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    372d Military Police Company

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    Constituted 25 September 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 372d Military Police Escort Guard Company

    Activated 15 October 1942 at Florence, Arizona

    Inactivated 14 November 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts

    Allotted 14 June 1947 to the Organized Reserves

    Activated 26 June 1947 at Baltimore, Maryland

    (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)

    Location Changed 17 March 1949 to Cumberland, Maryland; changed 20 August 1951 to Lonaconing, Maryland

    Reorganized and redesignated 15 November 1952 as the 372d Military Police Company

    Inactivated 15 June 1959 at Lonaconing, Maryland

    Activated 22 February 1972 at Lonaconing, Maryland

    Location changed 30 June 1973 to Cumberland, Maryland

    Ordered into active military service 27 September 1990 at Cumberland, Maryland; released from active military service 24 May 1991 and reverted to reserve status

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    World War II - EAME: Naples-Foggia; Rome-Arno; Southern France (with arrowhead); Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe

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

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