Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
53d Transportation Battalion
Lineage and Honors Information as of 22 March 2007
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
53d Transportation Battalion Lineage
Constituted 28 May 1943 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 53d Quartermaster Truck Battalion
Activated 22 June 1943 in North Africa
Reorganized and redesignated 22 May 1944 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 53d Quartermaster Battalion, Mobile
Inactivated 12 November 1945 in Germany
Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 53d Transportation Corps Truck Battalion, and activated at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Redesignated 16 May 1947 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 53d Transportation Truck Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 3 May 1949 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 53d Transportation Truck Battalion, and allotted to the Regular Army
Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1953 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 53d Transportation Battalion
Redesignated 19 June 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 53d Transportation Battalion
Inactivated 15 September 1995 in Germany
Activated 16 November 1999 at Fort McPherson, Georgia
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
53d Transportation Battalion Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Sicily (with arrowhead); Naples-Foggia; Anzio (with arrowhead); Rome-Arno; Southern France (with arrowhead); Rhineland; Central Europe
War on Terrorism: Global War on Terrorism
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for SOUTHWEST ASIA 2002-2003
Army Superior Unit Award for 1986
Army Superior Unit Award for 1990