783d Military Police Battalion
Lineage and Honors Information as of 13 September 2008
783d Military Police Battalion Lineage
Constituted 12 November 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 783d Military Police Battalion
Activated 28 November 1942 at Fort Custer, Michigan
Inactivated 29 November 1945 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana
Redesignated 2 March 1948 as the 301st Military Police Battalion and allotted to the Organized Reserves
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Activated 26 March 1948 at Kansas City, Missouri
Inactivated 31 May 1952 at Kansas City, Missouri
Redesignated 24 June 1953 as the 783d Military Police Battalion
Activated 16 December 1991 at Inkster, Michigan
Ordered into active military service 23 April 2004 at Inkster, Michigan; released from active military service 22 April 2005 and
reverted to reserve status
783d Military Police Battalion Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER