1939 - 1945
United
States of America
It would be quite superfluous to go into the US WW2 awards in any
depth on this page as quite a few websites, fora and books on the topic already exist. I've therefore limited myself to a list of
the medals concerned.
List of US Awards in WW2
| Existing Awards |
New Awards |
- Army Medal of Honor
- Navy Medal of Honor
- Army Distinguished Service Cross
- Navy Cross
- Army Distinguished Service Medal
- Navy Distinguished Service Medal
- Marine Corps Brevet Medal
- Distinguished Flying Cross
- Silver Star
- Soldier's Medal
- Purple Heart
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- Wake Island bar (1941)
- American Defense Service Medal (1941)
- Presidential Unit Citations (1942)
- Air Medal (1942)
- Legion of Merit (1942)
- Navy and Marine Corps Medal (1942)
- American Campaign Medal (1942)
- Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1942)
- European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (1942)
- Merchant Marine Distinguished Service Medal (1942)
- Medal for Merit (1942)
- Mariner's Medal (1943)
- Merchant Marine Combat Bar (1943)
- Women's Army Corps Service Medal (1943)
- Navy Commendation Medal (1944)
- Bronze Star (1944)
- Merchant Marine Meritorious Service Medal (1944)
- Medal of Freedom (1945)
- World War II Victory Medal (1945)
- Army Commendation Medal (1945)
- Merchant Marine Victory Medal (1946)
- Occupation Medals (1946-47)
- Ribbon-only awards
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