655th Transportation Company
Lineage and Honors Information as of 13 November 2009
655th Transportation Company Lineage
Constituted 17 February 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 786th Quartermaster Company
Activated 7 March 1942 at Orlando, Florida
Reorganized and redesignated 19 September 1942 as the 1974th Quartermaster Truck Company, Aviation
Inactivated 31 December 1945 in Germany
Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 1974th Transportation Corps Truck Company
Redesignated 2 March 1948 as the 655th Transportation Truck Company and concurrently allotted to the Organized Reserves
Activated 15 March 1948 at Columbus, Ohio
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Inactivated 3 November 1949 at Columbus, Ohio
Redesignated 7 March 1950 as the 655th Transportation Heavy Truck Company
Activated 1 April 1950 at Opp, Alabama
Ordered into active military service 11 September 1950 at Opp, Alabama
Reorganized and redesignated 5 June 1953 as the 655th Transportation Company
Released from active military service 3 December 1954 and reverted to reserve status
Location changed 20 April 1955 to Tuskegee, Alabama; on 25 March 1957 to Montgomery, Alabama
Inactivated 1 July 1958 at Montgomery, Alabama
Activated 16 October 1997 at Millington, Tennessee
Ordered into active military service 7 December 2003 at Millington, Tennessee; released from active military service 15 April 2005 and reverted to reserve status
Ordered into active military service 22 August 2005 at Millington, Tennessee; released from active military service 17 February 2007 and reverted to reserve status
655th Transportation Company Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Tunisia; Sicily; Naples-Foggia; Rome-Arno; Southern France (with arrowhead); North Apennines; Rhineland; Central Europe
War on Terrorism: Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
None