583rd Ordnance Company
The 583rd Ordnance Company was activated in May 1940 as Company C, 100th Ordnance Battalion at Camp Sutton, NC. The unit departed the United States in February 1944 and served in five European campaigns during World War II. Company C was redesignated as the 583rd Ordnance Ammunition Company in April 1950.
In January 1953, the company was redesignated as the 583rd Ordnance Company and reorganized as an ammunition depot. The company was inactivated in December 1954.
In January 1959, the 583rd was activated in Dahn, Germany and assigned to the U.S. Army Communications Zone. It was later assigned to the Advanced Weapons Support Command, headquartered in Pirmasens.
Effective Dec. 1, 1964, the 583rd Ordnance Company was assigned to the Special Ammunition Support Command, and it was further assigned to the 570th U.S. Army Artillery Group. The 583rd Ordnance Company was inactivated in May 1991.
SOURCE: final 59th Courier, the Brigade's Newspaper...
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