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Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 812th Transportation Battalion(173 total words in this text)(2352 Reads)  812th Transportation Battalion Constituted 29 September 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 286th Quartermaster Battalion, Mobile Activated 29 October 1944 in Italy Inactivated 12 November 1945 in Germany Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 286th Transportation Corps Truck Battalion Redesignated 12 August 1948 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 812th Transportation Truck Battalion, and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps Activated 14 September 1948 at Charlotte, North Carolina Redesignated 27 July 1949 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 812th Transportation Truck Battalion (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve) Redesignated 5 April 1954 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 812th Transportation Battalion Redesignated 19 January 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 812th Transportation Battalion Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment 812th Transportation Battalion Campaign Participation Credit World War II: Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe Decorations None |
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