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Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
593d Support Group

Lineage and Honors Information as of 12 July 2007

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
593d Support Group Lineage

Constituted 7 August 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1350th Engineer Base Depot Group

Activated 19 August 1944 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana

Inactivated 20 May 1946 in the Philippine Islands

Redesignated 10 November 1948 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 593d Engineer Base Depot

Activated 16 December 1948 on Guam

Inactivated 27 January 1950 on Guam

Allotted 26 December 1951 to the Regular Army

Activated 19 January 1952 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri

Reorganized and redesignated 25 May 1953 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 593d Engineer Group

Converted and redesignated 25 April 1966 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 593d General Support Group

Inactivated 30 April 1972 at Oakland, California

Redesignated 21 March 1973 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 593d Support Group, and activated at Fort Lewis, Washington

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
593d Support Group Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II: Leyte; Luzon

Vietnam: Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Tet 69/Counteroffensive; Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII; Consolidation I; Consolidation II; Cease-Fire

Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Cease-Fire

Decorations

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered PACIFIC THEATER

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1970

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945


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