Lineage and Honors Information as of 25 June 2012
8th ENGINEER BATTALION
(THE TROJAN HORSE)
- Constituted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army as the 1st Battalion Mounted Engineers
- Company A organized 20 August 1916 at Twin Windmills, Mexico; Headquarters and Companies B and C organized 21 May 1917 at Camp Stewart, Texas
- Reorganized and redesignated 29 July 1917 as the 8th Engineer Battalion
- Assigned 27 November 1917 to the 15th Cavalry Division
- Relieved 12 May 1918 from assignment to the 15th Cavalry Division
- Assigned 27 July 1921 to the 1st Cavalry Division
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 June 1930 as the 8th Engineer Squadron
- Reorganized and redesignated 15 March 1943 as the 8th Engineer Combat Squadron
- Redesignated 25 March 1949 as the 8th Engineer Combat Battalion
- Redesignated 10 March 1954 as the 8th Engineer Battalion
- Inactivated 15 October 2005 at Fort Hood, Texas, and relieved from assignment to the 1st Cavalry Division
- Activated 17 July 2007 at Fort Hood, Texas
- (Organic elements inactivated 16 October 2007 at Fort Hood, Texas; Support Company concurrently constituted and activated)
- Assigned 16 June 2014 to the 2d Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division (Support Company concurrently inactivated and lettered companies activated)
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- New Guinea
- Bismarck Archipelago
- (with arrowhead)
- Leyte (with arrowhead)
- Luzon
- Korean War
- UN Defensive
- UN Offensive
- CCF Intervention
- First UN Counteroffensive
- CCF Spring Offensive
- UN Summer-Fall Offensive
- Second Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
- Vietnam
- Defense
- Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase II
- Counteroffensive, Phase III
- Tet Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase IV
- Counteroffensive, Phase V
- Counteroffensive, Phase VI
- Tet 69/Counteroffensive
- Summer-Fall 1969
- Winter-Spring 1970
- Sanctuary Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase VII
- Southwest Asia
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- Cease-Fire
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- Transition of Iraq
- Iraqi Governance
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
Company A additionally entitled to:
- Mexican Expedition
- Mexico 1916-1917
DECORATIONS
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered PLEIKU PROVINCE
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered FISH HOOK
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered PACIFIC THEATER FEB-JUN 1944
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered PACIFIC THEATER JUL-DEC 1944
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1966
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1969
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2004-2005
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2011
- Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered WAEGWAN-TAEGU
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953
- Chryssoun Aristion Andrias (Bravery Gold Medal of Greece), Streamer embroidered KOREA
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1969
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1970
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1970-1971
- Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1970
- Company A additionally entitled to:
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered LOS NEGROS ISLAND
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered PACIFIC THEATER
- Company B additionally entitled to:
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 1991
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ
APR-SEP 2004
- Company C additionally entitled to:
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered QUANG TIN PROVINCE
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History
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