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	Vietnam War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Vietnam War was in many ways direct successor to the French Indochina War referred to as the First Indochina War in which the French fought with the financial and logistical of the United States to regain control their former colony in Indochina.
		North Vietnam which itself supported by the Soviet Union and People's Republic of China supported the NLF arms and supplies advisors and regular units the North Vietnamese Army which were transported via an extensive of trails and roads through the neutral of Laos which became known as the Ho Chi Minh trail.
		Past service in Vietnam became important the election of many future American politicians; example it was a factor in the of John McCain a former Vietnam POW to the Senate.
	www.freeglossary.com /Vietnam_War (6489 words)

	Vietnam
		Vietnam War - The Vietnam War, sometimes known as the Vietnam Conflict (also known as the Second Indochina War and colloquially as Vietnam or Nam as well as the American War or KhÃ¡ng chiáº¿n chá»‘ng Má»¹, the Resistance War Against America by the Vietnamese government) was a conflict in...
		Vietnam Military Merit Medal - The Vietnam Military Merit Medal was the highest military decoration of South Vietnam during the years of the Vietnam War.
		Army of the Republic of Vietnam - The Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) was a military component of the armed forces of the Republic of Vietnam (commonly known as South Vietnam).
	vietnam.vvvvvv3.com (834 words)

	Paul Kasper parker2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The medal is a symbol of gratitude to the American and Allied soldiers who once worked and fought and sacrificed themselves for the freedom of the Republic of Vietnam.
		The medal was awarded by the Vietnam Government to military personnel who have accomplished deeds of valor or displayed heroic conduct while fighting the enemy and have been cited individually at the regiment, brigade, division, corps, or armed forces level.
		The unit citation of the Republic of Vietnam Civil Actions Medal was awarded certain units by the Vietnamese government for meritorious service during the period 1 March 1961 to 28 March 1974.
	vietnamresearch.com /Nammedals.html (2766 words)

	Military Awards
		Service must have been consecutive and service performed in the Reserve Component of the U.S. Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard may not be credited for award of this medal.
		The member must have exhibited honest and faithful service in accordance with the standards of conduct, courage and duty required by law and customs of the service of a member of the same grade as the individual to whom the standard is being applied.
		The National Defense Service Medal was awarded for honorable active service for any period between 27 June 1950 and 27 July 1954, between 1 January 1961 and 14 August 1974, and between 2 August 1990 and 30 November 1995.
	facstaff.uww.edu /rambadtd/homepage/legion.htm (867 words)

	ipedia.com: Vietnam War Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		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.
		The unstated goal of Vietnamization was that the primary burden of combat would be returned to ARVN troops and thereby lessen domestic opposition to the war in the U.S. During this period, the United States conducted a gradual troop withdrawal 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.ipedia.com /vietnam_war.html (7263 words)

	Awards and decorations of the Vietnam War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		North Vietnam, South Vietnam and the United States all issued awards and decorations during the conflict.
		The Commendation Medal was another decoration of the Vietnam War, issued frequently in various versions by the different branches of the U.S. Armed Forces.
		The obverse of the medal displays an Effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, the reverse shows a man standing between two spheres, a symbolic representation of the ideological struggle.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_Vietnam_War (405 words)

	VIETNAM WAR MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS (M-Z) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		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)

	History of the Medal of Honor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Incontestable proof of the performance of the service will be exacted and each recommendation for the award of this decoration will be considered on the standard of extraordinary merit.
		Early in the Civil War, a medal for individual valor was proposed to General-in-Chief of the Army Winfield Scott.
		The medal found support in the Navy, however, where it was felt recognition of courage in strife was needed.
	www.mishalov.com /Medal_of_Honor.html (896 words)

	Vietnam Service Medal
		Individuals qualified for the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal for service in Vietnam between 1 July 1958 and 3 July 1965 shall remain qualified for the medal.
		Upon request, the individual may be awarded the Vietnam Service Medal in lieu of the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal.
		The crossbow, on the reverse, is the ancient weapon of Vietnam and the torch of the Statue of Liberty is a symbol of the United States devotion to liberty and freedom.
	www.gruntsmilitary.com /vsm.shtml (599 words)

	Vietnam War POW gets Medal of Honor
		WASHINGTON (Army News Service, July 9, 2002) -- President George W. Bush honored the memory and valiant actions of an American prisoner of war from the Vietnam conflict with a posthumous Medal of Honor during a White House ceremony July 8.
		Bush acknowledged that the award was the first time a Medal of Honor has been given to a Vietnam-era POW for actions that occurred while in captivity.
		It was downgraded to a Silver Star in the belief that Medal of Honor qualifications required recipients to have demonstrated uncommon valor as a part of an ongoing combat operation.
	www.dtic.mil /dpmo/news/2002/020709_aln_versace.htm (735 words)

	NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL
		The National Defense Service Medal was awarded for honorable active service for any period between 27 June 1950 and 27 July 1954; between 1 January 1961 and 14 August 1974; between 2 August 1990 and 30 November 1995 and between 11 September 2001 and a closing date to be determined.
		The National Defense Service Medal (NDSM) was established by President Eisenhower per Executive Order 10448, dated 22 April 1953, for service between 27 June 1950 and a date to be announced.
		On 17 June 1954, the Chief of Staff approved establishment of 27 July 1954 as the termination date for award of the NDSM.
	www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil /Awards/NationalDefenseServiceMedal.htm (758 words)

	Colonel Harlan W. Tucker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		When the logistics buildup for Vietnam commenced in the mid-1960s Colonel Tucker served as a chief action officer helping to ready new units for combat in Southeast Asia.
		In December 1968, he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with "V" Device for extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty for helping secure his unit’s perimeter during intense fighting around Pleiku.
		Colonel Tucker completed his 30-plus-years distinguished active duty career while serving in various DA-level staff logistical assignments from 1969 to 1976 – and left behind a legacy of outstanding accomplishments for the Quartermaster Corps.
	www.qmfound.com /COL_Harlan_Tucker.htm (199 words)

	New Zealand Vietnam Service Medal Display Recognition
		The award of the New Zealand General Service Medal in silver with the Clasp "VIETNAM" in silver is approved.
		The Medal and the Clasp are awarded subject to the Royal Warrant and to regulations 5, 6, and 7.
		December 1962 and 27 January 1973 and was recognised by the award of the Vietnam Medal.
	www.amervets.com /replacement/vsmnze.htm (791 words)

	The U.S. Coast Guard in the Vietnam War
		Vietnamese lighthouse service personnel were assigned to temporary duty on board Coast Guard buoy tenders when the tenders arrived in—country.
		The purpose of LORAN was to provide a means of electronically aiding the mariner and aviator in an area where surface aids were almost nonexistent, the waters relatively uncharted, and the sky frequently overcast due to the monsoons.
		A historical account of the activities of the Service Forces, U.S. Pacific Fleet during the Vietnam Conflict by one that commanded it that, of necessity, touches upon U.S. Coast Guard activities in Southeast Asia during the period 1965—1968.
	www.uscg.mil /hq/g-cp/history/h_tulichvietnam.html (11420 words)

	The (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		CDR Tulich (Retired) was awarded three Navy Commendation Medals with Combat Distinguishing Device, the Combat Action Ribbon, and the Government of Vietnam Staff Service Medal, First Class for his performance in Vietnam.
		As many of the trawler kills were in southern Vietnam near the Ca Mau peninsula, the enemy had to carry supplies over an extraordinarily long distance.
		U.S. Coast Guard participation in the Vietnam Conflict is specifically discussed on pages 286-294, including such topics as MARKET TIME, command structures, port safety, shipping advisor to the Military Sea Transportation Service, surface aids to navigation, LORAN, and U.S. Coast Guard aviators assigned to the U.S. Air Force’s 37th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron.
	vietnamresearch.com /history/uscg.html (11396 words)

	The Vietnam Center - Douglas Pike (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		A former Foreign Service Officer, he brought his imposing background to Texas Tech's Vietnam Center in 1997 following a stint as director of Indochina Studies at the University of California at Berkeley (1982-1996).
		From Steven Denney, University of California at Berkeley: "Vietnam studies has passed on to a new generation of scholars, and the opportunities for understanding Vietnam are much different than when Douglas Pike began his research.
		He was fascinated by Vietnam and we, the Vietnamese, were also surprised by his mastery of the Vietnamese people and nation.
	www.vietnam.ttu.edu /vietnamcenter/general/douglas_pike.htm (990 words)

	David Hackworth fades away. \| MetaFilter
		Hackworth saw combat in World War II (having joined the Army at 15), Korea, and Vietnam; in 1967 he and Gen.
		Samuel Marshall wrote the Vietnam Primer, a "lessons learned" document prepared for the Army to explain how not to fight a guerilla war.
		Hackworth was a distinguished war correspondent, a self-appointed advocate for the average soldier who used his website as a soapbox, a best-selling author, a critic of American tactics in the Iraq War, and possibly the only figure respected by both WorldNetDaily and Common Dreams.
	www.metafilter.com /mefi/41796 (958 words)

	memoryfrancisvanhoozer
		Services for retired Chief Warrant Officer 3 Francis Marion "Van" Van Hoozer, 61, will be at 9 a.m.
		Van Hoozer received several civil awards including the Achievement Medal for Civil Service, the Commander's Award for Civil Service and Exceptional Performance awards from 1984 to 1992.
		Van Hoozer was employed as a GS-12 as an education services specialist at Fort Hood at the East Education Center and as the commandant of the III Corps Headquarters Troop School.
	jeanhounshellpeppers.com /memoryfrancisvanhoozer.html (555 words)

	OpinionJournal - Featured Article
		John Kerry, for starters, has made his four-month service in that country the centerpiece of his campaign.
		But just last week his staff was forced to admit the Senator had been inaccurate, to put it charitably, when he claimed on multiple occasions to have spent Christmas Eve of 1968 in Cambodia while (he also said) the U.S. government was lying about his presence there.
		Harkin's Navy record shows his only decoration is the National Defense Service Medal, awarded to everyone on active service during those years.
	www.opinionjournal.com /editorial/feature.html?id=110005496 (626 words)

	David H. Hackworth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Air Medal (with "V" Device and Numeral 34 - One for heroism and 33 for aerial achievement)
		Army of Occupation Medal (with Germany and Japan Clasps)
		Vietnam Service Medal (2 Silver Service Stars = 10 campaigns)
	www.geocities.com /thomp45/Hackworth/Hackworth.html (225 words)

	Rear Admiral Rembrandt C. Robinson, U.S. Navy
		During combat action in the Korean War, Admiral Robinson was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with Combat “V” “For meritorious service…when the (English) was attacked by enemy shore batteries while at anchor at Wonson…” English was one of the first Atlantic Fleet ships to enter the Korean War.
		He was awarded a Gold Star in lieu of the second Bronze Star Medal for “Meritorious achievement…as commander Destroyer Squadron Thirty-One from September 28, 1969 to January 30, 1969 during combat operations in Vietnam." He was also entitled to wear the Meritorious Unit Commendation for this period.
		Rem, as he was known to his many friends, as well as the other casualties of the Vietnam War, was much more than just a statistic.
	www.rear-admiral-rc-robinson.com (910 words)

	WorldNetDaily: You lose some, you win some
		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.
		In documents dated 25 Sep 72, 2 Jun 76 and 5 Oct 88, the DFC was requisitioned for the individual along with two oak leaf clusters.
		Air Medal (AM) - The OMPF contains documentation (i.e., award orders and DD Form 214) that indicates as many as 48 awards of the AM; however, it appears there were some errors in the award orders.
	www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=18375 (2033 words)

	Biographies : BRIGADIER GENERAL ROBERT O. PETTY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		He was assigned as a communications-electronics installation project officer with the 5th Airways and Air Communications Service Installations and Maintenance Squadron, from September 1954 to May 1956, at Fuchu Air Station, Japan.
		General Petty served as a maintenance and supply officer for the 2046th Airways and Air Communications Service Squadron at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, until January 1960, when he was assigned as chief of maintenance for the 1983rd Airways and Air Communications Service Squadron at Thule Air Base, Greenland.
		His military decorations and awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters, Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Air Force Outstanding Unit Award ribbon and Vietnam Staff Service Medal 1st Class.
	www.af.mil /bios/bio.asp?bioID=6748 (708 words)

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		Bronze Star Medal (with "V" Device and seven Oak Leaf Clusters)(Seven of the awards for heroism)
		Air Medal (with "V" Device and Numeral 34)(One for heroism and 33 for aerial achievement)
		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)

	Vernon E. Firnstahl, Major, United States Marine Corps
		Vernon E. Firnstahl, 70, of General Lee Drive passed away at a local hospital in Virginia Beach, Virginia, on June 7, 2001 at 11:00am, after a long battle with cancer.
		Vernon retired a Major in the United States Marine Corps (USMC) after serving 25 ½ years with campaigns in Korea and Vietnam.
		Vernon was the recipient of many campaign and service awards most notably a Silver Star and two Purple Hearts from his tour in Korea (50-51) as a PFC with D-2-7 and a Bronze star with Combat "V" from his tour in Vietnam (67-68) as a Major.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /vefirnstahl.htm (332 words)

	eBay Store - Sgt Ski's: Current US Medals, Distinctive Unit Insignia, Historic US Medals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		All Medals authorized for wear by the United States Armed Forces and other Government Agencies.
		Republic of Vietnam Staff Service Medal Second Class
		Republic of Vietnam Technical Service Medal 2nd Class
	stores.ebay.com /Sgt-Skis (144 words)

	Aaron M. Bagley, Veteran of the USS West Virginia (BB-48) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The New Orleans was torpedoed and lost 1/5 of the ship and a great many lives.
		Was a navigator on USS Talladega (APA-208) landing Marines off coast of Vietnam, 1966-68 (earned three Battle Stars).
		Was OIC NAVBROCEAN Vietnam, 1969, and awarded Vietnam Staff Service Medal.
	www.usswestvirginia.org /veterans/b/bagley.htm (348 words)

	IS Wright - WORLD MILITARY MEDALS: VIETNAM - SOUTH
		IS Wright - WORLD MILITARY MEDALS: VIETNAM - SOUTH
		Issued for Services in Connection with the First Republic's National Revolution Program.
		VF SOUTH VIETNAM 1964 STAFF SERVICE MEDAL, 1st CLASS.
	www.iswright.com.au /result-militaria.php?subcat=83 (30 words)

	About the Author
		Lee Basnar’s military career took him to Germany, France, Vietnam, Alaska, and several assignments in the continental United States.
		He rose through the enlisted ranks to Sergeant First Class E-7, received a direct commission, and retired as a Major.
		Bronze Star Medal with “V” and three oak leaf clusters
	www.leebasnar.com /vietnamvignettes/aboutauthor.html (199 words)

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