Lineage and Honors Information as of 8 April 2011
497th TRANSPORTATION COMPANY
(BACKBREAKERS)
Constituted 1 July 1936 in the Organized Reserves as Company B, 1st Battalion, 478th Quartermaster Truck Regiment
Ordered into active military service 25 October 1942 and organized at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana
Reorganized and redesignated 1 December 1943 as the 3842d Quartermaster Truck Company
Inactivated 3 February 1946 in India
Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 3842d Transportation Corps Truck Company
Redesignated 18 March 1947 as the 497th Transportation Corps Truck Company
Activated 3 April 1947 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Redesignated 14 October 1947 as the 497th Transportation Truck Company
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Inactivated 15 March 1952 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Redesignated 1 December 1958 as the 497th Transportation Company
Activated 29 January 1959 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Location changed 1 April 1959 to Tulsa, Oklahoma
Inactivated 25 February 1963 at Tulsa, Oklahoma
Withdrawn 7 February 1967 from the Army Reserve and allotted to the Regular Army
Activated 25 March 1967 at Fort Lewis, Washington
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
India-Burma
Central Burma
Southwest Asia
Defense of Saudi Arabia
Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
Cease-Fire
War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2004-2005
Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1996-1997
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History