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	Vietnam Distinguished Service Order - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Vietnam Distinguished Service Order was a military decoration of South Vietnam which was awarded throughout the years of the Vietnam War.
		The Vietnam Distinguished Service Order was also provided to foreign militaries, and in the United States military the decoration was considered the equivalent of the Legion of Merit.
		The last issuance of the Vietnam Distinguished Service Order was in 1974.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vietnam_Distinguished_Service_Order (220 words)

	Vietnam War
		The Vietnam War was in many ways a direct successor to the First Indochina War, (or French Indochina War) in which the French, with the financial and logistical support of the United States, fought to regain control of their former colony in Indochina.
		Service in the war, though initially unpopular, soon became respected even though the war itself was not (many of the war's veterans, however, have experienced profound difficulties - including homelessness - since returning from Vietnam).
		Past service in Vietnam became important to the election of many future American politicians; for example, it was a factor in the election of John McCain, a former Vietnam POW, to the US Senate.
	www.askfactmaster.com /Vietnam_War (8367 words)

	Vietnam War
		The Vietnam War was a war fought between 1961 and 1975 on the ground in South Vietnam and bordering areas of Cambodia and Laos (See Secret War) and in bombing runs (Rolling Thunder) over North Vietnam.
		The Vietnam War was in many ways a direct successor to the French Indochina War, sometimes referred to as the First Indochina War, in which the French fought, with the financial and logistical support of the United States, to regain control of their former colony in Indochina.
		Since Vietnam was a predominantly Buddhist nation, and Diem and much of the ruling structure of South Vietnam Roman Catholic, this action was viewed as further proof that Diem was completely out of touch with his people.
	www.knowledgefun.com /book/v/vi/vietnam_war.html (7211 words)

	Vietnam Security Police Association (USAF), United States Air Force Medals: Defense Distinguished Service Medal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The reverse of the medal has the inscription "For Distinguished Service" at the top in raised letters, and within the pentagon the inscription "From The Secretary of Defense To," all in raised letters.
		This decoration takes precedence over the Distinguished Service Medals of the separate services and is not to be awarded to any individual for a period of service for which an Army, Navy, Air Force or Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medal is awarded.
		The first Defense Distinguished Service Medal was awarded to Gen. Earle G. Wheeler, U.S. Army, upon his retirement as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Staff.
	www.vspa.com /usaf-medals-ddsm.htm (402 words)

	The British (Imperial) Distinguished Service Order
		This order was established to reward officers who exhibited individual instances of meritorious or distinguished service in war.
		It was usually awarded for service under fire or under conditions equivalent to service in actual combat with the enemy.
		The order is generally given to officers in command above the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.
	www.vvaa.org.au /ord-ds.htm (327 words)

	HD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Major General Cushman was ordered to the Republic of Vietnam in April 1967 and was assigned as the Deputy Commander, III Marine Amphibious Force.
		For his service as Deputy Commander, from April to May 1967, and subsequently as Commanding General, III Marine Amphibious Force, from June to December 1967, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal.
		A Gold Star in lieu of a second Distinguished Service Medal was awarded for his service as Commanding General, III Marine Amphibious Force; Senior Advisor, I Corps Tactical Zone; and I Corps Coordinator for United States/Free World Military Assistance Forces, from January 1968 to March 1969.
	hqinet001.hqmc.usmc.mil /HD/Historical/Whos_Who/Cushman_RE.htm (963 words)

	dso
		On 3Apr1970 he was ordered to air assault his bn into an area 3000 metres south of the besieged Special Forces camp at Dak Seang in Kontum Province, to relieve the pressure on the besieged camp.
		Shortly afterwards he ordered the ambush to open fire on a large enemy party approaching the area, killing at least 15 of the party.
		Having achieved his mission, Lt Beale coolly ordered the withdrawal of the ambush party, notwithstanding the heavy volume of enemy small arms fire which was being directed at it, without loss.
	www.aattv.iinet.net.au /dso.htm (954 words)

	WorldNetDaily: You lose some, you win some (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Then followed four years in Vietnam, where so many of the senior leaders acted like butchers as they worried more about enhancing their careers than the American teenagers who were filling so many body bags.
		Regarding the Distinguished Flying Crosses, the Army told me in 1988 that I had three and issued me the certification and the engraved DFC with two Oak Leaf clusters accordingly.
		Orders on file in the OMPF document 34 actual awards of the AM; one for valor.
	www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=18375 (2048 words)

	In Distinguished Company by Dick Culver
		Individual skill with a service arm was indeed commendable, and the Army had seen fit to authorize relatively munificent expenditures on medals to encourage young shooters to hone their skill with arms.
		Pistols were not neglected, and although the initial guidelines for establishing a Distinguished Badge for Pistol Shooters were a bit hazy, the pistol competition began to take hold after the turn of the last century with the first badges being issued in 1903.
		Participation was initially restricted to regular service and National Guard teams and individuals until 1923, when civilians who were already “leg medal holders” from their service days were allowed to continue to compete until they became Distinguished Marksmen or Distinguished Pistol Shots.
	www.jouster.com /EIC/distinguished_company.htm (3598 words)

	Baxter
		In this assignment he was responsible for the medical support of the 11th Air Assault Division (Test), which subsequently deployed to Vietnam as the 1st Cavalry Division (Air Mobile).
		General Jennings left Vietnam to be sworn in on 1 July 1969 as Deputy Surgeon General and was promoted to permanent brigadier general on 1 August.
		His military awards include the Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, the Air Medal and the Joint Service Commendation Medal.
	history.amedd.army.mil /tsgs/Jennings.htm (708 words)

	Vietnam War Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross - Alphabetical List
		The Distinguished Service Cross is awarded to Staff Sergeant Daniel A. Briggs, for extraordinary heroism in action on 26 April 2004, during combat operations against an armed Iraqi Insurgent force while supporting United States Marine Corps operations in Fallujah, Iraq.
		The Distinguished Service Cross is awarded to Master Sergeant Donald R. Hollenbaugh, U.S. Army Special Operations Command, for extraordinary heroism in action on 26 April 2004, during combat operations against an armed Iraqi insurgent force while supporting United States Marine Corps operations in Fallujah, Iraq.
		The Distinguished Service Cross is awarded to Major Mark E. Mitchell, Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 3d Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), for extraordinary heroism in action during the period of 25 to 28 November 2001, while engaged in combat operations during Operation Enduring Freedom.
	www.homeofheroes.com /valor/0_DSC/dsc_waronterror.html (1130 words)

	Vietnam Veterans Memorial: The Wall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The names are listed in the order in which the men and women died or
		The names are distinguished only by how the men and women were lost.
		The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall honors all who served, and in particular, those who were lost.
	www.nps.gov /vive/memorial/wall.htm (566 words)

	New Jersey Veterans Affairs
		Application: Individuals applying for the award must forward a request in writing along with a copy of WD Form 53 or DD Form 214 (Separation from Active Duty) attesting to the fact that an Honorable Discharge was granted and you were a resident of New Jersey at the time of entry on active duty.
		In addition, your request must include a copy of the veteran's death certificate and proof of relationship as father, mother, husband, wife, son, daughter, brother or sister.
		Note: In order to be eligible for the award of the New Jersey Distinguished Service Medal with Silver Oak Leaf Cluster, in addition to the requirements detailed above a service member must have received a military award of not less than the Air Medal.
	www.state.nj.us /military/veterans/awards/distinguished_service (343 words)

	A moment of silence please, a Hero has passed. - Law Enforcement, Police Officer, Resource : RealPolice.net
		For the rest of his life, he often found himself embattled, not only as a soldier in Korea and Vietnam but also on the home front, where the foes were Pentagon brass and politicians, particularly those he said "who have never sweated it out on a battlefield." The disdain was mutual.
		With more than a quarter century of military service to his credit, including tours of duty in seven war zones, he spoke with the authority of experience.
		In Vietnam, where he served four tours of duty, his leadership of the 39th Infantry Regiment of the Fourth Battalion in the Mekong Delta was the stuff of legend.
	www.realpolice.net /forums/showthread.php?p=408141 (1749 words)

	Order of Precedence when wearing medals
		The order of precedence for the Naval General Service Medal 1915-62 and General Service Medal 1918-62 (Army and Air Force) will vary from person to person depending on when the person earned the first clasp.
		If the first clasp relates to service after 2 September 1945, the medals should be worn immediately after the United Nations Service Medal for Korea.
		A person who has been awarded the Vietnam Medal, or who is eligible for the award of the Vietnam Medal, is not eligible for the award of the Vietnam Logistic and Support Medal.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-medals/order.htm (431 words)

	Recipients of the U.S. Army Distinguished Service Cross
		The Distinguished Service Cross was established by order of President Woodrow Wilson and was born as part of the new Pyramid Of Honor that was established during the 1917 review of Medal of Honor awards.
		Prior to establishment of the D.S.C. by virtue of War Department General Orders Number 6 of January 12, 1918, and by Act of Congress on July 9, 1918 the Medal of Honor was the only American award for valor in combat available to American servicemen.
		The Distinguished Service Cross has been in effect since April 6, 1917; however, under certain circumstances the Distinguished Service Cross may be awarded for services rendered prior to April 6, 1917.
	www.homeofheroes.com /distinguishedservicecross/index.html (420 words)

	Remembrances ~ Page 24 ~ Molloy ~ Vedeloff
		I was ordered to assemble the platoon to reenter Wy at daybreak.
		A flanking movement succeeded in eliminating the threat from the haystacks, and several prisoners were rousted and marched off to battalion headquarters.
		The threat of German armor, which I estimated to be approximately ten dug-in tanks, forced G Co to retreat onto an exposed hillside, where we were ordered to dig in.
	members.tripod.com /hldnoqtr/roh24.htm (1362 words)

	South Dakotans who gave their life in service during the Vietnam War
		He was awarded the Distinguished Trainee Award and the Certificate of Merit at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.
		In November of that year, the Biever family was notified that at Camp Enari in the Central Highlands of Vietnam, a street was named for William to “perpetuate William’s deeds of valor in the hearts and minds of his fellow soldiers throughout the division.”
		During all of these missions he displayed the highest order of air discipline and acted in accordance with the best traditions of the service.
	www.sdvietnamwarmemorial.com /bieverwilliam.htm (584 words)

	Amazon.com: Kennedy's Wars: Berlin, Cuba, Laos, and Vietnam: Books: Lawrence Freedman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The concluding chapters on the long descent of America into involvement in Vietnam is especially poignant, as the reader knows the tragic outcome, but these chapters may also offer the most compelling lessons of the book.
		The situation in Vietnam during the years 1961 to 1963, covered by this book, was very different from that in 1965, when U.S. choices were very limited: basically either insert significant numbers of U.S. troops, or see South Vietnam fall to the communists, an unacceptable outcome for any American president at that time.
		The South Vietnames army was weak, and U.S. air power alone, used both in North and South Vietnam, could not alone have turned the tide (airpower never does, though today it has become an increasingly significant key to victory).
	www.amazon.com /Kennedys-Wars-Berlin-Laos-Vietnam/dp/0195134532 (3083 words)

	Donald E. Wilson, Rear Admiral, United States Navy
		His decorations included the Distinguished Service Medal, Bronze Star with combat "V" and the Meritorious Service Medal.
		He was assigned to Miramar Naval Air Station from 1957 to 1960 as a supply officer of an air service squadron.
		During the Vietnam War, he served as an adviser to the chief of the supply corps of the Vietnamese navy in Saigon in 1971 and 1972.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /dewilson2.htm (591 words)

	U.S. Merchant Marine in Vietnam
		The Military Sea Transportation Service was established in 1949 to provide sea transportation to the military as a successor to the Army Transportation Service.
		In 1954, after the partitioning of Vietnam, MSTS evacuated Vietnamese refugees from North to South Vietnam.
		Men and equipment of the Army 1st Cavalry Division went to Vietnam aboard the baby flattops USNS Kula Gulf and Point Cruz which were taken out of mothballs to transport the 434 aircraft and other equipment.
	www.usmm.org /vietnam.html (1991 words)

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		Distinguished Service Cross (with one Oak Leaf Cluster)
		Vietnam Service Medal (2 Silver Service Stars = 10 campaigns)
		Note: As per a Department of the Army audit conducted by COL Pam Mitchell, Chief Personnel ServiceSupport Division on May 6 1999.
	www.hackworth.com /awards.html (183 words)

	Robert Everton Cushman, Jr., General, United States Marine Corps
		He was promoted to lieutenant general in June 1967, upon assuming duty as Commanding General, III Marine Amphibious Force -- the largest combined combat unit ever led by a Marine.
		On March 6, 1969, while serving in Vietnam, General Cushman was nominated by President Richard M. Nixon to be the Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency: his nomination was confirmed by the Senate, April 21, 1969.
		Lieutenant General Cushman subsequently served as Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency from April 1969 through December 1971, for which service he was awarded the Distinguished Intelligence Medal.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /cushman.htm (1214 words)

	NAVAL ORDER OF THE UNITED STATES
		At its Centennial Congress in 1990 the Naval Order established a Distinguished Sea Service Award (DSSA) to each year honor a recently retired US Naval Officer who, over a total career so distinguished himself and the Naval Services that he should be singled out as one who stands " First Among Firsts".
		His staff assignments included service on battalion, regimental, division, base, and service staffs in operations, training, special operations, counterterrorism, and manpower billets.
		General Zinni's awards include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal with oak leaf cluster the Distinguished Service Medal the Defense Superior Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters the Bronze Star with Combat " V" and gold star the Combat Action Ribbon and personal decorations from South Vietnam, France, Italy, Egypt, Kuwait, Yemen, and Bahrain.
	www.navalorder.org /dssa.html (487 words)

	Biographies : LIEUTENANT GENERAL LEROY J. MANOR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In June 1964, General Manor was assigned to Headquarters U.S. Air Force in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Plans and Operations, where he served successively in the Directorate of Operations as chief, Plans and Capabilities Branch; chief, Analysis of Southeast Asia Operations Study Group; and as chief, Operations Review Group.
		In May 1968, he assumed command of the 37th Tactical Fighter Wing in the Republic of Vietnam where he completed 275 combat missions in North and South Vietnam.
		In February 1971, General Manor became deputy director for operations/special assistant for counterinsurgency and special activities, Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at Washington, D.C. He was transferred to the Philippines in February 1973 to become vice commander, 13th Air Force, PACAF, at Clark Air Base.
	www.af.mil /bios/bio.asp?bioID=6292 (598 words)

	Japanms
		MMJ.30 Republic of VietNam Staff Services Medal 2nd class.
		MMJ.31 Republic of VietNam Training Services Medal 1st class.
		MMJ.32 Republic of VietNam Navy Distinguished Service Order 2nd class.
	bigskyenterprises.com /Militaria/Metalinsignia/Japanms/japanms.html (260 words)

	Biographies : MAJOR GENERAL EDWARD A. MCGOUGH III (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Following this, he spent a short tour of duty in the Ninth Air Force headquarters as an operations officer.
		He returned to the United States in August 1945, attended Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., and then went to Washington, D.C., where he served from 1945 to 1947 as operations officer for the 33d Army Air Forces Base Unit, better known as the Army Air Forces Flight Services.
		As the operations officer, he programmed, planned and implemented the establishment of the Military Flight Service Centers throughout the United States.
	www.af.mil /bios/bio.asp?bioID=6399 (668 words)

	Joseph Robert Geary, Captain, United States Navy
		Shore duty included a tour as a flight instructor, in the Pentagon and as commander of the Fleet Operations Control Center for the U.S. Pacific Fleet.
		Captain Geary's military commendations include the Bronze Star, the Air Medal with gold star, Navy Commendation Medal, Navy Unit Commendation with three stars and the Republic of Vietnam Navy Distinguished Service Order Medal.
		A reception will follow the service on Wednesday at St. Andrew Chapel, 220 Pinckney Colony Road in Bluffton.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /jrgeary.htm (305 words)

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