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920th Transportation Company

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Constituted 29 September 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 4473d Quartermaster Truck Company

Activated 2 October 1944 in Italy

Inactivated 28 March 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey

Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 4473d Transportation Corps Truck Company

Redesignated 16 April 1947 as the 920th Transportation Corps Truck Company; concurrently allotted to the Organized Reserves

Activated 7 May 1947 at Battle Creek, Michigan

Redesignated 14 October 1947 as the 920th Transportation Truck Company

(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)

Inactivated 3 May 1949 at Battle Creek, Michigan

Redesignated 10 June 1949 as the 920th Transportation Heavy Truck Company

Activated 16 June 1949 at Syracuse, New York

Redesignated 1 June 1953 as the 920th Transportation Company

Location changed 1 February 1954 to New York, New York; on 1 October 1956 to Brooklyn, New York; on 1 April 1958 to New York, New York

Ordered into active military service 1 October 1961 at New York, New York; released from active military service 9 August 1962 and reverted to reserve status

Location changed 16 March 1968 to Jersey City, New Jersey

Ordered into active military service 7 December 1990 at Jersey City, New Jersey; released 19 May 1991 from active military service and reverted to reserve status


920th Transportation Company Honors


Campaign Participation Credit


World War II - EAME: Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe

Southwest Asia: Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Cease-Fire


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