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Lineage and Honors Information as of 18 February 2011

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Department of the Army - Lineage and Honors

MAIN COMMAND POST AND OPERATIONAL ELEMENTS
HEADQUARTERS,
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

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

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

DECORATIONS

            Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2001-2004

FOR THE CHIEF OF MILITARY HISTORY:

 

 

PETER D. CREAN
COL, LG
Director, Center of Military History


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