Unit Information

Headquaters and Headquarters Company (HHC)

Mission: On order, HHC deploys IOT provide administrative, logistical, and life support to the 52nd EN BN.

Unit contact: 719-524-8162

unit history:

  • Constituted 15 August 1917 in the National Army as the 39th Engineers
  • Organized 18 February 1918 at Camp Upton, New York
  • Converted and redesignated 7 September 1918 as the 39th Regiment, Transportation Corps
  • Regiment broken up 12 November 1918-12 December 1918 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
  • Regimental Headquarters and Headquarters Company disbanded 12 November 1918
  • Companies A, B, and C redesignated 12 December 1918 as the 26th, 27th, and 28th Companies, Transportation Corps, respectively
  • 26th Company, Transportation Corps, demobilized 11 July 1919 at Camp Jackson, South Carolina; 27th and 28th Companies, Transportation Corps, demobilized 12 July 1919 at Camp Dodge, Iowa
  • Regiment reconstituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as the 39th Engineers
  • Activated 1 June 1940 at Camp Ord, California
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1940 as the 19th Engineers
  • Redesignated 1 August 1942 as the 19th Engineer Combat Regiment
  • Regiment broken up 1 March 1945 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
  • 1st Battalion as the 401st Engineer Combat Battalion (Headquarters, Headquarters and Service Company as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 19th Engineer Combat Group; 2d Battalion as the 402d Engineer Combat Battalion--hereafter separate lineages)
  • 401st Engineer Combat Battalion inactivated 6 December 1945 at Camp Polk, Louisiana
  • Redesignated 30 January 1947 as the 52d Engineer Combat Battalion
  • Reorganized and redesignated 8 November 1951 as the 52d Armored Engineer Battalion
  • Activated 27 November 1951 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
  • Inactivated 16 March 1956 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
  • Redesignated 21 November 1967 as the 52d Engineer Battalion
  • Activated 21 February 1968 at Fort Carson, Colorado
  • Reorganized 16 October 1999 as a multi-component unit (Company B allotted to the Oregon Army National Guard; Company C allotted to the Army Reserve)
  • Company C ordered into active military service 10 February 2003 at Santa Fe, New Mexico; released from active military service 17 June 2004 and reverted to reserve status
  • Company B ordered into active Federal service 11 February 2003 at Albany, Oregon; released from active Federal service 17 June 2004 and reverted to state control
  • Inactivated 15 February 2005 at Fort Carson, Colorado (Company B concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 224th Engineer Company--hereafter separate lineage)
  • Headquarters and Headquarters Company will be activated 16 April 2010 at Fort Carson, Colorado (Support Company will be concurrently constituted in the Regular Army and activated)

campaign participation credit

World War I
  • Streamer without inscription
World War II
  • Algeria-French Morocco (with arrowhead)
  • Tunisia
  • Sicily
  • Naples-Foggia
  • Rome-Arno
  • North Apennines
  • Po Valley
Southwest Asia
  • Defense of Saudi Arabia
  • Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
  • Cease-Fire
War on Terrorism
  • Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered Southwest Asia 1990-1991
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered Southwest Aisa 2003-2004