Eagles Of War - Lineage and Honors, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 101st Airborne Division

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

Headquarters and Headquarters Company,
101st Airborne Division
"Screaming Eagles"
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

Headquarters and Headquarters Company,
101st Airborne Division
"Screaming Eagles"

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

Information Courtesy of The
U.S. Army Center of Military History
& Plaques Courtesy of
The Institute of Heraldry!!

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