501st Military Intelligence Battalion (United States)

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501st Military Intelligence Battalion
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Battalion Coat of Arms
ActiveOctober 20, 1950–May 2007
DisbandedMay 2007
CountryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
BranchFlag of the United States Army.svg  United States Army
Role Military intelligence
Headquarters Wackernheim, Germany
Motto(s)Out Front
Engagements
DecorationsMeritorious Unit Commendation
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Insignia
Distinctive Unit Insignia 501 Military Intelligence Battalion DUI.png

The 501st Military Intelligence Battalion is an inactive unit of the United States Army Military Intelligence Corps, which operated during the Korean War and throughout campaigns in the Middle East. It was last headquartered at Wackernheim in the German state of Rhineland Pfalz.

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Lineage and Honors

Prior to being headquartered in Wackernheim, Germany, the 501st Military Intelligence Battalion was located in Dexheim, Germany, at Anderson Barracks and Ansbach, Germany, Katterbach Kaserne.

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Campaign participation credit

  1. Second Korean Winter Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
  2. Third Korean Winter Korea, Summer 1953
  1. Defense of Saudi Arabia
  2. Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
  3. Cease-fire

Task Force Falcon

Company B additionally entitled to:

World War II – EAME Naples-Foggia Anzio Rome-Arno North Apennines Po Valley

Decorations

  1. Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA
  2. Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA
  3. Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA

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