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Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 180th Medical Battalion

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Constituted 14 August 1943 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 180th Medical Battalion

Activated 15 September 1943 in the Tennessee Maneuver Area

Inactivated 23 November 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts

Redesignated 30 December 1948 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 414th Medical Battalion, and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps

Activated 1 February 1949 at Indianapolis, Indiana

Inactivated 3 April 1950 at Indianapolis, Indiana

(Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)

Redesignated 20 April 1953 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 180th Medical Battalion

Activated 16 September 1995 at Columbus, Ohio

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
180th Medical Battalion Honors

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World War II: Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe

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