Lineage and Honors Information as of 26 March 2012
388th CHEMICAL COMPANY
- Constituted 13 October 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 168th Chemical Smoke Generator Company and activated at Camp Edwards, Massachusetts
- Inactivated 10 April 1946 at Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland
- Redesignated 20 December 1948 as the 388th Chemical Smoke Generator Company and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps
- Activated 1 February 1949 at Hartford, Illinois
- Ordered into active military service 19 August 1950 at Hartford, Illinois
- (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Reorganized and redesignated 15 March 1954 as the 388th Chemical Company
Released from active military service 27 October 1954 and reverted to reserve status
- Inactivated 17 January 1955 at Hartford, Illinois
- Activated 23 April 1956 at Rockford, Illinois
- Location changed 31 January 1968 to Bloomington, Illinois; on 16 April 1999 to St. Louis, Missouri
- Inactivated 15 April 2005 at St. Louis, Missouri
- Activated 16 September 2008 at Junction City, Wisconsin
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Naples-Foggia
- Rome-Arno
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- Korean War
- CCF Spring Offensive
- UN Summer-Fall Offensive
- Second Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
- Third Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer 1953
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered COLMAR
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1953
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1951-1952
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
Robert J. Dalessandro
Director, Center of Military History
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