US Navy Battle Streamers & Campaign Stars by Conflict - Reference

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Naval History and Heritage Command

 

The Navy's battle streamers, spanning the period from the Revolutionary War to Desert Storm, number 28. Like the Marine Corps, the Navy flies a single streamer for each campaign, war, or theater of operations, with embroidered stars used for individual battles and operations determined to be suitable for special recognition. Stars on the Navy streamers follow the practice initiated during the World War II period for ribbons and medals -- that is, a bronze star for each action, and a silver star in lieu of five bronze stars. The Navy applies stars to appropriate ribbons throughout its history, whereas the Marine Corps uses stars to commemorate service in this century only. The Presidential Unit Citation, Navy Unit Commendation, and Meritorious Unit Commendation streamers each carry a number rather than stars. This figure represents the number of times that the respective award has been conferred upon Navy units.

 

Battle Streamers, Battle Stars, Campaign Stars and Unit Citations - American Revolution to Present Day

 

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Battle Streamers, Battle Stars, Campaign Stars and Unit Citations - American Revolution to Present Day

Scroll down to the lower part of the page here for detailed listings of these awards https://www.history....-streamers.html

 

World War I 1917-1918

1. Atlantic convoy operations

2. Western Atlantic operations

3. Operations in Northern European waters

4. Mediterranean operations

5. Operations on the European continent

 

World War II-American Theater 1941-1946

1. Escort, antisubmarine, armed guard and special operations

World War II-Asiatic-Pacific Theater 1941-1946

1. Pearl Harbor-Midway

2. Wake Island

3. Philippine Islands operation

4. Netherlands East Indies engagements

5. Pacific raids (1942)

6. Coral Sea

7. Midway

8. Guadalcanal-Tulagi landings

9. Capture and defense of Guadalcanal

10. Makin raid

11. Eastern Solomons

12. Buin-Faisi-Tonolai raid

13. Cape Esperance

14. Santa Cruz Islands

15. Guadalcanal (Third Savo)

16. Tassafaronga

17. Eastern New Guinea operation

18. Rennel Island

19. Consolidation of Solomon Islands

20. Aleutians operation

21. New Georgia Group operation

22. Bismarck Archipelago operation

23. Pacific raids (1943)

24. Treasury-Bougainville operation

25. Gilbert Islands operation

26. Marshall Islands operation

27. Asiatic-Pacific raids (1944)

28. Western New Guinea operations

29. Marianas operation

30. Western Caroline Islands operation

31. Leyte operation

32. Luzon operation

33. Iwo Jima operation

34. Okinawa Gunto operation

35. Third Fleet operations against Japan

36. Kurile Islands operation

37. Borneo operations

38. Tinian capture and occupation

39. Consolidation of the Southern Philippines

40. Hollandia operation

41. Manila Bay-Bicol operations

42. Escort, antisubmarine, armed guard and special operations

43. Submarine War Patrols (Pacific)

World War II European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign

1. North African occupation

2. Sicilian occupation

3. Salerno landings

4. West Coast of Italy operations (1944)

5. Invasion of Normandy

6. Northeast Greenland operation

7 Invasion of Southern France

8. Reinforcement of Malta

9. Escort, antisubmarine, armed guard and special operations

See Link For Korea, Vietnam, Armed Forces Expeditionary and all other conflicts https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/heritage/banners/battle-streamers.html