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On February 12, 2021, U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Jacky Rosen (D-Nevada) [11] introduced bipartisan legislation to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the members of the Women's Army Corps who were assigned to the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion during World War II. U.S. Representative Gwen Moore (D-Wis.) introduced the ...
The Arctic Star medal recognises service between 1941 and 1945 delivering vital aid to the Soviet Union, running the gauntlet of enemy submarine, air and surface ship attacks. This list of military awards and decorations of World War II is an index to articles on notable military awards presented by the combatants during World War II
United States service medals of the world wars are U.S. military medals which were created solely for recognizing service in the First World War and World War II.Such medals are no longer awarded, but are still referred to in various publications, manuals, and award precedence charts as many veterans still display them as part of veteran functions and ceremonies.
WAC Air Controller painting by Dan V. Smith, 1943. The Women's Army Corps (WAC; / w æ k /) was the women's branch of the United States Army before 1978. It was created as an auxiliary unit, the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC), on 15 May 1942, and converted to an active duty status in the Army of the United States as the WAC on 1 July 1943.
The Women's Army Corps Service Medal was awarded to any service member of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps between July 10, 1942, and August 31, 1943, or the Women's Army Corps between September 1, 1943, and September 2, 1945. [2] The medal was issued as a once-awarded medal, and there are no devices authorized for additional presentations.
Reverse of 1962 GSM awarded for Borneo, to Cpl Waretini, New Zealand Forces. The General Service Medal (1962 GSM, originally referred to as the Campaign Service Medal), is a campaign medal of the United Kingdom introduced in 1962 to replace both the General Service Medal (1918), as awarded to the Army and RAF, and the Naval General Service Medal (1915).
The Military ranks of Women's Services in WWII are the military insignia used by the various all female military services and units during World War II. Germany [ edit ]
Colonel Ruby Bradley (December 19, 1907 – May 28, 2002) was a United States Army Nurse Corps officer, a prisoner of the Japanese in World War II, and one of the most decorated women in the United States military. [1]