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Lineage and Honors Information as of 20 June 2012

57th MILITARY POLICE COMPANY

  • Constituted 30 November 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 57th Military Police Company
  • Activated 1 December 1943 in North Africa
  • Inactivated 26 January 1946 in the Philippine Islands
  • Activated 5 March 1947 in Korea
  • Inactivated 25 January 1949 in Korea
  • Allotted 16 October 1950 to the Regular Army and activated at Camp Stoneman, California
  • Inactivated 28 May 1955 in Korea
  • Activated 15 August 1958 at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York
  • Inactivated 1 October 1982 at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York
  • Activated 16 September 1993 in Korea

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

  • World War II
  • Naples-Foggia
  • Rome-Arno
  • North Apennines
  • Korean War
  • CCF Intervention
  • First UN Counteroffensive
  • CCF Spring Offensive
  • UN Summer-Fall Offensive
  • Second Korean Winter
  • Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
  • Third Korean Winter
  • Korea, Summer 1953
  • War on Terrorism
  •   Iraq:
  • Iraq Sovereignty

(Additional campaigns to be determined)

DECORATIONS

  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1952
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2006-2007
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2009-2010
  • Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1952
  • Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History


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