3d Battalion
504th Infantry
(Devils in Baggy Pants)
Lineage and Honors Information as of 23 May 1997
3d Battalion
504th Infantry Lineage
Constituted 24 February 1942 in the Army of the United States as Company C, 504th Parachute Infantry
Activated 1 May 1942 at Fort Benning, Georgia
(504th Parachute Infantry assigned 15 August 1942 to the 82d Airborne Division)
Reorganized and redesignated 15 December 1947 as Company C, 504th Airborne Infantry
Allotted 15 November 1948 to the Regular Army
Inactivated 1 September 1957 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and relieved from assignment to the 82d Airborne Division; concurrently redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Airborne Battle Group, 504th Infantry
Redesignated 3 July 1968 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Battalion, 504th Infantry (organic elements concurrently constituted)
Assigned 15 July 1968 to the 82d Airborne Division and activated at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Inactivated 15 December 1969 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and relieved from assignment to the 82d Airborne Division
Assigned 1 May 1986 to the 82d Airborne Division and activated at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
3d Battalion
504th Infantry Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: *Sicily (with arrowhead); *Naples-Foggia; *Anzio (with arrowhead); * Rhineland (with arrowhead); *Ardennes-Alsace; *Central Europe
Armed Forces Expeditions: *Panama (with arrowhead)
Southwest Asia: *Defense of Saudi Arabia; * Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for ANZIO BEACHHEAD
*Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for NIJMEGEN, HOLLAND
*Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for CHENEUX, BELGIUM
*Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for SOUTHWEST ASIA
*Army Superior Unit Award for 1996
*Military Order of William (Degree of the Knight of the Fourth Class) for NIJMEGEN 1944
*Netherlands Orange Lanyard
* Belgian Fourragere 1940
*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the ARDENNES
*Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in BELGIUM AND GERMANY