Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
385th Transportation Battalion
Lineage and Honors Information as of 12 April 2007
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
385th Transportation Battalion Lineage
Constituted 14 June 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 385th Quartermaster Battalion
Activated 3 July 1942 at Camp Stoneman, California
Converted and redesignated 31 July 1942 as the 385th Port Battalion, Transportation Corps
Battalion broken up 10 March 1944 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 385th Port Battalion
(Companies A-D as the 668th, 669th, 670th, and 671st Port Companies, respectively--hereafter separate lineages)
385th Port Battalion disbanded 20 June 1945
Reconstituted 17 March 1948 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 385th Transportation Port Battalion
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Activated 2 April 1948 at Buffalo, New York
Redesignated 24 February 1950 as Headquarters, Headquarters and Service Company, 385th Transportation Port Battalion
Inactivated 31 July 1950 at Buffalo, New York
Redesignated 16 September 1955 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 385th Transportation Battalion
Activated 1 November 1955 at Brooklyn, New York
Inactivated 1 May 1959 at Brooklyn, New York
Activated 16 June 1998 at Tacoma, Washington
Ordered into active military service 18 December 2003 at Tacoma, Washington; released from active military service 26 December 2004 and reverted to reserve status
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
385th Transportation Battalion
Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Rhineland
War on Terrorism: Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
None