Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
744th Military Police Battalion
Lineage and Honors Information as of 13 September 2008
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
744th Military Police Battalion Lineage
Constituted 10 January 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 744th Military Police Battalion
Activated 1 March 1942 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas
Inactivated 31 May 1946 in Japan
Redesignated 5 June 1947 as the 322d Military Police Battalion and allotted to the Organized Reserves
Activated 19 June 1947 with Headquarters at Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Inactivated 10 April 1952 at Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Redesignated 24 June 1953 as the 744th Military Police Battalion
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment activated 16 December 1991 at Allentown, Pennsylvania
Location subsequently changed to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Ordered into active military service 21 January 2003 at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; released from active military service 20 May
2004 and reverted to reserve status
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
744th Military Police Battalion Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Leyte, Luzon
War on Terrorism: Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003-2004
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945