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Lineage and Honors Information as of 26 April 2011

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HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT
106th TRANSPORTATION BATTALION

 

         Constituted 25 February 1943 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 2d Battalion, 522d Quartermaster Truck Regiment

        Activated 15 April 1943 at Fort Dix, New Jersey

        Reorganized and redesignated 20 November 1943 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 106th Quartermaster Battalion, Mobile

        Inactivated 22 February 1946 in Germany

        Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 106th Transportation Corps Truck Battalion

        Redesignated 1 February 1955 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 106th Transportation Battalion, and allotted to the Regular Army

        Activated 18 March 1955 in France

        Reorganized and redesignated 19 June 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 106th Transportation Battalion

        Inactivated 15 September 1993 in Germany

        Activated 17 October 1998 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky


CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

                                                        World War II
                                                        Normandy
                                                        Northern France
                                                        Rhineland
                                                        Ardennes-Alsace
                                                        Central Europe

                                                        War on Terrorism
                                                        Global War on Terrorism

                                                             Iraq:
                                                        Iraqi Surge

 

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007-2008

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY: 

 

ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History


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