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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


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