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Lineage and Honors Information as of 13 July 2011

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454th TRANSPORTATION COMPANY

 

         Constituted 1 May 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 454th Amphibian Truck Company, Transportation Corps, and activated at Charleston, South Carolina

        Inactivated 30 January 1946 in the Ryukyu Islands

        Allotted 26 February 1947 to the Organized Reserves

        Activated 11 March 1947 at Dayton, Ohio

        Redesignated 13 October 1947 as the 454th Transportation Amphibious Truck Company
       
        (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)

        Location changed 3 April 1950 to St. Marys, Ohio

        Reorganized and redesignated 28 October 1953 as the 454th Transportation Company

        Inactivated 4 April 1963 at St. Marys, Ohio

        Activated 16 September 1997 at Blacklick, Ohio

        Location changed 1 June 1999 to Columbus, Ohio

        Ordered into active military service 7 December 2003 at Columbus, Ohio; released from active military service 15 April 2005 and reverted to reserve status

        Ordered into active military service 10 July 2006 at Columbus, Ohio; released from active military service 5 January 2008 and reverted to reserve status

 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

                                                        World War II
                                                        Western Pacific (with arrowhead)
                                                        Ryukyus (with arrowhead)

 

                                                        War on Terrorism
                                                                Iraq:
                                                        National Resolution
                                                        Iraqi Surge

                                                        (Additional campaigns to be determined)

 

DECORATIONS

        Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered PELELIU

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY: 

 

 

ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History


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