Lineage and Honors Information as of 21 July 2006
289th Military Police Company
Constituted 28 April 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 289th Military Police Company
Activated 25 June 1943 at Fort Custer, Michigan
Allotted 12 December 1951 to the Regular Army
Inactivated 3 June 1955 in Korea
Activated 25 March 1956 in Japan
Inactivated 24 June 1958 in Japan
Activated 1 November 1994 at Fort Myer, Virginia
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
European-African-Middle Eastern Theater,
Streamer without inscription
Korean War
CCF Intervention
First UN Counteroffensive
CCF Spring Offensive
UN Summer-Fall Offensive
Second Korean Winter
Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
Third Korean Winter
Korea, Summer 1953
DECORATIONS
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1951
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1953
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1954
Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2004-2005
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1952
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
JEFFREY J. CLARKE
Chief of Military History