By frederick stonehouse

107th ENGINEER BATTALION

Redesignated in 1883 as Company H, 3d Infantry Regiment

Redesignated 28 November 1891 as Company D, 5th Infantry Regiment

(Michigan State Troops redesignated 31 December 1894 as the Michigan National Guard)

Mustered into Federal service 25 May 1898 at Island Lake as Company D, 34th Michigan Volunteer Infantry; mustered out of Federal service in December 1898 at Calumet

Reorganized 10 July 1899 in the Michigan National Guard as Company E, 3d Infantry

Converted and redesignated 1 June 1906 as Company A, Michigan Engineer Corps

Mustered into Federal service in June 1916; mustered out of Federal service in March 1917

Expanded, reorganized, and redesignated in 1917 as the 1st Engineer Battalion

Drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917

Reorganized and redesignated 23 September 1917 as the 1st Battalion, 107th Engineers, an element of the 32d Division

Demobilized 25-28 May 1919 at Camp Custer, Michigan

Reorganized and Federally recognized 26 April 1937 in the Michigan National Guard as the 1st Battalion, 107th Engineers, an element of the 32d Division

Expanded, reorganized, and redesignated 29 December 1939 as the 107th Engineers with Headquarters at Detroit

Inducted into Federal service 15 October 1940 at home stations

Regiment (less 2d Battalion) reorganized and redesignated 16 January 1942 as the 107th Engineer Combat Battalion and remained assigned to the 32d Division (later redesignated as the 32d Infantry Division) (2d Battalion concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 2d Battalion, 131st Engineers -- hereafter separate lineage)

107th Engineer Combat Battalion inactivated 1 June 1942 in Northern Ireland and relieved from assignment to the 32d Infantry Division; personnel concurrently transferred to the 2d Battalion, 112th Engineers (concurrently constituted in the Army of the United States and activated in Northern Ireland)

Reorganized and redesignated 19 August 1943 as the 254th Engineer Combat Battalion

Inactivated 22 December 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts

107th and 254th Engineer Combat Battalions consolidated, reorganized, and Federally recognized 10 December 1946 as the 107th Engineer Combat Battalion with Headquarters at Ishpeming; concurrently assigned to the 46th Infantry Division

Redesignated 1 March 1953 as the 107th Engineer Battalion

Relieved 1 February 1968 from assignment to the 46th Infantry Division

HOME AREA: Northern Michigan (Upper Peninsula)

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

DECORATIONS

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BELGIUM

Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1993

French Croix de Guerre with Silver Star, World War II, Streamer embroidered BELGIUM

Although it is very rare for a single company to be honored by official Army awards, Co A. (Calumet) has earned additional distinctions. The recording of the history of these actions is extremely scarce. A transcription verifying this follows on the next page.

DAMH-HSO (15 Apr 75) 7th Ind SUBJECT: Lineage and Honors Certificate HQDA (DAMH-HSO) TEMPO C BLDG, WASH, DC 20315 TO: HQDA (NGB-ZA), WASH, DC 20310 Records available in this office indicate that the additional honors indicated on the Lineage and Honors Certificate issued to the 107th Engineer Battalion for Company A (Calumet) indicating participation in the Northern Solomons and Luzon campaigns, and the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, are correct. In accordance with paragraph 10-R, AR 870-5, lineages prepared for battalion-sized units do not show the individual lineages of separate lettered companies which do not follow the same general history as the battalion as a whole. Company A had a history during World War II which was distinct from that of either the 107th or 254th Engineer Combat Battalions and earned different honors. The present Company A, 107th Engineer Battalion, was organized and Federally recognized 26 April 1927 at Calumet as Company A, 107th Engineers. It was reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1940 as Company E, 107th Engineers, and inducted into Federal service 15 October 1940 at Calumet. On 16 January 1942 it was again reorganized and redesignated as Company E, 131st Engineer Combat Regiment, and at this time passed out of the history recorded in the Lineage and Honors Certificate. As part of the 2d Battalion, 131st Engineer Combat Regiment, it was sent to the Pacific Theater, and was reorganized and redesignated as Company A, 1279th Engineer Combat Battalion at Bougainville on 15 May 1944. As such, it served in New Britain and in the Philippine Islands, and was inactivated on 17 January 1946 in Japan. It was reorganized and Federally recognized 11 December 1946 at Calumet as company A, 107th Engineer Combat Battalion. At this time its history again merges with that of the battalion as a whole. This element has remained Company A since 1946. FOR THE COMMANDER: WALTER L. MCMAHON Colonel, Infantry Chief, Historical Services Division