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314th Military Intelligence Battalion

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Constituted 14 December 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 314th Headquarters Intelligence Detachment

Activated 27 February 1945 in the Philippine Islands

Inactivated 25 March 1947 in Korea

Allotted 20 April 1948 to the Organized Reserve Corps

Activated 21 May 1948 at Boston, Massachusetts

Inactivated 30 June 1950 at Boston, Massachusetts

Redesignated 10 August 1950 as Headquarters, 314th Military Intelligence Battalion

Activated 30 August 1950 at Cleveland, Ohio

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

Inactivated 1 April 1953 at Cleveland, Ohio

Redesignated 16 September 1988 as Headquarters, Headquarters and Service Company, 314th Military Intelligence Battalion, and activated at Detroit, Michigan (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)

Battalion inactivated 15 September 1997 at Detroit, Michigan

Withdrawn 4 February 1999 from the Army Reserve and allotted to the Regular Army

Activated 16 June 2000 at San Antonio, Texas

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