Headquarters and Headquarters Company
1st Infantry Division
(The Big Red One)
Lineage and Honors Information as of 7 September 2001
Headquarters and Headquarters Company
1st Infantry Division Lineage
Constituted 24 May 1917 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 1st Expeditionary Division
Organized 8 June 1917 at New York, New York
Redesignated 6 July 1917 as Headquarters, 1st Division
Reorganized and redesignated 1 August 1942 as Headquarters, 1st Infantry Division
Reorganized and redesignated 20 April 1960 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Infantry Division
Headquarters and Headquarters Company
1st Infantry Division Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War I: Montdidier-Noyon; Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Lorraine 1917; Lorraine 1918; Picardy 1918
World War II: Algeria-French Morocco (with arrowhead); Tunisia; Sicily (with arrowhead); Normandy (with arrowhead); Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
Vietnam: Defense; Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Tet 69/Counteroffensive; Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970
Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Cease-Fire
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1968
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for SOUTHWEST ASIA
Army Superior Unit Award for 1997
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II for KASSERINE
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II for NORMANDY
French Croix de Guerre, World War II, Fourragere
Belgian Fourragere 1940
Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at MONS
Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at EUPEN-MALMEDY
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1965-1968
Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class for VIETNAM 1965-1970