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Lineage and Honors Information as of 16 April�2009

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2133d TRANSPORTATION COMPANY

 

Organized and Federally recognized 1 June 1923 in the Iowa National Guard at Marshalltown as Company H, 168th Infantry, an element of the 34th Division (later redesignated as the 34th Infantry Division)

Inducted into Federal service 10 February 1941 at Marshalltown

Inactivated 3 November 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia

Reorganized and Federally recognized 26 June 1947 at Marshalltown as Company D, 168th Infantry

Converted and redesignated 1 May 1959 as Battery A, 3d Howitzer Battalion, 185th Artillery, an element of the 34th Infantry Division

Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1963 as Battery C, 4th Howitzer Battalion, 185th Artillery, and relieved from assignment to the 34th Infantry Division

Converted and redesignated 1 January 1968 as the 185th Military Police Company

Converted and redesignated 1 October 1979 as Company B, 234th Signal Battalion

Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1990 as Company C, 234th Signal Battalion

Ordered into active Federal service 15 March 2003 at Marshalltown; released from active Federal service 13 August 2004 and reverted to state control

Converted and redesignated 1 September 2006 as the 2133d Transportation Company

HOME STATION: Marshalltown (less detachments at Muscatine and Centerville)

 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

                                          World War II
                                          Algeria-French Morocco (with arrowhead)
                                          Tunisia
                                          Naples-Foggia
                                          Anzio
                                          Rome-Arno
                                          North Apennines
                                          Po Valley

                                          War on Terrorism
                                          Campaigns to be determined

 

DECORATIONS

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered CERVARO, ITALY

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

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered BELVEDERE

 

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:       

       

      

      

       

      

JEFFREY J. CLARKE
Chief of Military History


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