52d Aviation Regiment
(Flying Dragons)
Lineage and Honors Information as of 21 May 2008
52d Aviation Regiment Lineage
Constituted 31 May 1940 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 204th Quartermaster Battalion
Activated 10 June 1942 at Compton, California
Redesignated 1 July 1942 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 204th Quartermaster Gas Supply Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 10 December 1943 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 204th Quartermaster Battalion, Mobile
Inactivated 13 October 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 204th Transportation Corps Truck Battalion; concurrently activated at Fort Benning, Georgia
Redesignated 20 May 1947 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 204th Transportation Truck Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 16 May 1949 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 52d Transportation Truck Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1954 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 52d Transportation Battalion
Inactivated 10 May 1955 in Japan
Redesignated 13 October 1955 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 52d Transportation Battalion
Activated 7 November 1955 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Converted and redesignated 22 December 1962 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 52d Aviation Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 25 January 1965 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 52d Aviation Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 25 November 1968 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 52d Aviation Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 21 June 1979 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 52d Aviation Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 16 October 1987 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 52d Aviation Battalion
Inactivated 16 October 1988 in Korea
Redesignated 16 January 1996 as the 52d Aviation, a parent regiment under the United States Army Regimental System
Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 52d Aviation Regiment
52d Aviation Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Naples-Foggia; Rome-Arno; North Apennines; Po Valley
Korean War: UN Offensive; CCF Intervention; First UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring Offensive; UN Summer-Fall Offensive; Second Korean Winter; Korea, Summer-Fall 1952; Third Korean Winter; Korea, Summer 1953
Vietnam: Advisory; Defense; Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Tet 69/Counteroffensive; Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII; Consolidation I; Consolidation II; Cease-Fire
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for DAK TO DISTRICT
Valorous Unit Award for PLEI ME
Valorous Unit Award for DUC CO
Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered NINEVEH PROVINCE 2005
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for EUROPEAN THEATER
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for KOREA 1950-1952
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for KOREA 1952-1953
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1963-1966
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1966-1967
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1967-1968
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1969-1970
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1970
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1970-1972
Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal for VIETNAM 1970
Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal for VIETNAM 1971