in the Korangal Valley in Afghanistan. 84C MoPic : 1989 mock-up documentary of a Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (LRRP) mission during the Vietnam War. C Co., 2/503, 173rd (ABN) BDE, Bon Song, Vietnam Lineage and honors Lineage Constituted 24 February 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 503d Parachute Infantry (1st Battalion concurrently consolidated with the 503d Parachute Battalion [constituted 14 March 1941 in the Army of the United States and activated 22 August 1941 at Fort Benning, Georgia] and 2d Battalion consolidated with the 504th Parachute Battalion [constituted 14 March 1941 in the Army of the United States and activated 5 October at Fort Benning, Georgia] and consolidated units designated as the 1st and 2d Battalion, 503d Parachute Infantry) Regiment (less 1st, 2d and 3d Battalions) activated 2 March 1942 at Fort Benning, Georgia (3d Battalion activated 8 June 1942 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina) (2d Battalion reorganized and redesignated 2 November 1942 as the 2d Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry- hereafter separate lineage; new 2d Battalion, 503d Infantry concurrently activated in Australia) Regiment inactivated 24 December 1945 at Camp Anza, California Redesignated 1 February 1951 as the 503d Airborne Infantry, allotted to the Regular Army, and assigned to the 11th Airborne Division Activated 2 March 1951 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky Relieved 1 March 1957 from assignment to the 11th Airborne Division' concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 503d Infantry, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System Withdrawn 16 December 1986 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 503d Infantry Regiment Campaign Participation Credit World War II: New Guinea; Leyte; Luzon (with arrowhead); Southern Philippines Vietnam: Defense; Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase II (with arrowhead); Counteroffensive, Phase III; 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 Afghanistan: Consolidation I, Consolidation II, Consolidation III, Transition I Iraq: Liberation of Iraq (with arrowhead); Transition of Iraq; Iraqi Governance Note: The published Army lineage predates the War on Terrorism. Comparison of the deployment dates of regimental elements with the War on Terrorism campaigns estimates that the battalion will be credited with participation in the six campaigns listed. Decorations Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for CORREGIDOR Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for BIEN HOA Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for PHUOC VINH Presidential Unit Citation (Army)