Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
757th Transportation Battalion Lineage


Constituted 1 July 1933 in the Organized Reserves as the 664th Engineer Battalion

Organized by 1937 in Michigan

Redesignated 21 February 1941 as the 757th Engineer Battalion

Redesignated 1 April 1942 as the 757th Engineer Railway Shop Battalion

Converted and redesignated 16 November 1942 as the 757th Railway Shop Battalion, Transportation Corps

Ordered into active military service 3 June 1943 at the Army Service Forces Unit Training Center, New Orleans, Louisiana

Inactivated 7 December 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey

Redesignated 23 March 1948 as the 757th Transportation Railway Shop Battalion

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

Activated 8 April 1948 with Headquarters at Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Inactivated 25 October 1951 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Activated 25 August 1952 with Headquarters at Milwaukee, Wisconsin


Redesignated 1 January 1955 as the 757th Transportation Battalion

Battalion broken up 31 January 1968 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:

Headquarters and Headquarters Company as Headquarters, 757th Transportation Battalion

(Companies A, B, C, and D as the 1150th, 1151st, 1152d, and 1153d Transportation Companies, respectively--hereafter separate lineages)

Reorganized and redesignated 15 March 1972 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 757th Transportation Battalion

Inactivated 16 December 1980 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Redesignated 16 May 1985 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 757th Transportation Battalion and activated at Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Location changed 1 July 1987 to West Allis, Wisconsin; on 16 September 1993 to Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Reorganized and redesignated 16 September 1998 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 757th Transportation Battalion


Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
757th Transportation Battalion Honors


Campaign Participation Credit


World War II: Normandy; Northern France; Central Europe


Decorations


Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for EUROPEAN THEATER

Army Superior Unit Award for 1990-1991