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	SPECIAL SERVICE MEDAL
		The regulations for this award are in Annex A. The service recognized by the medal is indicated by distinctive bars worn on the ribbon.
		Medals and bars, if issued, will be sent directly from D Pers A to the units involved, with information copies of correspondence to the chain of command, or, for retired persons, directly to the individuals concerned.
		"special service" means service that is determined by the Governor in Council to be service performed under exceptional circumstances in a clearly defined locality for a specified duration, but not necessarily in a theatre of active operations.
	www.smafinsm.forces.gc.ca /admfincs/subjects/cfao/018-21_e.asp (2293 words)

	Vietnam War - Iridis Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		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.iridis.com /Vietnam_War (8106 words)

	korean service medal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Korean Service Medal is awarded to members of all branches of service who served for 30 days in the Korean theater...
		Criteria: The Korean Service Medal was awarded for service between 27 June 1950 and 27 July...
		The Korean Service Medal was awarded for qualifying service between June...
	learning-gd.com /articles/185/korean-service-medal.html (202 words)

	Vietnam Special Service Medal biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Special Service Medal was a decoration of South Vietnam which was issued between the years of 1950 and 1974.
		The Special Service Medal was also awarded to members of foreign militaries, and was presented frequently to members of the United States Armed Forces during the years of the Vietnam War.
		The U.S. military considered the Special Service Medal to be the equivalent of the Bronze Star Medal.
	vietnam-special-service-medal.biography.ms (143 words)

	Vietnam Veterans Association of Australia
		The Vietnam Veterans Association of Australia (VVAA) had its advent in the Vietnam Veterans Action Association formed in the late 1979 as a result of the perceptions of Vietnam veterans that exposure to chemicals was causing problems with their health and the health of their children.
		The Vietnam Veterans Counselling Service was established as a direct result of the action of the VVAA, and it is now an integral part of treatment regimes, not only for veterans, but also for the survivors of traumatic events such as the Port Arthur Massacre.
		Vietnam veterans have reached the highest level of business, professional and political ranks within Australia, and every one of them who has overcome psychological or health problems in order to raise a family and live a relatively normal life has overcome adversity in order to achieve.
	www.vvaa.org.au (911 words)

	VIETNAM WAR MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS (A-L)
		Entered service at: Park Ridge, N.J. Born: 20 June 1945, Franklin, N.H. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a machine gunner with Company F. During a reconnaissance operation L/Cpl. Barker's squad was suddenly hit by enemy sniper fire.
		Entered service at: Lafayette, La. Born: 22 April 1946, Palestine, Tex. Citation: Capt. Bennett was the pilot of a light aircraft flying an artillery adjustment mission along a heavily defended segment of route structure.
		Entered service at: Pittsburgh, Pa. Born: 15 July 1950, Shelocta, Indiana County, Pa. Citation: As a member of a reaction force which was pinned down by enemy fire while assisting a platoon in the same circumstance, Pfc.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/mohviet.htm (18164 words)

	VIETNAM WAR MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS (M-Z)
		Entered service at: Culver City, Calif. Born: 1 November 1950, Santa Monica, Calif. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a combat engineer with Company B in connection with combat operations against the enemy.
		Entered service at: Los Angeles, Calif. Born: 19 November 1938, Albuquerque, N. Mex. Citation: WO Rocco distinguished himself when he volunteered to accompany a medical evacuation team on an urgent mission to evacuate 8 critically wounded Army of the Republic of Vietnam personnel.
		Entered service at: Institute, W Va. Born: 6 September 1929, Claremont, W Va. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/mohviet2.htm (18201 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.
		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.history.navy.mil /medals (413 words)

	Navy Awards and Decorations
		The purpose of this page is to assist veterans in obtaining medals and ribbons due them as a result of their direct participation with units which may have been awarded commendations, citations, or awards during the Vietnam war.
		You will also receive a transmittal letter telling what medals and ribbons the Navy is including in the package as well as a list of awards for which you may be eligible but for which the Navy does not provide the actual award because it was issued by a foreign government.
		Authorized on July 19, 1965 and awarded to all service members of the Armed Forces of the United States who, between July 4, 1965 and March 28, 1973, served in Vietnam and the contiguous waters, and airspace, in Thailand, Laos or Cambodia or airspace in direct support of military operations in Vietnam.
	www.mrfa.org /unitnavy.htm (2501 words)

	RELEASE 050216-03 / Special Forces Soldier receives Distinguished Service Cross for Vietnam gallantry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		ARLINGTON, Va. (USASOC News Service, Feb. 16, 2005) — More than 34 years after ignoring his own serious wounds to lead a Special Forces team through four perilous November days in the jungles of Vietnam, North Carolina Army National Guard Master Sgt. Edward Ziobron got what was coming to him on Feb. 11.
		Ziobron, 54, was presented the Distinguished Service Cross, this country's second highest military decoration to the Medal of Honor, many years after he had been approved for the award.
		John Singlaub, a Special Forces pioneer and advocate since World War II, pinned the cross and eagle suspended from a red, white and blue ribbon on Ziobron for his heroic actions during Thanksgiving week of 1970.
	www.soc.mil /News/releases/05FEB/050216-03.htm (961 words)

	TLC Brotherhood
		Their pride in serving at NKP had been stirred, and they were talking about a special visit to The Wall.
		At the time, I had a lady friend who was a free-lance writer, and I thought she might work up a story on this special camaraderie that had been reborn as a result of A Certain Brotherhood.
		We have special showings of aircraft at the Museum, we're flying-in war birds in all their glory, we have slide shows, photos, memorabilia, Singha, pooyings, jokes, real stories and lies, t-shirts, hats, memories and sorrows.
	www.tlc-brotherhood.org /wall.html (4808 words)

	Kerry returns fire on military service - Politics - MSNBC.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		But for the second straight day, it was what Kerry, a decorated Vietnam War veteran turned antiwar activist, and Bush, a pilot in the National Guard, did three decades ago that was attracting much of the campaign heat.
		Kerry’s campaign issued a statement accusing the president of receiving special treatment during his service in the Guard and of failing to prove he showed up for duty during part of his service.
		The statement also pointed to what it said were gaps in the records regarding Bush’s service in the Guard during 1972 and 1973.
	msnbc.msn.com /id/4836412 (647 words)

	ABC News: What Happened in Kerry's Vietnam Battles?
		According to the military citation, Kerry was awarded the medal for his actions during an intense firefight on Feb. 28, 1969, during which he shot and killed a Viet Cong fighter who was armed with a rocket launcher.
		Members of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth group have charged that the Viet Cong fighter was a teenager who was alone, who was not part of a numerically superior force, and who was already wounded and running away when Kerry shot him.
		According to Kerry's medal citation, the boats "came under intense automatic weapons and small arms fire from an entrenched enemy force less than 50 feet away.
	abcnews.go.com /Nightline/Vote2004/story?id=166434&page=1 (1688 words)

	NOTAM Board - Dates for Vietnam service Medal Awards?
		Personnel in clandestine or special operations such as reconnaissance and SEAL teams are eligible when the risk of enemy fire was great and was expected to be encountered.
		Personnel aboard a ship are eligible when the safety of the ship and the crew were endangered by enemy attack, such as a ship hit by a mine or a ship engaged by shore, surface, air or subsurface elements.
		The Combat Action Ribbon will not be awarded to personnel for aerial combat since the Strike/Flight Air Medal provides recognition for aerial combat exposure; however, a pilot or crewmember forced to escape or evade after being forced down could be eligible for the award.
	www.popasmoke.com /notam2/printthread.php?t=3894 (917 words)

	Swift Boat Accounts Incomplete (washingtonpost.com)
		At the time, Kerry was stationed in an area about 50 miles from the Cambodian border, and he never entered that country then or at any other time during his service in Vietnam.
		At another, it is the story of the divisions that tore the United States, and its armed forces, into two opposing camps at the time of the Vietnam War -- tensions that have resurfaced with a vengeance during the current political campaign.
		The official witness to those events, according to Thurlow's medal recommendation form, was his own leading petty officer, Robert Lambert, who himself won a Bronze Star for "courage under fire" in going to Thurlow's rescue after he fell into the river.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A21239-2004Aug21.html (4570 words)

	AWOLBush.com - Home Page
		Based on the criteria "shall be awarded" there would have been nothing to keep the TANG from awarding Lt. Dubya that medal, if his eligibility period was not interrupted.
		Questions have been raised about the authenticity of those memos, but the criticism of them appears at this time speculative and inconclusive, while their substance is consistent with a growing body of documentation and analysis.
		For all his flight-suit swagger, Bush, to avoid Vietnam, used his family's political influence to cut line and get into the Air National Guard when others were being denied and then, in the later years of his service, either did or didn't go AWOL -- the record is unclear -- but pretty plainly dogged it.
	www.awolbush.com (10042 words)

	Vietnam (1961-75) - USMC MARPAT DIGITAL BOONIE HAT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Vietnam Vintage M14 Double Magazine Pouch 1960's issue
		VIETNAM REWARD CARD ANY U.S. hat pin 1st Cav.
		Vietnam War USMC USN Corpsman Gallantry Ribbon Bar Set
	www.macenw.org /vietnam-1961-75-,c36060,7,ur.html (154 words)

	Timeline
		The Endowment establishes the Office of the Bicentennial to coordinate a special initiative commemorating the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution.
		In November, William R. Ferris, Director of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture and professor of anthropology at the University of Mississippi, becomes the seventh Chairman of NEH.
		President Clinton presents National Humanities Medals to the third group of awardees: Patricia M. Battin, Taylor Branch, Jacquelyn Dowd Hall, Garrison Keillor, Jim Lehrer, John Rawls, Steven Spielberg, and August Wilson.
	www.neh.gov /whoweare/timeline.html (5404 words)

	Jim Henthorn's Vietnam Vet Page
		A Veteran of the Vietnam War, I served as a Weapons Mechanic and occasional door gunner with the 21st Helicopter Squadron located at Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand from November, 1967 through May, 1969.
		The 21st Special Operations Squadron was stationed at Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base located in northeast Thailand and almost due west of the DMZ.
		"21st Special Operations Squadron" is a history, in words and photos, of our involvement in the Vietnam War.
	www.nexus.net /~911gfx/vietnam.html (813 words)

	BOOKS on Exonumia: Tokens, Medals, Political, Fraternal, World's Fair, more.
		If you do not see the token and medal book you want, PLEASE send me an e-mail at hartzog@exonumia.com.
		The MEDALS and TOKENS of HENRY CLAY, Elder.
		MEDALLIC PORTRAITS of the DUKE of WELLINGTON, Eimer.
	www.exonumia.com /books.htm (3352 words)

	Air Force Link - GENERAL JOHN T. CHAIN JR. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		General Chain then served as a flight examiner with the 524th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Cannon Air Force Base, N.M. In June 1964 he was assigned as a forward air controller with the 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky. While there he became a master parachutist and flew Army 0-1s and Air National Guard F-84F's.
		From January to December 1966 the general flew combat missions while assigned to Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Republic of Vietnam, as a member of the Air Force Advisory Group.
		He then transferred to Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C., as a staff officer in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Plans and Operations.
	www.af.mil /bios/bio.asp?bioID=4965 (660 words)

	Ribbon & Medal Mounting Service
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	www.medroy.dircon.co.uk /Rib/mini.htm (118 words)

	USA Medals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		[6182 Picture] Korean War Service Medal - Korean issue, US manufacture.
		[632 Picture] Kuwait Service Medal (Kuwaiti Government type, US Manufacture).
		These are all designed to be worn on ribbon bars and are on metal fittings to slide onto the bar.
	www.murphysmedals.com /usa_medals.htm (291 words)

	Republic of Vietnam Technical Service Medal Display Recognition
		Republic of Vietnam Technical Service Medal Display Recognition
		An unaltered photocopy of your DD-214 or other military issued document clearly displaying your military technical service occupation and your award of the Vietnam Service Medal.
		To obtain either a Display Medal or a Display Recognition for your authorized award you will be required to provide military-issued documentation authorizing your award.
	www.amervets.com /replacement/vntec.htm (207 words)

	Wars and conflicts of the U.S. Navy
		American Naval Participation in the Great War (with special reference to the European Theater of Operations) by CAPT Dudley Knox
		Ships, Other Navy Commands and USMC Commands Eligible for Korean Service Medal
		Commander Naval Forces Vietnam Monthly Historical Summaries, 1966-1979
	www.history.navy.mil /wars (880 words)

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	.DA Approved Humanitarian Service Medal Operations. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		BABY LIFT 04 APR-09 MAY 75 Vietnam, Presidio of San Francisco,
		FREQUENT WIND 29-30 APR 75 Vietnam and contiguous waters
		Joint Special Operations 07-20 Jun 03 Monrovia, Liberia
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