1st Battalion, 68th Armor
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[1]Organized 7 June 1918 in the National Army in France as Company A, 327th Battalion, Tank Corps
Redesignated 12 September 1918 as Company A, 345th Battalion, Tank Corps
Reorganized and redesignated 8 January 1921 as the 1st Tank Company and allotted to the Regular Army
Assigned 1 April 1921 to the 1st Division
Relieved 16 October 1939 from assignment to the 1st Division
Consolidated 1 January 1940 with Company A, 68th Infantry (constituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army) and consolidated unit designated as Company A, 68th Infantry
Inactivated 5 June 1940 at Fort Benning, Georgia
Redesignated 15 July 1940 as Company A, 68th Armored Regiment, an element of the 2d Armored Division
Activated 1 August 1940 at Fort Benning, Georgia
Inactivated 8 January 1942 at Fort Benning, Georgia, and relieved from assignment to the 2d Armored Division
Activated 15 February 1942 at Fort Knox, Kentucky, as an element of the 6th Armored Division
Reorganized and redesignated 20 September 1943 as Company A, 773d Tank Battalion, and relieved from assignment to the 6th Armored Division
Reorganized and redesignated 27 October 1943 as Company A, 773d Amphibian Tank Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 10 January 1944 as Company A, 773d Amphibian Tractor Battalion
Inactivated 15 April 1946 in Japan
Redesignated 24 December 1946 as Company A, 56th Amphibian Tractor Battalion
Redesignated 18 April 1949 as Company A, 56th Amphibious Tank and Tractor Battalion
Activated 10 May 1949 at Fort Worden, Washington
Inactivated 15 December 1954 in Japan
Redesignated 1 July 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Medium Tank Battalion, 68th Armor, assigned to the 3d Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Benning, Georgia (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
Relieved 1 April 1963 from assignment to the 3d Infantry Division; concurrently redesignated as the 1st Battalion, 68th Armor, and assigned to the 8th Infantry Division
Inactivated 15 March 1991 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 8th Infantry Division
Assigned 16 January 1996 to the 4th Infantry Division and activated at Fort Carson, Colorado
1st Battalion
68th Armor Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War I: *St. Mihiel; *Meuse-Argonne
World War II: Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe; *Western Pacific (with arrowhead); *Ryukyus (with arrowhead)
Korean War: *UN Defensive (with arrowhead); *UN Offensive; *CCF Intervention; Korea, Summer 1953
Decorations
*Presidential Unit Citation (Navy) for SAIPAN and TINIAN
*Presidential Unit Citation (Navy) for INCHON
*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for INCHON TO HUNGNAM
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