Eagles Of War - Headquarters and Headquarters Company 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)

Description:
On a shield 2-1/2 inches in height overall, sable the head of a bald eagle proper. A black and yellow airborne tab is attached above the insignia.

Symbolism:
The design is based on one of the Civil War traditions of the State of Wisconsin, this State being the territory of the original 101st Division. The eagle alludes to "Old Abe," the famous war eagle carried into combat

during the Civil War by the 8th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment.

Background:
The insignia was originally approved for the 101st Division

on 23 May 1923. It was redesignated for the 101st Airborne Division on

28 August 1942, then redesignated for the 101st Air Cavalry Division on

5 August 1968, and on 10 September 1968 it was redesignated for the

101st Airborne Division. It was amended to correct the symbolism on

8 February 2006.

Combat Service Identification Badge
for the Division!!

Description:
A gold color metal and enamel device 2 inches (5.08 cm) in height consisting of a
design similar to the shoulder sleeve insignia.

Flags, Guidons, Streamers for
Headquarters and Headquarters Company 101st Airborne Division

A guidon is a swallow-tailed unit marker, 20-inch hoist by a 27-inch
fly, the swallow-tail end forked l0 inches. Fringe is not used on
guidons. Guidons are made of bunting cloth or nylon, unless otherwise
specified. Design elements will appear on the opposite side as
if printed through the material. Letters and numerals will read from
left to right on each side of the guidon. The letters and numbers on
guidons are 3 1/2 inches high unless otherwise indicated. When a
SSI is authorized for use on the guidon, the design will appear
proper on both sides.

Helmet Patch for
Headquarters and Headquarters Company
101st Airborne Division

ACU Helmet Patch

Background Trimmings for
Headquarters 101st Airborne Division

Description:

Distinctive Unit Insignia (DUI) for
Headquarters and Headquarters Company
101st Airborne Division

Distinctive Unit Insignia (DUI)

Description:
On and over a medium blue disc, a black demi-eagle with

white head, wing details, eye and beak gold, in downward flight issuing

from a white cloud in sinister base, all above a gold scroll bearing the motto

"Rendezvous With Destiny" in black letters.

Symbolism:
The design was suggested by the Division’s authorized shoulder sleeve insignia. The black eagle alluding to “Old Abe,” an actual eagle carried into combat during the Civil War by one of the regiments from the State of Wisconsin, the territory of the original 101^st Division. The eagle issuing in downward flight from the cloud refers to the airborne classification of the Division. The motto, “Rendezvous With Destiny” has been the motto of the Division since its founding.

Background:
The insignia was originally approved for the Command and Control Battalion, 101st Airborne Division on 21 April 1958. It was redesignated for the noncolor bearing units of the 101st Airborne Division on 24 July 1968, then redesignated for the 101st Air Cavalry Division on 5 August 1968, and on 10 September 1968 redesignated for the 101st Airborne Division. It was amended to correct the symbolism on 8 February 2006.

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

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

Iraq Campaign: IRAQ

Afghanistan Campaign: AFGHANISTAN

Decorations

Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for NORMANDY

Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for BASTOGNE

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for SOUTHWEST ASIA

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for IRAQ

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 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 & Plaques

Courtesy of The Institute of Heraldry!!

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