70th Armor
Lineage and Honors Information as of 20 April 1998
70th Armor Lineage
Constituted 15 July 1940 in the Regular Army as the 70th Tank Battalion and activated at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland
Inactivated 1 June 1946 in Germany
Activated 1 August 1946 at Fort Knox, Kentucky
Reorganized and redesignated 14 June 1948 as the 70th Medium Tank Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 31 December 1948 as the 70th Heavy Tank Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 2 May 1950 as the 70th Tank Battalion
Assigned 10 November 1951 to the 1st Cavalry Division
Inactivated 15 October 1957 in Japan and relieved from assignment to the 1st Cavalry Division
Redesignated 25 January 1963 as the 70th Armor, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System
Withdrawn 16 June 1989 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
70th Armor Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Algeria-French Morocco; Sicily (with arrowhead); Normandy (with arrowhead); Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
Korean War: UN Defensive; UN Offensive; CCF Intervention; First UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring Offensive; UN Summer-Fall Offensive; Second Korean Winter
Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Cease-Fire
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered COTENTIN PENINSULA
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered HURTGEN FOREST
Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ
Belgian Fourragere 1940
Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for actions in Belgium
Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered TAEGU
Chryssoun Aristion Andrias (Bravery Gold Medal of Greece), Streamer embroidered KOREA