Lineage and Honors Information as of 31 March 2016
305th Engineer Detachment
- Constituted 28 December 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 2901st Engineer Technical Intelligence Team
- Activated 27 January 1945 at Paris, France
- Inactivated 9 November 1945 at Camp Polk, Louisiana
- Redesignated 13 June 1947 as the 305th Engineer Technical Intelligence Team and allotted to the Organized Reserves
- Activated 21 June 1947 at New York, New York
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Ordered into active military service 11 September 1950 at New York, New York
- Reorganized and redesignated 14 September 1953 as the 305th Engineer Detachment
- Released from active military service 4 December 1954 and reverted to reserve status
- Inactivated 15 February 1956 at New York, New York
- Activated 15 March 1972 at Fort Tilden, New York
- Location changed 27 July 1978 to Fort Totten, New York; on 15 May 1990 to Brooklyn, New York; on 1 February 1997 to Staten Island, New York
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- European-African-Middle Eastern Theater,
- Streamer without inscription
Decorations
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History
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