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Headquarters and Headquarters Company
101st Airborne Division
(Screaming Eagles)

Lineage and Honors Information as of 24 January 1997

Headquarters and Headquarters Company
101st Airborne Division Lineage

Constituted 23 July 1918 in the National Army as Headquarters, 101st Division

Organized 2 November 1918 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi

Demobilized 11 December 1918 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi

Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters, 101st Division

Organized 10 September 1921 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Redesignated 31 March 1942 as Division Headquarters, 101st Division

Disbanded 15 August 1942; concurrently, reconstituted in the Army of the United States as Headquarters, 101st Airborne Division, and activated at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana

Inactivated 30 November 1945 in France

Allotted 25 June 1948 to the Regular Army

Activated 6 July 1948 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky

Inactivated 27 May 1949 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky

Activated 25 August 1950 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky

Inactivated 1 December 1953 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky

Activated 15 May 1954 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina

Reorganized and redesignated 3 February 1964 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 101st Airborne Division

Headquarters and Headquarters Company
101st Airborne Division Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II: Normandy (with arrowhead); Rhineland (with arrowhead); Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe

Vietnam: Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Tet 69/Counteroffensive; Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII; Consolidation I; Consolidation II

Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait

Decorations

Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for NORMANDY

Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for BASTOGNE

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for SOUTHWEST ASIA

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II for NORMANDY

Belgian Croix de Guerre 1940 with Palm for BASTOGNE; cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at BASTOGNE

Belgian Fourragere 1940

    Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in FRANCE AND BELGIUM

Netherlands Orange Lanyard

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1968-1969

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1971

Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class for VIETNAM 1968-1970


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