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Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 2d Infantry Division

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Organized 11 August 1917 in the Regular Army at Syracuse, New York, as Headquarters, 1st Provisional Brigade

Redesignated 22 September 1917 as Headquarters, 3d Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 2d Division

Reorganized and redesignated in March 1921 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Infantry Brigade

Redesignated 23 March 1925 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade

Redesignated 24 August 1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Infantry Brigade

Disbanded 9 October 1939 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas

Reconstituted 25 January 1963 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 2d Infantry Division

Activated 1 February 1963 at Fort Benning, Georgia

Inactivated 16 September 1992 in Korea

Activated 16 April 1995 at Fort Lewis, Washington

Headquarters and Headquarters Company
3d Brigade, 2d Infantry Division Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War I: Aisne; Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Ile de France 1918; Lorraine 1918

Decorations

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I for CHATEAU-THIERRY

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I for AISNE-MARNE

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I for MEUSE-ARGONNE

French Croix de Guerre, World War I, Fourragere

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