Important
Information: The 1/32 Armor has been reactivated as the 1st
Squadron 32d Cavalry part of the 101st Screaming Eagles Division. The
1/32 Cavalry is looking for memorabilia and items to display in there headquarters. If you have items you would be willing
to donate please contact me at
Don.Mays@comcast.net.
A Company 1/32 Armor Border Duty, OP India,
1984. Orin Johnsten who served as a cook donated this picture. Crazy
Bunch of Guys!
Brief
History-Lineage
Constituted 13 January 1941 in the
Regular Army as Company A, 2d Armored Regiment, an element of the 3d Armored
Division. Activated 15 April 1941 at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana. Redesignated 8
May 1941 as Company A, 32d Armored Regiment. Inactivated 10 November 1945 in
Germany.
Redesignated 7 July 1947 as Company D, 32d
Tank Battalion. Activated 15 July 1947 at Ft. Knox, Kentucky, as an element of
the 3d Armored Division. Redesignated 30 July 1948 as Company D, 32d Medium Tank
Battalion. Redesignated 15 March 1955 as Company D, 32d Tank Battalion.
Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1957
as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Medium Tank Battalion (Patton),
32d Armor, and remained assigned to 3d Armored Division (organic elements
concurrently constituted and activated). Reorganized and redesignated 1 October
1963 as 1st Battalion, 32d Armor (Bandits).
The 1st Battalion, 32d Armored Regiment was activated 1 October, 1957 using
personal and equipment from the 32d Tank Battalion at Friedburg, West Germany as
part of the 3d Armored Division reorganization.
The Battalion was deactivated 16 June 1986 with personnel and equipment being
transferred to the 4th Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment
The Battalion was activated 16 October, 1986 at Fort Hood Texas using
personnel and equipment from the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment.
The Battalion deployed to Southwest Asia and served in Desert Storm combat operations.
The Battalion was deactivated 16 December, 1992 with personal and equipment
being transferred to the 2d Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment.
The Battalion was activated 16 April, 1995 at Fort Lewis, Washington using
personal and equipment from the 5th Battalion, 77th Armored Regiment.
The Battalion, the last active unit of the 32d Armored Regiment was
deactivated on September 15, 2000 at Fort Lewis Washington.
Campaign Participation Credit
World War 2- *Normandy, *Northern France, *Rhineland,
*Ardennes-Alsace, *Central Europe
Desert Storm- *Southwest Asia
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered
SIEGFRIED LINE.
*Belgian Fourrage're 1940 (32d Armored Regiment
cited; DA GO 43, 1950)
*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for
action in BELGIUM.
*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army
for action in the ARDENNES.
Sources: Army Lineage Series, Armor
Cavalry: By Mary Lee Stubbs and Stanley Russell Connor.
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