Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 6 September 2012
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS BATTALION
UNITED STATES ARMY EUROPE
- Organized 8 January 1942 in England as Headquarters, United States Army Forces in the British Isles
- Redesignated 8 June 1942 as Headquarters, European Theater of Operations, United States Army
- Redesignated 1 July 1945 as Headquarters, United States Forces, European Theater
- Redesignated 15 March 1947 as Headquarters, European Command
- Redesignated 1 August 1952 as Headquarters, United States Army, Europe
- Consolidated 17 April 2010 with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Seventh Army (see ANNEX 1), and consolidated unit concurrently reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, United States Army Europe
- ANNEX 1
- Constituted 25 February 1943 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Seventh Army
- Activated 10 July 1943 at sea off the coast of Sicily
- Inactivated 31 March 1946 in Germany
- Activated 11 June 1946 at Atlanta, Georgia
- Inactivated 15 March 1947 at Atlanta, Georgia
- Allotted 24 November 1950 to the Regular Army and activated in Germany
- Consolidated 25 September 1965 with Headquarters, Special Troops, Seventh Army (see ANNEX 2), and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Seventh Army
- ANNEX 2
- Constituted 25 February 1943 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters, Special Troops, Seventh Army
- Activated 10 July 1943 at sea off the coast of Sicily
- Inactivated 31 March 1946 in Germany
- Activated 11 June 1946 at Atlanta, Georgia
- Inactivated 15 March 1947 at Atlanta, Georgia
- Allotted 24 November 1950 to the Regular Army and activated in Germany
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- Sicily
- Rome-Arno
- Northern France
- Southern France (with arrowhead)
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
DECORATIONS
- None
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History