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142d Military Police Company
(Regulators, Guns Up)

Lineage and Honors Information as of 13 September 2008

142d Military Police Company Lineage

Constituted 30 December 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 142d Military Police Escort Guard Company

Activated 31 December 1944 in France

Inactivated 7 April 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey

Allotted 13 August 1946 to the Regular Army

Activated 20 December 1946 in the Philippines as a Philippine Scout unit

Inactivated 1 June 1949 in the Philippines

Consolidated 1 November 1951 with the 2d Provisional Military Police Escort Guard Company (active) (organized 6 November 1950 in Korea) and consolidated unit designated as the 142d Military Police Escort Guard Company

Reorganized and redesignated 25 January 1953 as the 142d Military Police Company

Inactivated 20 December 1954 in Korea

Activated 15 June 1956 in Germany

Inactivated 1 July 1964 in Germany

Activated 26 December 1964 in Korea

142d Military Police Company Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II: Rhineland; Central Europe

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

Decorations

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA

Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1996-1997

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1952


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