204th Military Police Company.Lineage and Honors Constituted 16 December 1940 in the Regular Army as the 204th Military Police Company. Activated 10 February 1941 at Camp Blanding Camp Blanding is the primary military reservation and training station for the Florida National Guard, located in Starke, Clay County, Florida which is near Jacksonville. The site measures approximately 73,000 acres (300 km²). , Florida. Inactivated inactivated rendered inactive; the activity is destroyed. inactivated viruses treated so that they are no longer able to produce evidence of growth or damaging effect on tissue. 30 June 1946 in Germany. Redesignated 12 December 1952 as the 204th Military Police Company. Activated 20 December 1952 at Fort Sheridan, Illinois Fort Sheridan, Illinois was a United States Army Post named after Civil War Cavalry General Philip Sheridan, to honor his many services to Chicago. Overview The Commercial Club of Chicago, concerned since 1877 with the need for a military garrison, was motivated by the . Reorganized and redesignated 8 October 1954 as the 204th Military Police Company. Inactivated 15 October 1982 at Fort Sheridan, Illinois. Activated 16 October 1987 in Germany. Campaign Participation Credit World War II Algeria-French Morocco (with arrowhead) (1) Sicily Rome-Arno Southern France Southern France (or the South of France), colloquially known as Le Midi, is a loosely defined geographical area consisting of the regions of France that border the Atlantic Ocean south of the Gironde, Spain, the Mediterranean Sea, Italy, and Switzerland south of the (with arrowhead) Rhineland Ardennes-Alsace Central Europe Campaigns to be determined Decorations Valorous Unit Award The Valorous Unit Award is a decoration which is awarded to units of the United States Army which display extraordinary heroism in action against an armed enemy of the United States of America. for Iraq. 2003-2004 (1) Second Lieutenant Walter Burns earned a Distinguished Service Cross during the unit's assault landing in North Africa in 1942. |
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