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132d Engineer Battalion

Constituted 28 December 1973 in the California Army National Guard as the 132d Engineer Battalion and assigned to the 40th Infantry Division
 
Organized 13 January 1974 from new and existing units with Headquarters at San Francisco (Location of Headquarters changed 1 November 1976 to Sacramento)
 
Ordered into active Federal service 1 May 1992 at home stations; released 9 May 1992 from active Federal service and reverted to state control
 
HOME STATION: Northern California and Manhattan Beach

Campaign Participation Credit
Headquarters Company (Sacramento) entitled to:

World War I

Silver band without inscription

World War II

Aleutian Islands
Eastern Mandates (with arrowhead)
Leyte (with arrowhead)
Ryukyus

Company B (Manhattan Beach) entitled to:
World War I

Champagne-Marne
Aisne-Marne
St. Mihiel
Meuse-Argonne
Lorraine 1918
Champagne 1918

World War II

Algeria-French Morocco (with arrowhead)
Sicily
Rome-Arno
Southern France
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe

Korean War
Second Korean Winter
Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
Third Korean Winter
Korea, Summer 1953
 
Decorations
 
Headquarters Company (Sacramento) entitled to:

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1945-1946

Company B (Manhattan Beach) entitled to:

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1954
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
 
ROBERT M. JOYCE
Major General, USA
The Adjutant General
 
15 May 1984

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