This report is intended for congressional use. It identifies sources of information on military awards and decorations, including the Department of Defense, other government agencies, and private organizations. It provides addresses, telephone numbers, and Web addresses. This report will be updated as needed.
Each of the military services has an office that responds to requests regarding military awards and decorations. This includes requests for the issuance or replacement of military awards, information on eligibility criteria, statistics, and historical data on military awards.
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Military Awards Branch |
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U.S. Navy Department |
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U.S. Air Force Personnel Center |
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http://ask.afpc.randolph.af.mil/awards/default.asp?prods3=152&prods2=2&prods1=1 |
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Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps |
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https://lnweb1.manpower.usmc.mil/manpower/mm/mmma/awardsref.nsf |
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U.S. Army Center of Military History |
The U.S. Army Center of Military History provides a full-text listing of official citations for Medal of Honor recipients at the above Web address.
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The Institute of Heraldry |
The Institute of Heraldry provides services to the armed forces as well as to U.S. government agencies. These services include design and standardization of badges, insignia, decorations, and medals of the U.S. military, as well as information on how they are displayed, and how and why they are worn.
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U.S. Maritime Administration |
The U.S. Maritime Administration provides information on awards to members of the U.S. Merchant Marine who served in support of the U.S. armed forces.
The National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) of the National Archives and Records Administration houses military service records, which include information on medals, awards, and decorations received by individual service members. The NRPC responds to veteran requests for verification and issuance or replacement of military service awards. Veterans should contact the NRPC Office of the appropriate service (note that the NPRC does not accept telephone requests for records). For more information, see http://www.archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records/replacement-medals.html.
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Army |
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Air Force |
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Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard |
Organizations whose memberships consist of recipients of awards are a source of publications, historical information, and services to veterans.
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Congressional Medal of Honor Society |
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Legion of Valor of the United States of America |
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Military Order of the Purple Heart |
Proft, R.J. United States of America's Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients and Their Official Citations (Columbia Heights, MN: Highland House II, 3rd ed., 2002), 1,240 p.
Strandberg, John, E. The Call of Duty: Military Awards and Decorations of the United States of America (San Jose, CA: James Bender Publishing, 1994), 384 p.
CRS Report RS20900, D-Day: The French Jubilee of Liberty Medal, by [author name scrubbed].
CRS Report 95-519, Medal of Honor: History and Issues, by [author name scrubbed] (pdf).
CRS Report RL30011, Medal of Honor Recipients: 1979-2008, by [author name scrubbed].