407th SUPPORT BATTALION
Constituted
5 August 1917 in the National Army as 307th Supply Train, an element of the 82d Division. Organized October 1917 at Camp Gordon, Georgia Demobilized 9 May 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey.Reconstituted 24 June 1921 as the 82d Division Train, Q.M.C. in the Organized Reserves, and allotted to Fourth Corps Area.
Organized January 1922 in Georgia.
Redesignated 23 March 1925 as 82d Division Quartermaster Train.
Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1936 as 407th Quartermaster Regiment.
Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 1942 as 407th Quartermaster Battalion, 82d Division.
Ordered into active military service 25 March l942 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana.
Reorganized and redesignated 15 August l942 as 407th Airborne Quartermaster Company.
(Organized Reserves redesignated 2 March l948 as Organized Reserve Corps.)
Withdrawn from the Organized Reserve Corps and designated as a Regular Army unit 15 November l948.
Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1957 as 407th Supply and Transport Battalion.
Reorganized and redesignated 25 May 1964 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 407th Supply and Transport Battalion; (82d Quartermaster Parachute Supply and Maintenance Company [activated 1 March 1945] reorganized and redesignated as Company B, 407th Supply and Transport Battalion); remainder of battalion constituted and activated.
Inactivated 15 August 1964 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
Redesignated and reactivated 21 September 1974 as the 407th Supply and Service Battalion (Airborn), 82nd Airborne Division.
Redesignated 407th Supply and Transport Battalion (Airborne) 16 July 1987 under Army of Excellence and reactivated on 16 September 1987.
Redesignated 407th Forward Support Battalion (Airborne) 21 October 1993 and reactivated on 16 April 1994.
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War I
Lorraine 1918
St. Mihel
Meuse-Argonne
World War II
Sicily
Naples-Foggia
Normandy (with arrowhead)
Rhineland (with arrowhead)
Ardennes -Alsace
Central Europe
Southwest Asia
Defense of Saudi Arabia
Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
DECORATIONS
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA
Belgian Fourragere l940
Cited in the Order or the Day or the Belgian Army for action in the ARDENNES
Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in BELGIUM AND GERMANY
Military Order of William (Degree of the Knight of Fourth Class), Streamer embroidered NIJMEGEN l944
Netherlands Orange Lanyard
COAT OF ARMSBLAZON
SHIELD: Per fess Gules and Azure a bar wavy Argent between a demi-lion rampant and three fleurs-de-lis Or all within a bordure engrailed of the third.
CREST: From a wreath Or and Azure, on five mounds a griffin segreant Or armed and langued Gules, holding an open parachute of nine cords Vert and charged on the wings with an orange.
SYMBOLISM
SHIELD: The two divisions of the shield are used to denote service during World Wars I and II. The fleurs-de-lis symbolize the original organization's action during World War I in Lorraine, Saint Mihiel and Meuse-Argone, France. The rampant lion, suggested by the coat of arms of Belgium and the Netherlands, alludes to the former organization's drive during World War II to stem the invading enemy; and the wavy bar alludes to the wavy bend on the arms of Rhineland signifying the sweep through that province during the same campaign. The engrailed border represents a parachute and symbolizes that unit's service with the 82d Airborne Division.
CREST: The griffin (a composite of eagle and lion) symbolizes the coordinated campaign of the Allies. The five hills represent the liberation of the city of Nijmegen. The roundel, simulating a wheel, alludes to the Quartermaster and Transportation Corps. The parachute with its nine cords refers to the nine campaigns in which the parent unit participated during World Wars I and II. The colors commemorate the decorations awarded the 407th: red and green for the Belgian Fourragere, red for the Meritorious Unit Commendation and orange for the Netherlands Lanyard.
MOTTO: SUPPLY IS STRENGTH
DISTINCTIVE INSIGNIA
DESCRIPTION
A gold color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches (2.86 cm) in height overall, consisting of a gold griffin segreant on a mound of five hills, holding an open parachute of nine cords. On the base of the mound a three-segmented red scroll inscribed "SUPPLY IS STRENGTH" in gold letters. The insignia is to be worn in pairs.
SYMBOLISM
The griffin (a composite of eagle and lion) symbolizes the coordinated campaign of the Allies. The five hills represent the liberation of the city of Nijmegen. The parachute with its nine cords refers to the nine campaigns in which the parent unit participated during World War I and World War II.
Originally authorized for the 407th Supply and Transportation Battalion by The Institute of Heraldry, 14 July 1965.
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