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Award
Army of Occupation Medal
Obverse
Type
Service medal
Awarded for
30 or more consecutive days of duty in one of the occupied territories after World War II.[1]
Presented by
Department of War (later Department of the Army and Department of the Air Force)
Eligibility
Personnel of the United States Army and United States Air Force
Clasps
Germany Japan
Status
Inactive
Established
5 April 1946[2]
First awarded
2 April 1947[2]
Last awarded
2 October 1990
Service ribbon and campaign streamer
Precedence
Next (higher)
World War II Victory Medal
Equivalent
Navy Occupation Service Medal
Next (lower)
Medal for Humane Action
For a similar decoration for occupation service during the First World War, see Army of Occupation of Germany Medal.
The Army of Occupation Medal is a military award of the United States military which was established by the United States War Department on 5 April 1946.[2] The medal was created in the aftermath of the Second World War to recognize those who had performed occupation service in either Germany, Italy, Austria, Japan or Korea.[3] The original Army of Occupation Medal was intended only for members of the United States Army, but was expanded in 1948 to encompass the United States Air Force shortly after that service's creation. The Navy and Marine equivalent of the Army of Occupation Medal is the Navy Occupation Service Medal, which features the same ribbon with its own medallion and clasps.
^"Manual of Military Decorations & Awards" (PDF). Department of Defense. September 1996. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
^ abc"Army of Occupation World War II and Navy Occupation Service Medal World War II". Military Campaign and Service Medals. The Institute of Heraldry. Archived from the original on 10 June 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
^"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 8 February 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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