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Lineage and Honors Information as of 19 July 2016

594th Transportation Company

  • Constituted 24 September 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 3417th Quartermaster Truck Company
  • Activated 22 October 1943 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
  • Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 3417th Transportation Corps Truck Company
  • Redesignated 18 June 1947 as the 594th Transportation Truck Company
  • Allotted 4 September 1951 to the Regular Army
  • Reorganized and redesignated 8 June 1953 as the 594th Transportation Company

Campaign Participation Credit

  • World War II
  • Northern France
  • Rhineland
  • Ardennes-Alsace
  • Central Europe
  • Southwest Asia
  • Defense of Saudi Arabia
  • Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
  • Cease-Fire
  • Armed Forces Expeditions
  • Somalia
  • War on Terrorism
  • Global War on Terrorism
  • (Additional campaigns to be determined)

Decorations

  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2004-2005
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2008-2009
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2011-2012

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History


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