Headquarters and Headquarters Company
1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division
(Forerunners)
Lineage and Honors Information as of 6 June 2001
Headquarters and Headquarters Company
1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division Lineage
Organized 1 January 1942 in the Regular Army at Fort Knox, Kentucky, as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, Combat Command A, 1st Armored Division
Reorganized and redesignated 20 July 1944 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Combat Command A, 1st Armored Division
Converted and redesignated 1 May 1946 as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3d Constabulary Regiment, and relieved from assignment to the 1st Armored Division
Inactivated 20 September 1947 in Germany
Converted and redesignated 27 February 1951 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Combat Command A, 1st Armored Division
Activated 7 March 1951 at Fort Hood, Texas
Reorganized and redesignated 3 February 1962 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division
Headquarters and Headquarters Company
1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Tunisia; Naples-Foggia; Anzio; Rome-Arno; North Apennines; Po Valley
Decorations
Army Superior Unit Award for 1995-1996