The 6th Transportation Battalion is a

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of the

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first constituted in 1943. The 6th Transportation Battalion has participated in World War II, Vietnam, Desert Storm, Operation New Dawn. The battalion's inactivation ceremony was held on 28 August 201

Operation New Dawn 2011–12

The battalion returned from a one-year deployment to Kuwait in March/April 2012.

Lineage

Constituted 17 June 1943 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 6th Quartermaster Troop Transport Battalion Activated 26 August 1943 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts Reorganized and redesignated 20 November 1943 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 6th Quartermaster Battalion, Mobile Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 6th Transportation Corps Truck Battalion Redesignated 22 April 1947 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 6th Transportation Truck Battalion Inactivated 19 January 1949 in Germany Redesignated 16 July 1952 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 6th Transportation Truck Battalion, and allotted to the Regular Army Activated 15 August 1952 at Fort Eustis, Virginia Reorganized and redesignated 20 February 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 6th Transportation Battalion Inactivated 14 June 1972 at Oakland Army Base, California Activated 16 March 1979 at Fort Eustis, Virginia

Campaign participation credit

World War II: Northern France; Rhineland; Central Europe Vietnam: Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; 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; Cease-Fire Iraq Campaign

Decorations

*Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1966–1967 *Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1968–1969 *Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1969–1970 *Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for SOUTHWEST ASIA

References

External links

6th Transportation Battalion
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