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HONORS AWARDED 2ND BATTALION, 5TH MARINES

PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION WITH TWO SILVER AND THREE BRONZE STARS

WORLD WAR II
GUADALCANAL – 1942
PELEIU – 1944
OKINAWA – 1945

KOREA
1950
1950
1950
1951

VIETNAM
1966
1966 – 1967
1967
1967 – 1968
1968
1968 – 1969

JOINT MERITORIOUS UNIT AWARDS STREAMER BANGLADESH
1991

NAVY UNIT COMMENDATION STREAMER WITH TWO BRONZE STARS

KOREA
1952 – 1953

VIETNAM
1968 – 1969

SOUTHWEST ASIA
1990 – 1991

MERITORIOUS UNIT COMMENDATION STREAMER WITH TWO BRONZE STARS

VIETNAM
1968
1969

SOMALIA
1994

WORLD WAR I VICTORY STREAMER WITH ONE SILVER STAR

ARMY OF OCCUPATION OF GERMANY STREAMER

SECOND NICARAGUAN CAMPAIGN STREAMER

AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE STREAMER WITH ONE BRONZE STAR

ASIATIC – PACIFIC CAMPAIGN STREAMER WITH ONE SILVER AND ONE BRONZE STAR

WORLD WAR ll VICTORY STREAMER

NAVY OCCUPATION SERVICE WITH “ASIA”

CHINA SERVICE STREAMER

NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE STREAMER WITH THREE BRONZE STARS

KOREAN SERVICE STREAMER WITH TWO SILVER STARS

VIETNAM SERVICE STREAMER WITH TWO SILVER AND TWO BRONZE STARS

SOUTHWEST ASIA SERVICE STREAMER WITH THREE BRONZE STARS

FRENCH CROIX DE GUERRE WITH TWO PALMS AND ONE GILT STAR

KOREAN PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION STREAMER

VIETNAM CROSS OF GALLANTRY WITH PALM STREAMER

VIETNAM MERITORIOUS UNIT CITATION CIVIL ACTIONS STREAMER