Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 28 January 2015
5th Squadron, 73d Cavalry Regiment
(Airborne Thunder)
- Constituted 13 January 1941 in the Regular Army as Headquarters Company, 76th Tank Battalion
- Redesignated 8 May 1941 as Headquarters Company, 756th Tank Battalion
- Activated 1 June 1941 at Fort Lewis, Washington
- Inactivated 8 February 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
- Activated 1 August 1946 at Fort Benning, Georgia
- Reorganized and redesignated 15 January 1948 as Headquarters and Service Company, 756th Heavy Tank Battalion
- Reorganized and redesignated 10 January 1949 as Headquarters and Service Company, 73d Heavy Tank Battalion, an element of the 3d Infantry Division
- Reorganized and redesignated 14 July 1950 as Headquarters and Service Company, 73d Tank Battalion, and relieved from assignment to the 3d Infantry Division
- (73d Tank Battalion assigned 10 November 1951 to the 7th Infantry Division)
- Inactivated 1 July 1957 in Korea and relieved from assignment to the 7th Infantry Division
- Redesignated 28 February 1983 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 5th Battalion, 73d Armor, assigned to the 194th Armored Brigade, and activated at Fort Knox, Kentucky (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
- Inactivated 16 June 1987 at Fort Knox, Kentucky and relieved from assignment to the 194th Armored Brigade
- Redesignated 25 February 2004 as the 5th Squadron, 73d Cavalry
- Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 5th Squadron, 73d Cavalry Regiment
- Assigned 16 January 2006 to the 3d Brigade Combat Team, 82d Airborne Division, and activated at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Algeria-French Morocco
- (with arrowhead)
- Naples-Foggia
- Rome-Arno
- Southern France (with arrowhead)
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- Korean War
- UN Defensive
- UN Offensive
- CCF Intervention
- First UN Counteroffensive
- CCF Spring Offensive
- UN Summer-Fall Offensive
- Second Korean Winterv
- Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
- Third Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer 1953
- War On Terrorism
- Iraq:
- National Resolution
- Iraqi Surge
- Iraqi Sovereignty
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered COLMAR
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered TURKI VILLAGE, IRAQ
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2006-2007
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2008-2009
- French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered CENTRAL ITALY
- French Croix de Guerre with Silver-Gilt Star, World War II, Streamer embroidered ITALY
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered INCHON TO SEOUL
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1952
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1951-1953
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1951-1957
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History