Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 17 February 2012
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT
470th TRANSPORTATION BATTALION
- Constituted 9 December 1942 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 1st Battalion, 470th Quartermaster Truck Regiment
- Activated 30 December 1942 at Camp McCain, Mississippi
- Reorganized and redesignated 30 November 1943 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 470th Quartermaster Battalion, Mobile
- Inactivated 12 November 1945 in France
- Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 470th Transportation Corps Truck Battalion
- Redesignated 15 February 1949 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 470th Transportation Truck Battalion, and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps
- Activated 10 March 1949 at Xenia, Ohio
- Reorganized and redesignated 23 February 1950 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 470th Transportation Truck Battalion
- Inactivated 19 October 1950 at Xenia, Ohio
- (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Redesignated 27 July 1955 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 470th Transportation Battalion
- Activated 1 July 1955 at Peoria, Illinois
- Inactivated 16 December 1980 at Peoria, Illinois
- Activated 16 September 2011 at Arlington Heights, Illinois
- Location changed 8 December 2011 to Elwood, Illinois
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
DECORATIONS
- None
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History