History - Honors
From 1941 to 1945, the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment earned the following honors:
Campaigns
Normandy (with arrowhead for parachute assault)
Rhineland (with arrowhead for parachute assault)
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe
Decorations
Distinguished Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered NORMANDY
Distinguished Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BASTOGNE
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered NORMANDY
Netherlands Orange Lanyard
Belgian Croix de Guerre 1940 with Palm, Streamer embroidered 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
Campaigns
Normandy (with arrowhead for parachute assault)
Rhineland (with arrowhead for parachute assault)
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe
Decorations
Distinguished Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered NORMANDY
Distinguished Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BASTOGNE
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered NORMANDY
Netherlands Orange Lanyard
Belgian Croix de Guerre 1940 with Palm, Streamer embroidered 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
| A Company, 1st Battalion, 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment |
| (Reenacted 1941-1945) |
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