VMO-2

MARINE OBSERVATION SQUADRON TWO



HONORS AWARDED



PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION STREAMER

(VIETNAM, 11 MAY 1965 - 15 SEP 1967)


NAVY UNIT COMMENDATION STREAMER WITH FOUR BRONZE STARS

(VIETNAM, 18-23 AUG 1965)
(VIETNAM, 1 OCT 1967 – 30 APR 1968)
(VIETNAM, 20 NOV 1968 – 8 MAY 1969)
(VIETNAM, 13 MAY 1969 – 15 AUG 1969)
(SOUTHWEST ASIA, 1990-1991)
(SOUTHWEST ASIA, 1993)


MERITORIOUS UNIT COMMENDATION STREAMER WITH ONE BRONZE STAR

(VIETNAM, 29 JAN-14 FEB 1968)
(1986-1988)


ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN STREAMER WITH THREE BRONZE STARS

(CAPTURE AND OCCUPATION OF SAIPAN, 17 JUN - 23 JUL 1944)
(CAPTURE AND OCCUPATION OF TINIAN, 24 JUL - 1 AUG 1944)
(ASSAULT AND OCCUPATION OF OKINAWA-GUNTO, 1-15APR 1945)


WORLD WAR II VICTORY STREAMER

(1 NOV 1943 - 26 AUG 1946)


NAVY OCCUPATION SERVICE STREAMER WITH ASIA CLASP

(JAPAN, 25 SEP 1945 - 24 JUN 1946)


NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE STREAMER WITH TWO BRONZE STARS

(27 JUN 1950 - 27 JUL 1954)
(1 JAN 1961 - 15 AUG 1974)
(2 AUG 1990 – 20 MAY 1993)


KOREAN SERVICE STREAMER

(13 AUG 1953 - 27 JUL 1954)


VIETNAM SERVICE STREAMER WITH TWO SILVER AND THREE BRONZE STARS

(VIETNAM DEFENSE CAMPAIGN, 3 MAY - 24 DEC 1965)
(VIETNAMESE COUNTEROFFENSIVE PHASE I, 25 DEC 1965 - 30 JUN 1966)
(VIETNAMESE COUNTEROFFENSIVE PHASE II, I JUL 1966 - 31 MA Y 1967)
(VIETNAMESE COUNTEROFFENSIVE PHASE III, 1 JUN 1967 - 29 JAN 1968)
(TET COUNTEROFFENSIVE, 30 JAN -1 APR 1968)
(VIETNAMESE COUNTEROFFENSIVE, PHASE IV, 2 APR - 30 JUN 1968)
(VIETNAMESE COUNTEROFFENSIVE, PHASE V, 1 JUL 1968-1 NOV 1968)
(UNNAMED CAMPAIGN, - 2 NOV 1968 – 15 JUL 1969)


SOUTHWEST ASIA SERVICE STREAMER WITH TWO BRONZE STARS

(OPERATION DESERT SHIELD, 26 SEP 1990 – 16 JAN 1991)
(OPERATION DESERT STORM, 17 JAN – 9 APR 1991)


VIETNAMESE CROSS OF GALLANTRY WITH PALM STREAMER

(VIETNAM, 3 MAY 1965 – 20 SEP 1969)


VIETNAMESE MERITORIOUS UNIT CITATION CIVIL ACTIONS STREAMER

(VIETNAM, 21 SEP 1969 – 20 NOV 1970)


KUWAIT LIBERATION MEDAL


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