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Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
359th Transportation Battalion

Lineage and Honors Information as of 16 April 2008

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
359th Transportation Battalion Lineage

Constituted 13 April 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 359th Port Battalion

Activated 1 June 1944 in Italy

Inactivated 17 November 1945 at Camp Plauche, Louisiana

Allotted 11 March 1947 to the Organized Reserves

Activated 26 March 1947 at Newport News, Virginia

Redesignated 13 October 1947 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 359th Transportation Port Battalion

(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)

Reorganized and redesignated 31 August 1950 as Headquarters and Headquarters and Service Company, 359th Transportation Port Battalion

Reorganized and redesignated 18 February 1955 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 359th Transportation Battalion

Location changed June-December 1965 to Hampton, Virginia; on 1 November 1993 to Fort Eustis, Virginia

Ordered into active military service 10 February 2003 at Fort Eustis, Virginia; released from active military service 25 July 2004 and reverted to reserve status

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
359th Transportation Battalion Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II: Rome-Arno, North Apennines

Decorations

None


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