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Lineage and Honors Information as of 8 April 2011

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21st TRANSPORTATION COMPANY
(CARGO DOGS)

 

Constituted in 1926 in the Regular Army as the 13th Motorcycle Company

Redesignated 1 May 1936 as Company A, 72d Separate Quartermaster Battalion

Redesignated 1 June 1940 as the 21st Quartermaster Company, Car

Redesignated 1 November 1940 as the 21st Quartermaster Company

Activated 12 June 1941 at Camp Bowie, Texas

Redesignated 7 June 1944 as the 21st Quartermaster Car Company

Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 21st Transportation Corps Car Company

Redesignated 21 July 1947 as the 21st Transportation Car Company

Redesignated 1 April 1954 as the 21st Transportation Company

Inactivated 15 June 1998 in Korea

Activated 16 June 2001 at Fort Lewis, Washington

 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II
Rome-Arno
Asiatic-Pacific Theater,
     Streamer without inscription

Korean War
UN Defensive
UN Offensive
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

War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined

 

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1951

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1951-1952

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2003-2004

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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