List of honors and decorations of the 75th Ranger Regiment

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.
  1. Algeria-French Morocco (with )
  2. Tunisia
  3. Sicily (with )
  4. Naples-Foggia (with )
  5. Anzio (with )
  6. Rome-Arno
  7. Normandy (with )
  8. Northern France
  9. Rhineland
  10. Ardennes-Alsace
  11. Central Europe
  12. New Guinea
  13. Philippines
  14. Leyte (with )
  15. Luzon
  16. India-Burma
  17. Central Burma
  1. Advisory
  2. Defense
  3. Counteroffensive
  4. Counteroffensive, Phase II
  5. Counteroffensive, Phase III
  6. Counteroffensive, Phase IV
  7. Counteroffensive, Phase V
  8. Counteroffensive, Phase VI
  9. Counteroffensive, Phase VII
  10. Tet Counteroffensive
  11. Tet 69/Counteroffensive
  12. Summer-Fall 1969
  13. Winter-Spring 1970
  14. Sanctuary Counteroffensive
  15. Consolidation I
  16. Consolidation II
  17. Cease-Fire
  1. Grenada (with )
  2. Panama (with )
  1. Liberation of Afghanistan
  2. Consolidation I
  3. Consolidation II
  1. Liberation of Iraq
  2. Transition of Iraq
  3. Iraqi Governance
  4. National Resolution

Decorations

  1. Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for El Guetar
  2. Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for Salerno
  3. Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for Pointe du Hoc
  4. Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for Saar River Area
  5. Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for Myitkyina
  6. Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for Vietnam 1966-1968
  7. Joint Meritorious Unit Citation for Afghanistan 04 Oct 2001- 31 Dec 2004
  8. Valorous Unit Award for Vietnam - II Corps Area
  9. Valorous Unit Award for Bình Dương Province
  10. Valorous Unit Award for III Corps Area 1969
  11. Valorous Unit Award for Fish Hook
  12. Valorous Unit Award for III Corps Area 1971
  13. Valorous Unit Award for Thừa ThiênQuảng Trị
  14. Valorous Unit Award for Grenada
  15. Valorous Unit Award for Mogadishu
  16. Valorous Unit Award for Haditha, Iraq
  17. Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for Vietnam 1968
  18. Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for Vietnam 1969
  19. Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for Vietnam 1969-1970
  20. Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for Pacific Area

See also

References

  1. USASOC (2003). 75th Ranger Regiment: Fact Sheet. U.S. Special Operations Command. United States of America.

External links

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