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545th Military Police Company Lineage (as of 1 July 2003)
Constituted 15 February 1939 in the Regular Army as Military Police Platoon, Headquarters Troop, 1st Cavalry Division.
Redesignated 4 July 1942 as Military Police Platoon, 1st Cavalry Division and activated at Fort Bliss, Texas.
Redesignated 4 December 1943 as Military Police Platoon, 1st Cavalry Division, Special.
Reorganized and redesignated 25 March 1949 as the 545th Military Police Company, and remained assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division.
Inactivated 15 October 1957 in Japan and relieved from assignment to the 1st Cavalry Division.
Assigned 15 July 1963 to the 1st Cavalry Division.
Activated 1 September 1963 in Korea.
545th Military Police Company Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II – AP: New Guinea; Bismarck Archipelago; Leyte (with arrowhead); Luzon.
Korean War: UN Defensive; UN Offensive; CCF Intervention; First UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring Offensive; UN Summer-Fall Offensive; Second Korean Winter.
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.
Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Cease Fire.
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for PLEIKU PROVINCE.
Valorous Unit Award for FISH HOOK.
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1967 – 1968.
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for Vietnam 1968.
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for SOUTHWEST ASIA.
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation for 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945.
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for WAEGWAN-TAEGU.
Chryssoun Aristion Andrias (Bravery Gold Medal of Greece) for KOREA.
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