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103d Military Intelligence Battalion

Lineage and Honors Information as of 30 September 1996

103d Military Intelligence Battalion Lineage

Constituted 16 September 1981 in the Regular Army as the 103d Military Intelligence Battalion, assigned to the 3d Infantry Division, and activated in Germany (851st Army Security Agency Company [see ANNEX 1] and 3d Military Intelligence Company [see ANNEX 2] concurrently reorganized and redesignated as Companies A and B)

ANNEX 1

Constituted 29 December 1945 in the Army of the United States as the 3377th Signal Service Detachment

Activated 15 January 1946 in the Philippine Islands

Redesignated 9 June 1947 as the 50th Signal Service Detachment

Converted and redesignated 25 October 1951 as the 851st Communication Reconnaissance Detachment and allotted to the Regular Army

Inactivated 15 August 1956 in Japan

Redesignated 3 December 1965 as the 851st Army Security Agency Detachment

Activated 15 December 1965 in the Dominican Republic

Inactivated 14 October 1966 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Redesignated 1 July 1974 as the 851st Army Security Agency Company and activated in Germany

ANNEX 2

Constituted 12 July 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 3d Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment

Activated 3 September 1944 in France with personnel from provisional Counter Intelligence Corps detachment attached to the 3d Infantry Division

Inactivated 1 September 1946 in Germany

Allotted 3 February 1949 to the Regular Army

Activated 1 March 1949 at Fort Benning, Georgia

Reorganized and redesignated 25 January 1958 as the 3d Military Intelligence Detachment

Reorganized and redesignated 21 May 1972 as the 3d Military Intelligence Company

Assigned 21 April 1974 to the 3d Infantry Division

103d Military Intelligence Battalion Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

Company A entitled to:

    Korean War: UN Offensive; CCF Intervention; First UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring Offensive

    Armed Forces Expeditions: Dominican Republic

Company B entitled to:

    World War II - EAME: Tunisia; Sicily; Naples-Foggia; Anzio (with arrowhead); Rome-Arno; Southern France (with arrowhead); Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe

Decorations

Company A entitled to:

    Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for KOREA

    Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for KOREA

Company B entitled to:

    Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for COLMAR

    Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for KOREA

    French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II for COLMAR

    French Croix de Guerre, World War II, Fourragere

    Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for UIJONGBU CORRIDOR

    Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for IRON TRIANGLE


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