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1st Reconnaissance Battalion Unit Awards


PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION STREAMER WITH ONE SILVER STAR AND FOUR BRONZE STARS

1st Reconnaissance Battalion earned these awards in the following campaigns:

WORLD WAR II


Guadacanal, 07 August - 09 December 1942
Peleliu, Ngesebus and Palau, 15-29 September 1944
Okinawa, 01 April - 21 June 1945

KOREA

Pusan, Korea, 07 August - 07 September 1950
Inchon, Korea, 15 September - 11 October 1950
Chosin Reservoir, Korea, 27 November - 11 December 1950
Korea, 21 - 26 Apr,16 May - 30 June,11 - 25 September 1951

VIETNAM

Vietnam, 29 March 1966 - 15 September 1967
Vietnam, 16 - 30 September 1967 and 2 - 31 October 1968

IRAQ

Operation Iraqi Freedom I, 21 March – 24 April 2003



NAVY UNIT COMMENDATION STREAMER WITH FOUR BRONZE STARS

1st Reconnaissance Battalion earned these awards in the following campaigns:

KOREA


Korea, 11 August 1952 - 05 May 1953
Korea, 07 - 27 July 1953
Korea, 12 - 25 August 1953

VIETNAM

Vietnam, I October 1967 - 1 October 1968
Vietnam, 1 January - 31 December 1970

SOUTHWEST ASIA

Desert Shield / Desert Storm, 14 August 1990 – 16 April 1991



CHINA SERVICE STREAMER

- 30 September 1945 - 22 January 1947



AMERICAN DEFENSE STREAMER WITH ONE BRONZE STAR

- 8 September 1939 - 7 December 1941



ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN STREAMER WITH ONE SILVER STAR AND ONE BRONZE STAR

1st Reconnaissance Battalion earned these awards in the following campaigns:

- Guadalcanal - Tulagi Landings, 7-9 August 1942
- Capture and Defense of Guadalcanal, 10 August - 8 December 1942
- Finschhafen Occupation, 2 October 1943 - 31 December 1943
- Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 26 December 1943 - 1 March 1944
- Capture and Occupation of Southern Palau Islands, 15 September - 14 October 1944
- Assault and Occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 April - 30 June 1945



WORLD WAR II VICTORY STREAMER



NAVY OCCUPATION SERVICE STREAMER WITH “ASIA”

- Okinawa, 02 - 26 September 1945



NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE STREAMER WITH THREE BRONZE STARS




KOREAN SERVICE STREAMER WITH TWO SILVER STARS




ARMED FORCES EXPEDITIONARY STREAMER




VIETNAM SERVICE STREAMER WITH TWO SILVER STARS AND TWO BRONZE STARS

Vietnamese Counteroffensive, 26 March - 30 June 1966
Vietnamese Counteroffensive, Phase II, 1 July 1966 - 31 May 1967
Vietnamese Counteroffensive, Phase III, 1 June 1967 - 29 Jan 1968
Tet Counteroffensive, 30 January - 1 April 1968
Vietnamese Counteroffensive , Phase IV, 2 April - 30 June 1968
Vietnamese Counteroffensive, Phase V, 1 July - 1 November 1968
Vietnamese Counteroffensive, Phase VI, 2 Nov 1968 - 22 Feb 1969
Tet 69 Counteroffensive, 23 February - 8 June 1969
Vietnam, Summer-Fall 1969, 9 June - 31 October 1969
Vietnam, Winter-Spring 1970, 1 November 1969 - 30 April
Sanctuary Counteroffensive, 1 May 1970 - 30 June 1970
Vietnam Counteroffensive, Phase Vii, 1 July,1970 - 24 March,1971



SOUTHWEST ASIA SERVICE STREAMER WITH TWO BRONZE STARS




IRAQ CAMPAIGN STREAMER




GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM EXPEDTIONARY STREAMER




GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM SERVICE STREAMER




KOREAN PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION STREAMER




VIETNAM CROSS OF GALLANTRY STREAMER WITH PALM




VIETNAM MERITORIOUS UNIT CITATION CIVIL ACTIONS STREAMER