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Company H, 134th Support Battalion
MAJOR SUBORDINATE COMMAND: 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team
On this day in Ohio National Guard history, Nov. 18, 1921:
Company H, 134th Support Battalion is organized in Akron, Ohio as Troop I, 1st Cavalry. The company has served in World War II and the War on Terrorism during its nearly 100 years of service. The unit returned to Ohio in September 2020 after a yearlong deployment to the Middle East in support of Operation Spartan Shield. In this Dec. 7, 2019, photo, Sgt. 1st Class Justin Whale, maintenance platoon sergeant with Company H, 134th Support Battalion, Task Force Spartan, works on a pullup bar during joint exercise Iron Union near Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Learn more about Company H’s history in Lineage Link Up.
HOME STATION: Stow
PARENT UNIT
Troop I, 1st Cavalry Regiment
DATE & PLACE OF BIRTH
18 November 1921, Akron, Ohio
MISSION
To provide direct and habitual sustainment support to itself and the Combined Arms Battalion, Armor.
CAMPAIGN CREDIT
World War II
Northern Solomons
Luzon (with arrowhead)
DECORATIONS
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation
Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
1943 ~ Gun No. 3, Battery B, 135th Field Artillery Battalion practices camouflaged gun firing June 22, 1943, while stationed on the island of Guadalcanal.
1957 ~ Howitzer Company, 1st Battalion, 107th Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Knox, Ky., 1957.
1982 ~ Howitzer Battery, 2nd Squadron, 107th Armored Cavalry, Alliance, Ohio, 1982.
2005 ~ Battery B, 1st Battalion, 134th Field Artillery, Camp Grayling, Mich., 2005.
2008 ~ Pfc. Brody Toot, a light vehicle mechanic from Minerva, Ohio, fuels a 2 1/2-ton truck at a refueling point during annual training June 10, 2008, at Camp Grayling, Mich. Toot was being retrained to help meet the need for petroleum supply specialists with the Ohio Army National Guard’s 737th Support Company,
2019 ~ Sgt. 1st Class Justin Whale, maintenance platoon sergeant with Company H, 134th Support Battalion, Task Force Spartan, grinds a fresh weld on a pullup bar during joint exercise Iron Union Dec. 7, 2019, near Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Iron union is a recurring, bilateral exercise between TF Spartan and the United Arab Emirates Land Forces.
Photos from Ohio Army National Guard Historical Collections
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