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	Mexican Service Medal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Mexican Service Medal is an award of the United States military which was established by General Orders of the United States War Department on December 12, 1917.
		The Mexican Service Medal was also awarded to any service member who was wounded or killed while participating in action any against hostile Mexican forces between April 12, 1911 and February 7, 1917.
		The Mexican Service Medal was a one time decoration and there were no service stars authorized for those who had participated in multiple engagements.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mexican_Service_Medal (427 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Mexican Border Service Medal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Mexican Border Service Medal was a decoration of the United States military which was established by an act of the United States Congress on July 9, 1918.
		To be awarded the Mexican Border Service Medal, a service member must have served with the United States Army, along the Mexican border, or must have been assigned as a Regular or National Guard member to the Mexican Border Patrol.
		The Mexican Border Service Medal held dual status as both a Federal award and a decoration of the United States National Guard.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Mexican-Border-Service-Medal (449 words)

	WW2 U.S. Campaign Medals
		A similar medal was authorized in July 1918 for service on the Mexican border from January 1916 to April 1917, to persons not authorized the Mexican Service Medal.
		This medal shows that the soldier was in uniform before the declaration of war, and this medal went a long way to boost the morale of the pre-war troops.
		Prisoner of War Medal authorized 1985 This medal is not really a service medal or a decoration, but as it is awarded for time served as a POW rather than for an individuals actions, the Institute of heraldry considers it more of a service medal.
	www.militaria.com /medals.html (4371 words)

	32 CFR PART 578 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The medal is suspended by a bar from a moired silk ribbon, 1 3/8 inches in length and 1 3/8 inches in width, composed of a bank of scarlet (5/8-inch), a stripe of dark-blue (1/16-inch), a band of white (5/8-inch), a stripe of dark-blue (1/16-inch), and a band of scarlet (5/16-inch).
		The medal is suspended by a moired silk ribbon 1 7/8 inches in length and 1 3/8 inches in width, composed of a stripe of purplish-red (9/16-inch), a stripe of white (1/16-inch), a stripe of purplish-red (1/8-inch), a stripe of white (1/16-inch), and a stripe of purplish-red (9/16-inch).
		The medal of bronze is 36 millimeters in diameter.
	www.washingtonwatchdog.org /documents/cfr/title32/part578.html (14871 words)

	Mexican Service Medal
		The Army's Mexican Service Medal was awarded for qualifying service between the inclusive dates of April 12, 1911, and June 16, 1919.
		The ribbon to the Mexican Service Medal has a central stripe of blue flanked on either side by a stripe of equal width in gold, and the ribbon is edged in green.
		The Mexican Service Medal was serially numbered on the rim at the six o'clock position.
	foxfall.com /csm-army-msm.htm (542 words)

	MILNET Brief
		Each service has its own version of this medal, but it is universally known to have a blue sash with white stars embrodiered in the material and the ribbon is a light blue with a field of white stars across it.
		The Yangtze Service Medal was authorized in April 1930 for award to Navy and Marine Corps personnel who served in China as part of the Yangtze River Patrol between September 3, 1926 and October 21, 1927 or March 1, 1930 and December 31, 1932.
		A campaign medal was designed for each Theater, and participation in designated battles or campaigns was designated by the use of small campaign stars (rather than bars as was the case for the WW I Victory Medal) affixed to the medal and service ribbons.
	www.milnet.com /pentagon/medals/medals.htm (11161 words)

	medals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Awarded for service on the Mexican border between May 9, 1916 and March 24, 1917 or with the Mexican Border Patrol between January 1, 1916 and April 6, 1917.
		Service Members serving in the qualifying area of eligiblity (AOE) for which the AFGM was subsequently authorized are no longer qualified to receive the GWOT-E after 30 April 2005.
		Service Members serving in the qualifying area of eligibility for which the ICM was subsequently authorized are no longer qualified to receive the GWOT-E after 30 April 2005.
	www.invsoa.homestead.com /medals.html (5447 words)

	American Medals
		The original version of this medal was authorized by Congress on July 12, 1862, and was the same as the Navy medal of the time, with a different suspension.
		The Army Distinguished Service Medal Designed by Captain Aymar Embury, the designer of the Distinguished Service Cross, this medal was confirmed by an Act of Congress dated July 9, 1918.
		The medal was reestablished in 1932 by the War Department for Army personnel and in 1943 by the Navy Department for the Navy and Marine Corps.
	www.gwpda.org /medals/usamedl/usa.html (1596 words)

	USN Service Medal Index
		merican bluejackets and Marines were without official medals or other visible signs of their overseas service or combat for the first 120 years of the Navy's existence, since orders, medals and decorations were seen as the trappings of royalty and empire and ran contrary to the republican spirit present at the founding of our country.
		On rare occasions, Congress authorized special commemorative medals for heroes of dramatic naval victories, but these went chiefly to the vessels' commanding officer and were not medals intended for wear on the naval uniform.
		The 1908 directive was but the first step in molding a system of service medals recognizing service by Navy and Marine Corps personnel in the far-flung corners of the world that continues to this day.
	www.history.navy.mil /medals/index.html (413 words)

	Welcome to the Archives Records Information Access System (ARIAS) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		All of the cards also bear a stamp indicating that a Mexican Service Medal was issued to the veteran, along with a corresponding number.
		These cards were originally submitted by veterans and their survivors who applied for service medals in accordance with the Act of April 21, 1937 P.L. 331, sections 1 and 2.
		The reverse side of each card shows the name of the veteran or survivor applying for the medal, and the residence to which the medal was to be mailed.
	www.digitalarchives.state.pa.us /archive.asp (1019 words)

	Mexican Service Medal
		The Mexican Service Medal was awarded for qualifying service between April 12, 1911, and February 7, 1917.
		The water of the harbor alludes to naval service, and the cacti symbolize the flora of the region.
		This medal was originally manufactured by Bailey, Banks and Biddle of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and was serially numbered without prefix on the rim at the 6:00 o'clock position.
	www.foxfall.com /csm-navy-msm.htm (438 words)

	Mexican Border Service Medal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Mexican Border Service Medal was established by Act of Congress (Public Law 193, 65th Congress) on July 9, 1918.
		The Mexican Border Service Medal commemorates military service on the Mexican border between May 9, 1916, and March 24, 1917, or with the Mexican Border Patrol between January 1, 1916, and April 6, 1917.
		The ribbon to the Mexican Border Service Medal consists of a field of green bisected in the center by a gold stripe.
	foxfall.com /fmc-mbsm.htm (395 words)

	Medal of Honor Recipients - Mexican Campaign (Vera Cruz) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Citation: For meritorious service under fire on the occasion of the landing of the American naval forces at Vera Cruz in 1914.
		This was hazardous duty, as it was believed that the track was mined, and a small error in dealing with the Mexican guard of soldiers might readily have caused a conflict, such a conflict at one time being narrowly averted.
		Citation: For meritorious service under fire on the occasion of the landing of the American naval forces at Vera Cruz on 21 April 1914.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/mohmex.htm (3805 words)

	Medals of the USA Page 2
		In a May 13, 2000, letter to Defense Secretary William S. Cohen, Republic of Korea Defense Minister Seong Tae Cho formally announced that his government would provide the Republic of Korea Korean War Service Medal (ROK-KWSM) to eligible U.S. veterans of that conflict, or to their surviving next of kin.
		The interest for Aussies here, apart from a general interest in medals, is the timeline.
		Medal of the National Legion of Greek American War Veterans in America.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-medals/usa2.htm (523 words)

	Jewish War Veterans
		By those who were present as members of the Mexican border patrol between April 12, 1911 and February 7, 1917, in proximity to an engagement between Mexicans which resulted in casualties among their own company, troop, battery, or detachment.
		Service as an actual member of the Mexican border patrol is required; service at a station on the Mexican border is not sufficient.
		For service by the personnel of the Navy and Marine Corps during the operations in the valley of Yangtze River, September 3, 1926 to October 21, 1927 and March 1, 1930 to December 31, 1932.
	www.jwv.org /membership/elegibility4.html (543 words)

	World War I (WW1) Victory Medal Display Recognition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		It was awarded for active service between April 6, 1917, and November 11, 1918; for service with the American Expeditionary Forces in European Russia between November 12, 1918, and August 5, 1919; or for service with the American Expeditionary Forces in Siberia between November 23, 1918, and April 1, 1920.
		These service clasps are one eighth of an inch high and one and a half inches wide, with the name of the country in which the service was performed inscribed thereon.
		PATROL: For service on the high seas on such duty east of the thirty-seventh meridian and north of the Equator between April 6, 1917, and November 11, 1918 and on the high seas of the Atlantic Ocean north of the Equator between May 25 and November 11, 1918.
	www.amervets.com /replacement/w1.htm (3564 words)

	WW2: Ribbons of Decorations and Medals
		Before August 1942, the Distinguished Service* Medal was senior to the Navy Cross; after that date the Navy Cross was limited to awards for combat actions only and the precedence was reversed.
		A bronze letter A was worn on the American Defense Service Medal by personnel who had served at sea in the Atlantic Fleet before the outbreak of war in 1941.
		A silver letter W was worn on the Navy Expeditionary Medal by personnel who had served in the defense of Wake Island, December 1941.
	www.naval-reference.net /uniforms/ww2/ww2_ribbons_1.html (200 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		She earned the Mexican Service Medal for operations at Vera Cruz, Mexico, from 1 May to 21 June 1914 and 1 June to 13 October 1916.
		After a period of reduced commissioned service, she was again placed in full commission 3 April 1917.
		On 22 June 1919 Nebraska was detached from the transport service and shortly thereafter sailed to join Division 2, Squadron 1, U.S. Pacific Fleet, for operations along the west coast under command of Captain P. Olmstead until she decommissioned 2 July 1920.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/battlesh/bb14.htm (556 words)

	Wendell Howard Woolworth, Major, United States Army (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		This medal came in a one-line case, meaning the wording "Purple Heart" was printed on one line (the earliest type).
		Woolworth worn his medal every chance he got, which resulted in all of the wear, and possibly had the medal rebrooched after 1945, or so.
		Wendell Howard Woolworth served on the Mexican border as a member of the 7th New York National Guard and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /whwoolworth.htm (743 words)

	Robert S. Haggart
		Commodore Robert Stevenson Haggart was born in Salem, N.Y. on April 7, 1891 and was appointed to the Naval Academy on June 17, 1908.
		Upon graduation in 1912, he joined USS Michigan, operating in Mexican waters during part of 1914 and landed with the Michigan battalion in the occupation of Vera Cruz that year.
		For his service as commanding officer of Tennessee during the assault and capture of Eniwetok Atol, Marshall Islands, from Feb. 17 to 23, 1944, he received a Letter of Commendation from the commander-in-chief, Pacific Fleet, with authorization to wear the commendation ribbon.
	www.quarterdeck.org /book/cencoms/haggart.html (458 words)

	Keller E. Rockey, Lieutenant General, United States Marine Corps
		For outstanding services with the Third Amphibious Corps, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal (Army), and for exceptionally meritorious service with the Fifth Marine Division, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal (Navy).
		Following sea service, he sailed for France in June 1917, and one year later, as a member of the Fifth Marine Regiment, participated in the Aisne-Marne Defensive (Chateau-Thierry).
		He was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions at Chateau-Thierry where, on July 6, 1918, he performed distinguished service by bringing up supports and placing them in the front lines at great personal exposure, showing exceptional ability and extraordinary heroism.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /kerockney.htm (791 words)

	Ships of the California Naval Militia: USS Whipple
		The destroyer periodically served as flagship of the flotilla and operated off the east coast and in the Caribbean until she was placed in reserve at Norfolk on 6 September 1905.
		Returning to active service on 16 July 1906, the ship conducted tactical exercises and routine training operations through November of 1907.
		Refitted for "distant service," the destroyer put to sea on 28 August, bound for the Atlantic war zone and put into the Azores on 17 September.
	www.militarymuseum.org /Whipple.html (587 words)

	Eugene G. Ursual, Military Antiquarian Inc
		Cdn (U.S. Department of Defense Meritorious Service medal $25.
		Cdn (U.S. China Service Medal - Navy $35.
		Cdn (U.S. Yangtze Service Medal -Navy (recent strike) $55.
	www.medalsofwar.com /us.html (606 words)

	American Lots, Current sale - FJP Auctions, Inc. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Valor Medal; MSM; Long Svc Medal 45-60 171 IA. Mexican Border Service Medal 60-90 172 ME. Honorable Service Badge "9 Years" 20-35 173 MD. Faithful Service Medal, 10 years 25-35 174 MA.
		Special Schools Medal; Longevity Medal 20-30 185 MO. WWI Service Medal, "US Forces" 25-35 186 NE.
		WWI Service Medal 20-30 196 PA. Wayne County WWII Service Medal 30-40 197 PA. Wayne County WWII Service Medal 30-40 198 PA. Unknown organizational badge 100-135 199 RI.
	www.fjpauction.com /American-Lots.htm (587 words)

	Marion Bell Humphrey, Colonel, United States Marine Corps
		A veteran of 35 years on active duty with the US Marine Corps, he was decorated by 3 foreign governments during his services in the Caribbean and in Europe.
		Medals: Haitian DSM, Nicaraguan Medal of Merit (with silver star), Holy Order of Redeemer, Class 1, by Greece in 1928, Mexican Svce Medal, Haitian Campaign Medal, Dominican Campaign Medal, Expeditionary Medal (with bronze star), Victory Medal (with Atlantic Fleet clasp), Second Nicaraguan Campaign Medal, various letters of commendation.
		During other periods of sea service he was aboard USS Prairie, Virginia, Rhiode Island, Pittsburgh, Tennessee, Montana, Levithan, Henderson, and President Harding.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /mbhump.htm (511 words)

	History of Naval Service and Campaign Medals
		The issuance of badges as part of the uniform fell under the authority of the individual services and required no congressional approval.
		Changes and revisions occur over the years and, when appropriate, are noted.
		Foreign service medals issued to U.S. forces typically are not featured separately, although they may be illustrated and identified alongside their parallel U.S. award.
	www.mrfa.org /servmeds.htm (410 words)

	1903-13 US Mexican Service - Find it on Collectors-Best.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Migration Information Source - Mexican Immigrants in the US Labor … patterns of labor force participation by Mexican immigrants livingSpotlight are derived from the US Census Bureau'ssuch as sales and services, are presented.
		Southwest Region Ecological Services … Services Program in the Southwest Region of the US Fish and Wildlife Service.
		Tips for Travelers to Mexico … will not, however, be subject to compulsory military service.
	www.collectors-best.com /1903-13/mexican-service-us/n20r583.html (483 words)

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