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863d Engineer Battalion

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Active
  
1942 – Present

Allegiance
  
United States Army

Role
  
Combat Engineers

Country
  
United States

Branch
  
US Army Reserve

Size
  
Battalion

The 863rd Engineer Battalion is an engineer battalion of the United States Army first formed in 1942. The 863rd participated in World War II.

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Lineage & Honors

  • Constituted 15 July 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 1st Battalion, 922nd Engineer Regiment, Aviation
  • Activated 1 August 1942 at Geiger Field, Washington, as the 1st Battalion, 922nd Engineer Aviation Regiment
  • Redesignated 1 February 1942 as the 863nd Engineer Aviation Battalion
  • Inactivated 15 June 1946 in the Philippine Islands
  • Allotted 18 February 1949 to the Organized Reserve Corps
  • Activated 24 March 1949 with headquarters at Chicago, Illinois
  • (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
  • Inactivated 17 January 1955 at Chicago, Illinois
  • Redesignated 18 August 1959 as the 863rd Engineer Battalion
  • Activated 1 October 1959 with headquarters at Aurora, Illinois

    • Campaign Participation Credit

    World War II
  • New Guinea
  • Leyte
  • Luzon
    • Operation Enduring Freedom

    Decorations

  • Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 October 1944 to 4 July 1945
  • Valorous Unit Award, Medal awarded to 863rd EN BN (CBT HVY) for its performance in support of Task Force Strike, 2nd BCT, 101st Airborne Division throughout RC-South, Afghanistan, Operation Enduring Freedom; from 20 June 2010 to 15 April 2011.

    • Controversy

    Operation Enduring Freedom
  • Controversy briefly erupted shortly after ending operations in Afghanistan (August 2011) when the 863rd EN BN was accused of abandoning one of its attached subordinate units to adverse weather conditions during the demobilization process in order to allow its organic personnel not to be inconvenienced by Hurricane Irene.

    • References

    863d Engineer Battalion Wikipedia
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