzio
  • Rome-Arno
  • North Apennines
  • Po Valley

DECORATIONS

  • Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2001-2004
  • Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2012

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History


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