TRANSPORTATION CORPS

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Unit Insignia		 Unit Designation
Motto		 First Assigned to Unit History
33rd Transportation Bn. 33rd Transportation Battalion
“Hele Kakou Mao”
(This Way to the Line)		 1 February 1957 Constituted as the 33rd Transportation Battalion, assigned to 25th Infantry Division and activated on 1 February 1957. As part of the reorganization of the infantry divisions for atomic warfare the Army added a transportation battalion to each division to give it the capability to transport infantry by truck or by armored personnel carrier (APC) depending on the tactical situation. The battalion consisted of a Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Company A (Truck) and Company B (APC). In the reorganization of the 25th Infantry Division in 1963 the 33rd Transportation Battalion was inactivated on 12 August 1963 with the personnel and equipment of Company A (Truck) and the 25th Quartermaster Company used to form the 25th Supply and Transportation Battalion.
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Unit Insignia		 Unit Designation
Motto		 First Assigned to Unit History
None authorized 56th Transportation Company 16 October 1985 Constituted as Company B, 51st Quartermaster Truck Battalion and activated in Puerto Rico on 3 January 1941. The company went through four designations changes and a transfer to the Transportation Corps while remaining as a truck company from 1941-1950. On 25 May 1950 the company, then designated as the 56th Transportation Truck Company, was inactivated in Puerto Rico. The 56th was reactivated on 14 December 1951 at Camp Pickett Virginia, redesignated as the 56th Transportation Company and then inactivated at Letterkenny Ordnance Depot Pennsylvania on 20 June 1956. On 20 June 1963 the 56th was reactivated at Fort Lewis Washington as a direct support aircraft maintenance company. The 56th arrived in Vietnam on 16 October 1964 and was initially based at Tan Son Nhut Airbase, Saigon. In 1965 it was assigned to the 765th Transportation Battalion (Aircraft Maintenance and Supply) and based at Long Than North airfield in Military Region 3. The 56th provided direct support maintenance to both rotary and fixed-wing aircraft in southern MR 3 and northern MR 4. The 56th is one of a very few US Army units credited with service in all 17 Vietnam campaigns. For its Vietnam service the 56th received five awards of the Meritorious Unit Commendation and also received the Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal. The company was inactivated in Vietnam on 30 April 1972. On 16 October 1985 the 56th Transportation Company (Aircraft Maintenance) was reactivated and assigned to the 25th Infantry Division. The company was inactivated on 16 May 1988 with its personnel and equipment being used to man and equip Company H (Aviation Maintenance), 25th Aviation Regiment.