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1st Battalion, 37th Armor(343 total words in this text)(3800 Reads)  Activated 15 April 1941 at Pine Camp, New York Redesignated 8 May 1941 as Company A, 37th Armored Regiment Reorganized and redesignated 10 September 1943 as Company A, 37th Tank Battalion Converted and redesignated 1 May 1946 as Troop A, 37th Constabulary Squadron, an element of 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 Company A, 37th Tank Battalion (37th Tank Battalion assigned 25 February 1953 to the 4th Armored Division) Activated 15 June 1954 at Fort Hood, Texas Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Medium Tank Battalion, 37th Armor, an element of the 4th Armored Division (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated) Reorganized and redesignated 12 August 1963 as the 1st Battalion, 37th Armor Relieved 10 May 1971 from assignment to the 4th Armored Division and assigned to the 1st Armored Division Relieved 17 January 1992 from assignment to the 1st Armored Division and assigned to the 3d Infantry Division Inactivated 15 February 1996 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 3d Infantry Division Assigned 17 February 1997 to the 1st Armored Division and activated in Germany 1st Battalion 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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