America's North Shore Journal

My apologies for the odd formatting. I am unable to locate the problem at this time. Global War on Terrorism Award OEF OIFTotal Medal of Honor 0 1 1 Distinguished Service Cross 2 8 10 Silver Star 98 381 479 Legion of Merit 7 53 60 Distinguished Flying Cross 58 96 154 Soldier’s Medal 25 90 115 Meritorious Service Medal* 2,867 12,147 15,014 Bronze Star Medal for Valor 738 1,832 2,570 Bronze Star Medal svc/ach 14045 55,797 69,842 Purple Heart 1,780 17,947 19,727 Air Medal for Valor 354 546 900 Air Medal svc/ach 3779 11712 15,491 ARCOM for valor 543 3,613 4,156 ARCOM svc/ach 24196 158,887 183,083 Army Achievement Medal* 5,849 14,666 20,515 Combat Infantryman Badge 11,783 30,909 42,692 Combat Medical Badge 2,008 10,831 12,839 Combat Action Badge 6,395 42,388 48,783 Total 74,527 361,904 436,431 US Army ****It is fair to state that the actual number of individual decorations awarded under combat conditions cannot be stated with absolute certainty. Normally during these periods, award approval authority for most decorations is delegated to field commanders. That is, the system is decentralized to provide for more timely recognition of the combat soldier. The numbers for the individual decorations shown on these charts represent only those awards that were properly processed … Read entire article »