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69th Transportation Company

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Constituted 1 May 1936 in the Regular Army as Company D, 1st Battalion, 46th Quartermaster Regiment

Activated 1 April 1942 at Fort Lewis, Washington

Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1942 as Company D, 1st Battalion, 46th Quartermaster Truck Regiment

Reorganized and redesignated 19 December 1943 as the 3484th Quartermaster Truck Company

Inactivated 1 October 1945 in Italy

Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 3484th Transportation Corps Truck Company

Redesignated 6 March 1947 as the 69th Transportation Corps Truck Company

Redesignated 19 May 1947 as the 69th Transportation Truck Company

Activated 20 June 1947 in Germany

Redesignated 15 January 1950 as the 69th Transportation Heavy Truck Company

Reorganized and redesignated 5 June 1953 as the 69th Transportation Company


69th Transportation Company Honors


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World War II - EAME: Tunisia; Sicily; Naples-Foggia; Rome-Arno


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