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125th Transportation Company(162 total words in this text)(3792 Reads)  Constituted 24 November 1942 in the Army of the United States as Company B, Supply Battalion, 20th Armored Division Activated 15 December 1942 at Fort Knox, Kentucky Relieved 10 September 1943 from assignment to the 20th Armored Division Reorganized and redesignated 15 November 1943 as the 3620th Quartermaster Truck Company Disbanded 1 June 1945 in Germany Reconstituted 1 March 1949 in the Organized Reserve Corps as the 125th Transportation Truck Company Activated 8 July 1949 at Camden, New Jersey Inactivated 31 December 1950 at Camden, New Jersey (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve) Redesignated 23 October 1989 as the 125th Transportation Company Activated 16 September 1991 at Lexington, Kentucky 125th Transportation Company Honors Campaign Participation Credit World War II ? EAME: Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe Decorations None |
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