HISTORY OF THE HHC 23rd BDE
Constituted 1 May 1936 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 23d Quartermaster Regiment (Truck-Corps) and allotted to the Third Corps area.
Redesignated 8 January 1940 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 23d Quartermaster Regiment (Truck).
Redesignated 1 April 1942 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 23d Quartermaster Truck Regiment. Activated 15 August 1942 at Camp Barkeley, Texas.
Reorganized and redesignated 23 October 1943 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 23d Quartermaster Group.
Inactivated 30 November 1946 at Schofield Barracks, Territory of Hawaii. Activated 27 May 1947 on Guam; inactivated 20 February 1948 on Guam. Redesignated Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 23d Quartermaster Group and activated in Korea, 19 December 1950.
Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1954 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 23d Quartermaster Group. Inactivated 13 May 1955 in Korea. Redesignated Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 23d Quartermaster Brigade, assigned to TRADOC and reorganized under the US Army Regimental System, 12 February 1987; concurrently Headquarters activated at Fort Gregg-Adams, Virginia.
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Western Pacific
- Korean War
- CCF Intervention
- First UN Counteroffensive
- CCF Spring Offensive
- UN Summer-fall Offensive
- Second Korean Winter
- Korea Summer-fall 1952
- Third Korean Winter
- Korea Summer
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952 (HHC 23d QM Gpcited for period 1 Apr-31 Oct 1952; DAGO 19, 1953)
- Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953 (HHC 23d QM Gpcited for period 1 Nov 1952-30 Apr 1953; DAGO 55, 1953)
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA (HHC 23d QM Gpcited for period 19 Sept 1950-31 Jul 1952; DAGO 41, 1955)