5 Jun 1872
Reorganized as Quitman Guards, with home station at Forsyth, GA

Lineage & Honors Certificate, 190^th Tk Bn, 179^th MP Co.

1876
Quitman Guards exempted from Jury and road duty.

Ga. L. 1876, p. 386

7 Jan 1891
Reorganized as an element of the 2d Bn, Georgia Volunteers.

Lineage & Honors Certificate, 190^th Tk Bn 179^th MP Co.

23 Jan 1891
Redesignated K Co. 2d Inf Reg.

Lineage & Honors Certificate, 190^th Tk Bn ; Id., 179^th MP Co; TAG-GA, Annual Report 1920, p. 173

Jun 1892
K Co., 1nd Inf Reg attends encampment at Camp Griffin GA

Photo in unit history file.

11 – 15 May 1898
Mustered into federal service at Camp Griffin, GA as an element of the 1^st GA Volunteer Infantry Regiment

Lineage & Honors Certificate, 190^th Tk Bn 179^th MP Co.

18 Nov 1898
Mustered out of Federal service at Griffin, GA; redesignated K/2d Inf. Ga Volunteers

Lineage & Honors Certificate, 190^th Tk Bn 189^th MP Co.

26 Sep 1903
Disbanded

Lineage & Honors Certificate, 190^th Tk Bn; 179^th MP Co; 148^th Spt Bn;

15 Oct 1906
Reorganized as M Co. 2d Inf at Forsyth, Ga.

Lineage & Honors Certificate, 190^th Tk Bn; 179^th MP Co; 148^th Spt Bn.

18 Jun 1916
M/2d Inf ordered into federal service with 2d Inf Regiment

TAG-GA, GO # 8 , dtd 18 Jan 1916; TAG-GA, Annual Report 1916, p.11; Ltr, Hq/2d Ga Inf, dtd 5 Feb 1917, subj: Annual Report (reprinted in 1917 Annual Report of TAG-GA). See also Telegram, Sec of War to Gov of Georgia, dtd 19 June 1916, subj: Call of the Organized Militia and National Guard Into Federal Service.

20 June 1916
M/2 Inf mobilized at Forsyth, GA.
Officers – 2
Enlisted - 70

Id., p. 9

24 Jun 1916
M/2d Inf reported to mobilization camp at Macon, Ga.

Id.,

2 Jul 1916
Mustered into federal service in Macon, Ga
For service on the Mexican border; stationed at El Paso, TX.

Lineage & Honors Certificate, 190^th Tk Bn & 179^th MP Co; TAG-GA, Pictorial Review, National Guard of the State of Georgia 1939 (Kingsport Press 1939) (hereafter “Pictorial Review”), p. 39

6 Oct 1916
(Roster of Personnel in Unit published in Monroe Advertiser along with pictures of the Unit Camp and equipment.  LTC James A. Thomas, Jr., Bn CDR H. B. Bloodworth, Jr. M Co CDR.

Quitman Guards, Company M 2d Georgia Infantry, El Paso, Texas”, Monroe Advertiser, 6 Oct. 1916.

(Click here to view article added by transcriber) 

22 Oct 1916
2d Ga Inf departs Macon, GA for Mexican border

Ltr, Hq/2d Ga Inf, dtd 5 Feb 1917, subj; Annual Report (reprinted in 1917 Annual Report of TAG-GA, p.87-90).

26 Oct 1916
2d Ga Inf arrives at El Paso, Tx

Id.

27 Mar 1917
2d Ga Inf returns to Macon, Ga but is not mustered out of Federal service. 

The unit moves to Camp Wheeler near Macon, GA where it continues to train.

Lineage & Honors Certificte, 190^th Tk Bn 179^th MP Co.

Toomy, Georgia’s Participation in the World War, pp. 7 – 8 (Macon, J. W. Burke Co., 1936)

5 Aug 1917
Drafted into Federal service

Lineage & Honors Certificate; 190^th Tank Bn

1 Oct 1917
Redesignated M/121 Inf; 121 IN assigned to 31^st Div., (31^st Div CDR – MG LeRoy S. Lyons)

Lineage & Honros Certiciate; 190^th Tank Bn; TAG-GA, Annual Report 1917, p.4; Id. 1920, p.8; Toomy, Georgia’s Particiaption in the World War, pp 7 – 8; Pictorial Review, p.39.

Sep 1918
121^st IN station at Camp Mills, Long Island, New York

Pictorial Review, p.32-33

29 Sep 1918
121^st IN sails for France.

Id., p. 71, see also p.32-33, 60 – 61, 64- 65

5 Oct 1918
31^st Div HQ arrives in France and goes into biviaoc at Brest, FR
(US policy established by AEF provided that every fifth division which arrived in France would serve as a training & replacement division.  The 31^st Div was one of those divisions.  Thus, the division did not see combat in WWI.  The campaign credit for WWI awarded the 121^st Inf is derived from the 151^st, MG Bn, 42d Div.)

ID. At pp 8, 122 (insert)

 Jacobs, MG Bruce, “Two Tours Under Pershing, The National Guard on the Mexican Border and in World War I”, 40 National Guard, No. 12, p.44 at pp 45-46 (Dec. 1986)

13 Oct 1918
121^st IN arrives at Brest, France

Pictorial Review, p. 71, see also p.32-33, 60 – 61

22 Oct 1918
121^st IN arrives at LeMars, France.  As the units arrive in LeMars, personnel are reassigned as replacements for other AEF divisions.

Pictorial Review, p 32-33, 60 – 61, 71

Nov 1918
31^st Div, including the 121^st Inf Reg, skeletonized in France.

Lineage & Honors Certificate 190^th Tank Bn; OCMH, 121^st Infantry (2d Georgia), Infantry, The Army Lineage Series, p. 348 – 349 (Washington, D. C. ) G.P.O. 1953

? 1918
31^st Div redesignated 7^th Depot Division

Mahon, John K, History of the Militia and the National Guard, p. 158 – 159 (N. Y. McMillan Pub Co. 1983)

11 Nov 1918
Armistance signed.

? Dec 1918
31^st Div Returns to U. S.

Tooney, p. 122 (Insert)

14 Jan 1919
31^st Div demobilized at Camp Gordon, GA

Lineage & Honors Certificate, 190^th Tk Bn, 179^th MP Co.

16 Dec 1920
Constituted as Tank Co. 30^th Div.

AG 325.455 (Misc Div) dtd 7 Dec 1920 MB 325.4 GA dtd 16 Dec 1920

2 Nov 1921
Tank Co., 30^th Div redesignated 30^th Tank Co, 30^th Div.

MB325.455, 4^th C. A. dtd 2 nov. 1921

28 Nov 1924
Militia Bureau notifies Georgia that is authorized “to organize one tank company.” Forsyth is advised that suitable armory facilities must be furnished and approved before TAG-GA can authorize organization of a company.

Ltr, TAG-GA to Judge Ogden Persons, dtd 28 Jan 1924, subj: organization of Tank Company in Forsyth, Georgia; See also Ltr, R. C. Goolsby, Mayor, City of Forsyth to TAG-GA, dtd 1 May 1924, subj: SAB

15 Aug 1924
Reorganized as 30^th Tank Co 30^th Div and Federally recognized at Forsyth, Ga.

Lineage & Honors Certificate
190^th Tk Bn; 179^th MP Co

NGB Recognition Report; NGBR 1939

1 Sep 1940

Redesignated as A/193 Tank Bn relieved from 30^th Div; assigned to GHQ

Lineage & Honors Certificate 190^th Tk Bn, 179^th MP Co., AG 325.4-Ga-1, dtd 4 sep 1940

AG 325.4-Ga-1, dtd 28 Sep 1940

Annual Rpt, CNGB 1941; Ltr, WD, NGB 325.4 (Sp Tr) Ga-6, dtd 26 Aug 1940, subj: Redesignation of the 30^th Tank Company, Georgia National Guard

TAG-GA, GO #24, dtd 31 Aug 1940

13^th Nov 1940

CPT Charles H. Heard relieved from assignment as unit commander, promoted to MAJ, and transferred to State Staff.

TAG-GA, SO # 67, dtd____, 1940

Armory Drill Payroll, Company A, 193d Tank Bn, 1 Nov. 1940 to 5 Jan 1941

2 Dec 1940

CPT Wesley D. Willingham assumes command of A/193d Tank Bn.

TAG-GA, SO # 282, dtd ___.1940;  Armory Drill Payroll, Company A, 193d Tank Bn, 1 Nov. 1940 to 5 Jan 1941.

6 Jan 1941

A/193 Tank Bn inducted into Federal service at Forsyth, GA. (CPT W. D. Willingham, CDR) 

A/193d would remain at Forsyth of from 6 Jan 1941 until 13 Jan 1941 when the unit moved to Ft. Benning

Presidential Executive Order No. 8618, dtd 23 Dec 1940; TAG-GA, GO #13, dtd 7 Oct 1941; See also photos of officers, NCO’S and unit at the 1^st Baptist Church in Forsyth, GA taken prior to deployment of unit to Ft. Benning (In unit history file).

NGB, unit data card (undated)

13 Jan 1941
A/193d Tk Bn PCS to Ft. Benning

NGB Unit Data Card

20 Feb. 1941

Hq & Hq Co, 193d Tk Bn organized from personnel derived from remainder of battalion IAW T/O 17-56, dtd 1 Oct 1940.

193 Tank Bn inducted into Federal at Ft. Benning Ga

(1LT Spitzer, CDR, A/193d until (CPT William G. Bray assigned)

In addition to A Co., the 193d Tk Bn was composed of B Co. 9A1ARNG, [ Ozark } now 131^st AR), C Co. (TxARNG [Houston}) and D Co (ColARNG [Denver]): HHD was created after the line companies reported to Ft Benning from personnel from the line companies, CPT Willingham, 2 of the LT’s, CPL George W. Darden and the all of the medics were transferred to HHD. To replace personnel transferred to HHD, A/193d was assigned recent draftees, all of whom were from Georgia 

While at Ft Benning, the 193d Tk Bn was equipped with the “May West” light tank and trained with (attached to ?) the 2d Armored Div under the command of MG George S. Patton

NGB Unit Data Card

Sawicki, Tank Battilions of the U. S. Army

, p.188

WD, NGB 325.4 (Sp Tr) Ga-6, dtd 26 Aug 1940, subj: Redesignation of the 30^th Tank Company, Georgia National Guard.

 Interview by CPT C. Olson with Roger H. Smarr (former Supply Sgt then Plt Sgt, a/193d Tk Bn) on 1 Oct 86 (hereafter Smarr, interview, [date])

15 Jun – 1 Jul 1941

193 d Tk Bn participates in Tennessee maneuvers; encamped at Camp Forrest, TN

NGB Unit Data Card

29 Jul – 18 Aug 1941

193 d Tk Bn participates in the Louisiana maneuvers.

NGB Unit Data Card

28 Aug 1941

193d Tk Bn participates in the South Carolina maneuvers.

NGB Unit Data Card

1 Sep 1941

193 d Tk Bn attached to 40^th Div

NGB Unit Data Card, AG 320.2, dtd 25 Jan 41 MR-M-C dtd 8 Jul 1941

30 Nov 1941

193 d Tk Bn relieved from assignment to the 4^th Div.

NGB Unit Data card

15 Dec 1941

193d Tk Bn departs Ft. Benning by train for Oakland CA and then convoys to San Francisco and is shipped to Angel Island.  MG Patton sees the 193d off at Ft. Benning

NGB Unit Data Card

AG 370.5 (12-12-41) MC-C-M, dtd 12 Dec 1941

Smarr, interview, 2 Oct. 1986

25 Dec 1941

193d Tank Bn sails from San Francisco, CA to Oahu, HA on USS Taylor.  The men of the 193d were not told their destination.  (later they heard it was to have been the Philippine’s).

Smarr, interview, 17 Sep 1986 and 2 Oct 1986

NGB Unit Data Card

7 Jan 1942

193d Tk Bn arrives at Oahu and is transported first to Schofield Barracks and then to a bivouac site at Eva.

(After the 193d arrived in Oahu the initial assignment was to defend against possible invasion.  Approximately 18 months after arriving in HA, the 193d Tk Bn is issued the M3 (Grant) medium tank.)

NGB Unit Data Card

Smarr, interview, 17 Sep 1986

1 Jan 1943

193d Tk Bn reorganized IAW T/O 17-75

NGB Unit Data Card

1943

193d Tk Bn stationed at __on Oahu.  The 193d Tk Bn was commanded by LTC Harmon L Edmondson,; MAJ Millard C. Inskeep, XO, CPT Wayne C. Sikes, S-3.

A/193d Tk Bn was commanded by CPT Robert S. Brown (Canton, Ohio), SSG Smarr was the platoon Sgt for 2d platoon,  1LT Calvin C. Gurley was the platoon leader.  The unit was equipped with the M3 (Grant) Medium Tank.

Crowl & love, Seizure of the Gilberts & Marshalls, p.48 (Wash. D.C.: Office of the Chief of Military History, 1955) (hereafter “Crowl & Love”)

Id. P.91

Id. P.66, fn 11; Id. P. 85; Love, Edmund G, The 27^th Infantry Division in World War II, p.35, 37 (Wash, D.C. Infantry Journal Press, 1949) (hereafter “27^th Inf Div”)

------    CENTRAL PACIFIC

CAMPAIGN ----------------------

29 Jul 1943

27^th Inf Div (NYARNG), commanded by MG Ralph C. Smith, USA designated to participate in Operation GALVANIC against the Gilbert & Marshall Islands. 

The 27^th Inf Div consisted of the 165^th, 105^th and 106^th Inf Reg.

Crowl & Love, p. 25; 27^th Inf Duiv, p.23

Crowl & Love, p. 44; 27^th Inf Div, p.8 – 13.

24 July 1943

27^th Inf Div assigned to the V Amphibious Corps commanded by MG Holland M. Smith, USMC, an element of the Fifth Amphibious Force, commanded by RADM Richmond

Kelly Turner. For Operation

GALVANIC, RADM Turner’s command was designated as Task Force (TF) 54.  which was composed of TF 52 (Northern Attack Force), which would assault Makin Atoll, and TF 53 which would assault Tarawa.  RADM Turner retained personal command of TF 54.

Crowl & Love, p.25

Id. P. 34

Sep- Oct 1943  193d Tk Bn joins the 27^th Inf Div at Schofield Barracks.

27^th Inf Div, p. 23

23 Oct 1943

165^th Regimental Combat Team, 27^th Inf Div designated as main attack element of Northern Attack Force.  TF52 Attack Oder A3-43 attaches 193d Tk Bn (-) to 165^th RCT for GALVANIC.  The 193d Tk Bn assigned the mission of supporting the 2d Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 165^th RCT, landing on Yellow Beach on Bataritari Island.

Crowl & Love, P. 34-35

4 Nov 1943

Elements of Northern Task Force return to Pearl Harbor after final rehersal on Maui.

Crowl & Love, p. 56-57

___Nov 1943

A/193d Tk Bn Loads M3 tanks on LSD 2 Belle Grove.

Crowl & Love, p. 49; 27^th Inf Div, p.28

10 Nov 1943

Main body of Northern Attach force sails from Pearl Harbor

Crowl & Love, p. 59

20 Nov 1943

Assault on Makin begins at 0750. At 1030 hrs, the assault on Butaritari Island begins.  The 193d Tk Bn is to land on Yellow Beach.  Tanks from A/193d Tk Bn are in the second and third waves to hit the beach and fan out to support 2/165 RCT.  Due to communications difficulties

Between the tanks and the infantry, A/193 Tk Bn does not support the drive across the island.  After securing the beachhead, G & H/165^th BCT move west to linkup with elements of the 1-165 RCT moving east from Red beach.  E/2-165 RCT moves west towards Kings Warf.  At the end of the first day, the units establish defensive positions on Yellow beach.

Corwl & Love, p.59

27^th Inf Div, p.29

21 Nov 43

A, G, E/165 RCT supported by A/193d Tk Bn move east past King’s Warf

Crowl & Love, p.91 – 112; 27^th Inf Div, p.25

22 Nov 43

3-165 RCT relieves 2-165 and continues drive to secure eastern end of Butaritari.  Late that afternoon 193d Tk Bn is alerted to re-embark the following day.

Crowl & Love, p.112-123

23 Nov 1943

At 1030 hrs, elements of 3-165 RCT reach the end of Butaritari and the island is secured.  The 193d Tk Bn (Minus 1 platoon, C/193d Tk Bn) re-embarks.  In the three days, action, A/193d Tk Bn suffered three dead and several wounded.  During the assault on Butaritari, A/193d Tk Bn had the distinction of being the first U. S. unit to capture a Japanese tank intact.

Crowl & Love, p.123-126; 27^th Inf Div, p.47

Smarr, interview 26 Sep 1986

Smarr, interview 2 Oct. 1986

Jay Gruelich, “Jap Tank on Oahu”, Midpacifician, Vol. 2m, No. 23, p1, Col 5 (Honolulu, 1 Feb 1944).

24 Nov 1943

193d Tk Bn re-embarks for Oahu (with the Japanese tank).

Crowl & Love, p.125; 27^th Inf Div, p.55; Gruelich, Id.

2 Dec 1943

27^th Inf Div (-) arrives at Oahu, HA

27^TH Inf Div, p. 55

(Following its return to Oahu, the 193d resumed training.  After Midway, A/193d was selected to be the first element of the 4^th Tk Gp to go through jungle, warefare training.  This was done in ?? along with some USMC aviators.  Approximaely 10 – 11 months prior to Okinawa, the 193d Tk Bn is issued the M4 (Sherman) Medium Tank.

Smarr, interview, 2 Oct. 1986

17 Dec 1943

193d Tank Bn, Light redesignated 193d Tank B.

Unit Data Card

16 – 19 Jun 1944

27^th Inf Div lands on Siapan (B/193d Tk Bn is in support).

Spector, 312, 317

18 Jun 1844

4^th Tk Gp is formed, comprised of the 193d and 4 new tank battalions: 762d, 763d and 766^th.  (Personnel from the 193d are used as cadre for these new units, thus ending the predominance of Georgian’s in A/193d Tk Bn.  LTC Willingham will command 763d and 766^th Tk Bn and the 4^th Tk Gp during WWII.)

NGB Unit Data Card

GO # 103 Hq, USAFCPA, APO 95B dtd 18 Jun 1844

27 Sep 1944

193d Tk Bn assigned to Tenth US Army.

NGB Unit Data Crd

GO # 103, Hq, CPBC, APO 958, dtd 27 Sep 1944

---------------WESTERN PACIFIC

CAMPAIGN-----------------------

6 Jan 1945

27^th Inf Div Assigned under direct control of Tenth U.S. Army (TUSA) for Operation ICEBERG. 193d Tk Bn attached to 27^th Inf Div for ICEBERG. The 27^th Inf is designated as the floating reserve for TUSA for the invasion of Okinawa.

(LTC Walter F. Anderson, CDR, 193d Tk Bn)

Tenth Army Tenth Opbn Plan 1-45, 6 Jan 45, pp. I-10

Appleman, Burnes, Gugeler and Stevens, Okinwa:  The Last Battle, U. S. Army in World War II (Washington, 1948), p. 26 (hereafter “Appleman”)

Smarr, 17 Sep 1986

Spector, p.533-535; 27^th Inf Div, p.523.

Smarr, 26 Sep. 1986.

Feb 1945

193d Tk Bn arrives at Espiritu Santo and is attached to 27^th Inf Div.

27^th Inf Div, p.523

12 Apr 1945

27^th Inf Div begins relieving 96^th Inf Div in order to take over responsibility for the right flank of the XXIV Corps line.

27^th Inf Div, p. 531-532

18 Apr 1945

27^th Inf Div attacks from Uchitomari area south toward the Urasoe-Mura Escarpment. The 193^rd Tk Bn (“Cowboy”) and 102d EN Bn are given priority for movement through 2-106^th IN area.  However, movement of the 193d Tk Bn across the Machinato Inlet is delayed when Bailey bridges across the Inlet begin receiving Japanese artillery fire and then are damaged by outgoing tide.

Appleman, pp. 190 – 194; 27^th Inf Div., p.551-555, 560

19 Apr 1945

At 0830, A/193d Tk Bn attacks across the Kakazu Gorge in support of 1/105^th IN as part of the 27^th Inf Div attack.  During the attack 22 tanks from 193d Tk Bn are destroyed.

Appleman, p.203

21 Apr 1945

LTC Walter F. Anderson, CDR, 193d Tk Bn is killed when the last bulldozer tank is hit while completing a by-pass around Anderson’s Gulch.

Appleman, p.211, 27^th Inf Div, p.577;

Smarr, 2 Oct 1986

27 – 28 Apr 1945

Elements of the 27^th Inf Div complete fighting in the Item Pocket.

Appleman, 267

20 Apr 1945

A(+)/193d Tk Bn, with a strength of approx 30 tanks, attacks down Route 5- Kakazu branch road with the objective of reaching the village of Kakazu.  The attack is “the first strickly armored warefre practiced thus far in the small island warfare in the Pacific.” CPT Harry R. McAmick is commander of A Co.  At 0830, A Co breaks through Route 5, but misses the trail off of Route 5 that leads into Kakazu and enters the zone occupied by 96^th Inf Div along Rotation Ridge.  When the mistake is discovered, CPT McAmick leads the company back up Route 5 and finds the trail.  Between 1000 and 1330, A(+)/193d Tk Bn, unsupported by infantry which had failed to get over Kakazu Ridge, occupies the village of Kakazu.  During this action, the village is “utterly destroyed” by the tanks.  Although A Co successfullydrives Japanese forces from Kakazu, the 1-105^th IN is unable to link up with the tanks and at 1330, 105^th IN Reg authorizes A/193d Tk Bn to withdraw.  The withdrawal is accomplished by 1530 hrs.

Of 30 vehicles, 22 are knocked out of action; only 8 return to the assembly area. Some of the tankers remain hidden in Kakazu until 24 Aug 1945 when they are rescued by 1-105^th IN

27^th Inf Div, p. 618-619, 626

24 Apr 1945

Recover of tanks damaged in fighting at Kakazu which belong to A/193 Tk Bn begins

27^th Inf Div, p.619

30 Apr – 1 May 1945

27^th Inf Div is relieved in place by 1^st Marine Div.

Appleman, p. 267; 27^th Inf Div, p.648 - 649

11 May 1945

(Tanks of 193d Tk Bn are redistributed to other TUSA units.

Appleman, p.412

(Smarr states that A/193d may have supported the 96^th Inf Div.)

?? 1945

(Tanks of 193d Tk Bn are redistributed to other TUSA units.) 

At the end of the battle for Okinawa, only 3 of the 16 tanks assigned to A/193d Tk Bn were still operational.  Most of the tanks were lost during the attack on Kakazu Ridge and the battle for the airfield near Naha. 

(The 193d Tk Bn remained on Okinawa until its transfer to Vancouver Barracks in 1946.  A/193d was bivouacked across the road from the Navy long range radio station which relayed the message from Washington to FADM Nimitz of the Japanese Surrender.  At the end of the War only four [Sidney Abernathy, Lovell Dunnigan, George Ivey, and Smarr] of the 70 officers and men who mobilized in Forsyth, Ga in 1941 remained in the unit.  These four were rotated home and discharged prior to the 193d Tk Bn’s return to the U.S.)

Appleman, p.412

(Smarr states that A/193d may have supported the 96^th Inf Div.) 

Smarr, Interview, 2 Oct. 1986

See e.g., Spector, p.534-535

 Smarr, interview, 2 Oct. 1986

6 Jan 1946

193 d Tk Bn departs Okinawa aboard USS SEA MARLIN

NGB Unit Data Card

CM-IN-56016 (9 Jan 46) dtd 7 Jan 1946

18 Jan 46

193d Tk Bn arrives SFPE (US)

NGB Unit Data Card

21 Jan 1946

Inactivated at Vancouver Barracks Washington

Lineage & Honors Certificate 190^th Tank Bn, 179^th MP Co.

10 May 1946

A/193d Tk Bn expanded and redesignated HHC/190 Tank Bn and allotted to the GaARNG

Lineage & Honors Certificate

190^th Tank Bn & 179^th MP Co. NGB Unit Data Card

8 July 1947

HHC/190 Tk Bn organized & federally recognized at Forsyth, GA

(LTC Wesley D. Willingham, Bn Cdr)(1LT George W. Darden, HHd CDR)

OFF – 6
EM  - 20

Wdsng 325.4, DTD 8 Jul 1947; TAG-GA, GO # 17, dtd 23 May 1947; WD, NGB, Form 100, 8 Jul 1947; subj: Hq & Hq Co, 190^th Tank Battalion; Lineage & Honors Certificate 179^th MP Co; Sawicki, Tank Battalions of the US Army, p.184

6 Dec 1948

OFF – 7
EM  - 73

Ltr, HQ/190 Tank Bn, dtd 6 Dec 48 subj: Roster of HQ & Hq Co 190^th Tank Bn

1 Feb 1949

HHC/190^th Tank Bn redesignated HHS (-Rcn Plt)/190 Hv Tank Bn.

Lineage & Honors Certificate 179^th MP Co.

AGAO---I 325, dtd 26 Oct 50

TAG-GA, GO # 13, dtd 21 Feb. 1949

Ltr., CSNGB-AROTO, dtd 5 May 1949, subj: Redesignation of Army National Guard Units.

1 Dec 1952
HHS/190 Tank Bn (Med) redesignated HHS/190 Tank Bn

TAG-GA, GO #54, dtd 4 Dec 1952

14 Oct 1955

HHC/160^th Armor Group organized from HQ elements of HHS/190th Tank Bn 

3 officers and 15 em were transferred to HHC/ 160^th AR Gp from HHS/190 Tk Bn.

(Col Willingham, Gp. CDR.)

NGB Form 112, dtd 30 Sep 1955; Ltr, NG-ARTO 325.4 (30 Sep 55) to TAG-GA, dtd 12 Oct 55, subj: Troop Allotment and Authority to Organize Army National Guard Unit: TAG-GA, GO #53, dtd 12 Oct 1955, subj: Federal Recognition, dtd 14 Oct 55, subj: Hq & Hq Co, 160^th Armor Group, Forsyth, Georgia

MTOE: 17-32R

1 Nov 1955

Units attached to HQ, 160^th Armor Group are:

144^th Armd Inf Bn
171^st Armd Inf Bn
160^th Armd Inf Bn
161^st Armd Inf Bn

TAG-GA, SO #304, DTD 1 Nov 1955

1 Nov 1955
HHS/190^th Tank Bn
Redesignated B/161 Tank Bn

TAG-GA, GO #54, dtd 25 Oct 1955 Lineage & Honors Certificate 190^th Tank Bn * 179^th MP Co. Sawicki, Tank Battalions of the US Army, p. 184

1 Nov 1955
HHS/190^th Tank Bn redesignated B/161 Tank Bn

TAG-GA, GO # 54, dtd 25 Oct 1955 Lineage & Honors Certificate 190^th Tank Bn & 179^th MP Co Sawicki, Tank Battalions of the US Army, p.184

1 July 1959

HHC/160^th Armor Group redesignated HHC, Combat Cmd C 48^th Armored Div

TAG-GA, GO # 26, dtd 22 Jun 1959, at p.1; MTOE: 17-22D

NGB-AROTO 325.4 Georgia, dtd 1 Jun 1959

B/161 Tank Bn redesignated B/3-214 Arty

Id. At p.5, MTOE: 44-87D

1 Jun 1960 HHC/CCC/48^TH Armored Div reorganized.

TAG-GA, SO #26, dtd 24 May 1960

5 Mar 1962
(COL Ingle assumes command of HHC, CCC, 48^th AR Div)

“Colonel Willingham Relinquishes National Guard Post”, unidentified newspaper article in Unit historical files

16 Apr 1963

HHC/CCC/48^th AR div redesignated HHC, 2d Bde 48^th AR Div

Lineage & Honors Certificate HHD/176 MP Bn

31 May 1962

B(-)/3d, AW Bn (SP)-214 Arty redesignated 1^st AW Plt, 3d AW Bn (SP), 214 Arty.

NG-AROTO 325.4 – Georgia, Reorganization Auth No. 64-62, dtd 31 May 62

1 June 1962

B/3-214 Art redesignated as c/348 Med Bn

Lineage & Honors Certificate 179^th MP Co.

7 Feb 1967

(COL West assumes command of 2d Bde, 48^th AR Div

1 Jan 1968

HHC, 2d Bde, 48^th Arm Div Redesignated HHD/176 MP Bn C/348 Med Bn redesignated 179 MP Co.

TAG-GA, GO #105, dtd 27 Dec 1967, p.7: NGB-AROTO 1002-1 – Georgia MTOE: 19-500E

Mtoe: 19-247E

11 May 1970

HHD/176 MP Bn & 179 MP Co ordered to State active duty for riot duty in Augusta.  On 13 May the unit was ordered to Athens, GA to assist civil authorities

TAG-GA, GO #43, dtd 11 May 1970, as amended by GO #44, dtd 13 May 1970

9 Feb 1973

HHD/176^th MP Bn ordered to State active duty to render aid to local authorities due to blizzard that blanketed Middle Georgia

TAG-GA, GO #13, dtd 12 Feb 1973

23 Nov 1973

HHD/176 MP Bn redesignated as HHD/148^th Spt Bn and assigned to the 48^th Inf Bde (M). 179^th MP Co redesignated as C/148^th Spt Bn (--).

Lineage & Honor Certificate 148^th Spt Bn NGB reorganization Authority No. 153-73 dtd 23 Nov 1973

TAG-GA, GO #117, dtd 30 Nov 1973

31 July 1975

148^th Spt Bn reorganized under new MTOE (29-075-H)

TAG-GA, GO #94, dtd 31 July 1975 NGB-ARO-O Reorganization Authority No. 331-75, dtd 30 Jun 1975

1 Dec 1975

485h Inf Bde (M) designated as “roundout” brigade for 24^th Inf Div.  In the event of mobilization the 48^th Inf Bde (M) would become 3d Bde, 24^th Inf Div (M).

148^th Spt Bn designated to ‘roundout’ 24^th Inf DISCOM.

MOA, TAG-GA, cg, hq usarr iv and cg 24^TH Inf Div & FS, dtd 1 Dec 1975, subj: Reserve Component Affiliation

1 Dec 1976

148^th Spt Bn reorganized.  C (-)/ 148^th Spt Bn redesignated I/C/148^th Spt Bn. D/148^th Bn transferred to Atlanta

TAG-GA, GO #

1 Apr 1979

D/148^th Spt Bn redesignated 348^th Med Co; D/148^th Spt Bn redesignated 648^th Mnt Co: Both units ? to 148^th Spt Bn

TAG-GA, PO #23-1, dtd 22 Mar 1979

1 Oct 1980

648^th Mnt Co (FS) (Atlanta) redesignated 201^st Mnt Co (GS) and transferred to 110^th Mnt Bn;  

A/878^th EN redesignated 648^th Mnt Co. (FS) at Jackson, Ga; 1/C/148^th Spt Bn redesignated 1/648^th Mnt Co. (FS) at Forsyth, GA; 

C(-)/148^th Spt Bn redesignated C/148^th Spt Bn:

448^th Ord Det (TOW Msl) organized at Jackson, Ga.; attached to 648^th Mnt Co. (FS)

TAG-GA, PO #79-1, dtd 25 Apr 1980

TAG_GA, PO #80-7. dtd 23 Sep 1980;

 TAG-GA, PO #80-6 dtd 23 Sep 1980

 TAG-GA, PO #80-5, dtd 23 Sep 1980;

 TAG-GA, PO #80-8, DTD 23 Sep 1980;

TAG-GA, PO #84-3, DTD 30 Sept 1980

1 Jun 1981

448^th Ord Det (TOW Msl) PCS to Forsyth, GA

TAG, PO # 36-1, dtd: Jun 1981

1 Apr 1982

1/C/148^th Spt Bn (-) redesignated 1/648^th Mnt Co. (FS)

TAG-GA. PO #11-1, dtd 26 Feb 1982

11 Mar 1983

(448^th Ord Det [TOW Msl] attached to 648^th Mnt Co. (FS)

TAG-GA, PO 24-1, dtd 11 Mar 1983

28 Mar 1983

(448^th Ord Det attached to 1/648 Mnt (FS)

TAG-GA, PO 30-1, dtd 28 Mar 1983

1 Sep 1985

HHD/148^th Spt Bn Redesignated HHD/148 SoL Bn (Fwd). 148^th Spt B1 composed of: 

BHB Quitman Guards (Forsyth)
A Co. Atlanta
B Co. (Macon Guards) ( Macon)
C Co. (Hancock Blues)(Sparta)
D Co. (-) )Jackson Rifles)(Jackson)
1/d Co. (Quitman Guards (Forsyth)
2/D Co. (Metter)
448^th Grd Det (Msl)( Forsyth).

TAG-GA, PO 97-2, dtd 23 Aug 1985

MTOE: 63005jng02 b50608

1 May 1987

148^th Spt Bn redesignated 148^th Forward Support Battalion.  Organic Companies redesignated as follows:

OLD                               NEW
HHD (Forsyth)            HHD
A CO (PS) (Atlanta)      D Co
B Co. (Med) (Macon)      C Co
C Co. (S&S) (Sparta)     A Co

TAG-GA PO 41`-2, dtd 1 May 1987

1 May 1987

D/148 Spt Bn redesignated B/148 FSB.  Det 1, D/148^th Spt Bn redesignated Det 1, B/148 FSB (No change in mission).

TAG-GA, PO #41-1, dtd 1 May 1987

1 Mar 1988

D/148^th FSB redesignated 118 Pers Svc Co and assigned to Trp Cmd.