Lineage and Honors Information as of 27 October 2015
2d Battalion, 508th Infantry Regiment
- Constituted 6 October 1942 in the Army of the United States as Company B, 508th Parachute Infantry
- Activated 20 October 1942 at Camp Blanding, Florida
- Inactivated 25 November 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
- Redesignated 16 April 1951 as Company B, 508th Airborne Infantry; concurrently allotted to the Regular Army and activated at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
- Inactivated 22 March 1957 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky
- Redesignated 15 July 1962 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Battalion, 508th Infantry
- Assigned 6 March 1964 to the 82d Airborne Division (organic elements concurrently constituted)
- Battalion activated 25 May 1964 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
- Inactivated 30 April 1986 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and relieved from assignment to the 82d Airborne Division
- Redesignated 1 October 2005 as 2d Battalion, 508th Infantry Regiment
- Assigned 16 June 2006 to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82d Airborne Division, and activated at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
- Relieved 16 November 2013 from assignment to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82d Airborne Division and assigned to the 2d Brigade Combat Team, 82d Airborne Division
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Normandy (with arrowhead)
- Rhineland (with arrowhead)
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- Armed Forces Expeditions
- Dominican Republic
- Grenada
- War on Terrorism
- Afghanistan:
- Consolidation II
- Consolidation III
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered COTENTIN PENINSULA
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered GHAZNI AND WARDAK PROVINCES 2007-2008
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered KANDAHAR PROVINCE 2009-2010
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2013-2014
- French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered STE. MERE EGLISE
- French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered COTENTIN
- French Croix de Guerre, World War II, Fourragere
- 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
- Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at St. Vith
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
Richard W. Stewart
Chief of Military History
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