Lineage and Honors Information as of 28 January 2015
757th Transportation Center
- Constituted 1 July 1933 in the Organized Reserves as the 664th Engineer Battalion
- Organized by 1937 in Michigan
- Redesignated 21 February 1941 as the 757th Engineer Battalion
- Redesignated 1 April 1942 as the 757th Engineer Railway Shop Battalion
- Converted and redesignated 16 November 1942 as the 757th Railway Shop Battalion, Transportation Corps
- Ordered into active military service 3 June 1943 at the Army Service Forces Unit Training Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Inactivated 7 December 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
- Redesignated 23 March 1948 as the 757th Transportation Railway Shop Battalion
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Activated 8 April 1948 with Headquarters at Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Inactivated 25 October 1951 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Activated 25 August 1952 with Headquarters at Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Redesignated 1 January 1955 as the 757th Transportation Battalion
- Battalion broken up 31 January 1968 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company as Headquarters and
Headquarters Detachment, 757th Transportation Battalion
- (Companies A, B, C, and D as the 1150th, 1151st, 1152d, and 1153d
Transportation Companies, respectively--hereafter separate lineages)
- Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 757th Transportation Battalion reorganized and redesignated 1 November 1968 as Headquarters, 757th Transportation Battalion
- Reorganized and redesignated 15 March 1972 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 757th Transportation Battalion
- Inactivated 16 December 1980 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Redesignated 16 May 1985 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 757th Transportation Battalion and activated at Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Location changed 1 July 1987 to West Allis, Wisconsin; on 16 September 1993 to Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Reorganized and redesignated 16 September 1998 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 757th Transportation Battalion
- Detachment ordered into active military service 2 January 2003 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin; remainder of battalion ordered into active military service 10 February 2003 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Battalion (less Detachment) released from active military service 4 June 2003 and reverted to reserve status; Detachment released from active military service 1 November 2003 and reverted to reserve status
- Reorganized and redesignated 16 September 2015 as the 757th Transportation Center; concurrently location changed to St. Louis, Missouri
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Normandy
- Northern France
- Central Europe
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1990-1991
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History
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