Hi All, This looks like a promising place to write for "hose awards. " Sue Military Awards Branch Personnel Service Support Division https://www.hrc.army.mil/site/active/TAGD/index.htm Army Retiree and Veteran Award Inquiries Army Retiree/Veterans or their primary Next of Kin (spouse, children, and/or grandchildren only) may submit requests to the appropriate office for reissuance of medals/certificates; for review/determination of awards not previously considered; or reconsideration of downgraded/disapproved awards. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Military Awards Branch Only those award requests based on new award information that require a policy determination, such as entitlements of the Purple Heart and retroactive award of badge, are processed at the Military Awards Branch. These requests are processed in the order they are received. Retroactive recommendations for awards for retirees/veterans beyond the two year time limitation must be submitted in accordance with Title 10, Section 1130, United States Code. For more information please refer to the following link: Title 10, Section 1130, United States Code https://www.hrc.army.mil/site/active/TAGD/awards/Contacts/Section_1130_Title_10.htm -------------------------------------------------------------------------- National Personnel Records Center & Human Resources Command - St. Louis Requests for previously approved awards, such as requests for orders, certificates, and medal sets, should be forwarded to either the National Personnel Records Center or the Human Resources Command - St. Louis based upon when the retiree/veteran terminated service. Termination of Service Prior to October 1, 2002 https://www.hrc.army.mil/site/active/TAGD/awards/Contacts/Prior_to_2002.htm Termination of Service After October 1, 2002 https://www.hrc.army.mil/site/active/TAGD/awards/Contacts/After_2002.htm -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Army Board for Corrections of Military Records The Army Review Boards Agency (ARBA), on behalf of the Secretary of the Army, serves as the highest administrative level for review of personnel actions taken by lower levels of command. The Army Board for Correction of Miltiary Records (ABCMR) is the highest level of authority for adjudicating awards matters. The Board is the final level of submission when all other avenues have been utilized. Please understand that taking this course of action does not necessarily mean that the application will be favorably considered. The Board will adjudicate each case on its merit, and the burden of proof remains with the applicant. Address: Army Review Boards Agency Support Division St. Louis 9700 Page Avenue St. Louis, MO 63132-5200 Related Links: Army Review Boards Agency (ARBA) http://arba.army.pentagon.mil/index.htm Army Board for Correction of Military Records http://arba.army.pentagon.mil/abcmr.htm ABCMR FAQs http://arba.army.pentagon.mil/abcmr.htm DD Form 149, Application for Correction of Military Record http://arba.army.pentagon.mil/abcmr.htm -------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you have any questions, please email the Military Awards Branch at awards@hoffman.army.mil.

Thanks to Sue for the excellent links regarding Army awards. As I've researched the WW2 ribbons for my late father and father-in-law, I've discovered the incredible chaos and confusion during the demobilization and that some awards weren't established until after they were discharged. I've been trying to clarify criteria for the Republic of China's World War Two Memorial Medal. My father-in-law served in the U.S. Navy in the Philippines in World War Two and I am researching his eligibility for medals. Some sources state that it was awarded to individuals only, for example to the pilots of the Flying Tigers. Some sources states that this medal is only for Allied personnel who served in the China-India-Burma Campaign. Some sources state that later the Republic of China awarded it to all Allied personnel who served in the war against Japan. Several nations seemed to have issued "gratitude" awards like this. Some sources state it was awarded only to combat personnel in the war with Japan. Some sources state that the Republic of China awarded to all Allied personnel who served anywhere during World War Two. Some unofficial history sites of Navy ships that served in the war with Japan but never in the China-Burma-India Campaign include name this award among their ship's. One source gives instructions to send a copy of a veterans discharge to Republic of China's Government Information Office (the equivalent of the ROC's consulate after the normalization of relations with the People's Republic) to obtain this medal. I've sent them an email and have received no reply. The links that Sue provided confirm that this would not be an officially recognized foreign award but a private gratitude award to be enjoyed by veterans and their families, like the award France gave to all Normandy veterans on the 50th anniversary. This is all very contradictory and confusing. That I have not been able to find an authoritative, official, and clear statement of criteria like I've found for the French medal for Normandy veterans, suggests that some of what I've found are a continuation of the good faith confusion regarding some awards. Yours, Leonard H. Cizewski, Madison, Wisconsin Son-in-law of Ralph E. Robinson, Landing Ship Medium 34, the Philippines Campaigns, World War Two --- Sue Trout <sjtrout@earthlink.net> wrote: > Hi All, > This looks like a promising place to write for > "hose awards. " > Sue > > Military Awards Branch > Personnel Service Support Division > > > https://www.hrc.army.mil/site/active/TAGD/index.htm > > Army Retiree and Veteran Award Inquiries > > > > > Army Retiree/Veterans or their primary Next of > Kin (spouse, children, > and/or grandchildren only) may submit requests to > the appropriate office for > reissuance of medals/certificates; for > review/determination of awards not > previously considered; or reconsideration of > downgraded/disapproved awards. > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Military Awards Branch > > > Only those award requests based on new award > information that require > a policy determination, such as entitlements of the > Purple Heart and > retroactive award of badge, are processed at the > Military Awards Branch. > These requests are processed in the order they are > received. > > > Retroactive recommendations for awards for > retirees/veterans beyond > the two year time limitation must be submitted in > accordance with Title 10, > Section 1130, United States Code. For more > information please refer to the > following link: > > > Title 10, Section 1130, United States Code > > > https://www.hrc.army.mil/site/active/TAGD/awards/Contacts/Section_1130_Title_10.htm > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > National Personnel Records Center > > & > > Human Resources Command - St. Louis > > > Requests for previously approved awards, such > as requests for orders, > certificates, and medal sets, should be forwarded to > either the National > Personnel Records Center or the Human Resources > Command - St. Louis based > upon when the retiree/veteran terminated service. > > Termination of Service Prior to October 1, > 2002 > > > https://www.hrc.army.mil/site/active/TAGD/awards/Contacts/Prior_to_2002.htm > > > > Termination of Service After October 1, 2002 > > > https://www.hrc.army.mil/site/active/TAGD/awards/Contacts/After_2002.htm > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Army Board for Corrections of Military Records > > > The Army Review Boards Agency (ARBA), on > behalf of the Secretary of > the Army, serves as the highest administrative level > for review of personnel > actions taken by lower levels of command. The Army > Board for Correction of > Miltiary Records (ABCMR) is the highest level of > authority for adjudicating > awards matters. The Board is the final level of > submission when all other > avenues have been utilized. Please understand that > taking this course of > action does not necessarily mean that the > application will be favorably > considered. The Board will adjudicate each case on > its merit, and the > burden of proof remains with the applicant. > > > Address: > Army Review Boards Agency > > Support Division St. Louis > > 9700 Page Avenue > > St. Louis, MO 63132-5200 > > > Related Links: > > Army Review Boards Agency (ARBA) > > http://arba.army.pentagon.mil/index.htm > > > > Army Board for Correction of Military Records > > http://arba.army.pentagon.mil/abcmr.htm > > > > ABCMR FAQs > > http://arba.army.pentagon.mil/abcmr.htm > > > > DD Form 149, Application for Correction of > Military Record > > http://arba.army.pentagon.mil/abcmr.htm > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > If you have any questions, please email the > Military Awards Branch at > awards@hoffman.army.mil. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com