Transportation

Transportation units of the 25th Infantry Division

33rd Transportation Battalion

“Hele Kakou Mao” (This Way to the Line)

Constituted as the 33rd Transportation Battalion, assigned to 25th Infantry Division and activated on 1 February 1957. As part of the reorganization of the infantry divisions for atomic warfare the Army added a transportation battalion to each division to give it the capability to transport infantry by truck or by armored personnel carrier (APC) depending on the tactical situation. The battalion consisted of a Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Company A (Truck) and Company B (APC). In the reorganization of the 25th Infantry Division in 1963 the 33rd Transportation Battalion was inactivated on 12 August 1963 with the personnel and equipment of Company A (Truck) and the 25th Quartermaster Company used to form the 25th Supply and Transportation Battalion.