Lineage and Honors Information as of 9 October 2015
504th Infantry Regiment
(Devils in Baggy Pants)
- Constituted 24 February 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 504th Parachute Infantry
- Activated 1 May 1942 at Fort Benning, Georgia
- Assigned 15 August 1942 to the 82d Airborne Division
- Reorganized and redesignated 15 December 1947 as the 504th Airborne Infantry
- Allotted 15 November 1948 to the Regular Army
- Relieved 1 September 1957 from assignment to the 82d Airborne Division; concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 504th Infantry, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System
- Withdrawn 1 May 1986 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
- Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 504th Infantry Regiment
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Sicily (with arrowhead)
- Naples-Foggia
- Anzio (with arrowhead)
- Rhineland (with arrowhead)
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- Armed Forces Expeditions
- Dominican Republic
- Panama (with arrowhead)
- Southwest Asia
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- Kosovo
- Kosovo Defense
- War on Terrorism
- Afghanistan:
- Consolidation I
- Iraq:
- Iraqi Surge
- Iraqi Sovereignty
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered ANZIO BEACHHEAD
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered NIJMEGEN, HOLLAND
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered CHENEUX, BELGIUM
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2003
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003-2004
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered BAGHDAD 2007-2008
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered GHAZNI PROVINCE 2012
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2004
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2010
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2014
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1996
- Military Order of William (Degree of the Knight of the Fourth Class), Streamer embroidered NIJMEGEN 1944
- Netherlands Orange Lanyard
- Belgian Fourragere 1940
- Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes
- Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in Belgium and Germany
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
RICHARD W. STEWART
Chief of Military History
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