656th TRANSPORTATION COMPANY

Constituted 10 April 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 717th Quartermaster Truck Company
Activated 27 April 1942 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Reorganized and redesignated 25 September 1942 as the 1923d Quartermaster Truck Company, Aviation
Inactivated 14 November 1945 at Robins Field, Georgia
Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 1923d Transportation Corps Truck Company
Redesignated 23 March 1948 as the 656th Transportation Truck Company and allotted to the Organized Reserves
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Activated 25 May 1948 at Columbus, Ohio
Inactivated 3 November 1949 at Columbus, Ohio
Redesignated 24 November 1967 as the 656th Transportation Company
Activated 22 January 1968 at Troy, Ohio
Location changed 15 October 1972 to Springfield, Ohio; on 6 March 1985 to Dayton, Ohio; on 1 March 1986 to Springfield, Ohio
Ordered into active military service 17 November 1990 at Springfield, Ohio; released from active military service 10 May 1991 and reverted to reserve status
Ordered into active military service 21 January 2003 at Springfield, Ohio; released from active military service 26 May 2004 and reverted to reserve status
Ordered into active military service 7 February 2006 at Springfield, Ohio; released from active military service 12 June 2007 and reverted to reserve status with location at Hobart, Indiana
Ordered into active military service 22 August 2010 at Hobart, Indiana; released from active military service 25 September 2011 and reverted to reserve status

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II
Normandy
Northern France
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe

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 EUROPEAN THEATER
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2003-2004

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History