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81st Adjutant General Detachment

Lineage and Honors Information as of 24 April 2007

81st Adjutant General Detachment

Constituted 1 May 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 1st Base Post Office and activated at Fort Hamilton, New York

Inactivated 12 February 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey

Activated 8 September 1950 in Japan

Allotted 8 February 1954 to the Regular Army

Reorganized and redesignated 8 June 1971 as the 1st Adjutant General Military Mail Terminal

Reorganized and redesignated 1 January 1977 as the 81st Adjutant General Detachment

Inactivated 15 September 1988 in Korea

Activated 16 April 2007 at Fort Hood, Texas

81st Adjutant General Detachment

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II: European-African-Middle Eastern Theater, Streamer without inscription

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

Decorations

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1953-1954

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1952

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953


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