2nd Heavy Equipment Transportation Company

Lineage: Constituted 1 May 1936 in the Regular Army as Company B, 1st Battalion, 23d Quartermaster Regiment. Activated 13 January 1941 at Boston, Massachusetts. Redesignated 16 June 1942 as Company B, 1st Battalion, 23d Quartermaster Truck Regiment. Reorganized and redesignated 7 January 1944 as the 3342d Quartermaster Truck Company. Inactivated 11 February 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 3342d Transportation Corps Truck Company. Redesignated 6 March 1947 as the 2d Transportation Corps Truck Company. Redesignated 29 April 1947 as the 2d Transportation Truck Company. Activated 9 June 1947 on Okinawa. Reorganized and redesignated 10 April 1950 as the 2d Transportation Heavy Truck Company. Inactivated 22 March 1954 on Okinawa. Redesignated 11 June 1954 as the 2d Transportation Company. Activated 15 June 1954 at Fort Ord, California. Inactivated 1 April 1972 in Vietnam. Activated 16 October 1985 in Germany.

** not listed** Activated at Fort Irwin, CA with 1st Platoon detachment at Fort Carson, CO, 2nd Platoon detachment at Fort Riley, KS, and 3rd Platoon Detachment at Fort Lewis, WA. Company consolidated at Fort Irwin, CA in 2014.

Honors:

World War II: Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe

Vietnam: Defense; Counteroffensive; 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

War on Terrorism: Campaigns to be determined

**not listed**

Liberation of Iraq; Transition of Iraq; Iraqi Governance: Iraqi Surge; Iraqi Sovereignty

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1967-1968

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1968-1969

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1969-1970

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for SOUTHWEST ASIA 1991

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for SOUTHWEST ASIA 2003-2004

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for IRAQ 2004-2005

**not listed** Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for IRAQ 2009-2010 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Gold Star for VIETNAM 1966-1971