3rd Battalion 6th Marines - Honors & Awards

Honors & Awards

  • Presidential Unit Citation Streamer
    • Tarawa 1943
  • Navy Unit Commendation Streamer with four bronze stars
    • Dominican Republic 1965
    • Panama 1989-1990
    • Southwest Asia 1990-1991
    • Afghanistan 2001-2002
    • Husaybah/Fallujah 2007
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation Streamer with two bronze star
    • Guantanamo Bay 1979, 1985–1987
    • LF5F Med. Deployment 1999-2000
  • World War I victory streamer with one silver star
  • Army of Occupation of Germany streamer
  • Marine Corps Expeditionary streamer with two bronze stars
  • Yangtze Service streamer
  • American Defense Service streamer with one bronze star
  • European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign streamer
  • Asiatic-Pacific campaign streamer with one silver and one bronze star
  • World War II Victory streamer
  • Navy Occupation Service streamer with "Asia" and "Europe"
  • National Defense Service streamer with two bronze stars
  • Southwest Asia Service streamer with two bronze stars
  • Armed Forces Expeditionary streamer with two bronze stars
  • French Croix de Guerre with two palms and one gilt star

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