That's odd to me, since I've always been happier having been associated with a top-notch elite unit that very few folks outside it have much knowledge or understanding about its activities, yet is the oldest and most decorated organization of its type in the U.S Army.
Sure, I went on to other things, ranging from snakeeating to castle burning and fair maiden rescuing. But it's that one old outfit that most folks have no clue about that's the one that really counts with me.
And, of course, they've broken a lot of hearts of the people who happened to be on the other side of our country when the many good works of this fine group were accomplished over the years, from 15 July 1940 to today.
Campaigns;
World War II:
Algeria-French Morocco;
Sicily (with arrowhead);
Normandy (with arrowhead);
Northern France; Rhineland;
Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
Korean War:
UN Defensive;
UN Offensive;
CCF Intervention;
First UN Counteroffensive;
CCF Spring Offensive;
UN Summer-Fall Offensive;
Second Korean Winter
Southwest Asia:
Defense of Saudi Arabia;
Liberation and Defense of Kuwait;
Cease-Fire
Decorations:
Presidential Unit Citation (Army),
Streamer embroidered COTENTIN PENINSULA
Presidential Unit Citation (Army),
Streamer embroidered HURTGEN FOREST
Valorous Unit Award,
Streamer embroidered IRAQ
Belgian Fourragere 1940
Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for actions in Belgium
Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation,
Streamer embroidered TAEGU
Chryssoun Aristion Andrias (Bravery Gold Medal of Greece),
Streamer embroidered KOREA
