and re-designated as the 502d Infantry, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System. Withdrawn 29 June 1984 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System Honors Campaign participation credit World War II: Normandy (with arrowhead) Rhineland (with arrowhead) Ardennes-Alsace Central Europe Vietnam: Defense Counteroffensive Counteroffensive, Phase II 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 Consolidation II Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia Liberation and Defense of Kuwait Operation Iraqi Freedom OIF I (Invasion) OIF V Northwest Baghdad (troop surge) OIF 07-09 Operation Enduring Freedom OEF X Kandahar (troop surge) Decorations Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for NORMANDY Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for BASTOGNE Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for AN KHE Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for DAK TO, VIETNAM 1966 Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for KANDAHAR (Operation Enduring Freedom 10–11) Valorous Unit Award for QUANG THUONG DISTRICT Valorous Unit Award for TUY HOA Valorous Unit Award for NAM HOA DISTRICT Valorous Unit Award for BA LONG DISTRICT Valorous Unit Award for KARBALA (3rd Battalion) Valorous Unit Award for KANDAHAR Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1965–1966 Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for SOUTHWEST ASIA (1st Battalion only, U.S. Army General Order 1, 31 March 1996 section VIII) Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for AFGHANISTAN 2014 Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for IRAQ 2017 Army Superior Unit Award for 1985 (3rd Battalion) Army Superior Unit Award for 1993–1994 (5th & 6th Battalion's; Berlin Brigade) Joint Meritorious Unit Award for 6th Battalion's participation in Operation Able Sentry in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in 1993–1994 French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II for NORMANDY Belgian Croix de Guerre 1940 with Palm for BASTOGNE; cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Bastogne Belgian Fourragere 1940; Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in France and Belgium Notable soldiers George Van Horn Moseley, Jr., original commander, on D-Day led the 502 PIR into Normandy Robert G. Cole, commander of 3rd Battalion, 502nd PIR and Medal of Honor recipient Joe E. Mann, Private First Class, 502nd PIR, Medal of Honor recipient Colin Powell commanded 2d Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, which included elements of the 502d, and later became Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff