Lineage and Honors Information as of 6 September 2012
740th TRANSPORTATION COMPANY
- Constituted 16 July 1951 in the South Dakota Army National Guard as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 139th Transportation Truck Battalion
- Organized and Federally recognized 19 August 1952 at Milbank
- Reorganized and redesignated 15 May 1953 as the 740th Transportation Company
- Ordered into active Federal service 15 October 1961 at Milbank; released from active Federal service 5 August 1962 and reverted to state control
- Ordered into active Federal service 17 November 1990 at Milbank; released from active Federal service 8 July 1991 and reverted to state control
- Ordered into active Federal service in 2003 at Milbank; released from active Federal service 17 October 2004 and reverted to state control
- HOME STATION: Milbank (less detachment at Aberdeen)
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- 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 1991
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History
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