Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 17 February 2012
459th TRANSPORTATION COMPANY
- Constituted 2 June 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 459th Amphibian Truck Company
- Activated 14 June 1943 at Charleston, South Carolina
- Inactivated 6 October 1945 in Germany
- Allotted 16 April 1947 to the Organized Reserves
- Activated 24 April 1947 at Cleveland, Ohio
- Redesignated 13 October 1947 as the 459th Transportation Amphibious Truck Company
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Reorganized and redesignated 28 October 1953 as the 459th Transportation Company
- Inactivated 15 January 1963 at Cleveland, Ohio
- Activated 16 October 1995 at Springfield, Missouri
- Ordered into active military service 10 February 2003 at Springfield, Missouri; released from active military service 25 October 2004 and reverted to reserve status
- Inactivated 15 September 2006 at Springfield, Missouri
- Activated 16 September 2011 at Arlington Heights, Illinois
- Location changed 8 December 2011 to Elwood, Illinois
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- Normandy (with arrowhead)
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
- French Croix de Guerre with Palm, Streamer embroidered NORMANDY
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History