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History of Military Units in Columbia County, FL (1970) Robert Gary Shields

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153d ENGINEER COMPANY
i Organized and Federally recognized 7 June 1917 in the Florida National Guard as Com-
pany C, 1st Regiment of Infantry, at Lake City
Drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917 at Jacksonville
Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1917 as the 3d Company, 56th Depot Brigade, an
element of the 31st Division
(56th Depot Brigade demobilized 31 October 1917 at Camp Wheeler, Georgia, and person-
nel transferred to other organizations of the 31st Division)
Former Company C, 1st Regiment of Infantry reorganized, and redesignated and Federally
recognized 16 April 1920 as the 5th Separate Company, Infantry, at Lake City
Redesignated 5 January 1921 as Company G, 1st Infantry
Redesignated 19 December 1921 as Company H, 154th Infantry, an element of the 39th
Division
Redesignated 1 July 1923 as Company H, 124th Infantry, an element of the 31st Division
Inducted into Federal service 25 November 1940 at Lake City
! (124th Infantry relieved 15 December 1941 from assignment to the 31st Division)
j Inactivated 2 March 1944 at Fort Jackson, .South Carolina
Activated 5 April 1944 in Australia as an element of the 31st Infantry Division
Inactivated 16 December 1945 at Camp Stoneman, California
(124th Infantry relieved 13 June 1946 from assignment to the 31st Infantry Division;
assigned 5 July 1946 to the 48th Infantry Division)
Reorganized, redesignated, and Federally recognized 27 February 1947 as the Anti-tank
Company, 124th Infantry, at Lake City
Redesignated 1 November 1948 as the Tank Company, 124th Infantry
Converted and redesignated.1 November 1955 as Headquarters and Service Company, 187th
Tank Battalion (48th Infantry Division concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the
48th Armored Division)

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