Lineage and Honors Information as of 10 May 2011
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS BATTALION
101st AIRBORNE DIVISION
(SCREAMING EAGLES)
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
Reorganized and redesignated 16 September 2004 as Headquarters and Tactical Command Posts, 101st Airborne Division
Reorganized and redesignated 16 October 2009 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 101st Airborne Division
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
War on Terrorism
Iraq:
Liberation of Iraq
Transition of Iraq
Iraqi Governance
National Resolution
Afghanistan:
Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered NORMANDY
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BASTOGNE
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005-2006
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered NORMANDY
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
Netherlands Orange Lanyard
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1969
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1971
Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1970
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History