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The 130th Engineer Brigade was constituted on 5 May 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 1303rd Engineer General Service Regiment. It was activated on 15 July 1943 at Camp Ellis, Illinois.
The Regiment played an important role during World War II, with campaign credit for: Normandy, North France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe and the Asian-Pacific Theatre.
The Regiment was inactivated on 8 July 1955