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Revision as of 08:26, 31 January 2014
The 75th Ranger Regiment has been awarded numerous honors and decorations from its campaigns, beginning in World War II. In World War II, they participated in 16 major campaigns, spearheading the campaigns in Morocco, Sicily, Naples-Foggia, Anzio and Leyte. During the Vietnam War, they received campaign participation streamers for every campaign in the war.[1]
The regiment received streamers with arrowheads (denoting conflicts they spearheaded) for its participation in the invasions of Grenada and Panama.
To date, the Rangers have earned six Presidential Unit Citations, nine Valorous Unit Awards, and four Meritorious Unit Commendation, the most recent of which were earned in Vietnam and Haditha, Iraq, respectively.
Campaign Participation Credit
75th Ranger Regiment Distinctive Unit Insignia.
75th Ranger Regiment Coat of Arms.
- World War II:
Algeria-French Morocco (with 
)- Tunisia
- Sicily (with )
- Naples-Foggia (with )
- Anzio (with )
- Rome-Arno
- Normandy (with )
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- New Guinea
- Philippines
- Leyte (with )
- Luzon
- India-Burma
- Central Burma
- Vietnam:
- Advisory
- Defense
- Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase II
- Counteroffensive, Phase III
- Counteroffensive, Phase IV
- Counteroffensive, Phase V
- Counteroffensive, Phase VI
- Counteroffensive, Phase VII
- Tet Counteroffensive
- Tet 69/Counteroffensive
- Summer-Fall 1969
- Winter-Spring 1970
- Sanctuary Counteroffensive
- Consolidation I
- Consolidation II
- Cease-Fire
- Armed Forces Expeditions:
- Grenada (with )
- Panama (with )
- Global War on Terrorism
- Afghanistan
- Liberation of Afghanistan
- Consolidation I
- Consolidation II
- Iraqi
- Liberation of Iraq
- Transition of Iraq
- Iraqi Governance
- National Resolution
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for El Guetar
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for Salerno
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for Pointe du Hoc
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for Saar River Area
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for Myitkyina
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for Vietnam 1966-1968
- Joint Meritorious Unit Citation for Afghanistan 04 Oct 2001- 31 Dec 2004
- Valorous Unit Award for Vietnam - II Corps Area
- Valorous Unit Award for Bình Dương Province
- Valorous Unit Award for III Corps Area 1969
- Valorous Unit Award for Fish Hook
- Valorous Unit Award for III Corps Area 1971
- Valorous Unit Award for Thừa Thiên–Quảng Trị
- Valorous Unit Award for Grenada
- Valorous Unit Award for Mogadishu
- Valorous Unit Award for Haditha, Iraq
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for Vietnam 1968
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for Vietnam 1969
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for Vietnam 1969-1970
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for Pacific Area
See also
References
- ↑ USASOC (2003). 75th Ranger Regiment: Fact Sheet. U.S. Special Operations Command. United States of America.
External links
- USASOC (2003). 75th Ranger Regiment: Fact Sheet. U.S. Special Operations Command. United States of America.
The original article can be found at List of honors and decorations of the 75th Ranger Regiment and the edit history here.