Category:US Army World War Two Streamers

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American Campaign

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  • The Army only displays one campaign streamer to reflect the American Campaign because Army units did not participate in combat within the American Campaign.
  • The streamer is light blue with a narrow blue, white and red stripe in the center and a narrow white, red, black and white stripe on each side.
  • The blue represents the Americas and the white and black refers to the German part of the conflict while the red and white refers to the Japanese part of the conflict on the Pacific coast.
  • The following inscription is in yellow.
  1. ANTISUBMARINE 1941 -1945

Asiatic Pacific Theater

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  • There were 21 campaigns in the Asiatic Pacific Theater.
  • The Asiatic Pacific Campaign streamer is yellow with a narrow blue, white and red center stripe and a narrow white, red and white stripe on each side.
  • The yellow color represents Asia; the blue, white, and red stripes taken from the American Defense Medal refer to the continuance of American Defense after Pearl Harbor.
  • The red and white stripes are the Japanese colors.
  • The following inscriptions in blue are authorized:
  1. PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 1941-1942
  2. BURMA 1941-1942
  3. CENTRAL PACIFIC 1941-1943
  4. EAST INDIES 1942
  5. INDIA-BURMA 1942 - 1945
  6. AIR OFFENSIVE, JAPAN 1942 - 1945
  7. ALEUTIAN ISLANDS 1942 - 1943
  8. CHINA DEFENSIVE 1942 - 1945
  9. PAPUA 1942-1943
  10. GUADALCANAL 1942-1943
  11. NEW GUINEA 1943 - 1944
  12. NORTHERN SOLOMONS 1943 - 1944
  13. EASTERN MANDATES 1944
  14. BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO 1943 - 1944
  15. WESTERN PACIFIC 1944 - 1945
  16. LEYTE 1944 - 1945
  17. LUZON 1944 - 1945
  18. CENTRAL BURMA 1945
  19. SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES 1945
  20. RYUKYUS 1945
  21. CHINA OFFENSIVE 1945

European-African-Middle Eastern (EAME) Theater

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  • There were 16 campaigns in the EAME Theater.
  • The EAME streamer is green with a brown stripe on each edge.
  • The center has a narrow blue, white and red stripe.
  • On the upper portion is a narrow white and red stripe with a narrow white, black and white stripe on the lower portion.
  • The brown color is representative of the sands of Africa and the green color for the green fields of Europe.
  • The central blue, white, and red stripes taken from the American Defense Medal ribbon refers to the continuance of American Defense after Pearl Harbor.
  • Green, white, and red are the Italian colors, and the white and black colors refer to Germany.
  • The following inscriptions in yellow are authorized:
  1. EGYPT-LIBYA 1942-1943
  2. AIR OFFENSIVE, EUROPE 1942-1944
  3. ALGERIA-FRENCH MOROCCO 1942
  4. TUNISIA 1942-1943
  5. SICILY 1943
  6. NAPLES-FOGGIA 1943-1944
  7. ANZIO 1944
  8. ROME-ARNO 1944
  9. NORMANDY 1944
  10. NORTHERN FRANCE 1944
  11. SOUTHERN FRANCE 1944
  12. NORTH APENNINES 1944-1945
  13. RHINELAND 1944-1945
  14. ARDENNES-ALSACE 1944-1945
  15. CENTRAL EUROPE 1945
  16. PO VALLEY 1945

Subcategories

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