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557th Military Police Company

Lineage and Honors Information as of 15 May 2007

557th Military Police Company Lineage

Constituted 12 June 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 557th Military Police Escort Guard Company

Activated 25 June 1943 at Fort Custer, Michigan

Disbanded 15 April 1944 at Camp Barkeley, Texas

Reconstituted 14 February 1945 in the Army of the United States

Activated 18 March 1945 in the Philippine Islands

Inactivated 25 January 1946 in the Philippine Islands

Redesignated 9 May 1949 as the 557th Military Police Guard Company

Activated 1 June 1949 on Okinawa

Allotted 20 November 1951 to the Regular Army

Inactivated 19 March 1953 on Okinawa

Redesignated 23 March 1965 as the 557th Military Police Company

Activated 25 March 1965 at Fort Dix, New Jersey

Inactivated 20 March 1972 in Vietnam

Activated 1 October 1976 in Korea

557th Military Police Company Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II: Leyte

Vietnam: Defensive; 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; Consolidation II

Decorations

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1965-1966

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1967

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1968

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation for 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945

 


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