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HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY
55th QUARTERMASTER BASE DEPOT
 

Constituted in the Army of the United States 3 January 1944 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 55th Quartermaster Base Depot  

Activated at Camp Lee, Virginia, 10 January 1944 

Inactivated 20 December 1946 at Reims, France 

Activated at Guam 20 February 1948 

Inactivated at Guam 27 January 1950 

Allotted to the Regular Army 10 October 1950 

Activated in Pusan, Korea, 17 October 1950  

Redesignated 27 March 1954 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 55th Quartermaster Depot

Inactivated 1 May 1964 in Korea 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Rhineland 
Central Europe

Naples-Foggia
Rome-Arno
Normandy
Northern France

Korean War
UN Offensive
CCF Intervention
First UN Counteroffensive
CCF Spring Offensive
UN Summer-Fall Offensive
Second Korean Winter
Korean Summer-Fall 1952
Third Korean Winter
Korean Summer-Fall 1953


DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Streamer, embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER

Korean Presidential Unit Streamer, embroidered KOREA 

DISTINCTIVE INSIGNIA

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