3d Battalion
327th Infantry
(Bastogne Bulldogs)
Lineage and Honors Information as of 25 July 1996
3d Battalion
327th Infantry Lineage
Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as Company C, 327th Infantry, an element of the 82d Division
Organized 17 September 1917 at Camp Gordon, Georgia
Demobilized 26 May 1919 at Camp Upton, New York
Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Company C, 327th Infantry, an element of the 82d Division (later redesignated as the 82d Airborne Division)
Organized in December 1921 in South Carolina
Ordered into active military service 25 March 1942 and reorganized at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana
Reorganized and redesignated 15 August 1942 as Company C, 327th Glider Infantry, an element of the 101st Airborne Division
Inactivated 30 November 1945 in France
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps)
Redesignated 18 June 1948 as Company C, 516th Airborne Infantry, an element of the 101st Airborne Division
Withdrawn 25 June 1948 from the Organized Reserve Corps and allotted to the Regular Army
Activated 6 July 1948 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
Inactivated 1 April 1949 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
Activated 25 August 1950 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
Inactivated 1 December 1953 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
(516th Airborne Infantry relieved 27 April 1954 from assignment to the 101st Airborne Division)
Activated 15 May 1954 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1956 as Company C, 327th Airborne Infantry, an element of the 101st Airborne Division
Inactivated 25 April 1957 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and relieved from assignment to the 101st Airborne Division; concurrently redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Airborne Battle Group, 327th Infantry
Redesignated 21 January 1983 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Battalion, 327th Infantry, assigned to the 101st Airborne Division, and activated at Fort Campbell, Kentucky (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
3d Battalion
327th Infantry Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War I: * St. Mihiel; * Meuse-Argonne; * Lorraine 1918
World War II: * Normandy (with arrowhead); * Rhineland (with arrowhead); * Ardennes-Alsace; * Central Europe; * Southwest Asia; * Defense of Saudi Arabia; * Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
Decorations
* Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for BASTOGNE
* Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for SOUTHWEST ASIA
* French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II for NORMANDY
* Netherlands Orange Lanyard
* 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