Lineage of the 82nd Engineer Combat Battalion (WWII)

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             82nd Engineer Combat Battalion (1942-1945)

             82nd Engineer Battalion (post-WWII)

             1092nd Engineer Combat Battalion ( post-WWII)

             39th Engineer Combat Battalion

82nd Engineer Combat Battalion 1942-1945

                               
1942   Dec.    19  -   82nd Engineer Combat  Regiment authorized by the Army.
                                   
1943   Jan.     25  -   Activated  at Camp Swift Texas.
                    
           March 15  -    Reorganized into separate battalions.                       
                   
          Nov.    23  -    Shipped overseas via Hampton Roads, Va.
        
           Dec.   14   -    Arrived in Oran North Africa.
                   
1944    Jan.     5   -    Traveled by 40& 8 train  to Casablanca  then by ship to arrive
                                    in England  20 Jan.  Stationed at Frome.

            June  10  -     First 82nd units touchdown on Omaha Beach .

                                  Normandy campaign begins
                                   
         Aug.    29 -      Northern France, Belgium and Holland campaign begins.

          Sept.   11 -      On the German border - Rhineland campaign begins.
 
1945  March 29 -      Crossed the Rhine River- Central Europe campaign begins.
 
               May 6 -       Fighting ceases. Battalion ordered to return to France.
  
               May 8 -       Germany surrenders.
                                 
                  June  -     82nd declared a high discharge point unit for early return to the
                                   States.  Most  men transferred to other units.
      
1945   Nov.  21  -     Deactivated at Camp Miles Standish, Mass.

1092nd Engineer Combat Battalion    (post WWII)

1946    July 10  -      The 82nd is  re-designated as the 1092nd Engineer Combat
                                    Battalion and allotted to the W Va. National Guard.

1947   Sept. 16  -    Organized and Federally  recognized with headquarters at
                                    Parkersburg W Va.

 1950    Sept. 1  -    Ordered into Federal service.
 
          1950-51        Overseas to Korea. Participated in the first UN counter-offensive,  

                                   CCF spring offensive,  UN summer-fall offensive,  second  

                                    Korea winter.                             

1952   Aug. 26  -     Organized and Federally recognized as the 1092nd Engineer
                                    Combat Battalion with headquarters at Parkersburg W Va.

              1952   -     Participated in the Korea summer-fall and third winter
                                    offensive.
 
               1953  -     Participated in the summer Korea offensive.

1954 March 15  -    Re-designated as the 1092nd Engineer Battalion.
  
1955 March 18  -    Released from Federal service and reverted to State  control.
                                     Federal recognition was withdrawn

Lineage for the present day 82nd Engineer Battalion             39th Engineer Combat Battalion 1940-1945

 
1940 - July  15  -  Activated into regular Army.

1942 - April 25  - Activated as 1st Battalion 39th Engineer Combat
                             Regiment at Camp Bowie. Overseas to North Africa.

1943  Sept. 15th.  Deployed to Sicily in July  and to Italy received six campaign streamers

1945 - Oct.  13  - Deactivated at Camp Kilmer N. J.

Present Day 82nd                                  82nd Engineer Battalion (post WWII)

1947 - Jan. 30  -  39th re-designated as 82nd Engineer Battalion.
 
1955 - Jan. 17  -  Reactivated at Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo.

1961                   Overseas to Bamberg Germany - 7th Eng. Brigade - VII
                            Corps, for the Berlin buildup.

1986 - Jan. 16  -  Re-designated as 82nd Engineer Combat Battalion and
                            became  mechanized.

1990 - Dec.          Deployed to Southwest Asia, placed in support of the
                            2nd Armored Cavalry and participated in the Iraq
                            campaign.
 
1991 - June 15 -   Returned to Germany  and assigned to the 3rd Infantry
                             Division - V Corps.
 
1992 - Feb.          Reorganized  as  a Divisional Combat Battalion, 3rd
                             Infantry Division


1996 - Feb.          3rd Infantry re-flagged to become the 1st Infantry Division.

1997 - March       Deployed to Bosnia on  a peace mission with the 1st
                             Infantry Division .

October 1997 - Redeployed to Bamberg

December 1999 - Deployed to Kosovo - Redeployed to Bamberg June 2000

November 2000 -  Deployed to  Kosovo - redeployed to Bamberg May 2003