The Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal was a United States military award of the Second World War, which was awarded to any member of the United States Armed...
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used on the reverse of both the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal. It depicts an American bald eagle...
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September 1948. The Pacific Theater counterpart to the European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal was the Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal. Originally known...
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Medal. By virtue of his deployments, Van Cleef also qualified for the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal,...
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Catholic priest who served as a chaplain during World War II, embedded in the Pacific Theater with the U.S. Marines. Kelly was present at Guadalcanal, Tarawa...
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Service Medal, for service 1939–1941. the American Campaign Medal, for service in the United States 1943–1945. the Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal, with...
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Service Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal) Honors awarded to vessels for campaigns other than...
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Service star (redirect from Campaign star)
designated campaign or campaign phase or period): World War I Victory Medal American Defense Service Medal American Campaign Medal Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal...
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1946 in the Pacific Theater, earning an Army Presidential Unit Citation, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal, the World War...
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Sledge's book With the Old Breed, formed the basis for the HBO series The Pacific (2010), the follow-up series to Band of Brothers. In the miniseries, Leckie...
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Purple Heart Medal, the Presidential Unit Citation, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, and the...
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earned the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (with two bronze service stars), and the World War II Victory Medal. He studied agriculture...
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use as a dive bomber pilot. He put in a request for a transfer to the Pacific Fleet in that capacity. On May 31, 1940, Best received orders to join Bombing...
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were killed. USS Langley (as AV-3) earned two battle stars on its Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Streamer: One for the Philippine Islands Operation, 8 December...
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Burns PBS documentary The War (2007), as well as the HBO miniseries The Pacific (2010), in which he is portrayed by Joseph Mazzello. Eugene Bondurant Sledge...
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Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with three engagement stars, the World War II Victory Medal and the National Defense Service Medal...
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Delos Carleton Emmons (category Recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (US Army))
Service Medal with Foreign Service Clasp; American Campaign Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with Bronze Star; World War I Victory Medal; World War...
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high seas while regularly attached to any vessels of the Atlantic, Pacific, or Asiatic fleets as well as vessels of the Naval Transport Service and vessels...
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Isaac C. Kidd (category United States Navy Medal of Honor recipients)
Medal with Fleet Clasp, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with one bronze battle star for Pearl Harbor (posthumous), and the World War II Victory Medal (posthumous)...
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eligibility for the China Service Medal unless the individual is already eligible for the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal for services performed prior to...
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Pacific theater in a labor battalion as a longshoreman and was promoted to sergeant. He earned a battle star for his Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal by...
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Desmond Doss (category Recipients of the Medal of Honor)
beliefs, he refused to carry a weapon. He was twice awarded the Bronze Star Medal for actions on Guam and in the Philippines. Doss further distinguished himself...
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His decorations and medals include: List of U.S. Marines List of people from Louisiana Eugene Sledge Romus Burgin "The Pacific". IMDB. IMDB.com. Retrieved...
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September 3, 1940, at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. He served in the South Pacific from 1940 through 1945, including stops in Hawaii, Guam, Palau, and Iwo...
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Jason Robards (category United States National Medal of Arts recipients)
the Good Conduct Medal of the Navy, the American Defense Service Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal, and the World War...
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The Spanish Campaign Medal was a military award of the United States Armed Forces which recognized those men of the U.S. military who had served in the...
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Frederick Moosbrugger (category Recipients of the Navy Distinguished Service Medal)
American Defense Service Medal, Fleet Clasp, the American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, the Philippine Liberation...
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Service Medal with star; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with two operation stars; American Campaign Medal; World War II Victory Medal; China Service Medal (extended);...
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American Defense Service Medal American Campaign Medal Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with 17 battle stars World War II Victory Medal The 17 battle stars New...
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tasked with harassing and disrupting the Japanese offensive throughout the Pacific Theatre as part of the American carrier raids of 1942. On February 1, 1942...
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