Lineage and Honors Information as of 14 December 2011
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS
DETACHMENT
52d ORDNANCE GROUP
Constituted 20 December 1943 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 52d Ordnance Group
Activated 27 December 1943 at Camp Hood, Texas
Reorganized and redesignated 20 May 1946 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 52d Ordnance Service Group
Reorganized and redesignated 20 December 1946 as the 52d Ordnance Composite Group
Inactivated 30 June 1948 in Austria
Redesignated 8 January 1952 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 52d Ordnance Group and allotted to the Regular Army
Activated 28 January 1952 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Inactivated 16 May 1955 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Activated 2 December 1965 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Inactivated 20 October 1967 in Vietnam
Redesignated 1 October 1993 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 52d Ordnance Group, and activated at Fort Gillem, Georgia
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
Normandy
Northern France
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe
Vietnam
Counteroffensive
Counteroffensive, Phase II
Counteroffensive, Phase III
War on Terrorism
Iraq:
Iraqi Surge
(Additional campaigns to be determined)
DECORATIONS
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History