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Constituted 7 July 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 60th Chemical Depot Company
Activated 15 August 1942 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi Inactivated 17 December 1945 at Camp Shanks, New York Redesignated 11 June 1947 as the 327th Chemical Depot Company and allotted to the Organized Reserves Activated 16 July 1947 at Atlanta, Georgia (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; on 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve) Inactivated 1 September 1950 at Atlanta, Georgia Redesignated 8 November 1956 as the 327th Chemical Company Activated 11 February 1957 at Corinth, Mississippi Inactivated 1 November 1957 at Corinth, Mississippi Activated 16 October 1980 at Bay City, Texas Ordered into active military service 12 September 1990 at Bay City, Texas; released from active military service 13 April 1991 and reverted to reserve status Location changed 1 April 1995 to Houston, Texas 327th Chemical Company Honors Campaign Participation Credit World War II - EAME: Normandy; Northern France; Ardennes-Alsace; Rhineland; Central Europe Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait Decorations None |
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Edward IV defeats Henry VIs Lancastrians at the battle of Towdon.
1847: U.S. troops under General Winfield Scott take possession of the Mexican stronghold at Vera Cruz. 1865: The final campaign of the war begins in Virginia when Union troops of General Ulysses S. Grant move against the Confederate trenches around Petersburg. General Robert E. Lees outnumbered Rebels were soon forced to evacuate the city and begin a desperate race west. 1879: British troops of the 90th Light Infantry Regiment repulse a major attack by Zulu tribesmen in northwest Zululand. 1916: The Italians call off the fifth attack on Isonzo. 1917: Marines garrison St. Croix to deny harbor to German submarines. 1936: Italy firebombs the Ethiopian city of Harar. 1941: The British sink five Italian warships off the Peloponnesus coast in the Mediterranean. 1942: British cruiser Trinidad torpedoes itself in the Barents Sea. 1942: German submarine U-585 sinks. |