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559th
Engineer Battalion
130th Engineer Brigade
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Battalion
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1946
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559th Engineer Bn DI
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Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 559th Engineer Service Battalion,
activated on 2 December 1946 in Germany
Inactivated 1 September 1947 in Germany
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 559th Engineer Battalion,
activated on 9 June 1969 in Germany.
In
the 1980s, the Battalion was assigned to the 130th Engineer Brigade
and stationed at Pionier Kaserne, Hanau, Germany. At that time the
Battalion was composed of
814th Float Bridge
Company
516th
Medium Girder Bridge Company
568th
Combat Support Engineer Company.
A fourth company, the 567th Engineer Company (ADM), was deactivated
15 Feb 1986.
Inactivated 16 May 1986 in Germany
Reestablished 8 March 1990 as the 559th Engineer Battalion (Prov)
in Hanau, Germany
Inactivated 15 October 1992 in Hanau, Germany
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