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237TH ENGINEER BATTALION HISTORYParent Unit Constituted 5 May 1942 as the 49th Engineer Regiment... Activated 25
August 1942 at Camp Carson, CO as 49th Engineer Combat Regiment... Regiment broken up 1 April 1943, 2nd Battalion redesignated
237th Engineer Combat Battalion, inactivated 28 November 1945 at Camp Kilmer, NJ Redesignated 237th Egineer Battalion (Combat)
and alloted to the regular army 9 November 1954... Activated 6 January 1955. DECORATIONS: Distinguished Unit Streamer Embroidered
Normandy... Streamers in the colors of the French Croix-De-Guerre with Silver Star Embroidered... Normandy Co. C entitled
to a Distinguished Unit Streamer Embroidered... Mariaweiller "PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION" CAMPAIGN STREAMERS: World War II,
Normandy with Arrowhead, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes Alsace, Central Europe Germany Inactivated on 15 March1992 in
Heilbronn, Germany
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