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66th Transportation Company(173 total words in this text)(3546 Reads)  Constituted 1 May 1936 in the Regular Army as Company B, 1st Battalion, 46th Quartermaster Regiment Activated 1 April 1942 at Camp Murray, Washington Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1942 as Company B, 1st Battalion, 46th Quartermaster Truck Regiment Reorganized and redesignated 19 December 1943 as the 3482d Quartermaster Truck Company Inactivated 16 June 1946 in Italy Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 3482d Transportation Corps Truck Company Redesignated 6 March 1947 as the 66th Transportation Corps Truck Company Redesignated 19 May 1947 as the 66th Transportation Truck Company Activated 20 June 1947 in Germany Reorganized and redesignated 15 January 1950 as the 66th Transportation Heavy Truck Company Reorganized and redesignated 5 June 1953 as the 66th Transportation Company 66th Transportation Company Honors Campaign Participation Credit World War II - EAME: Tunisia; Sicily; Naples-Foggia; Rome-Arno Decorations Army Superior Unit Award for GERMANY 1983-1986 |
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