503rd Support Bn

503rd Support Battalion

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Brief History    

  • Constiuted in the Regular Army as Supply Battalion, 3d Armored Division and activated at Camp Polk, Louisiana, 1     January 1942.                
  • Inactivated 10 November 1945 in Germany.
  • Relieved from the 3d Armored Division and disbanded 7 November 1947.
  • Reconstituted in the Regular Army as 3d Quartermaster Battalion and assigned to the 3d Armored Division, 25 June 1948.
  • Activated 25 July 1949 at Fort Knox, Kentucky.
  • Redesignated 15 March 1955 as the 3d Armored Quartermaster Battalion.
  • Redesignated 1 October 1957 as the 3d Quartermaster Battalion.
  • Erorganized and redesignated 1 July 1963 as the 503d Supply and Transport Battalion.
  • Inactivated 15 December 1984 in Germany.
  • Redesignated 503d Support Battalion (Forward ) and activated 1 May 1987 in Germany using personnel and equipment from the 1st Support Battalion ( Forward)
  • Inactivated 1991 in Germany


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