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Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 7th Transportation Battalion(251 total words in this text)(2224 Reads)  7th Transportation Battalion Lineage Constituted 17 June 1943 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 7th Quartermaster Troop Transport Battalion Activated 25 August 1943 at Camp Livingston, Louisiana Redesignated 30 November 1943 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 7th Quartermaster Battalion, Mobile Inactivated 14 November 1945 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 7th Transportation Corps Truck Battalion Redesignated 16 October 1952 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 7th Transportation Battalion, and allotted to the Regular Army Activated 17 November 1952 at Camp Atterbury, Indiana Redesignated 25 June 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 7th Transportation Battalion Inactivated 30 March 1972 at Fort Lewis, Washington Activated 21 July 1974 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment 7th Transportation Battalion Honors Campaign Participation Credit World War II: Rhineland; Central Europe Vietnam: Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Tet 69/Counteroffensive; Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII; Consolidation I; Consolidation II Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Cease-Fire Decorations Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1968-1969 Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1969 Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991 |
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At the Battle of Agnadello, the French defeat the Venitians in Northern Italy.
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