18th Surgical Hospital
Lineage and Honors Information as of 25 April 1996
18th Surgical Hospital Lineage
Constituted 21 December 1928 in the Regular Army as the 18th Surgical Hospital
Consolidated 1 July 1943 with the 18th Portable Surgical Hospital (Provisional) (active) (organized 14 September 1942 in the Army of the United States in Australia as the 18th Portable Hospital [Provisional]; redesignated 1 April 1943 as the 18th Portable Surgical Hospital [Provisional]) and consolidated unit designated as the 18th Portable Surgical Hospital
Inactivated 1 December 1945 in Japan
Redesignated 1 March 1963 as the 18th Surgical Hospital
Activated 26 March 1963 at Fort Gordon, Georgia
Inactivated 31 August 1971 at Fort Lewis, Washington
Activated 18 November 1991 at Fort Lewis, Washington
18th Surgical Hospital Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Papua; New Guinea; Leyte; Luzon (with arrowhead)
Vietnam: 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; Consolidation I
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for PAPUA
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for CORREGIDOR
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1966-1967
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1970-1971
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation for 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945