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.

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

  • World War II:
  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
  • Vietnam:
  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
  • Armed Forces Expeditions:
  1. Grenada (with )
  2. Panama (with )
  • Global War on Terrorism
    • Afghanistan
    1. Liberation of Afghanistan
    2. Consolidation I
    3. Consolidation II
    • Iraqi
    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. Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for Afghanistan 2010
    8. Joint Meritorious Unit Citation for Panama 1989
    9. Joint Meritorious Unit Citation for Afghanistan 04 Oct 2001- 31 Dec 2004
    10. Valorous Unit Award for Vietnam - II Corps Area
    11. Valorous Unit Award for Bình Dương Province
    12. Valorous Unit Award for III Corps Area 1969
    13. Valorous Unit Award for Fish Hook
    14. Valorous Unit Award for III Corps Area 1971
    15. Valorous Unit Award for Thừa Thiên–Quảng Trị
    16. Valorous Unit Award for Grenada
    17. Valorous Unit Award for Mogadishu
    18. Valorous Unit Award for Haditha, Iraq
    19. Valorous Unit Award for Southern Afghanistan 2011
    20. Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for Vietnam 1968
    21. Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for Vietnam 1969
    22. Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for Vietnam 1969-1970
    23. Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for Pacific Area
    24. Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for Afghanistan 2011

    See also

    • 75th Ranger Regiment
    • United States Army Rangers

    References

    External links

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

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    75th Ranger Regiment Lineage and Honors

    75th Ranger Regiment Celebrate 30th Anniversary Article The United

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