The 132nd Engineer Battalion is an engineer battalion of the

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. It has been formed twice, once associated with the lineage of the 196th Infantry Regiment in 1942–46, and thirty years later, in the California National Guard. Officially, due to the lineage system of the United States Army, neither unit formed under this designation is associated with the other. In 1942, the 1st Battalion, 196th Infantry Regiment, was relieved from assignment from the

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and redesignated as 1st Battalion, 132d Engineers (Combat) 1 February 1942. Redesignated 1st Battalion, 132d Engineer Combat Regiment 1 August 1942. Reorganized and redesignated 5 April 1943 at

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as the 132d Engineer Combat Battalion. The battalion was inactivated 31 January 1946 at Matsayama, Japan. The 132nd Engineer Battalion was again constituted on 28 December 1973 in the

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and assigned to the 40th Infantry Division. It organized on 13 January 1974 from new and existing units with headquarters at

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. Its headquarters relocated on 1 November 1976 to

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. The unit was ordered into active federal service on 1 May 1992 at home stations; released on 9 May 1992 from active federal service and reverted to state control. The unit was deactivated on 1 September 2004 at Sacramento, California.

Distinctive unit insignia (1977 to 2004)

Description "A Silver color metal and enamel device in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned: Argent a fess Vert charged with an arrowhead of the field in chief a Lorraine cross and in base two fleurs-de-lis fesswise Azure all between flaunches Gules each charged with an arrowhead of the first. Attached below and to the sides of the shield a Silver scroll inscribed "AEDIFICAMUS DUCIMUS" in Red letters. Symbolism Scarlet and white (silver) are the colors used for the Corps of Engineers. The Lorraine cross and fleurs-de-lis refer to France where an element of the organization participated in six campaigns of World War I. Two fleurs-de-lis are used to allude to World War II when elements of the organization participated in two theaters, the European-African-Middle East and Asiatic-Pacific. The arrowheads are separate to denote element participation in three assault landings: Algeria-French Morocco, Eastern Mandates and Leyte. The colors blue, white and red represent the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation awarded the unit. The colors white, blue, red and green represent the Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation. The motto translates to "We Build We Lead."{{Cite web , title=132d Engineer Battalion Heraldry , url=https://tioh.army.mil/Catalog/HeraldryMulti.aspx?CategoryId=10047 , url-status=dead , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230916175036/https://tioh.army.mil/Catalog/HeraldryMulti.aspx?CategoryId=10047 , archive-date=2023-09-16 , access-date=2023-09-16 , website=

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Campaign participation credit (California 1974 onwards)

Headquarters Company (Sacramento)

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**Silver band without inscription *

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

Aleutian Islands Campaign The Aleutian Islands campaign () was a military campaign fought between 3 June 1942 and 15 August 1943 on and around the Aleutian Islands in the American theater (World War II), American Theater of World War II during the Pacific War. It was t ...

** Eastern Mandates Campaign (with arrowhead) **

Leyte Campaign The Battle of Leyte (; ; ) in the Pacific War, Pacific campaign of World War II was the amphibious invasion of the island of Leyte in the Philippines by American forces and Filipino guerrilla warfare, guerrillas under the overall command of Gen ...

(with arrowhead) **

Ryukyus The , also known as the or the , are a chain of Japanese islands that stretch southwest from Kyushu to Taiwan: the Ryukyu Islands are divided into the Satsunan Islands ( Ōsumi, Tokara and Amami) and Okinawa Prefecture ( Daitō, Miyako, Y ...

Company B

*World War I **Champagne-Marne **Aisne-Marne **St. Mihiel **Meuse-Argonne **Lorraine 1918 **Champagne 1918 *World War II ** Algeria-French Morocco Campaign (with arrowhead) **

Sicily Campaign The Allied invasion of Sicily, also known as the Battle of Sicily and Operation Husky, was a major campaign of World War II in which the Allied forces invaded the island of Sicily in July 1943 and took it from the Axis forces (Kingdom of Italy ...

** Rome-Arno Campaign ** Southern France Campaign **

Rhineland Campaign The Siegfried Line campaign was a phase in the Western Front (World War II)#1944–1945: The Second Front, Western European campaign of World War II, which involved engagments near the German defensive Siegfried Line. This campaign spanned from ...

Ardennes-Alsace Campaign The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Offensive or Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein, was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during the Second World War, taking place from 16 December 1944 to 25 January 19 ...

Central Europe Campaign The Western Allied invasion of Germany was coordinated by the Western Allies during the final months of hostilities in the European theatre of World War II. In preparation for the Allied invasion of Germany east of the Rhine, a series of offensi ...

Korean War The Korean War (25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) was an armed conflict on the Korean Peninsula fought between North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea; DPRK) and South Korea (Republic of Korea; ROK) and their allies. North Korea was s ...

**Second Korean Winter **Korea, Summer-Fall 1952 **Third Korean Winter **Korea, Summer 1953

Decorations (California)

Headquarters Company (Sacramento)

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation The Philippine Presidential Unit citation BadgeThe AFP Adjutant General, ''Awards and Decorations Handbook'', 1997, OTAG, p. 65. is a unit decoration of the Republic of the Philippines. It has been awarded to certain units of the United States ...

, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 *

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation The Presidential Unit Citation () is a military unit award of the government of Republic of Korea that may be presented to South Korean and foreign military units for outstanding performance in defense of the Republic of Korea. In recognition of a ...

, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1945–1946

Company B

*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952–1954

References

External links

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