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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