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	Philippine Liberation Medal Display Recognition
		The Philippine Liberation Medal is awarded to members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, the U.S. Armed Forces, and recognized guerrilla units by the Philippine Government for service of at least 30 days in the liberation of the Philippines from October 17, 1944 to September 3, 1945.
		The Philippine Liberation Medal was awarded for service in the liberation of the Philippines from October 17, 1944, to September 2, 1945.
		The Philippine Liberation Ribbon is authorized by DA Cir 59, 8 March 1948.
	www.amervets.com /replacement/filib.htm (1637 words)

	Philippine Independence Medal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Philippine Independence Medal was created to recognize those members of the military who had participated in multiple Philippine military operations during the years of the Second World War.
		The award criteria effectively awarded the medal to anyone who had participated in both the initial resistance against Japanese invasion and also in the campaigns to liberate the Philippines from Japanese occupation in 1945.
		The Philippine Independence Medal was originally awarded as a ribbon, and it was not until 1968 that a full sized medal was authorized by President Ferdinand Marcos.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Philippine_Independence_Medal (217 words)

	Philippine Liberation Medal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Philippine Liberation Medal is a military award of the Republic of the Philippines which was created by an order of Commonwealth of the Philippines Army Headquarters on December 20, 1944.
		The Philippine Liberation Medal is intended to recognize military service in the last days of World War II when the military of Japan was driven from the Philippines and then to eventually surrender in September of 1945.
		The Philippine Liberation Medal was one of the most commonly bestowed awards to allied militaries, awarded primarily to the forces of the United States armed forces and the military of the British Commonwealth.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Philippine_Liberation_Medal (338 words)

	Philippine Defense Medal - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Philippine Defense Medal is a decoration of the Republic of the Philippines which is awarded to commemorate the initial resistance against Japanese invasion between the dates of December 1941 and June 1942.The decoration was first created as ribbon in December, 1944 and a full sized medal was authorized in July, 1945.
		The Philippine Defense Medal is presented to any service member, of either the Philippine military or an allied armed force, which participated in the defense of the Philippine Islands between December 8, 1941 and June 15, 1942.
		The Philippine Defense Medal was commonly bestowed to foreign militaries and was one of the most widely awarded foreign medals to the United States Armed Forces.
	www.open-encyclopedia.com /Philippine_Defense_Medal (211 words)

	Foreign Campaign and Service Medals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Establishment of the medal to accompany the ribbon was announced by Army Headquarters on July 22, 1945.
		Acceptance of this medal was authorized in accordance with the provisions of Public Law 80-314, which authorized the acceptance of foreign awards and decorations during World War II for the period of December 7, 1941 through July 24, 1948.
		The ribbon to the Philippine Liberation Medal is a field of red with two stripes, one blue and one white (both one eighth of an inch wide) in the center, with the blue to the wearer's right.
	www.foxfall.com /fm-plm.htm (443 words)

	CG 58 Philippine Sea
		Philippine Sea coordinated precision maneuvers during the exercise to ensure each firing ship was positioned for their missile events, while stationing other ships nearby to gather data that was to be used to analyze and improve NATO and U.S. missile systems and tactics.
		Operating again from her base at Quonset Point, Philippine Sea was employed during the winter of 1950 in qualifying carrier pilots and, for part of February and most of March, took part in extensive fleet exercises in the Atlantic and Caribbean.
		Philippine Sea returned from her operations in Korean waters and the western Pacific to arrive at San Francisco, 9 June 1951.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/cg-58.htm (2810 words)

	Douglas MacArthur - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		His parents were Lieutenant General Arthur MacArthur, a recipient of the Medal of Honor during the American Civil War, and Mary Pinkney Hardy MacArthur of Norfolk, Virginia.
		American forces under MacArthur's command took back the Philippines in October 1944, fulfilling MacArthur's vow to return to the Philippines and consolidating their hold on the archipelago after heavy fighting.
		He was awarded and received the Medal of Honor for his leadership in the Pacific Theater.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /douglas_macarthur.htm (2555 words)

	Definition of Philippine-American War
		In December 1898, the U.S. purchased the Philippines from Spain at the Treaty of Paris for the sum of 20 million United States dollars, after the U.S. defeated Spain in the Spanish-American War.
		One is that calling the war the Philippine Insurrection made it appear to be a rebellion against a lawful government, although the only part of the Philippines under American control was Manila.
		Philippine military deaths are estimated at 20,000 while civilian deaths numbered in 250,000 to 1,000,000 Filipinos.
	www.wordiq.com /definition/Philippine-American_War (1097 words)

	WW2 U.S. Campaign Medals
		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.
		To be awarded this medal the individual must either have served on the Philippines or in Philippine waters for 30 days during the indicated period, or had participated in an engagement.
	www.militaria.com /medals.html (4376 words)

	The Ambassador - Speeches: Liberation Medal... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In 1995, the Philippines participated in the year-long celebration of "Australia Remembers" by organizing ceremonies to recognize and appreciate the participation of Australian servicemen in the liberation campaign of the Philippines.
		The Philippine Liberation Medal is a symbol of that relationship.
		Some years ago, when I started to award the Philippine Liberation Medal, some of the awardees who were seeing each other again after many years were very pleased to see their "mates".
	www.philembassy.au.com /speeches/philib.htm (542 words)

	Battleship USS Washington BB56 - Shipmates
		Dennis was awarded the Philippine Liberation Medal w/2 stars, Asiatic-Pacific Medal w/10 stars, American Area Medal, African European Medal w/l star, American Defense Medal, WWII Victory Medal and Good Conduct Medal.
		He was awarded the WWII Victory Medal, Philippine Liberation Medal w/2 Bronze Stars, Good Conduct Medal and Asiatic-Pacific Area Medal w/9 stars.
		AUSTIN A.J., born June 20, 1924, Lawrence County, IN, enlisted in the USN in January 1942 and was assigned to the Washington in June 1942.
	www.usswashington.com /profile7.htm (1423 words)

	Precision Medals -PhilLib Medal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Philippine Liberation Ribbon is authorized by Department of the Army Cir 59, 8 March 1948.
		The medal is not authorized to be worn on the uniform.
		It was awarded for participation in the liberation of the Philippines from October 17, 1944, to September 3, 1945.
	www.precisionmedals.com /awards/phlib.htm (234 words)

	Merchant Marine Emblem, Medals and Ribbons
		Not more than one medal shall be issued to any one seaman, but for each succeeding instance sufficient to justify the award of a medal, there will be awarded a suitable insignia to be worn with the medal.
		Mariner's Medal - The Mariner's Medal is awarded to any seaman who while serving in a ship during the war period is wounded, suffers physical injury, or suffers through dangerous exposure as a result of an act of enemy of the United States.
		The medal recognizes the special service prisoners of war gave to their country and the suffering and anguish they endured while incarcerated.
	www.usmm.org /medals.html (1182 words)

	Foreign Campaign and Service Medals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Philippine Defense Medal was initially established as a ribbon by Philippines Army Headquarters, Commonwealth of the Philippines, General Order Number 6, on December 20, 1944.
		The Philippine Defense Medal is worn after all foreign decorations and before the Philippine Liberation Medal.
		The ribbon to the Philippine Defense Medal consists of a field of red with a white stripe one-eighth of an inch wide a quarter inch in from each edge of the ribbon.
	www.foxfall.com /fm-pdm.htm (404 words)

	USS Philippine Sea (CG 58)
		USS PHILIPPINE SEA is the twelfth ship of the TICONDEROGA class and the second built by Bath Iron Works in Maine.
		The USS PHILIPPINE SEA (CG 58) was commissioned in March 1989 and is homeported in Mayport, Florida.
		From March 9-11, 2001, PHILIPPINE SEA was on alert as part of Unified Warrior, a complex series of missile firing exercises off the coast of Puerto Rico.
	www.navysite.de /cg/cg58.html (1116 words)

	philippine liberation medal AF (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		It is awarded for participation in the Philippines' liberation from 17 Oct 44 to 3 Sep 45, if personnel: 1) participated in the initial landing operations on Leyte or adjoining islands from 17 Oct 44 to 20 Oct 44.
		Personnel are considered as having participated in such operations if they landed on Leyte or adjoining islands, were on ships in Philippine waters, or were crewmembers of airplanes that flew over Philippine territory during the period.
		Personnel are considered as having participated in such operations if they were members of or present with units actually under enemy fire or air attack, or were crewmembers in an airplane under enemy aerial or ground fire.
	www.ranger95.com /awards_decorations/af_awards/phillip_liber/index.htm (209 words)

	Philippine Scouts Heritage Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Fairfield, California war hero was recently elected national president at the 18th annual reunion and general membership meeting of the Philippine Scouts Heritage Society held at the Villa Hotel here.
		He was attending the Philippine Harvardian Business College when he was drafted in the Philippine Scouts at Fort William McKinley in March 1941 and assigned for training to the 57th Infantry Regiment.
		When he retired from the U.S. Army in 1961, he was awarded the Army Commendation Medal for his excellent service as a senior enlisted adviser to the USAR School at the Presidio of San Francisco.
	www.philippine-scouts.org /Articles/pangan_bio.html (516 words)

	Philippine Embassy - London - Newsletter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Cordillera peaks of Benguet province, and a panoply of ethnic costumes and colors, provided a dramatic backdrop to the four-day dawak (Igorot traditional wedding ceremony) which united Wendy Averil Branwen Balagtey Pooten and Mark Sapaen Watan in marriage, and their families in a coming together of their respective clans.
		The Christian celebration of Christmas was over, the New Year was about to be welcomed, and the Watan-Pooten Igorot wedding would provide a spectacle of faith, folklore and feasting between the two happiest days of the calendar.
		A few days into the new year, the couple flew off to their home overseas, leaving behind the beautiful memories of their native wedding in the Cordillera skyworld, in the land of their ancestors, where thus their lives had first begun.
	www.philemb.org.uk /newsletter3.html (937 words)

	SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Philippine Sea
		Philippine Sea typhoon was worst day of World War II for John...
		Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has ordered all concerned government agencies and instrumentalities to coordinate with the Philippine Olympic Committee and the Philippine SEA GamesOrganizing Committee (PHILSOC) toward the efficient preparation, smooth organization and successful holding of the Games next year.
		Liberal democratic societies have commonly been defended by conservative military establishments, whose members often lack the sensitivities and social graces of the elites whom they protect.
	geography.surfwax.com /files/Philippine_Sea.html (3730 words)

	Lest We Forget (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		He presented the Medal to Major Bong on the Tacloban airstrip with these words "Major Richard Bong, who has ruled the air from New Guinea to the Philippines, I now induct you into the society of the bravest of the brave."
		In a letter from mother she said that the way the war was going I was probably in the Philippines and might get to Manila.
		Mary Anne said that Earnest McCasland was in the Philippines and could be near me. Earnest was her brother-in-law and RCs (her husband’s) brother.
	www.webcom.com /wak/lestweforget (13236 words)

	Ship's Medals
		Medals from left-to-right are the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, the Philippine Liberation Ribbon, and the Philippine Presidential Citation Ribbon.
		Medals from left-to-right are the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Service Medal, and the United Nations Service Medal.
		Medals from left-to-right are the National Service Defense Medal and the Vietnam Service Medal.
	www.uss-picking.org /ship's_medals.htm (65 words)

	WWII Philippine Liberation medal cased set - Military Medals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		I also have the Philippine Liberation Cit This website has military medals from WWI, WWII, Korea, Viet nam, Desert Storm, etc. Medals are in case with ribbon bar and pin.
		Also have single medals, pilot wings, Navy Seal Badges, Civil War items, etc. Medals are in excellent condition.
		I also have the Philippine Liberation Citation for $9.99 if you need one of those too.
	medals.safeshopper.com /1/561.htm?184 (84 words)

	Philippine Liberation Medal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Philippine Liberation Medal is awarded to members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, the U.S. Armed Forces, and recognized guerrilla units by the Philippine Government for service of at least 30 days in the liberation of the Philippines from October 17, 1994 to September 3, 1945.
		The obverse or front of the medal features a gold Tabak, with steel blade pointing upward, resting over the center of a shield.
		Both wings are in gold and symetrically occupy the left and right sides of the medal.
	members.aol.com /lst454/newmedal.htm (302 words)

	Air Force Link - Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Philippine Independence Ribbon, awarded to personnel who are recipients of both the Philippine Defense and Philippine Liberation ribbons.
		Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, participation in the war against the Japanese Empire during the periods 7 Dec. 1941 and 10 May 1942, and 17 Oct. 1944 to 4 July 1945, inclusive.
		Kuwait Liberation Medal Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, served in support of Operation DESERT STORM between 17 January 1991 and 28 February 1991.
	www.af.mil /art/index.asp?page=7 (533 words)

	Famous Residents
		Rockefeller presented the medals and ribbons to Bradley, a veteran of W.W.II and the Korean War, who lives in Spencer, West Virginia.
		She was a U.S. Army nurse and a POW for two years in the Philippines and was known as the "Angel in Fatigues" at Santo Tomas Internment Camp in Manila.
		She won a total of four medals in the 1984 Summer Olympics and helped the U.S. Women’s team win a silver medal.
	www.mywv.net /famousresidents.htm (2756 words)

	Military Wives Website - Often left behind but NEVER forgotten. www.militarywives.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Philippine Independence Medal was authorized in 1946 by the United States and the Phillippine Commonwealth governments.
		The ribbon was presented to those members of the US Armed Forces serving in the Phillippines on July 4, 1946, or who were recipients of both the Philippine Defense and Philippine Liberation ribbons.
		authorized for wear on the US military uniform a medal was struck by the Phillippine government.
	www.militarywives.com /medals/descript/m099.html (172 words)

	Air Force Link - Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Philippine Defense Ribbon,served from 8 Dec 41 to 15 Jun 42.
		Philippine Liberation Ribbon, served from 17 Oct 44 to 3 Sep 45.
		NATO Medal for Kosovo, In accordance with Executive Order 11446, 16 January 1969, the Secretary of Defense has approved acceptance and wear by U.S. Serive members who meet criteria specified by the Secretary General of NATO effective 13 October 1998 -(DTBD).
	www.af.mil /art/index.asp?page=12 (561 words)

	MILITARIA COLLECTING FORUM > Ribbon Bar Question Re: Campaign Stars
		On the same bar is the Philippine Liberation ribbon with three stars.
		The medal itself would be awarded to anyone in theater, and the first star for the first engagement or operation.
		Jul 28 2004, 08:34 PM The Phillipine Liberation Campaign medal was issued by the Phillipine Government so the stars on it would not also be worn or accredited to any US decoration.
	www.militariacollecting.com /lofiversion/index.php/t5986.html (482 words)

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