Lineage and Honors Information as of 2 October 2012
477th TRANSPORTATION COMPANY
- Constituted 22 June 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters, 59th Transportation Corps Composite Company
- Activated 20 July 1944 in Australia
- Reorganized and redesignated 15 March 1945 as Headquarters, 59th Transportation Corps Service Company
- Inactivated 1 April 1946 in the Philippines
- Disbanded 2 May 1947
- Reconstituted 31 July 1947 in the Organized Reserves as the 477th Transportation Port Company
- Activated 25 August 1947 at Oakland, California
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Inactivated 30 November 1950 at Oakland, California
- Redesignated 8 August 1955 as the 477th Transportation Company
- Activated 1 November 1955 at Santa Anita, California
- Inactivated 1 July 1959 at Santa Anita, California
- Activated 20 January 1968 at the Presidio of San Francisco, California
- Location changed 1 July 1972 to Oakland, California
- Inactivated 1 October 1976 at Oakland, California
- Activated 16 September 2012 at Marysville, Washington
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- New Guinea
- Luzon
Decorations
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
Robert J. Dalessandro
Director, Center of Military History
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