Category:US Army World War Two Streamers
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American Campaign
[edit]- 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.
- ANTISUBMARINE 1941 -1945
Asiatic Pacific Theater
[edit]- 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:
- PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 1941-1942
- BURMA 1941-1942
- CENTRAL PACIFIC 1941-1943
- EAST INDIES 1942
- INDIA-BURMA 1942 - 1945
- AIR OFFENSIVE, JAPAN 1942 - 1945
- ALEUTIAN ISLANDS 1942 - 1943
- CHINA DEFENSIVE 1942 - 1945
- PAPUA 1942-1943
- GUADALCANAL 1942-1943
- NEW GUINEA 1943 - 1944
- NORTHERN SOLOMONS 1943 - 1944
- EASTERN MANDATES 1944
- BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO 1943 - 1944
- WESTERN PACIFIC 1944 - 1945
- LEYTE 1944 - 1945
- LUZON 1944 - 1945
- CENTRAL BURMA 1945
- SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES 1945
- RYUKYUS 1945
- CHINA OFFENSIVE 1945
European-African-Middle Eastern (EAME) Theater
[edit]- 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:
- EGYPT-LIBYA 1942-1943
- AIR OFFENSIVE, EUROPE 1942-1944
- ALGERIA-FRENCH MOROCCO 1942
- TUNISIA 1942-1943
- SICILY 1943
- NAPLES-FOGGIA 1943-1944
- ANZIO 1944
- ROME-ARNO 1944
- NORMANDY 1944
- NORTHERN FRANCE 1944
- SOUTHERN FRANCE 1944
- NORTH APENNINES 1944-1945
- RHINELAND 1944-1945
- ARDENNES-ALSACE 1944-1945
- CENTRAL EUROPE 1945
- PO VALLEY 1945
Subcategories
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Media in category "US Army World War Two Streamers"
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