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Lineage and Honors Information as of 25 June 2014

513th TRANSPORTATION COMPANY
(HARD WORK)

  • Constituted 15 April 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 3824th Quartermaster Truck Company
  • Activated 7 June 1944 in Italy
  • Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 3824th Transportation Corps Truck Company
  • Redesignated 25 March 1947 as the 513th Transportation Corps Truck Company
  • Redesignated 10 July 1947 as the 513th Transportation Truck Company
  • Allotted 26 November 1951 to the Regular Army
  • Reorganized and redesignated 26 April 1954 as the 513th Transportation Company
  • Inactivated 5 November 1955 in Korea
  • Activated 1 June 1959 in Germany

Campaign Participation Credit

  • World War II
  • Rome-Arno
  • Po Valley
  • Korean War
  • CCF Intervention
  • First UN Counteroffensive
  • CCF Spring Offensive
  • UN Summer-Fall Offensive
  • Second Korean Winter
  • Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
  • Third Korean Winter
  • Korea, Summer 1953
  • Southwest Asia
  • Defense of Saudi Arabia
  • Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
  • Cease-Fire
  • War on Terrorism
  • Global War on Terrorism

Decorations

  • Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered HWACHON RESERVOIR
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2011-2012
  • Navy Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered PANMUNJOM
  • Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1952
  • Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

Robert J. Dalessandro
Director, Center of Military History


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