372d Transportation Company
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[1]372d Transportation Company Lineage
Constituted 12 June 1942 in the Army of the United States as Company A, 361st Quartermaster Battalion
Activated 15 June 1942 at Camp Edwards, Massachusetts
Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 19 February 1944 as the 478th Amphibian Truck Company, Transportation Corps
Inactivated 10 February 1946 on Okinawa
Redesignated 17 May 1947 as the 372d Transportation Amphibious Truck Company and allotted to the Organized Reserves
Activated 2 June 1947 at Beaumont, Texas
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Inactivated 17 August 1950 at Beaumont, Texas
Redesignated 23 March 1966 as the 372d Transportation Company; concurrently withdrawn from the Army Reserve and allotted to the Regular Army
Activated 1 June 1966 at Fort Riley, Kansas
Inactivated 20 September 1968 at Fort Riley, Kansas
Activated 20 December 1968 in Vietnam
372d Transportation Company Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II ? EAME: Sicily (with arrowhead); Normandy (with arrowhead); Northern France
World War II (Asiatic-Pacific Theater): Silver Band without campaign inscription
Vietnam: Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Tet 69/Counteroffensive; Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII; Consolidation I; Consolidation II; Cease-Fire
Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for EUROPEAN THEATER
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1972
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II for NORMANDY BEACHES
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