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Lineage and Honors Information as of 2 June 2010

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COMPANY B, 52th INFANTRY REGIMENT
(READY RIFLES)

 

Constituted 15 May 1917 in the Regular Army as Company B, 52d Infantry

Organized 16 June 1917 at Chickamauga Park, Georgia

(52d Infantry assigned 16 November 1917 to the 6th Division)

Inactivated 1 September 1921 at Camp Grant, Illinois

(52d Infantry relieved 15 August 1927 from assignment to the 6th Division and assigned to the 9th Division; relieved 1 October 1933 from assignment to the 9th Division and assigned to the 6th Division; relieved 1 October 1940 from assignment to the 6th Division)

Redesignated 15 July 1942 as Company B, 52d Armored Infantry, an element of the 9th Armored Division, and activated at Fort Riley, Kansas

Reorganized and redesignated 9 October 1943 as Company B, 60th Armored Infantry Battalion, an element of the 9th Armored Division

Inactivated 13 October 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia

Redesignated 14 September 1950 as Company B, 52d Infantry, an element of the 71st Infantry Division

Redesignated 25 February 1953 as Company B, 560th Armored Infantry Battalion, an element of the 9th Armored Division

(560th Armored Infantry Battalion relieved 1 March 1957 from assignment to the 9th Armored Division)

Redesignated 30 August 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Armored Rifle Battalion, 52d Infantry (organic elements concurrently constituted)

Battalion assigned 1 October 1957 to the 3d Armored Division and activated in Germany

Reorganized and redesignated 3 February 1962 as the 2d Battalion, 52d Infantry; concurrently relieved from assignment to the 3d Armored Division and assigned to the 1st Armored Division

Inactivated 10 September 1963 at Fort Hood, Texas

Activated 12 May 1967 at Fort Hood, Texas

Inactivated 15 September 1972 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 1st Armored Division

Redesignated 3 December 2003 as Company B, 52d Infantry

Redesignated 1 October 2005 as Company B, 52d Infantry Regiment

Assigned 16 October 2005 to the 2d Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, and activated at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii


CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

          World War I
        *Meuse-Argonne
        *Alsace 1918

          World War II
        *Rhineland
        *Ardennes-Alsace
        *Central Europe

          War on Terrorism
          Campaigns to be determined

 

DECORATIONS

*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered LUXEMBOURG

  Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered ST. VITH

  Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BASTOGNE

  Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered REMAGEN BRIDGEHEAD

*Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered BAGHDAD 2008

 

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

 

 

JEFFREY J. CLARKE
Chief of Military History


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