56th Military Police Company
Lineage and Honors Information as of 25 April 2007
56th Military Police Company Lineage
Constituted 30 November 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 56th Military Police Company
Activated 1 December 1943 in North Africa
Reorganized and redesignated 10 January 1946 as the 56th Military Police Escort Guard Company
Reorganized and redesignated 7 May 1946 as the 56th Military Police Prisoner of War Processing Company
Inactivated 29 November 1946 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas
Activated 25 September 1950 at Camp Gordon, Georgia
Allotted 22 June 1951 to the Regular Army
Reorganized and redesignated 25 May 1953 as the 56th Military Police Company
Inactivated 20 February 1956 at Camp Gordon, Georgia
Activated 1 April 1963 at Fort Richardson, Alaska
Inactivated 15 November 1993 at Fort Richardson, Alaska
Withdrawn 13 April 2004 from the Regular Army and allotted to the Army Reserve
Activated 16 September 2006 at Mesa, Arizona
56th Military Police Company Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Naples-Foggia, Rome-Arno, North Apennines
Decorations
None