588th Transportation Detachment
Lineage and Honors Information as of 12 January 2005
588th Transportation Detachment Lineage
Constituted 25 February 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 121st Hospital Train Maintenance Section, Transportation Corps
Activated 1 March 1944 at Camp Millard, Ohio
Redesignated 21 April 1945 as the 121st Transportation Corps Hospital Train Maintenance Detachment
Inactivated 12 November 1945 in France
Redesignated 7 March 1951 as the 588th Transportation Hospital Train Maintenance Detachment, and allotted to the Regular Army
Redesignated 15 September 1959 as the 588th Transportation Detachment
Activated 21 September 1959 in Germany
Inactivated 25 July 1963 in Germany
Activated 10 March 1965 at Fort Eustis, Virginia
Inactivated 15 March 1971 in Vietnam
Activated 16 March 1979 at Fort Hood, Texas
588th Transportation Detachment Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II - EAME: Rhineland
Vietnam: Defense, Counteroffensive, Counteroffensive, Phase II, Counteroffensive, Phase III, Tet Counteroffensive, Counteroffensive, Phase IV, Counteroffensive, Phase V, Counteroffensive, Phase VI, Tet 69/Counteroffensive, Summer-Fall 1969, Winter-Spring 1970, Sanctuary Counteroffensive, Counteroffensive, Phase VII
Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi
Arabia, Liberation and Defense of Kuwait, Cease-Fire
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1965-1966
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1968
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1970-1971
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991