Download or read book Sea Service Medals written by Frederic L. Borch and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first and only comprehensive examination of all decorations and medals that may be awarded to Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard personnel for heroism, achievement and service. Features never-before-published historical information on the background and development of each medal, while also providing in-depth discussion of award criteria, design and recipients. Decorations examined include combat heroism awards such as the Navy Medal of Honor, Navy Cross, and Silver Star. Non-combat heroism awards such as the Navy-Marine Corps Medal and Coast Guard Medal are also discussed. All decorations and medals for achievement and service also are examined, ranging from the Navy and Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medals, Legion of Merit, and Meritorious Service Medal to the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation and Achievement Medals and the Combat Action Ribbon. Fifty full color photographs of sea service awards, many of which have never been published, provide context for this unique history. The authors, both of whom retired from the Armed Forces, are experts in the history of U.S. awards and decorations.
Download or read book Records Relating to Personal Participation in World War II written by United States. National Archives and Records Administration and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Armed Forces Decorations and Awards written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Examination of Criteria for Awards and Decorations written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Military Personnel and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Manual of Military Decorations Awards written by United States. Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Force Management Policy) and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book American War Medals and Decorations written by Evans E. Kerrigan and published by New York : Viking Press. This book was released on 1964 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book serves as a guide to many medals, decorations, badges, and awards conferred throughout the history of the United States.
Download or read book The Decorations Awards and Honors of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur written by Joseph P. Bowman and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-05-09 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time ever, a book solely devoted to the decorations, awards and honors of America's most decorated serviceman General of the Army Douglas MacArthur. Over a decade of research has yielded a concise portrayal of the many accolades given to a man whose military career spanned over fifty years and three major wars. General MacArthur was awarded every combat decoration the U.S. Military can bestow, plus over thirty-five foreign decorations, which includes the Medal of Honor, three Distinguished Service Crosses, seven Silver Stars, the Distinguished Flying Cross, three Bronze Star Medals, two Purple Hearts and the Air Medal. His longevity and adherence to the motto of "Duty, Honor, Country" has left a legacy in the annals of the world that will probably never be equaled. Other published works by the authors: The Bad Man from Bodie, The Violent Death of John Franklin Showers; Recipients of the Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross, Navy Cross and Air Force Cross, Third Edition; Recipients of the Air Force Medal of Honor and Air Force Cross, Fifth Edition; The Decorations and Awards of Audie L. Murphy and Alvin C. York, The U.S. Military's Most Notable Infantryman, Second Edition; The Orders, Decorations and Medals of Sir Winston Churchill and T. E. Lawrence; For All Mankind, Recipients of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor; Recipients of the Congressional Gold Medal: Volume I, 1776-1900; and The Decorations and Awards of George A. Custer, George S. Patton Jr. and George Washington.
Download or read book Medals for Soldiers and Airmen written by Fred L. Borch III and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2013-05-04 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first and only comprehensive history of all decorations and medals that may be awarded to men and women serving in the United States Army and Air Force. The background and design of each medal are examined, as well as award criteria governing each decoration. The book first looks at the Army and Air Force Medals of Honor before continuing with other awards, including the Distinguished Service Cross, Distinguished Service Medal, Air Force Cross, Silver Star, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal and Purple Heart. The histories of more common medals like the Air Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Army and Air Force Commendation Medals and Army and Air Force Achievement Medals are also included. Photographs of each medal (obverse and reverse) accompany the text, along with selected photographs of recipients and the citations for their awards.
Download or read book The Medal of Honor written by Dwight S. Mears and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2018-08-22 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Medal of Honor may be America’s highest military decoration, but all Medals of Honor are not created equal. The medal has in fact consisted of several distinct decorations at various times and has involved a number of competing statutes and policies that rewarded different types of heroism. In this book, the first comprehensive look at the medal’s historical, legal, and policy underpinnings, Dwight S. Mears charts the complex evolution of these developments and differences over time. The Medal of Honor has had different qualification thresholds at different times, and indeed three separate versions—one for the army and two for the navy—existed contemporaneously between World Wars I and II. Mears traces these versions back to the medal’s inception during the Civil War and continues through the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan—along the way describing representative medal actions for all major conflicts and services as well as legislative and policy changes contemporary to each period. He gives particular attention to retroactive army awards for the Civil War; World War I legislation that modernized and expanded the army’s statutory award authorization; the navy’s grappling with both a combat and noncombat Medal of Honor through much of the twentieth century; the Vietnam-era act that ended noncombat awards and largely standardized the Medal of Honor among all services; and the perceived decline of Medals of Honor awarded in the ongoing Global War on Terror. Mears also explores the tradition of awards via legislative bills of relief; extralegislative awards; administrative routes to awards through Boards of Correction of Military Records; restoration of awards previously revoked by the army in 1917; judicial review of military actions in federal court; and legislative actions intended to atone for historical discrimination against ethnic minorities. Unprecedented in scope and depth, his work is sure to be the definitive resource on America’s highest military honor.
Download or read book United States Military Medals 1939 to Present written by Lawrence H. Borts and published by Medals of America Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Decorations Medals Ribbons Badges and Insignia of the United States Army written by Frank C. Foster and published by Medals of America Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most complete guide to United States Army medals, ribbons, rank, insignia, and patches from WW II to the present day. Each medal and insignia shown in full color. Includes listing of respective criteria and campaigns.
Download or read book Military Medals of the United States written by Frank C. Foster and published by Medals of America Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book ... encompasses not only the award changes in the past 15 years, but also covers all significant military medals back to the start of the Republic"--Page 5.
Download or read book The Decorations and Awards of Audie L Murphy and Alvin C York written by Eric Caubarreaux and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-06-09 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Third Edition of an exhaustive research into the decorations and awards earned by Audie L. Murphy and Alvin C. York. Included with each profile is a Statement of Military Service, citations, and color pictures of all their decorations and awards-contains the recent award of the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor to Audie L. Murphy. Other published works by the author: The Decorations, Awards and Honors of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, The U.S. Military's Most Decorated Serviceman; For All Mankind, Recipients of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor; Recipients of the Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross, Navy Cross and Air Force Cross, For Action from 1975 to Present Day, Third Edition; The Orders, Decorations and Medals of Sir Winston Churchill and T. E. Lawrence; Recipients of the Air Force Medal of Honor and Air Force Cross, Fifth Edition; Recipients of the Congressional Gold Medal: Volume I, 1776-1900; and The Decorations and Awards of George A. Custer, George S. Patton Jr. and George Washington.
Download or read book A Complete Guide to All United States Military Medals 1939 to Present written by Frank C. Foster and published by Medals of America Press. This book was released on 2000-09-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The only complete and easy to use color guide of all U.S. Military medals, ribbons, unit awards, devices and commonly presented foreign medals. Covers World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Liberation of Kuwait and Kosovo."--Back cover.
Download or read book Medals of America Presents the Decorations and Medals of the Republic of Vietnam and Her Allies 1950 1975 written by John Sylvester (Jr.) and published by Medals of America Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most complete guide to all Republic of Vietnam military and civilian decorations, medals, ribbons, and unit awards, from the beginning to the fall of the republic. More than 110 medals displayed in full color. Also includes an illustrated guide to medals of South Vietnamese allies.
Download or read book MILITARY MEDALS OF AMERICA written by FRANK. FOSTER and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Decorations and Awards of Audie L Murphy and Alvin C York written by Eric R. Caubarreaux and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2010-09-22 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Second Edition of an exhaustive research into the decorations and awards earned by Audie L. Murphy and Alvin C. York. Included with each profile is a Statement of Military Service, citations, and color pictures of all their decorations and awards. Other titles by the author include Recipients of the Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross, Navy Cross and Air Force Cross: For Dates of Action 1975 to Present Day, Recipients of the Air Force Medal of Honor and Air Force Cross, Second Edition, and For All Mankind, Recipients of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.
