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- 149th Armor Regiment
- Organized 5 August 1895 in the California
National Guard at Salinas as Troop C, Cavalry
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- Redesignated 1 May 1911 as Troop C, 1st
Squadron of Cavalry
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- Mustered into Federal service 26 June
1916 at Sacramento; mustered out of Federal service 17 November
1916 at Los Angeles
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- Drafted into Federal service 5 November
1917
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- Reorganized and redesignated 3 October
1917 as Company B, 145th Machine Gun Battalion, an element of
the 40th Division
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- Demobilized 20 May 1919 at the Presidio
of San Francisco, California
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- Reorganized and Federally recognized 18
June 1924 in the California National Guard at Salinas as the
40th Tank Company and assigned to the 40th Division
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- Reorganized and redesignated 1 September
1940 as Company C, 194th Tank Battalion, and relieved from assignment
to the 40th Division
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- Inducted into Federal service 10 February
1941 at Salinas
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- Surrendered 9 April 1942 to the Japanese
14th Army in the Philippine Islands
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- Inactivated 2 April 1946 in the Philippine
Islands
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- Expanded and redesignated 21 June 1946
as the 199th Tank Battalion
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- Reorganized and Federally recognized 27
May 1947 with Headquarters at Salinas
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- Reorganized and redesignated 1 February
1949 as the 149th Heavy Tank Battalion and assigned to the 49th
Infantry Division
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- Reorganized and redesignated 1 September
1950 as the 149th Tank Battalion
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- Consolidated 1 May 1959 with the 170th
Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion (see ANNEX) and consolidated
unit reorganized and redesignated as the 149th Armor, a parent
regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System, to consist
of the 1st Medium Tank Battalion and the 2d Reconnaissance Squadron,
elements of the 49th Infantry Division
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- Reorganized 1 March 1963 to consist of
the 1st and 3d Battalions, elements of the 49th Infantry Division,
and the 4th Medium Tank Battalion
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- Reorganized 1 April 1964 to consist of
the 1st and 3d Battalions, elements of the 49th Infantry Division,
and the 4th Battalion
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- Reorganized 29 January 1968 to consist
of the 1st Battalion
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- Reorganized 13 January 1974 to consist
of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 40th Infantry Division
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- Withdrawn 19 January 1988 from the Combat
Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States
Army Regimental System
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- (1st Battalion ordered into active Federal
service 1 May 1992 at home stations; released 9 May 1992 from
active Federal service and reverted to state control)
- Annex
- Constituted 13 July 1946 in the California
National Guard as the 118th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron,
Mechanized
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- Organized and Federally recognized 8 June
1949 as the 118th Mechanized Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron,
with Headquarters at Red Bluff
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- Reorganized and redesignated 15 September
1949 as the 2d Battalion, 111th Armored Cavalry
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- Converted and redesignated 1 June 1954
as the 170th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion
Campaign
Participation Credit
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- World War I
Streamer without inscription
- World War II
Philippine Islands
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- Company C (Santa Cruz), 1st Battalion,
additionally entitled to:
- World War II
Aleutian Islands
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DEFENSE
OF THE PHILIPPINES
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- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer
embroidered LUZON 1941-1942
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- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer
embroidered BATAAN PENINSULA
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- Philippine Presidential Unit Citation,
Streamer embroidered 7 DECEMBER 1941 TO 10 MAY 1942
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