Military Medals And Decorations

Author : Frederic L. Borch
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 9781591140894
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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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.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book American War Medals and Decorations written by and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert W. D. Ball
Publisher : Schiffer Pub Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780887405792
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Military Medals, Decorations & Orders of the United States & Europe written by Robert W. D. Ball and published by Schiffer Pub Limited. This book was released on 1994 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At last the book on Military Medals that collectors have been anxiously awaited! Hundreds of photographs of rare, seldom seen medals, decorations and orders, as well as those awards commonly encountered, with their intricate details captured in spectacular color. Descriptions and value guide give the advanced collector, and the novice, the opportunity to indentify and grade their collections. Covered are medals from: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Imperial Russsia, Serbia-Yugoslavia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, and the United States. Bob Ball and Paul Peters are both collectors and live in Connecticut. Bob Ball is also the author of American Shelf and Wall Clocks, and Cowboy Collectibles and Western Memorabilia (with Edward Vebell), also available from Schiffer Publishing.

Author : Lawrence H. Borts
Publisher : Medals of America Press
ISBN 13 : 9781884452147
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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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:

Author : United States. National Archives and Records Administration
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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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 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Dwight S. Mears
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
ISBN 13 : 0700626654
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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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.

Author : Frank C. Foster
Publisher : Medals of America Press
ISBN 13 : 9781884452567
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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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.

Author : Frank C. Foster
Publisher : Medals of America Press
ISBN 13 : 9781884452185
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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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.

Author : Yves Arden
Publisher : Newton Abbot, [Eng.] : David & Charles ; Vancouver : Douglas, David & Charles
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Military Medals and Decorations written by Yves Arden and published by Newton Abbot, [Eng.] : David & Charles ; Vancouver : Douglas, David & Charles. This book was released on 1976 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Sylvester (Jr.)
Publisher : Medals of America Press
ISBN 13 : 9781884452161
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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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.