Constituted 24 February 1942 in the Army of the United States as Company B, 504th Parachute Infantry

Activated 1 May 1942 at Fort Benning, Georgia

(504th Parachute Infantry assigned 15 August 1942 to the 82d Airborne Division)

Reorganized and redesignated 15 December 1947 as Company B, 504th Airborne Infantry

Allotted 15 November 1948 to the Regular Army

Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Airborne Battle Group, 504th Infantry, relieved from assignment to the 82d Airborne Division, and assigned to the 11th Airborne Division (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)

Inactivated 1 July 1958 in Germany

Relieved 9 May 1960 from assignment to the 11th Airborne Division and assigned to the 82d Airborne Division

Activated 1 July 1960 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Reorganized and redesignated 25 May 1964 as the 2d Battalion, 504th Infantry

2d Battalion
504th Infantry Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II: * Sicily (with arrowhead); * Naples-Foggia; * Anzio (with arrowhead); * Rhineland (with arrowhead); * Ardennes-Alsace; * Central Europe

Armed Forces Expeditions: * Dominican Republic; * Panama (with arrowhead)

Southwest Asia: * Defense of Saudi Arabia; * Liberation and Defense of Kuwait

Company A additionally entitled to:

Armed Forces Expeditions: Grenada

Decorations

Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for ANZIO BEACHHEAD

* Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for NIJMEGEN, HOLLAND

* Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for CHENEUX, BELGIUM

* Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for SOUTHWEST ASIA

* Military Order of William (Degree of the Knight of the Fourth Class) for NIJMEGEN 1944

* Netherlands Orange Lanyard

* Belgian Fourragere 1940

* Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the ARDENNES

* Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in BELGIUM AND GERMANY