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Lineage and Honors Information as of 16 June 2011

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97th TRANSPORTATION COMPANY

 

         Constituted 13 March 1942 in the Army of the United States as Company A, 258th Quartermaster Battalion

        Activated 15 April 1942 at Fort Custer, Michigan

        Reorganized and redesignated 16 June 1942 as Company A, 258th Quartermaster Service Battalion
       
Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 25 October 1943 as the 151st Port Company

        Inactivated 31 May 1946 in Japan

        Redesignated 5 December 1946 as the 97th Transportation Corps Port Company

        Activated 31 December 1946 in the Philippines as a unit in the Philippine Scouts

        Redesignated 31 July 1947 as the 97th Transportation Port Company, and remained a unit in the Philippine Scouts

        Inactivated 13 June 1949 on Guam, and withdrawn from the Philippine Scouts

        Activated 3 December 1949 in Germany

        Allotted 1 March 1952 to the Regular Army

        Reorganized and redesignated 5 June 1953 as the 97th Transportation Company

        Inactivated 15 October 1962 in France

        Activated 28 March 1963 at Fort Eustis, Virginia

 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

                                                        World War II
                                                        Leyte
                                                        Luzon

                                                        Vietnam
                                                        Defense
                                                        Counteroffensive
                                                        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

                                                        Southwest Asia
                                                        Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
                                                        Cease-Fire

                                                        War on Terrorism
                                                        Campaigns to be determined


DECORATIONS

        Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1966

        Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967

        Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968

        Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2009-2010

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

 

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

 

 

 

ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History


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