Each year I visit the local cemetery on Memorial day. Doesn’t take but 10-15 minutes. I put usually a small note of thanks or sometimes a flower out of my garden on the grave of a fallen hero. The hero I have visited for the last 4-5 years is an Army Bronze Star hero from […]
Defense Superior Service Medal
Defense Superior Service Medal Service: All Services (by Secretary of Defense) Instituted: 6 February 1976 Defense Superior Service Medal Defense Superior Service Medal Criteria: Superior meritorious service to the United States while assigned to a Joint Activity in a position of significant responsibility Devices: Bronze & Silver Oak Leaf Cluster This military medal was authorized […]
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
The Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal was authorized on November 6, 1942 and amended on March 15, 1946. Awarded to members of the U.S. Armed Forces for at least 30 consecutive (60 nonconsecutive) days service (less if in combat) within the Asiatic-Pacific Theater between December 7, 1941 and March 2, 1946. The front of the medal shows […]
The Republic 1783-1811 – History of United States Military Awards
While the need for national defense began almost at once to suppress internal rebellions such as Shays’ Rebellion (1786-1787), the Whiskey Tax Rebellion in 1794 and a Pennsylvania protest against war taxes called Fries’ Rebellion in 1799, the country relied almost exclusively on volunteer or militia forces. The idea of a standing Army seemed a […]
Medal of Honor Military Medal
The Medal of Honor The Medal of Honor is the highest military award for bravery that can be given to any individual in the United States of America. Conceived in the early 1860’s and first presented in 1863, the medal has a colorful and inspiring history which has culminated in the standards applied today for […]
