Lineage and Honors Information as of 16 May 2012
548th TRANSPORTATION DETACHMENT
- Constituted 28 May 1943 in the Army of the United States as Company B, 53d Quartermaster Truck Battalion
- Activated 22 June 1943 in North Africa
- Reorganized and redesignated 22 May 1944 as the 3338th Quartermaster Truck Company
- Inactivated 25 October 1945 at Camp Shanks, New York
- Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 3338th Transportation Corps Truck Company
- Redesignated 5 October 1948 as the 218th Transportation Amphibious Truck Company and concurrently allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps
- Activated 19 October 1948 at Columbus, Georgia
- Inactivated 1 September 1950 at Columbus, Georgia
- (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Redesignated 30 September 1958 as the 218th Transportation Company
- Activated 15 October 1958 at Columbus, Georgia
- Inactivated 15 January 1963 at Columbus, Georgia
- Consolidated 28 May 2004 with the 548th Transportation Detachment (see ANNEX) and consolidated unit designated as the 548th Transportation Detachment
- Ordered into active military service 11 November 2011 at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
- ANNEX
- Constituted 21 March 2000 in the Army Reserve as the 548th Transportation Detachment
- Activated 16 September 2002 at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Sicily
- Naples-Foggia
- Anzio (with arrowhead)
- Rome-Arno
- Southern France (with arrowhead)
- Rhineland
- Central Europe
Decorations
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
Robert J. Dalessandro
Director, Center of Military History
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