Worn from: 15 April 1941 to 1991

Tab "Spearhead"



Activated at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana. The Arabic number three represents the division's designation. The tab recalls the numerous times when the Third was called upon to "spearhead the attack."



Campaigns:

WWII (Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe), Armed Forces Expeditions (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait).

Decorations:

Presidential Unit Citation WWII (streamer embroidered MONS), French Croix de Guerre with Palm (streamer embroidered MONS), Belgian Fourragere 1940, cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in Belgium and action in the Ardennes.