18th Portable Surgical Hospital ________________
Carl White

 

    
                               
       

21 December 1928

 

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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This Lineage was first published in The Static Line,  February 1996 ©  John D. Reynolds 2000 All Rights Reserved - Updates and Corrections are invited.