Worn from:
2 May 1978 - 30 September 1985.
The equestrian figure is a representation of the General Thomas J.
Jackson Monument. He is immortalized in a monument at Manassas,
where he gained the nickname "Stonewall." Blue and gray refer
to the rich heritage of the state of Virginia.
Campaigns:
Civil War (First Manassas, Peninsula, Valley, Second Manassas, Sharpsburg,
Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness, Spotsylvania,
Shenandoah, Petersburg, Appomattox, Virginia 1861/1862/1863/1864, Maryland 1864),
World War I (Meuse-Argonne, Alsace 1918), World War II (Normandy,
Northern France, Rhineland, Central Europe).
Decorations:
Presidential Unit Citation Army
(streamer embroidered Normandy),
French Croix de Guerre with Palm World War II
(streamer embroidered Beaches of Normandy).