Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 2 October 2012
450th ENGINEER PLATOON
- Constituted 7 April 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 1217th Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon
- Activated 25 May 1943 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana
- Inactivated 4 November 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts
- Redesignated 3 February 1948 as the 450th Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon and allotted to the Organized Reserves
- Activated 11 February 1948 at Camden, New Jersey
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Inactivated 7 August 1950 at Camden, New Jersey
- Activated 5 January 1951 at Charleston, West Virginia
- Inactivated 20 August 1951 at Charleston, West Virginia
- Redesignated 24 September 2009 as the 450th Engineer Platoon
- Activated 16 September 2012 at Camp Pendleton, California
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- Normandy
- Northern France
DECORATIONS
- None
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History