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18th Portable Surgical Hospital
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Carl White
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21 December 1928
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Constituted in the Regular Army as the 18th Surgical
Hospital |
14
September 1942 |
18th Portable Surgical Hospital (Provisional) (active)
(organized in the Army of the United States in Australia as the 18th
Portable Hospital [Provisional]; |
1 July 1943 |
18th Surgical Hospital consolidated with the 18th
Portable Surgical Hospital (Provisional) |
1 April 1943 |
redesignated 1 April 1943 as the 18th Portable Surgical
Hospital [Provisional]) and consolidated unit designated as the 18th
Portable Surgical Hospital |
Battle Honor |
New Guinea; |
Decoration |
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for PAPUA |
Battle Honor |
Leyte; |
Battle Honor |
Luzon (with arrowhead) |
Decoration |
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for CORREGIDOR |
Decoration |
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation for 17 October 1944
to 4 July 1945 |
1 December 1945 |
Inactivated 1 December 1945 in Japan |
1 March 1963 |
redesignated as the 18th Surgical Hospital |
26 March 1963 |
Activated at Fort Gordon, Georgia |
Battle Honors |
Vietnam: Counteroffensive;
Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet
Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V;
Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Tet 69/Counteroffensive; Summer-Fall 1969;
Winter-Spring 1970; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase
VII; Consolidation I |
Decoration |
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM
1966-1967 |
Decoration |
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM
1970-1971 |
31
August 1971 |
Inactivated at Fort Lewis, Washington |
18
November 1991 |
Activated at Fort Lewis, Washington |
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