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	Meritorious
		Defense Meritorious Service Medal The Defense Meritorious Service Medal is the third highest award bestowed upon members...
		Meritorious Unit Commendation The Meritorious Unit Commendation is a mid-level unit award of the United States military...
		Specially Meritorious Service Medal The Specially Meritorious Service Medal was a decoration of the Spanish-American War...
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	Specially Meritorious Service Medal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Specially Meritorious Service Medal was a decoration of the United States Navy which was created in 1898 by order of the United States Congress.
		The medal was intended to recognize acts of non-combat meritorious service accomplished during the Spanish-American War.
		Awarded to any member of the U.S. Navy, or United States Marines, the Specially Meritorious Service Medal was presented for acts of gallantry or heroism, not involving armed combat with an enemy, while operating in the territorial waters of Cuba in the year 1898.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/S/Specially-Meritorious-Service-Medal.htm (271 words)

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		Service members who may retire from active duty from a joint assignment shall not be used to request or justify a higher level award than the actual service, achievement, or tenure in the joint assignment supports.
		Service members qualified for the AFEM by reasons of service between July 1, 1958 and July 3, 1965, in an area for which the Vietnam Service Medal was authorized subsequently shall remain qualified for that medal.
		Service recognized by award of the MOVSM shall be of a voluntary nature, not detailed or tasked, nor performed as part of a military mission (for example, a unit project).
	www.dtic.mil /whs/directives/corres/text/p134833m.txt (16969 words)

	32 CFR PART 578 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		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)

	North China Marines - Prisoners of War
		Every medal also has a corresponding ribbon (Silver Star), some ribbons are ribbons only, with no corresponding medal (Presidential Unit Citation).A military decoration (a medal) is awarded to an individual for a specific achievement.
		A service medal is awarded to all participants in a specific campaign in a specific part of the world.
		Many veterans of World War II were not given their medals and ribbons until being discharged and many times they have them out of sequence on their uniforms.
	northchinamarines.com /id53.htm (435 words)

	Cicero Collectibles United States Military Medals Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		A medal is circular in shape and is awarded to individuals who served in specific campaigns or expeditions and for occupation duty and emergency service.
		The ribbon bars are worn in the place of the decorations and medals on most occasions and are of the same material and design as the suspension ribbons of the medals.
		Each medal and decoration is intended to be a distinctive symbol of the nation’s gratitude for serve by its military personnel and civilians.
	www.dgtraining.net /cicero/USMedals/MedalsHistory.html (493 words)

	KUNSAN AIR BASE: How It Was - MEDALS PAGE (FOR KUNSAN KOREAN WAR VETS)
		The medal will be issued to recognize veterans whose service on federal active duty was honorable and who were recipients of a valor, achievement, commendation, or meritorious service decoration, of a lesser degree than required for award of the Conspicuous Service Cross, or whose service was in direct support of combat operations.
		The Overseas Operations Medal, authorized in 1951, has the Belgian Army seal on the face and the UN seal on the reverse, and the ribbon is light blue, colors associated with Korea, with two narrow white stripes and flanked by Belgium's national colors of red, orange and fl.
		It is a striking medal showing a stealth fighter of today, a propeller-driven fighter of 50 years ago and they are surrounded by a blue enameled rising flight pattern and a blue and gold ribbon suspension with red, white and blue striping in the center of the ribbon drape.
	www.kalaniosullivan.com /KunsanAB/3rdBW/Medals.html (12461 words)

	PROJECT ONE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Imperial Service Order and its medal was instituted in August 1902 by King Edward VII, for rewarding meritorious services of members of the Civil Service throughout the empire.
		Members of the lower grades in the Civil Service who are not eligible for the ISO maybe awarded the Imperial Service Medal (ISM).
		Imperial Service Medal: This decoration may be awarded on retirement to officers on the permanent staff, not being members of the Administrative or Clerical branches who have performed 25 years' specially meritorious service.
	www.ceylonmedals.com /sample_orders.htm (491 words)

	Worcestershire Regiment(29th/36th of Foot) Web site
		The Medal of the Order of the British Empire for Meritorious Service was instituted by George V in 1917.
		The medal was intended for 'acts of courage and self-sacrifice or specially distinguished service' rendered during war.
		In 1922, the medal was divided into the Medal of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for GALLANTRY (known as the Empire Gallantry Medal (EGM)) and the Medal of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for Meritorious Service (BEM.).
	www.worcestershireregiment.com /wr.php?main=inc/a_bem (307 words)

	Livingston Cty MI WWI Medal & Awards
		The Distinguished Service Cross is an Army decoration for bravery in action and is awarded for deeds of "extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy" not warranting the award of the Medal of Honor.
		A small silver star is worn on the ribbon of the Victory Medal or Service Ribbon as evidence that the wearer possesses a Citation.
		When the rainbow service ribbon is worn in place of the medal, the ribbon bears a small bronze star for each of the battle and defensive sector clasps.
	www.memoriallibrary.com /MI/Livingston/WWI/Home/Medals (1023 words)

	Travel Guide - Online Reservation - Warsaw Accommodation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Specially Meritorious Service Medal was a military decoration of the United States Navy which was created in 1898 by order of the United States Congress.
		The medal was primarily awarded to those who had rescued sailors (both U.S. and Spanish) from burning ships following the Battle of Santiago at Santiago, Cuba.
		The modern day Navy Good Conduct Medal is very similar in appearance to the Specially Meritorious Service Medal.
	www.warsaw-hotel.info /poland-guide/Specially_Meritorious_Service_Medal (227 words)

	U.S. Coast Guard World War II Book of Valor
		For exceptionally meritorious service as Commander of the Greenland Patrol and later SWEENEY as commander of a task force in the Atlantic Fleet from December, 1941 to November 1944.
		For meritorious service as commanding officer of the USCGC 83361 in rescuing survivors of the invasion off the coast of France in June, 1944, the cutter stood by a sinking landing craft tank and escort her into the beach in order to be available for rescue work should the craft founder before beaching.
		For meritorious service in connection with the operations against the enemy as commanding officer of the USCGC 83321 during the initial assault on the coast of France on 6 June 1944.
	www.uscg.mil /hq/g-cp/history/Book_of_Valor_WWII.html (17363 words)

	MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL. The Immediate Awards 1916-1928...
		Instituted in 1845 and first awarded in 1847, with an annuity, to reward specially selected long service NCOs, eligibility for the award was extended in 1916 to WOs, NCOs and Men but without entitlement to an annuity.
		This unique work of reference not only lists the recipients of immediate awards between 1916 and 1928, some 27,550, but it also analyses the comparative rarity and therefore Ôcollectability' of any medal, which depends to a large extent on the numbers issued to a particular unit or theatre of operations.
		The range of titles stocked covers the whole spectrum of military history with titles on uniforms, battles, official histories, specialist works containing medal rolls and casualties lists, and numismatic titles for medal collectors and researchers.
	www.naval-military-press.com /books/titles/5517.htm (238 words)

	West Indies Campaign Medal & Specially Meritorious Medal Set (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Since 1901 the Sampson medal had been awarded to veterans of the U.S. Naval Campaign but it was officially a commemorative medal.
		The Specially Meritorious Medal was authorized on 3 March 1901 and conferred upon officers and men of the Navy and Marine Corps for specially meritorious service other than in battle during the War with Spain.
		Also included with this lot is an 8 x 10 fl and white matte finish archive photo of the Ericsson docked in the harbor of Santiago de Cuba during inspections of the defenses of the harbor.
	www.nmia.com /~valorc/american/wicmset.html (485 words)

	Indiana Book of Merit
		The Distinguished-Service Medal of the Navy is awarded under the same conditions.
		for gallantry in action, or for meritorious services, issued by the Headquarters of the American Expeditionary Forces in France, and signed by General Pershing.
		It is awarded to persons who while serving in the Army of the United States perform any singularly meritorious act of extraordinary fidelity or essential service.
	usgennet.org /usa/in/county/grant/book_merit/indiana_book_of_merit.htm (384 words)

	Awards and decorations of the United States military - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Awards and decorations of the United States military are military decorations of the which recognize a service member's service and personal accomplishments while a member of the United States armed forces.
		Together with military badges, such awards are a means to outwardly display the highlights of a service member's career.
		To denote additional achievements or multiple awards of the same decoration, the United States military maintains a number of award devices which are pinned to service ribbons and medals.
	www.voyager.in /Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_military (519 words)

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		The battalion was awarded its first Meritorious Unit Commendation for its efforts constructing the Alcan Highway.
		Nine campaign streamers and two Meritorious Unit Commendations were awarded to the battalion, which completed many major battalion and company sized construction projects enhancing the offensive drive into and the withdrawal from North Korea.
		During this time, the battalion was awarded its fourth, fifth, and sixth Meritorious Unit Citations and the Vietnamese Civic Action Medal.
	www.hood.army.mil /13Coscom/64thcsg/62nd/index_62eng.html (1815 words)

	Navy Decorations
		Within the Department of the Navy, the Navy includes naval combat and service forces and such aviation as may be organic.
		-- Organize, train, equip, and furnish forces for the support and conduct of special operations; and
		-- Organize, train, and equip to provide Fleet Marine Forces of combined arms, together with supporting air components, for service with the fleet in the seizure or defense of advanced naval bases and for the conduct of such land operations as may be essential to the prosecution of a naval campaign;
	foxfall.com /fmd-navy.htm (601 words)

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	www.medalshq.com /medalset (675 words)

	Decorations and Medals of the United States (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Spanish Campaign Medal, 1898 - N/MC (1908) (2)
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	www.medals.lava.pl /us/us4.htm (249 words)

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	ODM of the USA: Text List (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
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	www.medals.org.uk /usa/usa-text.htm (74 words)

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