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Lineage and Honors Information as of 14 December 2011

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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


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