14 Sky Soldiers died during this 9-month deployment. 173rd Airborne Brigade Web. HistoryNet.com is brought to you by HistoryNet LLC, the worlds largest publisher of history magazines. Web. Last Updated: The 503rd's deployment helped force the Japanese evacuation of a major military outpost at Lae. Read the most recent discussions by members in 2-503 IN, 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne). <, "Afghanistan Campaign Medal or Iraq Campaign Medal." It was amended to change the motto on 28 May 1952. The 508th Infantry Regiment is an airborne infantry regiment of the United States Army, first formed in October 1942 during World War II. Both units fell under the NATO ISAF mission. terminated on May 14, 1967. <, http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/inf/0503in002bn.htm, https://www.hrc.army.mil/site/ASSETS/Awards/2014/New2014Awards/2006-10.pdf, https://www.hrc.army.mil/TAGD/Afghanistan%20Campaign%20Medal%20or%20Iraq%20Campaign%20Medal, 503rd Parachute Regimental Combat Team Web Page, The Roving Historian Blog: The 503rd Parachut Infantry Regiment Article, Constituted 14 March 1941 in the Army of the United States as Company B, 503d Parachute Battalion, Activated 22 August 1941 at Fort Benning, Georgia, Consolidated 24 February 1942 with Company B, 503d Parachute Infantry (concurrently constituted in the Army of the United States), and consolidated unit designated as Company B, 503d Parachute Infantry, Inactivated 24 December 1945 at Camp Anza, California, Redesignated 1 February 1951 as Company B, 503d Airborne Infantry, an element of the 11th Airborne Division, and allotted to the Regular Army, Inactivated 1 March 1957 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 11th Airborne Division, Redesignated 1 September 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Airborne Battle Group, 503d Infantry, assigned to the 82d Airborne Division, and activated at Fort Bragg, North Carolina (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated), Relieved 24 June 1960 from assignment to the 82d Airborne Division and assigned to the 25th Infantry Division, Relieved 1 July 1961 from assignment to the 25th Infantry Division, Assigned 26 March 1963 to the 173d Airborne Brigade, Reorganized and redesignated 25 June 1963 as the 2d Battalion, 503d Infantry, Relieved 14 January 1972 from assignment to the 173d Airborne Brigade and assigned to the 101st Airborne Division, Inactivated 1 October 1983 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and relieved from assignment to the 101st Airborne Division, Assigned 16 December 1986 to the 2d Infantry Division and activated in Korea, Inactivated 29 September 1990 in Korea and relieved from assignment to the 2d Infantry Division, Assigned 16 December 2001 to the 173d Airborne Brigade and activated at Caserma Ederle, Vicenza, Italy, Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 2d Battalion, 503d Infantry Regiment, World War II: New Guinea; Leyte; Luzon (with arrowhead); Southern Philippines, Vietnam: Defense; Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase II (with arrowhead); Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Tet 69/Counteroffensive; Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII; Consolidation I, War on Terrorism: Campaigns to be determined, Afghanistan: Consolidation I, Consolidation II, Consolidation III, Transition I. Iraq: Liberation of Iraq (with arrowhead); Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered CORREGIDOR, Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered PHUOC VINH, Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DAK TO, Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1967, Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003, Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945, Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 19651970, Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 19691971.
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