Lineage and Honors Information as of 2 June 2010
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