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