The 497th Transportation Company is a Transportation Company of the United States Army. History Constituted 1 July 1936 in the Organized Reserves as Company B, 478th Quartermaster Truck Regiment Ordered into active military service 25 October 1942 and organized at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana Reorganized and redesignated 1 December 1943 as the 3842d Quartermaster Truck Company Inactivated 3 February 1946 in India Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as the 3842d Transportation Corps Truck Company Redesignated 18 March 1947 as the 497th Transportation Corps Truck Company Activated 3 April 1947 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Redesignated 14 October 1947 as the 497th Transportation Truck Company (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve) Inactivated 15 March 1952 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Redesignated 1 December 1958 as the 497th Transportation Company Activated 29 January 1959 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Location changed 1 April 1959 to Tulsa, Oklahoma Inactivated 25 February 1963 at Tulsa, Oklahoma Withdrawn 7 February 1967 from the Army Reserve and allotted to the Regular Army Activated 25 March 1967 at Fort Lewis, Washington