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the inscription in four lines, ‘‘TO SUP- Eastern Campaign Medal was awarded PLY NECESSITIES OF LIFE TO THE for service before May 9, 1945.) PEOPLE OF BERLIN GERMANY’’. The (7) Army of Occupation of Japan be- ribbon to the tween September 3, 1945 and April 27, is 13⁄8 inches in width and consists of 1952 in the four main islands of the following stripes: 9⁄32 inch black; 1⁄16 Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and inch white; 9⁄32 inch teal blue; 3⁄64 inch Kyushu, the surrounding smaller is- white; 1⁄32 inch scarlet; 3⁄64 inch white; lands of the Japanese homeland, the 9⁄32 inch teal blue; 1⁄16 inch white; and Ryukyu Islands, and the Bonin-Vol- 9⁄32 inch black. cano Islands. (Service between Sep- tember 3, 1945 and March 2, 1946 will be § 578.46 . counted only if the Asiatic-Pacific (a) Criteria. The Army of Occupation Campaign Medal was awarded for serv- Medal (AOM) was established by War ice before September 3, 1945. In addi- Department General Orders (WDGO) 32, tion, service which meets the require- 1946. It is awarded for service for 30 ments for the KSM as prescribed in consecutive days at a normal post of § 578.44 will not be counted in deter- duty (as contrasted to inspector, vis- mining eligibility for this medal.) itor, courier, escort, passenger, tem- (8) Army of Occupation of Korea be- porary duty, or detached service) while tween September 3, 1945 and June 29, assigned to any of the following: 1949, inclusive. (Service between Sep- (1) Army of Occupation of Germany tember 3, 1945 and March 2, 1946 will be (exclusive of Berlin) between May 9, counted only if the Asiatic-Pacific 1945 and May 5, 1955. (Service between Campaign Medal was awarded for serv- May 9 and November 8, 1945 will be ice before September 3, 1945.) counted only if the European-African- (b) Clasps and the Berlin airlift de- Middle Eastern Campaign Medal was vice are authorized for wear on the awarded for service before May 9, 1945.) Army of Occupation Medal. They are as (2) Service for the prescribed period follows: with a unit which has been designated (1) Army of Occupation Medal Clasp. in DA general orders as having met the Soldiers who served in the European requirement for the Berlin airlift de- Theater during the occupation of Eu- vice. rope will wear the clasp inscribed (3) Service for which the individual ‘‘Germany.’’ Soldiers who served in the was awarded the Berlin airlift device in Far East Theater during the occupa- orders issued by appropriate field au- tion of the Far East will wear the Clasp thority. inscribed ‘‘Japan.’’ Clasps bearing (4) Army of Occupation of be- other inscriptions are not authorized. tween May 9, 1945 and July 27, 1955. (The Army of Occupation Medal Clasp (Service between May 9 and November is described in § 578.61). 8, 1945 will be counted only if the Euro- (2) Berlin Airlift Device. This device is pean-African-Middle Eastern Campaign awarded for service of 92 consecutive Medal was awarded for service before days with a unit credited with partici- May 9, 1945.) pation in the Berlin airlift, or by com- (5) Army of Occupation of Berlin be- petent field authority on an individual tween May 9, 1945 and October 2, 1990. basis. Qualifying service must have (Service between May 9 and November been entirely within the period from 8, 1945 will be counted only if the Euro- June 26, 1948 to September 30, 1949, in- pean-African-Middle Eastern Campaign clusive. Orders announcing award of Medal was awarded for service before the Berlin Airlift device will specifi- May 9, 1945.) cally award the Army of Occupation (6) Army of Occupation of Italy be- Medal to persons not otherwise eligible tween May 9, 1945 and September 15, therefor. 1947 in the compartment of Venezia (c) Description. The medal is Bronze, Giulia E. Zara or Province of Udine, or 11⁄4 inches in width. On the obverse, the with a unit in Italy as designated in Remagen Bridge abutments below the DAGO 4, 1947. (Service between May 9 words ‘‘ARMY OF OCCUPATION’’. On and November 8, 1945 will be counted the reverse, Fujiyama with a low hang- only if the European-African-Middle ing cloud over two Japanese junks

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above a wave scroll and the date blues); 1⁄32 inch White 67101; center 9⁄16 ‘‘1945’’. A Bronze clasp 1⁄8 inch wide and inch Old Glory Red 67156; 1⁄32 inch 1 1 ⁄2 inches in length with the word White; and 3⁄8 inch double rainbow in ‘‘GERMANY’’ or ‘‘JAPAN’’ is worn on juxtaposition. The rainbow on each the suspension ribbon to indicate serv- side of the ribbon is a miniature of the ice in Europe or the Far East. NAVY: pattern used in the WWI Victory On the obverse is Neptune mounted on Medal. a composite creature of a charging horse and a sea serpent with a trident § 578.48 European-African-Middle grasped in right hand above wave Eastern Campaign Medal. scrolls. Around the bottom of the (a) Criteria. The European-African- medal are the words ‘‘OCCUPATION Middle Eastern Campaign Medal was SERVICE’’. The reverse is the same as established by Executive Order 9265, the and is an announced in WD Bulletin 56, 1942, as eagle perched on the shank of a hori- amended by Executive Order 9706, zontal anchor with a branch of laurel March 15, 1947. It is awarded for service entwined around the anchor. On the within the European-African-Middle left is the word ‘‘FOR’’ and to the right Eastern Theater between December 7, is the word ‘‘SERVICE’’ and around the 1941 and November 8, 1945 under any of top is the inscription ‘‘UNITED the conditions as prescribed in § 578.49 STATES NAVY’’. MARINE CORPS: (Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal). The medal for the Marine Corps is the (b) The boundaries of European-Afri- same as the Navy, except the inscrip- can-Middle Eastern Theater are as fol- tion around the top of the reverse is lows: ‘‘UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS’’. (1) Eastern boundary. The eastern The ribbon is the same for both medals boundary is coincident with the west- 3 and is 1 ⁄8 inches wide and consists of ern boundary of the Asiatic-Pacific 3 the following stripes: ⁄16 inch White Theater (§ 578.49). 67101; 1⁄2 inch Black 67138; 1⁄2 inch Scar- 3 (2) Western boundary. The western let 67111; and ⁄16 inch White. boundary is coincident with the east- § 578.47 World War II Victory Medal. ern boundary of the American Theater (§ 578.50 ). (a) The World War II Victory Criteria. (c) One bronze is author- Medal was established by the act of ized for each campaign under the fol- Congress July 6, 1945 (59 Stat. 461). It is lowing conditions: awarded for service between December (1) Assigned or attached to, and 7, 1941 and December 31, 1946, both present for duty with, a unit during the dates inclusive. period in which it participated in com- (b) Description. The medal is Bronze, bat. 13⁄8 inches in width. On the obverse is a figure of Liberation standing full (2) Under orders in the combat zone length with head turned to dexter look- and in addition meets any of the fol- ing to the dawn of a new day, right foot lowing requirements: resting on a war god’s helmet with the (i) Awarded a combat decoration. hilt of a broken sword in the right (ii) Furnished a certificate by a com- hand and the broken blade in the left manding general of a corps or higher hand, the inscription ‘‘WORLD WAR unit or independent force that he actu- II’’ placed immediately below the cen- ally participated in combat. ter. On the reverse are the inscriptions (iii) Served at a normal post of duty ‘‘FREEDOM FROM FEAR AND (as contrasted to occupying the status WANT’’ and ‘‘FREEDOM OF SPEECH of an inspector, observer, or visitor). AND RELIGION’’ separated by a palm (iv) Aboard a vessel other than in a branch, all within a circle composed of passenger status and furnished a cer- the words ‘‘UNITED STATES OF tificate by the home port commander AMERICA 1941–1945’’. The ribbon is 13⁄8 of the vessel that he served in the com- inches wide and consists of the fol- bat zone. lowing stripes: 3⁄8 inch double rainbow (3) Was an evadee or escapee in the in juxtaposition (blues, greens, yellows, combat zone or recovered from a pris- reds (center), yellows, greens, and oner-of-war status in the combat zone

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