Constituted 15 July 1940 in the Regular Army as the 70th Tank Battalion and activated at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland

Inactivated 1 June 1946 in Germany

Activated 1 August 1946 at Fort Knox, Kentucky

Reorganized and redesignated 14 June 1948 as the 70th Medium Tank Battalion

Reorganized and redesignated 31 December 1948 as the 70th Heavy Tank Battalion

Reorganized and redesignated 2 May 1950 as the 70th Tank Battalion

Assigned 10 November 1951 to the 1st Cavalry Division

Inactivated 15 October 1957 in Japan and relieved from assignment to the 1st Cavalry Division

Redesignated 25 January 1963 as the 70th Armor, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System

Withdrawn 16 June 1989 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System

70th Armor Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II: Algeria-French Morocco; Sicily (with arrowhead); Normandy (with arrowhead); Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe

Korean War: UN Defensive; UN Offensive; CCF Intervention; First UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring Offensive; UN Summer-Fall Offensive; Second Korean Winter

Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Cease-Fire

Decorations

Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for COTENTIN PENINSULA

Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for HURTGEN FOREST

Valorous Unit Award for IRAQ

Belgian Fourragere 1940

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for actions in Belgium

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for TAEGU

Chryssoun Aristion Andrias (Bravery Gold Medal of Greece) for KOREA