The Medal for the War Wounded (French: Médaille des blessés de guerre) was originally a mere insignia in the form of an ribbon awarded for wounds received...
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enemies of the Republic of Vietnam, were either wounded or killed in action. During the Vietnam War, the Wound Medal was often issued to Army of the Republic...
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Orders Review of Wounded Knee Medals". "Austin Orders Review of Wounded Knee Medals". Hill, Richard (October 7, 1999). "Wounded Knee, A Wound That Won't Heal"...
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Wounded in action (WIA) describes combatants who have been wounded while fighting in a combat zone during wartime, but have not been killed. Typically...
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Médaille militaire (redirect from Military Medal (France))
soldiers were killed and 3,000,000 wounded. For comparison, the UK Military Medal was awarded on 115,000 occasions in World War I, when 673,375 British Army...
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Lanka Medal for the War Wounded, France Wound Badge, Germany, World War I and World War II Wound stripe#British Commonwealth, World War I and World War II...
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Order of Liberation, Military Medal, National Order of Merit, and National Medal of Recognition for victims of terrorism. The ministerial honours include...
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This list of wound decorations is an index of articles that describe notable awards given for wounds; usually, though not exclusively, to military personnel...
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The Global War on Terrorism Service Medal (GWOT-SM) is a military award of the United States Armed Forces which was created through Executive Order 13289...
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URL PDF] "Austin Orders Review of Wounded Knee Medals". "Austin Orders Review of Wounded Knee Medals". "Sec. 3741. Medal of honor: award". Cornell University...
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Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (redirect from 1939–1945 War Cross (France))
campaigns The Croix de Guerre was designed by the sculptor Paul-Albert Bartholomé. The medal is 37 millimetres (1.5 in) in size and is in the shape of...
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Purple Heart (redirect from Purple Heart Medal)
who had been wounded in any conflict involving U.S. Army personnel might apply for the new medal. There were but two requirements: the applicant had...
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uniforms instead of the Purple Heart. For those who were subsequently wounded, both the original wound chevrons and the Purple Heart medal were worn simultaneously...
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and to persons attached to the Austro-Hungarian armed forces who were wounded as a result of combat operations. Besides wounded persons, it was also awarded...
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Legion of Honour (redirect from Chevalier of the Order of the Légion d'honneur)
World War II, French military personnel involved in the North African Campaign and other foreign French military operations, as well as wounded soldiers...
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The Medal of Honor was created during the American Civil War and is the highest military decoration presented by the United States government to a member...
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The Resistance Medal (French: Médaille de la Résistance) was a decoration bestowed by the French Committee of National Liberation, based in the United...
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the German Army who were wounded during World War I. Between the world wars, it was awarded to members of the German armed forces who fought on the Nationalist...
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The Indian Campaign Medal is a decoration established by War Department General Orders 12, 1907. The medal was retroactively awarded to any soldier of...
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The British War Medal is a campaign medal of the United Kingdom which was awarded to officers and men and women of British and Imperial forces for service...
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The Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal (GWOT-EM) is a United States Armed Forces award created by George W. Bush on 12 March 2003, through Executive...
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military campaign medal which was created in 1949, and awarded to French military personnel during the First Indochina War. During the Vietnam War (Second Indochina...
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named the "Medal of Gratitude of a Liberated France" (French: "Médaille de la Reconnaissance de la France Libérée"). It was intended as a reward for French...
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Reagan on 8 November 1985. The United States Code citation for the POW Medal statute is 10 U.S.C. § 1128. The Prisoner of War Medal may be awarded to any person...
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render aid to the wounded. Despite his pain, he assumed command when a rifle company commander was medically evacuated. He was then wounded a third time...
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awarded the Military Medal in the First World War whilst serving in the Royal Army Medical Corps, for rescuing wounded men under enemy fire. The medal itself...
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The Medal of Honor was created during the American Civil War and is the highest military decoration presented by the United States government to a member...
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during the Korean War. The other eight were members of the United States Army and were awarded the medal for their actions during the Korean War or the Vietnam...
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Jason Redman (category United States Navy personnel of the Iraq War)
their spokesperson. Wounded Wear transitioned to the Combat Wounded Coalition in 2015 and continued to provide services to wounded warriors including a...
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societies for wounded soldiers, accredited by the War Department, who served in the aforementioned regions at the aforementioned dates. the chiefs, agents...
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