Headquarters and Headquarters Company
48th Chemical Brigade
Lineage and Honors Information as of 21 May 2008
Headquarters and Headquarters Company
48th Chemical Brigade Lineage
Constituted 12 March 1942 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 81st Chemical Battalion
Activated 25 April 1942 at Fort D. A. Russell, Texas
Reorganized and redesignated 14 February 1944 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 81st Chemical Battalion, Motorized
Redesignated 22 February 1945 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 81st Chemical Mortar Battalion
Inactivated 7 November 1945 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
Redesignated 17 April 1951 as Headquarters, 81st Chemical Group, and allotted to the Regular Army
Activated 8 May 1951 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Reorganized and redesignated 12 February 1952 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 81st Chemical Group
Reorganized and redesignated 1 December 1953 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 81st Chemical Group
Inactivated 12 September 1962 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Redesignated 14 January 2000 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 48th Chemical Brigade
Activated 16 September 2007 at Fort Hood, Texas
Headquarters and Headquarters Company
48th Chemical Brigade Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Normandy (with arrowhead), Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered NORMANDY