Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 82d Airborne Division
Announced in Department of the Army General Orders 43, 19 December 1950.

No separate citation.

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 82d Airborne Division
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1^st Brigade, 82d Airborne Division

Cited in Department of the Army General Orders 43, 19 December 1950 (along with attached units):

This elite division which had gone with great elan through the campaigns of Tunisia, Sicily, Italy, Holland, and France, again distinguished itself particularly in the battle of the Ardennes from 17 to 31 December 1944. Called upon as a reinforcement by the Allied High Command in the evening of 17 December at the time when they were in the vicinity of Reims, the division was able to take up command positions in the region of Werbomont only 24 hours later and this under very climatic conditions. Progressing toward Ambleve and the Salm, the division opened and maintained a corridor for elements of four American divisions which were surrounded in the vicinity of St. Vith, thus giving new courage to the engaged units. The divisions had prevented the enemy from piercing the north flank of the pocket created by the offensive of Von Rundstedt and thus succeeded in saving the city of Liege and its surroundings from a second occupation by the Germans.

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 82d Airborne Division

Cited in Department of the Army General Orders 43, 19 December 1950:

After having excelled in defensive warfare at the banks of the Salm and the Ambleve, and having repelled successfully the repeated attacks of the best German shock troops, the 82d Airborne Division with the 508^th Parachute Infantry Regiment attached, in spite of the extreme cold and excessively deep snow, went on the offensive themselves and advanced to the German border, capturing 2,500 German prisoners, including five battalion commanders. This fighting was extremely valorous as the organic composition of the division handicapped the unit considerably, not having at their disposal, as any other Infantry Division would have, heavy weapons to support their attack. During 23 days, under most painful and adverse conditions, the veterans of the 82d Airborne Division did not cease to give a wonderful example of courage and heroism, exemplifying their fighting spirit by several remarkably brilliant actions. By its valor, the division wrote another page in heroic annals of Allied airborne troops and rendered an important service to Belgium and to the Allied cause by establishing the necessary basis for the new pursuit of the enemy toward the Rhine River.

The Fourragère 1940 was a special badge/shoulder braid created on 26 March, 1945 by Decree Nº 300 of Charles, Prince of Belgium, Regent of the Kingdom to honor the bravery which certain units of the Army exhibited during WW II. It is braided in the colors of the ribbon of the "Croix de Guerre 1940" and composed of a round cordon, partially braided, consisting of three cords terminated by a knot and a metal tag. The cord is of wool with cotton middle for non-commissioned officers and troops, silk for officers.

The Fourragère 1940 is worn encircling the left shoulder (on the coat, greatcoat, jacket or vest, according to the case), and passes under the armpit. It is not worn on a rain-coat or fur-jacket. Holders of The Fourragère 1940 may, when in civilian clothes, wear a miniature of this decoration in their buttonhole.

i. Foreign unit awards. The following foreign unit awards, listed in their order of precedence, are authorized for wear on the Army uniform when at least one U.S. decoration or service medal or ribbon is worn at the same time:

1. Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation
2. Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
3. Vietnam Presidential Unit Citation
4. Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation
5. Republic of Vietnam Civil Actions Unit Citation
6. Fourrageres (no order of precedence: French Fourragere; Belgian Fourragere; Netherlands Orange Lanyard)

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