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37th Armor(458 total words in this text)(2426 Reads)  Activated 15 April 1941 at Pine Camp, New York Redesignated 8 May 1941 as the 37th Armored Regiment Regiment broken up 10 September 1943 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows: Regimental Headquarters and Headquarters Company and the 1st and 2d Battalions as the 37th Tank Battalion, and remained assigned to the 4th Armored Division 3d Battalion as the 706th Tank Battalion and relieved from assignment to the 4th Armored Division Maintenance and Service Companies disbanded (Reconnaissance Company as Troop F, 25th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized - hereafter separate lineage) After 10 September 1943 the above units underwent changes as follows: 37th Tank Battalion relieved 1 May 1946 from assignment to the 4th Armored Division; concurrently converted and redesignated as the 37th Constabulary Squadron and assigned to the 3d Constabulary Regiment Inactivated 20 September 1947 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 3d Constabulary Regiment Converted and redesignated 11 December 1951 as the 37th Tank Battalion Assigned 25 February 1953 to the 4th Armored Division Activated 15 June 1954 at Fort Hood, Texas Inactivated 1 April 1957 at Fort Hood, Texas, and relieved from assignment to the 4th Armored Division 706th Tank Battalion inactivated 20 September 1946 in the Philippine Islands Redesignated 25 March 1949 as the 71st Heavy Tank Battalion, assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division, and activated in Japan Reorganized and redesignated 5 August 1950 as the 71st Tank Battalion Inactivated 16 October 1950 in Korea and relieved from assignment to the 1st Cavalry Division Redesignated 14 August 1951 as the 706th Tank Battalion Assigned 25 February 1953 to the 12th Armored Division Relieved 1 April 1957 from assignment to the 12th Armored Division 37th and 706th Tank Battalions consolidated, reorganized, and redesignated 1 April 1957 as the 37th Armor, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System Withdrawn 28 February 1983 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System 37th Armor Honors Campaign Participation Credit World War II: Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe; Western Pacific; Leyte; Ryukyus Korean War: UN Defensive; UN Offensive Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Cease-Fire Decorations Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for ARDENNES Valorous Unit Award for IRAQ-KUWAIT Army Superior Unit Award for 1994-1995 French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II for NORMANDY French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II for MOSELLE RIVER French Croix de Guerre, World War II, Fourragere |
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