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Asiatic–Pacific Campaign MedalAsiatic-Pacific Campaign MedalObverseTypeService medalPresented byDepartment of War and Department of the NavyEligibilityServed in the U.S. armed forces for at least 30 days in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater between December 7, 1941, and March 2, 1946.StatusInactiveFirst awardedDecember 7, 1941Last awardedMarch 2, 1946 Service ribbon and campaign streamer.PrecedenceEquivalentAmerican Campaign Medal European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign MedalPhotograph of an Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal with one silver campaign star and two bronze campaign stars, representing seven campaigns.The Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal[1] is a United States military award of the Second World War, which was awarded to any member of the United States Armed Forces who served in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater from 1941 to 1945. The medal was created on November 6, 1942, by Executive Order 9265[2] issued by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The medal was designed by Thomas Hudson Jones; the reverse side was designed by Adolph Alexander Weinman which is the same design as used on the reverse of the American Campaign Medal and European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal.There were 21 Army and 48 Navy-Marine Corps official campaigns of the Pacific Theater, denoted on the suspension and service ribbon of the medal by service stars which also were called "battle stars"; some Navy construction battalion units issued the medal with Arabic numerals. The Arrowhead device is authorized for those campaigns which involved participation in amphibious assault landings. The Fleet Marine Force Combat Operation Insignia is also authorized for wear on the medal for Navy service members who participated in combat while assigned to a Marine Corps unit. The flag colors of the United States and Japan are visible in the ribbon.The Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal was first issued as a service ribbon in 1942. A full medal was authorized in 1947, the first of which was presented to General of the Army Douglas MacArthur. The European Theater equivalent of the medal was known as the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal.Boundaries of Asiatic-Pacific Theater. (1) The eastern boundary is coincident with the western boundary of the American Theater. (2) The western boundary is from the North Pole south along the 60th meridian east longitude to its intersection with the east boundary of Iran, then south along the Iran boundary to the Gulf of Oman and the intersection of the 60th meridian east longitude, then south along the 60th meridian east longitude to the South Pole.[3]US Navy - Marine Corps campaigns[edit]The 43 officially recognized US Navy campaigns in the Pacific Theater of Operations are:[5]Pearl Harbor: Pearl Harbor-Midway: 7 December 1941Wake Island: 8–23 December 1941Philippine Islands operation: 8 December 1941 – 6 May 1942Netherlands East Indies engagements: 23 January – 27 February 1942Pacific raids (1942): 1 February – 10 March 1942Coral Sea: 4–8 May 1942Midway: 3–6 June 1942Guadalcanal-Tulagi landings: 7–9 August 1942 (First Savo)Capture and defense of Guadalcanal: 10 August 1942 – 8 February 1943Makin Raid: 17–18 August 1942Eastern Solomons: 23–25 August 1942Buin-Faisi-Tonolai raid: 5 October 1942Cape Esperance: 11–12 October 1942 (Second Savo)Santa Cruz Islands: 26 October 1942Guadalcanal: 12–15 November 1942 (Third Savo)Tassafaronga: 30 November – 1 December 1942 (Fourth Savo)Eastern New Guinea operation: 17 December 1942 – 24 July 1944Rennel Island: 29–30 January 1943Consolidation of Solomon Islands: 8 February 1943 – 15 March 1945Aleutians operation: 26 March – 2 June 1943New Georgia Group operation: 20 June – 16 October 1943Bismarck Archipelago operation: 25 June 1943 – 1 May 1944Pacific raids (1943): 31 August – 6 October 1943Treasury-Bougainville operation: 27 October – 15 December 1943Gilbert Islands operation: 13 November – 8 December 1943Marshall Islands operation: 26 November 1943 – 2 March 1944Asiatic-Pacific raids (1944): 16 February – 9 October 1944Western New Guinea operations: 21 April 1944 – 9 January 1945Marianas operation: 10 June – 27 August 1944Western Caroline Islands operation: 31 August – 14 October 1944Leyte operation: 10 October – 29 November 1944Luzon operation: 12 December 1944 – 1 April 1945Iwo Jima operation 15 February – 16 March 1945Okinawa Gunto operation: 17 March – 30 June 1945Third Fleet operations against Japan: 10 July – 15 August 1945Kurile Islands operation: 1 February 1944 – 11 August 1945Borneo operations: 27 April – 20 July 1945Tinian capture and occupation: 24 July – 1 August 1944Consolidation of the Southern Philippines: 28 February – 20 July 1945Hollandia operation: 21 April – 1 June 1944Manila Bay-Bicol operations: 29 January – 16 April 1945Escort, antisubmarine, armed guard and special operations: 7 December 1941 – 2 September 1945Submarine War Patrols (Pacific): 7 December 1941 – 2 September 1945World War II Victory Medalrld War I.History[edit]The World War II Victory Medal was established by an Act of Congress on 6 July 1945 (Public Law 135, 79th Congress) and promulgated by Section V, War Department Bulletin 12, 1945. The medal was designed by Thomas H. Jones and approved by the Secretary of War on 5 February 1946. Consequently, it did not transition from a ribbon to a full medal until after World War II had ended. The World War II Victory Medal was first issued as a service ribbon, referred to as the "Victory Ribbon."The Congressional authorization for the medal specified that it was to be awarded to any member of the United States military, including members of the armed forces of the Government of the Philippine Islands, who served on active duty, or as a reservist, between 7 December 1941 and the ending of hostilities as declared by the president.[2]On 8 August 1946, the separate Merchant Marine World War II Victory Medal was established for members of the United States Merchant Marine who served during World War II.[3]Criteria[edit]The World War II Victory Medal was awarded for service between 7 December 1941 and 31 December 1946, both dates inclusive, with no minimum time in service requirement.[1] The National Personnel Records Center has reported some cases of service members receiving the award for only a few days of service. As hostilities during the Second World War ended on 2 September 1945, there may be cases of service members who had enlisted, entered officer candidate school, or had been a cadet or midshipman at the U.S. Military Academy, the U.S. Naval Academy or the U.S. Coast Guard Academy between 3 September 1945 and any date in 1946, receiving the medal without having been a veteran of the period of active hostilities during the war; the reason for this late date is that President Harry S. Truman did not declare an official end to hostilities until the last day of 1946.[2]As every member of the United States Armed Forces who served from 7 December 1941 to 31 December 1946 was eligible for the medal, there were over twelve million eligible recipients, making the World War II Victory Medal the second most widely awarded military award of the United States, after the National Defense Service Medal.[4][5]Appearance[edit]The bronze medal is 1 1⁄2 inches in width. The obverse is a figure of Liberation standing full length with head turned to dexter looking to the dawn of a new day, right foot resting on a war god's helmet with the hilt of a broken sword in the right hand and the broken blade in the left hand, the inscription WORLD WAR II placed immediately below the center. On the reverse are inscriptions for the Four Freedoms: FREEDOM FROM FEAR AND WANT and FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND RELIGION separated by a palm branch, all within a circle composed of the words UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1941 1945.[2]The suspension and service ribbon of the medal is 1 3⁄8 inches wide and consists of the following stripes: 3⁄8 inch double rainbow in juxtaposition (blues, greens, yellows, reds (center), yellows greens and blues); 1⁄32 inch White 67101; center 9⁄16 inch Old Glory Red 67156; 1⁄32 inch White; and 3⁄8 inch double rainbow in juxtaposition. The rainbow on each side of the ribbon is a miniature of the pattern used in the World War I Victory Medal.[2]Although the World War I Victory Medal included clasps, the World War II Victory Medal did not. This was because campaign medals were awarded instead.

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