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History of Military Units in Columbia County, FL (1970) Robert Gary Shields

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153d ENGINEER COMPANY
Reorganized and redesignated 15 April 1959 as Headquarters Company (less battalion
medical section), 1st Medium Tank Battalion, 187th Armor, and remained an element of the
48th Armored Division
Reorganized and redesignated 15 February 1963 as Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion,
,187th Armor; concurrently relieved from assignment to the 48th Armored Division and assigned
to the 53d Separate Infantry Brigade
Reorganized 1 May 1963 as Headquarters Company (less one platoon), 1st Battalion, 187th
Armor
(53d Separate Infantry Brigade reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1964 as the 53d
Armored Brigade)
Converted and redesignated 20 January 1968 as the 153d Engineer Company (53d Armored
Brigade concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 53d Infantry Brigade)
HOME STATION: Lake City , .

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II-AP
. New Guinea (with arrowhead)
Southern Philippines
DECORATIONS
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered MINDANAO
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945

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