General Orders 1946 - Fort Benning

GEPEUL OILDEBS WAR DEPARTMENT
No. 72 WASHINGT~~ 26, D. C., 18 July 1946
Seetion
DETROIT TANK ARSENAL, CEETERLIXIC, MICHIGAN-ReBeslgnnteddddddddd 1
MILITARP BSTABLISH~~EET-A~~~~~BB Ordance Plant, Little Rock, Arknnsas,
discontinued ........................................................... I1
OFFICE OF SPECIAL S3:TTLEMENT ACCOUNTS-Diseontlnued as autonornova
orgnnimtion and reestablished as division a! 0mee of Dependency Benefits.--.-- 111
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ILDETROIT TANK ARSENAL, CENTERLINE, MICHIGAN.-Ellective a8
of 10 Julu 1946, the Detroit Tank Arsenal, Centerlinc, Jlichigan, is redesignated
the Detroit Arsenal, Centerline, Michigan.
LAG 680.1 (13 .TI 46) I
II..MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT.-Efteotive as of 1 July 1946, the Arkansas
Ordnance Plant, Little Rock, Argausas, is discontinued as a military eslnblishment.
FAG 6801.1 (12 Jul 46)1
III..OFFICE OF SPECIAL SETTLEMENT ACCOUNTS.-E#~~~~P~ as of
1 Jay 1946, the Office of Special Settlement Accounts, a class I1 installation of
the Office, Chief of Finance, 27 Pine Street. New Pork 5, New Pork, is discontinued
as an autonomous organization and is concurrently reestahiirhed as a
division of the Office of Demndencv Benefits, a class I1 installation of the Offlce,
Chief of Finance, 213 Washington Street, Kernark 2, Ken Jerscy.
[AG 020 (12 Jnl 48)l
IV..BATTLE HONORS.-AS authorized by Executive Order 9396 (sec. I,
WD Rul. 22,1943), superseding Executive Order 0075 (see. 111, WD Bul. 11,1012),
citations of the following units, a8 approved by the Commauding General, Mediterranean
Theater of Oneratlons. 3 Juir 1946, are eon0mmed under the Provisions
of section lV, WD Circular 333, 1043, in the name of the President of the United
States as ~ubhc evidence of deserved honor and distinction. The citations read
as follows:
1. Company A, 2671st Special Reoonmzisaance Battalion (Separate) (Proudsionnl),
is cited for outstanding performance of duty in action against the enemy
in Italy from 15 April to 1 May 1915. Company A, composed of officers and
enlisted men who volunteererl for extra-hazardous duty in the conducting of
operations behind enemy lines, engaged in extensive operations in Italy under
the direction of the 15th Army Group Headquarters. These men, organieed
Into small operational groups, were infiltrated behind the enemy lines by parachute
and, maintaining eontact with their headquarters by radio, organized
extensive partisan forces. In the final phase of the o&nsiYe of the 15th Army
Grou~, they led-tllese partisan forces in all-out attacks. The ootcers and enlisted
men of Company A, 2671st b'pecial Reool~naiasanoe Battalion (Separate)
IProuisional). desDite the constant danger of attack and eavture, by their
courageous leadership and partiripation in the operations of these resistnnce
forces were instrumental in causing them to organize and nttack the enemy and
were a constant inspiration to them, thus rzfl&ing the great credit on themselves
and the armed forces of the United States.
2. Company B, 267lst Sfleoial Reconnaissance Rottalion (Sepwate) (Prow&
aional), is cited for outstanding performance of duty in action against the enemy
in southern France from 1 to 15 August 1M4. Amigned the mission to parachute
into central and southern H'mnee in strategic areas in advance of the
invasion forces, Coin.pany B, composed of o5cers and enlisted men who had
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