DECORATIONS AND AWARDS

IN ORDER OF PRECEDENCE

FROM TOP TO BOTTOM AND LEFT TO RIGHT


Medal of Honor


Distinguished Service Cross

                   
  Silver Star    Legion of Merit    Flying Cross   Soldier's Medal Purple Heart  Air Medal


Prisoner of War
Autorized in 1985. It will be awarded retroactively to any service member who has been a POW after April 5, 1917.


Good Conduct
Worn to the left of all US Service Medals

                                                                                                                                      
                American Defense          American Campaign     Asiatic Pacific Campaign            

 
European African Middle Eastern Campaign
Except for the American Defense Medal, the campaign medals were at first awarded only as a ribbon. The award was made into a full size medal in 1947. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_military)

                                                                       
World War Two Victory Medal                             Army of Occupation Medal


FOREIGN DECORATIONS IN ORDER OF RECIEPT
Worn in Order of date of reciept. If a nation has awarded two different medals, the medals are worn in the Order of Precidence of the country awarding the medal. When a foreign medal is worn on formal occasions in the host nation, it takes precedence of any other foreign medals awarded.

                           
            Victoria Cross (UK)                  Distingished Flying Cross (UK)

                  
Croix de guerre (Belgium)   Croix de guerre (France)
The medals above have a bronze palm, meaning that the recipient has been cited at the Army level.
For more info on the Croix de guerre:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croix_de_Guerre

FOREIGN DECORATIONS AWARDED TO 918th PERSONNEL
           
                                                               (1944)

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