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Headquarters, 3d Brigade, 80th Division (Training)(361 total words in this text)(2259 Reads)  Organized in September 1917 at Camp Lee, Virginia Demobilized 12 June 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 305th Engineers and assigned to the 80th Division (later redesignated as the 80th Infantry Division) Organized in December 1921 with Headquarters at Richmond, Virginia Redesignated (less 2d Battalion) 12 February 1942 as the 30th Engineer Battalion (2d Battalion--hereafter separate lineage) Ordered into active military service 15 July 1942 and reorganized at Camp Forrest, Tennessee Reorganized and redesignated 1 August 1942 as the 305th Engineer Combat Battalion Inactivated 5 January 1946 at Camp Dix, New Jersey Redesignated 15 July 1946 as the 305th Airborne Engineer Battalion (80th Infantry Division concurrently redesignated as the 80th Airborne Division) Activated 12 March 1948 at Richmond, Virginia (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve) Reorganized and redesignated 10 May 1952 as the 305th Engineer Combat Battalion (80th Airborne Division concurrently redesignated as the 80th Infantry Division) Reorganized and redesignated 17 July 1953 as the 305th Engineer Battalion Inactivated 4 June 1954 at Richmond, Virginia Activated 19 April 1956 with Headquarters at Abingdon, Virginia Disbanded (less Companies A and B) 11 May 1959 at Abingdon, Virginia (Companies A and B--hereafter separate lineages) Headquarters, 305th Engineer Battalion, reconstituted 24 November 1967 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 3d Brigade, 80th Division (Training) Activated 30 January 1968 at Richmond, Virginia Inactivated 31 August 1973 at Richmond, Virginia Activated 16 September 1988 at Charleston, West Virginia Location changed 25 September 1990 to Big Chimney, West Virginia Inactivated 13 January 1995 at Big Chimney, West Virginia Activated 16 November 1996 at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Headquarters 3d Brigade, 80th Division (Training) Honors Campaign Participation Credit World War I: Somme Offensive; Meuse-Argonne; Picardy 1918 World War II: Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe Decorations None |
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