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    Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 130th Engineer Brigade

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    Constituted 5 May 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 1303d Engineer General Service Regiment

    Activated 15 July 1943 at Camp Ellis, Illinois

    Inactivated 31 January 1946 in Japan

    Headquarters, Headquarters and Service Company, 1303d Engineer General Service Regiment redesignated 8 July 1955 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 130th Engineer Aviation Brigade (remainder of regiment--hereafter separate lineages)

    Activated 25 September 1955 in Japan

    Inactivated 25 June 1956 in Japan

    Redesignated 16 June 1969 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 130th Engineer Brigade, and activated in Germany

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