785th Military Police Battalion

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name=785th Military Police Battalion


caption=785th Military Police Battalion coat of arms
dates= 1942-1946
1948-1951
1953-
country= United States
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branch= Army Reserve
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command_structure=300th Military Police Brigade
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motto="SAFEGUARD AND SECURE"
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battles=World War II
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identification_symbol_2_label=The 785th Military Police Battalion is a United States Army Reserve unit located in Fraser, Michigan.

Battalion lineage

*Constituted 12 November 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 785th Military Police Battalion
*Activated 28 November 1942 at Fort Custer, Michigan
*Inactivated 10 December 1946 on Okinawa
*Redesignated 12 February 1948 as the 300th Military Police Battalion and allotted to the Organized Reserves
*Activated 25 February 1948 with Headquarters at Chicago, Illinois
* (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
*Inactivated 30 March 1951 at Chicago, Illinois
*Redesignated 24 June 1953 as the 785th Military Police Battalion
*Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment activated 16 December 1991 at Inkster, Michigan

Campaign participation credit

*World War II:Rhineland:Central Europe:Asiatic-Pacific Theater, Streamer without inscription

External links

* [http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/mp/0785mpbn.htm Lineage And Honors Information]