Lineage and Honors Information as of 12 December 2013
445th TRANSPORTATION COMPANY
- Constituted 8 April 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 445th Quartermaster Troop Transport Company
- Activated 3 May 1943 at Camp Young, California
- Reorganized and redesignated 17 January 1945 as the 445th Quartermaster Truck Company
- Inactivated 14 December 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts
- Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 445th Transportation Corps Truck Company
- Redesignated 24 January 1949 as the 445th Transportation Car Company and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps
- Activated 25 February 1949 at New York, New York
- Inactivated 31 July 1950 at New York, New York
- (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Redesignated 15 June 1993 as the 445th Transportation Company
- Activated 16 April 1995 at Waterloo, Iowa
- Ordered into active military service 10 July - 6 December 2004 at Waterloo, Iowa; released from active military service 10 January - 3 June 2006 and reverted to reserve status
- Ordered into active military service 3 June 2009 at Waterloo, Iowa; released from active military service 7 July 2010 and reverted to reserve status
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Normandy
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2009-2010
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
Robert J. Dalessandro
Director, Center of Military History
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