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223d Transportation Company

Lineage and Honors Information as of 28 March 2008

223d Transportation Company Lineage

Constituted 8 November 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 2203d Quartermaster Truck Company, Aviation

Activated 17 January 1944 in England

Inactivated 30 November 1945 in Germany

Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 2203d Transportation Corps Truck Company

Redesignated 18 October 1948 as the 223d Transportation Amphibious Truck Company and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps

Activated 25 October 1948 at Boston, Massachusetts

Location changed 31 July 1950 to New York, New York; on 24 August 1950 to Brooklyn, New York

(Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)

Reorganized and redesignated 28 February 1953 as the 223d Transportation Company

Inactivated 1 February 1956 at Brooklyn, New York

Activated 13 December 1969 at Hempstead, New York

Location changed 7 March 1970 to Edgemont, Pennsylvania; on 17 June 2002 to Norristown, Pennsylvania

Ordered into active military service 7 June 2004 at Norristown, Pennsylvania; released from active military service 3 December 2005 and reverted to reserve status with location at Newtown Square, Pennsylvania

223d Transportation Company Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II: Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace

War on Terrorism: Campaigns to be determined

Decorations

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2004-2005


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