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Regimental Coat of Arms - 508th Infantry |
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508th Infantry - Lineage
| 1942 | Constituted 6 October in the Army of the United States as the 508th Parachute Infantry; activated 20 October at Camp Blanding, FL |
| 1946 | Inactivated 25 November at Camp Kilmer, NJ |
| 1951 | Redesignated 16 April as the 508th Airborne Infantry, allotted to the Regular Army, and activated at Fort Bragg, NC |
| 1957 | Inactivated 22 March at Fort Campbell, KY |
| 1962 | Reorganized and redesignated 15 July as the 508th Infantry, a parent regiment under CARS |
| 1987 | Withdrawn from CARS and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System with Headquarters in Panama |
508th Infantry - Campaign Participation
| World War II Normandy (with arrowhead) Rhineland (with arrowhead) Ardennes-Alsace Central Europe |
Vietnam Tet Counteroffensive Counteroffensive Phase IV Counteroffensive Phase V Counteroffensive Phase VI Tet 69 Counteroffensive Summer-Fall 1969 Winter Spring 1970 |
| Armed Forces Expeditions Dominican Republic Grenada Panama (with arrowhead) |
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508th Infantry - Decorations
| Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered COTENTIN PENINSULA (508th Parachute Infantry cited) |
| Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered HUE AND SAIGON (1st Battalion, 508th Infantry cited) |
| French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, embroidered STE. MERE EGLISE (508th Parachute Infantry cited) |
| French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered COTENTIN (508th Parachute Infantry cited) |
| French Croix de Guerre, World War II, Fourragere (508th Parachute Infantry cited) |
| Military Order of William (Degree of the Knight of the Fourth Class), Streamer embroidered NIJMEGEN 1944 (508th Parachute Infantry cited) |
| Netherlands Orange Lanyard (508th Parachute Infantry cited) |
| Belgian Fourragere 1940 (508th Parachute Infantry cited) |
| Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the ARDENNES (508th Parachute Infantry cited) |
| Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army in BELGIAN AND GERMANY (508th Parachute Infantry cited) |
| Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at ST. VITH (508th Parachute Infantry cited) |