Lineage and Honors Information as of 12 September 2013
56th Military Police Company
- Constituted 30 November 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 56th Military Police Company
- Activated 1 December 1943 in North Africa
- Reorganized and redesignated 10 January 1946 as the 56th Military Police Escort Guard Company
- Reorganized and redesignated 7 May 1946 as the 56th Military Police Prisoner of War Processing Company
- Inactivated 29 November 1946 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas
- Activated 25 September 1950 at Camp Gordon, Georgia
- Allotted 22 June 1951 to the Regular Army
- Reorganized and redesignated 25 May 1953 as the 56th Military Police Company
- Inactivated 20 February 1956 at Camp Gordon, Georgia
- Activated 1 April 1963 at Fort Richardson, Alaska
- Inactivated 15 November 1993 at Fort Richardson, Alaska
- Withdrawn 13 April 2004 from the Regular Army and allotted to the Army Reserve
- Activated 16 September 2006 at Mesa, Arizona
- Ordered into active military service 25 May 2007 at Mesa, Arizona; released from active military service 27 June 2008 and reverted to reserve status
- Ordered into active military service 31 March 2013 at Mesa, Arizona
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- Naples-Foggia
- Rome-Arno
- North Apennines
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007-2008
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History
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